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at-bats; official times at bat
In baseball, the number of official times a batter comes to the plate, excluding walks, sacrifices, and hit-by-pitches. The denominator used to calculate batting average.
四打数二安打だった。
He went two for four.
打率は安打数を打数で割って求める。
Batting average is found by dividing hits by at-bats.
今季は規定打数に達して首位打者を争っている。
This season he has reached the required at-bats and is contending for the batting title.
A baseball statistic. Walks (四球), sacrifices, and hit-by-pitches are counted separately as plate appearances (打席) but not as 打数.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 四打数一安打: one hit in four at-bats
- 規定打数: the minimum at-bats to qualify for a title
- 無打数: no official at-bats
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 打席: plate appearance — every trip to the plate, including walks and sacrifices