at bat

noun

plural at bats

baseball

: a turn at batting

had three hits in five at bats

Note: For the purposes of calculating a player's batting average and slugging percentage, an official at bat is charged for each turn at batting except when the player walks, hits a sacrifice bunt or sacrifice fly, is hit by a pitched ball, or is interfered with by the catcher.

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Fans watching Shohei Ohtani at bat during an early-morning watch party for Game 4 of the World Series in his hometown of Oshu on Wednesday. —

Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024 Pete Rose at bat for the hit that would break Ty Cobb's record on Sept. 11, 1985. —

CBS News, 30 Sep. 2024 Those three games, those nine at bats, were the sum total of Edman’s experience batting clean-up in the major leagues. —

Dan Freedman, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024 Amira Rodriguez came in for the final at bat, forcing the ground out that eventually resulted in the run down. —

Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for at bat