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fielding percentage

noun

Definition of FIELDING PERCENTAGE

:  the average (as of a baseball fielder) determined by dividing the number of putouts and assists by the number of chances —called also fielding average — compare batting average
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First Known Use of FIELDING PERCENTAGE

1972

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