batting average vs baseball

batting average and baseball both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
batting average	Yes	No	No	No
baseball	Yes	No	No	No

batting average (noun)	baseball (noun)
(baseball) a measure of a batter's performance; the number of base hits divided by the number of official times at bat	a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
(an extension of the baseball term) the proportion of times some effort succeeds	a ball used in playing baseball