#80 Calculating Batting Average


In baseball, the batting average is a simple and most common way to measure a hitter's performace. Batting average is calculated by taking all the players hits and dividing it by their number of at_bats, and it is usually displayed as a 3 digit decimal (i.e. 0.300).


Given a yankees table with the following schema,


-player_id STRING


-player_name STRING


-primary_position STRING


-games INTEGER


-at_bats INTEGER


-hits INTEGER


return a table with player_name, games, and batting_average.


We want batting_average to be rounded to the nearest thousandth, since that is how baseball fans are used to seeing it. Format it as text and make sure it has 3 digits to the right of the decimal (pad with zeroes if neccesary).


Next, order our resulting table by batting_average, with the highest average in the first row.


Finally, since batting_average is a rate statistic, a small number of at_bats can change the average dramatically. To correct for this, exclude any player who doesn't have at least 100 at bats.


Expected Output Table


-player_name STRING


-games INTEGER


-batting_average STRING



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