Compton Centennial outfielder’s average is from another galaxy

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Some batting averages are great.

A few are gaudy.

One is downright intergalactic.

Chris Smith, a senior outfielder at Compton-Centennial, is hitting .725. No, that’s not a typo.

Do the math. Smith has 29 hits in 40 at-bats and is leading the nation in hitting, according to MaxPreps.com. He also has 14 extra-base hits (six homers, six doubles and two triples). In three games this season, he has had four hits; in one game, he had five.

Perhaps most staggering, Smith has not struck out in 45 plate appearances.

-- Anthony Stitt

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