sabermetrics
sabermetrics noun: the analysis of baseball, especially via its statistics.
Noun (1)
sabermetrics (uncountable)
- The analysis of baseball, especially via its statistics.
- By the early 1990s it was clear that “sabermetrics,” the search for new baseball knowledge, was an activity that would take place mainly outside of baseball.2003, Michael Lewis, Moneyball, Thorndike Press, →ISBN, page 164
- More recently, specialists like him have had to fend off a new threat: sabermetrics. Baseball has always been a game obsessed with numbers. But sabermetrics, a term coined in 1980 by statistician Bill James in honor of the Society for American Baseball Research, strives to use every available...2014 October 1, Randy Leonard, “Baseball’s Long and Complicated Relationship With the Bunt”, in The Atlantic
Noun (2) capitalized: Sabermetrics
Sabermetrics (uncountable)
- Alternative letter-case form of sabermetrics.
Forms of sabermetrics
| alternative form | Sabermetrics |
|---|---|
| alternative form | SABRmetrics |
| alternative form | sabrmetrics |
Origin of sabermetrics
Coined by Bill James in 1980, from SABR (“Society for American Baseball Research”) + metrics.
Questions about sabermetrics
- What does sabermetrics mean?
- Sabermetrics means the analysis of baseball, especially via its statistics.
- What part of speech is sabermetrics?
- Sabermetrics is a noun.
Words near sabermetrics in the dictionary
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