sabermetrics

noun plural but singular in construction sa·ber·met·rics \ˌsā-bər-ˈme-triks\

Definition of SABERMETRICS

: the statistical analysis of baseball data

— sa·ber·me·tri·cian \ˌsā-bər-mə-ˈtri-shən\ noun

saber- (from Society for American Baseball Research) + -metrics (as in econometrics)

First Known Use: 1982

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