sabermetrics

noun, plural in form but singular in construction

sa·ber·met·rics | \ ˌsā-bər-ˈme-triks

Definition of sabermetrics

: detailed statistical analysis of baseball data (as for the purposes of evaluating player performance and developing playing strategies) Baseball has always been a game of statistics, but sabermetrics posits that traditional measures like batting average and runs batted in are of limited use in predicting whether a player can actually help win ball games.— William C. Symonds

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sabermetric \ ˌsā-bər-ˈme-trik

\ adjective

Sabermetric studies have shown that a team's record in close games isn't necessarily connected to its overall quality—sometimes the performance can be summed up as luck. — John Heyman

sabermetrically \ ˌsā-bər-ˈme-tri-k(ə-)lē

\ adverb

"… it's a different method of approaching the game sabermetrically and numerically." — Joe Maddon

sabermetrician \ ˌsā-bər-mə-ˈtri-shən

\ noun, plural sabermetricians

In part, these changes are being brought about by the increasing influence of a creative new breed of statisticians, members of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). These sabermetricians, as they call themselves, have been manipulating the raw data of baseball—hits, runs, outs, errors—in ways that cast new light on the game on the field. — Joe Klein

Examples of sabermetrics in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The three-time award winner was displeased with this season’s format that relied exclusively on sabermetrics. — Mark Gonzales, chicagotribune.com, "5 observations from Game 3 of the World Series, including the Los Angeles Dodgers’ unheralded hero and Walker Buehler’s dominance of the Tampa Bay Rays," 24 Oct. 2020 The sabermetrics that are now standard in today’s game were just beginning to make their way into MLB front offices during the 1990s and around the turn of the century. — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, "Reading list: The Denver Post sports department’s favorite sports books to ride out the coronavirus," 27 Mar. 2020

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