"sabermetrics" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Coined by Bill James in 1980, from SABR (“Society for American Baseball Research”) + metrics. Etymology templates: {{coin|en|Bill James|in=1980|nocat=1}} Coined by Bill James in 1980, {{compound|en|SABR|metrics|gloss1=Society for American Baseball Research}} SABR (“Society for American Baseball Research”) + metrics Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} sabermetrics (uncountable)
  1. (US) The analysis of baseball, especially via its statistics. Wikipedia link: Society for American Baseball Research, sabermetrics Tags: US, uncountable Categories (topical): Baseball Synonyms: Sabermetrics, SABRmetrics, sabrmetrics Related terms: sabermetric, sabermetrician, Moneyball Translations (analysis of baseball, especially via its statistics): 賽伯計量學 (Chinese Mandarin), 赛伯计量学 (sàibójìliàngxué) (Chinese Mandarin), sabermétrie [feminine] (French), sabermetrica (Italian), セイバーメトリクス (seibāmetorikusu) (Japanese), 세이버메트릭스 (seibeometeurikseu) (Korean), sabermetríca [feminine] (Spanish)

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