Home › Words › M › moneyballmoneyball/ˈmʌn.iˌbɔːl/moneyball means baseball management relying on sabermetrics.moneyball is pronounced /ˈmʌn.iˌbɔːl/.EtymologyAfter the 2003 book by business journalist Michael Lewis; from money + ball.nounBaseball management relying on sabermetrics.The application of advanced analytics to any domain in order to improve outcomes.e.g.“Campaigns are spending a lot of money, but they are not playing Moneyball.” — 2011 October 5, John Sides, “The Moneyball of Campaign Advertising (Part 1)”, in The New York Times:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).