sabermetrics

Etymology

Coined by Bill James in 1980, from SABR (“Society for American Baseball Research”) + metrics.

sabermetrics means The analysis of baseball, especially via its statistics. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

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.”