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sabermetrics

or SABR·met·rics

[sey-ber-me-triks]
noun
  1. (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
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Origin of sabermetrics

1980–85; S(ociety for) A(merican) B(aseball) R(esearch) + -metrics
Related formssa·ber·me·tri·cian [‐mi-trish-uh n] /‐mɪˈtrɪʃ ən/, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for sabermetrics

sabermetrics

noun (functioning as singular)
  1. the statistical and mathematical analysis of baseball records
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Word Origin

C20: saber (from initials of Society of American Baseball Research) + -metrics as in econometrics
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