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sabermetrics noun[ U ] (alsoSabermetrics)uk /ˌseɪ.bəˈmet.rɪks/ us /ˌseɪ.bɚˈmet.rɪks/ in baseball, the use of advanced statistics(= the science of using information discovered from studying numbers) to judge the performance of players: The club puts heavy emphasis on sabermetrics to value players. Sabermetrics has demonstrated that some traditional measures of achievement are fatally flawed. Sabermetrics has set the standard for modern baseball analysis. They spent many hours debating the merits of traditional scouting methods versus sabermetrics. Sabermetrics has challenged every widely held assumption about the game of baseball. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Baseball & rounders 1-2-3 inning ahead alley around the hornidiom at bat bomb curve heater hit the ball out of the parkidiom hitting coach home plate home stand horsehide sac spitter split-fingered fastball splitter squeeze play starting pitcher swing |