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why the name "Sabermetrics"?

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Okay, this is going to sound dumb but I've always wondered about the name "sabermetrics." Where does it come from? Why is it called this? Is its origin similar to how "rotisserie baseball" got it's name (presumably)?

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Sabermetrics is the analysis of baseball through objective evidence, especially baseball statistics. The term is derived from the acronym SABR, which stands for the Society for American Baseball Research. It was coined by Bill James, who was among its first proponents and has long been its most prominent advocate known to the general public.

 

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yeah, I know what they are. Thanks for explaining that it had to do with SABR, which also I had heard of before. I just didn't know that that is why they were called sabermetrics. I suppose I could have thought of that but I never did.

 

Thanks for clearing that up. I'd always wondered that.

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