Sabermetrics

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 has been its most enthusiastic (and by far its most famous) proponent.

Examples of sabermetric measurements

• On-base plus slugging (OPS)
• Runs created
• Pythagorean expectation
• Total player rating
• Equivalent average (EQA)
• Peripheral ERA (PERA)
• Defense Independent Pitching Statistics (DIPS)
• Secondary average
• Value over replacement player (VORP)
• Walks plus hits per inning pitched (WHIP)
• Win shares