Derived from SABR; a term coined by Bill James to describe "the search for objective knowledge about baseball". Often fallaciously believed to mean the mindless proliferation of statistics.

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.