sports statistics
Athletic performance data
Sports statistics are numerical records of athletic performance—points scored, batting averages, yards gained, assists, errors.
Stats allow comparison across players, teams, and eras: His stats don't justify that contract.
Fantasy sports and gambling have intensified interest in ever more granular statistics.
Advanced metrics like WAR (wins above replacement) in baseball or PER (player efficiency rating) in basketball attempt to capture overall value in a single number.
- assistsHelps or supports
- reboundsReturns after deflection
- plus minusMargin of error symbol
- triple doubleThree stats reach ten
- savesStores or rescues
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Things beyond physical grasp
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Real filmed performance
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