statistic

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At first blush, his lifetime Wins Above Replacement of 0.3 would indicate that he’s little better than the fictional minor league “replacement player” to which MLB players are compared in calculating the statistic.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

That statistic comes from the LAHSA, a city-county joint agency that sends trained volunteers into the streets each February to count the people living there.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

Warsh’s position matters because it isn’t really about one statistic, but how the Fed deals with the price shocks that an era of tariffs and geopolitical disruption may keep producing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

That is a sobering statistic for any manager - regardless of previous achievements.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

She has gone from welfare statistic in the early 1990s to credit card-carrying member of the middle class, a woman for whom there are now few statistics, so rare has her experience been.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times