Meanings
adverbstatwise (not comparable)
- informalnot comparableIn terms of statistics; statistically.
Bench may be the greatest catcher subjectively, but he's not statistically. Statwise, Yogi Berra is the all-time backstop, regardless of which measure you prefer. Berra's Total-Z is one-third of a standard deviation higher than Bench's, and his Core-Z average is a point better.
2002, James F. Vail, Outrageous Fortune: What's Wrong with Hall of Fame Voting and How to Make It Statistically Sound, Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 143
Origin
From stat (“statistic”) + -wise.
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APA
statwise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statwise
MLA
“statwise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statwise. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “statwise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statwise.
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