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Sports Reference

Sports Reference, LLC is an American sports statistics company that operates databases of several sports. They include Pro Football Reference for American football, Baseball Reference for baseball, Basketball Reference for basketball, Hockey Reference for ice hockey, FBref for association football (soccer), and pages for college football and basketball.…

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Founded
August 2004; 22 years ago (2004-08)
Industry
Sports statistics
Headquarters
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Founder
Sean Forman
Products
Baseball Reference · Basketball Reference · FBref · Hockey Reference · Immaculate Grid
Type
Private

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Olympics

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Sports Reference

Nodes23
Edges22
Triples49
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.086957
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Sports Reference

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related to history · 20
Sports Reference → American, Baseball Reference, Basketball Reference, Division, FBref, For, Hockey Reference, Immaculate Grid, July, National Football League, NCAA, NCAA Division, NFL, Olympics, Philadelphia, Pro Football Reference, Sean Forman, Sports Reference LLC, The, They
related to Olympics · 10
Sports Reference → Data, December, July, May, Olympic, Olympic Games, Olympics, Summer Olympics, The, Winter Olympics
Products · 9
Sports Reference → Baseball Reference, Basketball Reference, FBref, Hockey Reference, Immaculate Grid, Pro Football Reference, SR/College Basketball, SR/College Football, Stathead
related to External links · 4
Sports Reference → Media, Official, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
Founded · 1
Sports Reference → August 2004; 22 years ago (2004-08)
Founder · 1
Sports Reference → Sean Forman
Headquarters · 1
Sports Reference → Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Industry · 1
Sports Reference → Sports statistics
Type · 1
Sports Reference → Private
Website · 1
Sports Reference → www.sports-reference.com

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Sports ReferenceFoundedAugust 2004; 22 years ago (2004-08)1.00infobox
Sports ReferenceFounderSean Forman1.00infobox
Sports ReferenceHeadquartersPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, US1.00infobox
Sports ReferenceIndustrySports statistics1.00infobox
Sports ReferenceProductsBaseball Reference1.00infobox
Sports ReferenceProductsBasketball Reference1.00infobox
Sports ReferenceProductsFBref1.00infobox
Sports ReferenceProductsHockey Reference1.00infobox
Sports ReferenceProductsImmaculate Grid1.00infobox
Sports ReferenceProductsPro Football Reference1.00infobox
Sports ReferenceProductsSR/College Basketball1.00infobox
Sports ReferenceProductsSR/College Football1.00infobox
Sports ReferenceProductsStathead1.00infobox
Sports ReferenceTypePrivate1.00infobox
Sports ReferenceWebsitewww.sports-reference.com1.00infobox

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