Rob Neyer

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Rob Neyer
Born ( 1965-10-22 ) October 22, 1965 (age 58)
Columbia, Missouri , U.S.
Nationality American
Alma mater University of Kansas
Occupation Sportswriter
Years active 1996?present
Employer SB Nation (February 2011 - January 2014)

Rob Neyer (born October 22, 1965) is an American baseball writer known for his use of statistical analysis or sabermetrics . He started his career working for Bill James and STATS and then joined ESPN.com as a columnist and blogger from 1996 to 2011. He was National Baseball Editor for SB Nation from 2011 to 2014, and Senior Baseball Editor for FoxSports.com in 2015 and 2016.

Biography [ edit ]

Rob Neyer lived in the Kansas City area as a child and attended the University of Kansas [1] After dropping out of college, he was soon hired as a research assistant by Bill James. [2] After four years with James, Neyer took a job at STATS, before joining ESPNet SportsZone, ESPN.com's forerunner, in 1996. [3] Since May 2018, Neyer has served as Commissioner of the West Coast League , a collegiate summer baseball league based in the Pacific Northwest .

He lives in Portland, Oregon . [2]

Writing career [ edit ]

Neyer wrote for ESPN for 15 years from 1996 to January 2011. [3] He joined SB Nation as its National Baseball Editor in February 2011 and worked there for three years. [4] From February 2014 to January 2016, he was part of Fox Sports' baseball writing team. Within the baseball writing community, Neyer is a member of the Baseball Writers' Association of America and the voting panel for the Fielding Bible Awards . [5]

He is the author or co-author of seven books: Baseball Dynasties (2000) with Eddie Epstein , Feeding the Green Monster (2001), Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Lineups (2003), The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers (2004) with Bill James, Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders (2006), Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Legends (2008), and Power Ball: Anatomy of a Modern Baseball Game , which won the 2018 CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year. His baseball writing is known for its use of historical and statistical analysis.

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ Media e-Interviews: Rob Neyer Fangraphs, May 2011
  2. ^ a b Jaffe, Chris (2007-10-29). "Rob Neyer Interview" . The Hardball Times .
  3. ^ a b "Bo knows Amazing" . 31 January 2011.
  4. ^ Neyer, Rob (February 1, 2011). "Rob Neyer Joins SB Nation, Becomes Part Of 'Us' Not 'Them' " . SBNation.com . Archived from the original on February 3, 2011.
  5. ^ Gleeman, Aaron (November 1, 2010). "Yadier Molina leads fifth annual "Fielding Bible Awards" " . NBCSports.com .

External links [ edit ]


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