Aaron Gleeman
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Aaron Gleeman is an American writer primarily covering the Minnesota Twins for The Athletic and is the former Editor-in-Chief at Baseball Prospectus.[1] He co-hosts Gleeman and the Geek, a Twins Baseball podcast. He was the co-founder and main operator of the baseball statistics website, The Hardball Times before leaving to write for NBC Sports. In 2006, Gleeman was featured in a short profile in Sports Illustrated.[2] He is the author of the book, “The Big 50: Minnesota Twins: The Men and Moments that Made the Minnesota Twins.”
Biography
Gleeman is a graduate of
Contributions to sabermetrics
On November 25, 2003, Gleeman used his blog to introduce a new statistic called Gleeman Production Average.
where OBP is on-base percentage and SLG is slugging percentage. The result is a number that resembles a batting average but reflects the player's ability to avoid outs and hit for power.
References
- ^ "Aaron Gleeman". The Athletic. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- ^ Chen, Albert (2006-03-27). "Cyberscribe: How a Twins Nut and Wannabe Journalist Found his Niche". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 2013-01-02. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
- ^ Gleeman, Aaron (2003-11-25). "Introducing GPA". Archived from the original on 2008-12-10. Retrieved 2009-03-25.