Aaron Gleeman

Aaron Gleeman (born 1982 or 1983) is an American sports writer primarily covering the Minnesota Twins. He previously wrote for The Athletic and is the former editor-in-chief at Baseball Prospectus. He co-hosts Gleeman and the Geek, a sports podcast about the Twins. He was a co-founder and writer for The Hardball Times beginning in 2004 before leaving to write for NBC Sports. In 2006, Gleeman was featured in a short profile in Sports Illustrated. He is the author of “The Big 50: Minnesota Twins: The Men and Moments that Made the Minnesota Twins”, published in 2018. He won the 2021 National Sports Media Association Minnesota Sportswriter of the Year Award. He left The Athletic in 2026, continuing to write about the Twins from his own website.

Gleeman is a graduate of Highland Park High School in St. Paul, Minnesota.[citation needed] He then attended the University of Minnesota as a journalism major. However, the Minnesota Daily did not hire him as a staff writer. Gleeman eventually dropped out of college without obtaining a degree.

Contributions to sabermetrics

On November 25, 2003, Gleeman used his blog to introduce a new statistic called Gleeman Production Average. The name was later changed to Gross Production Average to make it more palatable. The formula is:

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

  1. 1 2 Neumann, Sam (May 11, 2026). "Aaron Gleeman leaves The Athletic after being asked to stop covering Twins". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Aaron Gleeman". The Athletic. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Gleeman and The Geek: A Minnesota Twins Podcast". YouTube. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
  4. ↑ Gleeman, Aaron; Namee, Matthew (March 15, 2004). "Welcome to The Hardball Times". The Hardball Times. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Aaron Gleeman". NBC Sports. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
  6. 1 2 Chen, Albert (March 27, 2006). "Cyberscribe: How a Twins Nut and Wannabe Journalist Found his Niche". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on December 19, 2024. Retrieved March 25, 2009.
  7. ↑ Gleeman, Aaron (2018). Big 50: Minnesota Twins: The Men and Moments That Made the Minnesota Twins. Triumph Books. ISBN 9781633199934.
  8. ↑ "Minnesota". National Sports Media Association. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
  9. ↑ "Aaron Gleeman, World's Best MN Twins Writer, Goes Indie After The Athletic Eliminates His Twins Beat". Racket. May 11, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
  10. ↑ Gleeman, Aaron (November 25, 2003). "Introducing GPA". AaronGleeman.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2008. Retrieved March 25, 2009.
  11. ↑ Studeman, Dave (May 3, 2004). "About Those Stats…". The Hardball Times. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
  12. ↑ Gleeman, Aaron (November 27, 2003). "The GPA Quick Reference Guide (2003)". Aaron Gleeman. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
  13. ↑ Schwarz, Alan (February 25, 2007). "New Baseball Statistic, With a Nod to an Old Standard (Published 2007)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 26, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2026.