Aaron Gleeman

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Aaron Gleeman (born Script error: No such module "Birth based on age as of dates".) 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.[1][2] He co-hosts Gleeman and the Geek, a sports podcast about the Twins.[3] He was a co-founder and writer for the The Hardball Times beginning in 2004 before leaving to write for NBC Sports.[4][5] In 2006, Gleeman was featured in a short profile in Sports Illustrated.[6] He is the author of “The Big 50: Minnesota Twins: The Men and Moments that Made the Minnesota Twins”, published in 2018.[7] He won the 2021 National Sports Media Association Minnesota Sportswriter of the Year Award.[2][8] He left The Athletic in 2026, continuing to write about the Twins from his own website.[1][9]

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.[6]

Contributions to sabermetrics

On November 25, 2003, Gleeman used his blog to introduce a new statistic called Gleeman Production Average.[10] The name was later changed to Gross Production Average to make it more palatable. The formula is:

GPA=(1.8×OBP)+SLG4

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.[11][12][13]

References

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  1. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Neumann, Sam (May 11, 2026). "Aaron Gleeman leaves The Athletic after being asked to stop covering Twins". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
  2. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Aaron Gleeman". The Athletic. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Gleeman and The Geek: A Minnesota Twins Podcast". YouTube. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gleeman, Aaron; Namee, Matthew (March 15, 2004). "Welcome to The Hardball Times". The Hardball Times. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Aaron Gleeman". NBC Sports. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
  6. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gleeman, Aaron (2018). Big 50: Minnesota Twins: The Men and Moments That Made the Minnesota Twins. Triumph Books. ISBN 9781633199934.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Minnesota". National Sports Media Association. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."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. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gleeman, Aaron (November 25, 2003). "Introducing GPA". AaronGleeman.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2008. Retrieved March 25, 2009.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Studeman, Dave (May 3, 2004). "About Those Stats…". The Hardball Times. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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.

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