Rob Neyer (born June 22, 1966) is an American
baseball writer known for his use of statistical analysis or
sabermetrics. He started his career working for
Bill James
George William James (born October 5, 1949) is an American baseball writer, historian, and statistician whose work has been widely influential. Since 1977, James has written more than two dozen books devoted to baseball history and statistics. ...
and
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and then joined
ESPN.com as a columnist and blogger from 1996 to 2011. He was National Baseball Editor for
SB Nation
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from 2011 to 2014, and Senior Baseball Editor for
FoxSports.com in 2015 and '16.
Biography
Rob Neyer lived in the
Kansas City
The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more ...
area as a child and attended the
University of Kansas After dropping out of college, he was soon hired as a research assistant by Bill James.
After four years with James, Neyer took a job at STATS, before joining ESPNet SportsZone, ESPN.com's forerunner, in 1996.
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.
Writing career
Neyer wrote for ESPN for 15 years from 1996 to January 2011.
He joined SB Nation as its National Baseball Editor in February 2011 and worked there for three years. 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