Editing Rob Neyer

{{Short description|American baseball writer}}
{{Infobox person
| image              = Neyer rob m.jpg
| name               = Rob Neyer
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1965|10|22}}
| birth_place        = [[Columbia, Missouri]], U.S.
| nationality        = American
| occupation         = [[Sportswriter]]
| alma mater         = [[University of Kansas]]
| 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 LLC|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 [[Fox Sports|FoxSports.com]] in 2015 and 2016.

==Biography==
Rob Neyer lived in the [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] area as a child and attended the [[University of Kansas]]<ref>[http://www.fangraphs.com/not/index.php/media-e-interviews-rob-neyer/ Media e-Interviews: Rob Neyer] Fangraphs, May 2011</ref>  After dropping out of college, he was soon hired as a research assistant by Bill James.<ref name="tht-interview">{{cite web|url = http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/rob-neyer-interview/|date=2007-10-29|last = Jaffe|first = Chris|work=[[The Hardball Times]]|title=Rob Neyer Interview}}</ref> After four years with James, Neyer took a job at STATS, before joining ESPNet SportsZone, ESPN.com's forerunner, in 1996.<ref name="ESPN">{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/6904/bo-knows-amazing|title = Bo knows Amazing|date = 31 January 2011}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="tht-interview"/>

==Writing career==
Neyer wrote for ESPN for 15 years from 1996 to January 2011.<ref name="ESPN"/> He joined SB Nation as its National Baseball Editor in February 2011 and worked there for three years.<ref>{{cite news|last=Neyer|first=Rob|title=Rob Neyer Joins SB Nation, Becomes Part Of 'Us' Not 'Them'|date=February 1, 2011|work=SBNation.com|url=https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2011/2/1/1967537/rob-neyer-joins-sb-nation-becomes-part-of-us-not-them|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203010635/http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2011/2/1/1967537/rob-neyer-joins-sb-nation-becomes-part-of-us-not-them|archive-date=February 3, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Yadier Molina leads fifth annual "Fielding Bible Awards"|first=Aaron|last=Gleeman|authorlink=Aaron Gleeman|url=http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/11/01/yadier-molina-leads-fifth-annual-fielding-bible-awards/|work=NBCSports.com|date=November 1, 2010}}</ref>

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|CASEY Award]] for Best Baseball Book of the Year. His baseball writing is known for its use of historical and statistical analysis.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal|Baseball|Journalism}}
* {{official website |robneyer.com}}
* {{LCAuth|n99274798|Rob Neyer}}
* [https://sabr.org/sabrcast SABRcast with Rob Neyer] at the [[Society for American Baseball Research]]


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