Gary Gillette
Encyclopedia
Gary Gillette is a baseball
writer, author, and editor. He is co-editor of both the ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia and the ESPN Football Encyclopedia. For both series of books, he partnered with renowned statistician Pete Palmer
, as well as writers Sean Lahman
and Matt Silverman. As of October 2008 he has written or edited more than fifty baseball books. http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Gary%20Gillette&page=1
From 2005-2006, Gillette was a baseball columnist for ESPN Insider. http://search.espn.go.com/gary-gillette/ He has been featured as a baseball commentator and analyst for several NPR
radio stations, including WHYY-FM
in Philadelphia, WKAR
in East Lansing, Michigan
, and Minnesota Public Radio
.
In addition to writing, Gillette works as an expert witness
on baseball-related litigation, as a consultant to insurance companies on player contract issues, and as an adviser to player agents
on salary arbitration cases. He is also co-chair of the SABR Business of Baseball committee
From 1992 to 1997, Gillette was the president and owner of The Baseball Workshop, which operated a national stringer network covering Major League Baseball
while producing and maintaining a unique set of baseball databases. In 1997, the Baseball Workshop merged with Koz Sports and Baseball Ink to form Total Sports. Gillette served as vice president of Total Sports from 1997 to 1999.http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Baseball-Encyclopedia/Gary-Gillette/e/9780760753491
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
writer, author, and editor. He is co-editor of both the ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia and the ESPN Football Encyclopedia. For both series of books, he partnered with renowned statistician Pete Palmer
Pete Palmer
Pete Palmer is a major contributor to the applied mathematical field referred to as sabermetrics. Along with the Bill James Baseball Abstracts, Palmer's book The Hidden Game of Baseball is often referred to as providing the foundation upon which the field of sabermetrics was built.Palmer began his...
, as well as writers Sean Lahman
Sean Lahman
Sean Lahman is an award-winning author and journalist.-Sports Research:He is most noted for the Lahman Baseball Database, a collection of baseball statistics for every team and player in Major League history...
and Matt Silverman. As of October 2008 he has written or edited more than fifty baseball books. http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Gary%20Gillette&page=1
From 2005-2006, Gillette was a baseball columnist for ESPN Insider. http://search.espn.go.com/gary-gillette/ He has been featured as a baseball commentator and analyst for several NPR
NPR
NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
radio stations, including WHYY-FM
WHYY-FM
WHYY-FM is an NPR member station serving the Delaware Valley area, which is the metro area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station is located in Philadelphia. Its transmitter is located in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia.-History:...
in Philadelphia, WKAR
WKAR (AM)
WKAR is a National Public Radio member station in East Lansing, Michigan; broadcasting at 870 kHz. It is owned by Michigan State University, and carries news and talk shows from NPR. It is part of MSU's Broadcasting Services Division, and is a sister station to the FM radio and television...
in East Lansing, Michigan
East Lansing, Michigan
East Lansing is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located directly east of Lansing, Michigan, the state's capital. Most of the city is within Ingham County, though a small portion lies in Clinton County. The population was 48,579 at the time of the 2010 census, an increase from...
, and Minnesota Public Radio
Minnesota Public Radio
Minnesota Public Radio , is the flagship National Public Radio member network for the state of Minnesota. With its three services, News & Information, Classical Music and The Current, MPR operates a 42-station regional radio network in the upper Midwest serving over 8 million people...
.
In addition to writing, Gillette works as an expert witness
Expert witness
An expert witness, professional witness or judicial expert is a witness, who by virtue of education, training, skill, or experience, is believed to have expertise and specialised knowledge in a particular subject beyond that of the average person, sufficient that others may officially and legally...
on baseball-related litigation, as a consultant to insurance companies on player contract issues, and as an adviser to player agents
Sports agent
A sports agent procures and negotiates employment and endorsement contracts for an athlete.In return, the sports agent generally receives between 4 and 10% of the athlete's playing contract, and 10 to 20% of the athlete's endorsement contract, though these figures vary...
on salary arbitration cases. He is also co-chair of the SABR Business of Baseball committee
From 1992 to 1997, Gillette was the president and owner of The Baseball Workshop, which operated a national stringer network covering Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
while producing and maintaining a unique set of baseball databases. In 1997, the Baseball Workshop merged with Koz Sports and Baseball Ink to form Total Sports. Gillette served as vice president of Total Sports from 1997 to 1999.http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Baseball-Encyclopedia/Gary-Gillette/e/9780760753491