Ben Lindbergh Bio | Wiki
Ben Lindbergh is an American journalist and author. He currently serves as the Senior Editor for The Ringer. He is also the co-host and co-author of The MVP Machine and The Only Rule Is It Has to Work. Apart from that, Ben serves as the host of the Effectively Wild podcast for FanGraphs. He regularly appears on MLB Network as well.
Previously, Ben served as a staff writer for FiveThirtyEight and Grantland and editor-in-chief of Baseball Prospectus. Ben is a New York Times bestselling co-author of two books titled The MVP Machine: How Baseball’s New Nonconformists Are Using Data to Build Better Players and The Only Rule Is It Has to Work: Our Wild Experiment Building a New Kind of Baseball Team.
Ben Lindbergh Age
He was born in 1987 in the United States of America. Ben is 35 years old.
Ben Lindbergh Height
He is a man of above-average stature. Ben stands at the height of 5 ft 10 in ( Approx 1.78m).
Ben Lindbergh Family
He was born to his father and mother in 1987 in the United States of America. Ben began following baseball in the 1990s for the same reason most kids from New York did. Ben’s parents weren’t baseball fans but allowed him to go to Yankee Stadium with friends, or an aunt or uncle.
Ben Lindbergh Wife
He is romantically linked to the love of his life called Jessie Barbour who is a professional Podcast theme song composer. As of 2017, the duo lived in Manhattan with their miniature dachshund dog called Grumkin. Ben named the dog as a reference to the fantasy series titled “Game of Thrones.”
Ben Lindbergh College
He earned his high school diploma from an all-boys Catholic school in the Upper East Side of Manhattan called Saint David’s School. A teacher by the name of Tom Ryan taught Ben’s confirmation class in sixth grade and the teacher happened to be an avid Yankees fan and this inspired Ben so much that he joined a club called Hot Stove held by Tom on Wednesdays after school. Most boys gathered to discuss baseball in the club and Ben never miss a day after joining the club.
He later graduated from Georgetown University. Ben majored in English and minored in History after his junior year at the college. Later Yankees’ publications department gave Ben an internship. At the same time, he joined Baseball Prospectus for another internship where he assisted with research. Ben spent the summer serving two bosses and this seemed to be too much to other many college students.
Ben Lindbergh The Ringer | Podcast
He currently serves as a host for a podcast called The Ringer. Ben launched his career at a baseball website called Baseball Prospectus which focused on analytics. He worked as a writer for a few years prior to becoming the editor-in-chief, a role he served from 2012 to 2014. while still there, Ben began freelancing for Simmons’ previous website called Grantland because he never meant to write only about baseball but wanted to write about other topics as well.
After freelancing for a few years, Ben joined Grantland full-time after the editors at Grantland liked his work. However, the site was closed in October 2015. From there, Ben went to work for the data journalism website FiveThirtyEight. He worked there for almost a year prior to joining The Ringer after its launch.
Ben’s Other colleagues At The Ringer Include:
Shea Serrano – staff writer
Bryan Curtis – editor
Mallory Rubin – editor
Sean Fennessey – editor
Ben Lindbergh Books
– The MVP Machine: How Baseball’s New Nonconformists Are Using Data to Build Better Players
– The Only Rule Is It Has to Work: Our Wild Experiment Building a New Kind of Baseball Team [Includes a New Afterword]
– Best of Baseball Prospectus: 1996-2011
– Best of Baseball Prospectus: 1996-2011
Ben Lindbergh Effectively Wild
He started co-hosting a baseball podcast called “Effectively Wild” with Miller. However, Miller left the podcast later.
Ben Lindbergh Salary
He earns his monthly income from his job as the Senior Editor for The Ringer. Ben earns an average salary of $66,993 per year.
Ben Lindbergh Net Worth
He is an American journalist and author who has accumulated good wealth from his career and publications. Ben has an estimated net worth of $1,286,935.
Who Is Ben Lindbergh
Ben is an American journalist and author. He currently serves as the Senior Editor for The Ringer. He is also the co-host and co-author of The MVP Machine and The Only Rule Is It Has to Work. Apart from that, Ben serves as the host of the Effectively Wild podcast for FanGraphs.
Is Ben Lindbergh Married
He is romantically linked to the love of his life called Jessie Barbour who is a professional Podcast theme song composer. As of 2017, the duo lived in Manhattan with their miniature dachshund dog called Grumkin.
How Old Is Ben Lindbergh
Ben is a 35-year-old American author and journalist who was born in 1987 in the United States of America.