Gary Gillette
Gary Gillette is a nationally known baseball author and expert on Hall of Famer Turkey Stearnes, the Detroit Stars, and the history of the Negro Leagues in Detroit. He is founder and chair of the nonprofit Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium, leading the campaign to restore the historic ballpark site. He served on SABR’s Board of Directors from 2009 to 2012, helped lead two special Negro Leagues Task Force committees from 2021 to 2024, was the editor of SABR’s Emerald Guide to Baseball, and past chair of SABR’s Ballparks Committee, Business of Baseball Committee, and Southern Michigan Chapter. He was also the editor of the ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia, executive editor of the ESPN Pro Football Encyclopedia, and a contributor to six editions of Total Baseball.
Related links:
- Listen to a SABR Oral History interview with Gary Gillette (2022)
- Read Gary Gillette’s “Historiography of Black Baseball and the Negro Leagues” at Baseball-Reference.com
- SABR special committee acknowledges 1949-50 Negro American League, independent Black baseball teams as major-league caliber
- Find more of Gary’s published articles at SABR.org
- Visit the Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium website