Peter Gammons Biography
Peter Gammons is an American Media Personality and Analyst working for MLB Network as a baseball analyst. He is also a musician and author of several books.
Peter Gammons Age
Gammons April 9, 1945, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. He is therefore 78 years old as of 2023. He celebrates his birthday on the 9th of April every year.
Peter Gammons Height
Gammons stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 7 inches.
Peter Gammons Family
Gammons grew up in Groton, Boston, Massachusetts. However, he has managed to keep his personal life away from the limelight hence he has not disclosed any information about his parents. It is also not known if Gammons has any siblings.
Peter Gammons Wife
Gammons is a married man and his spouse is Gloria. They tied the knot in the year 1968 and they happily reside in Massachusetts. There is no information regarding whether Gammons has any kids or not.
Peter Gammons Net Worth
Gammons has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million-$5 Million which he has earned through his successful career as a Media Personality and Analyst.
Peter Gammons Salary
As an MLB analyst, Gammons earns an annual salary ranging from $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.
Peter Gammons Education
Gammons is a proud 1969 alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. During his leisure time, he was part of St. Anthony Hall. During his stint at the university, he served at The Daily Tar Heel (student-run newspaper) and WXYC (student-run radio). He is also a 1965 graduate of Groton School.
Peter Gammons Career
Gammons serves at MLB Network as an analyst. He gives his thoughts and comments on important baseball events, like the Trade Deadline, the National Baseball Hall of Fame election announcement, the First-Year Player Draft, the All-Star Game, the Winter Meetings, and the Postseason. He’s a regular on “Hot Stove” (an off-season morning program). Gammons also works in the studio on short docu-style segments and serves as a contributor to the Spring Training series called “30 Clubs in 30 Days”. In addition to his jobs, he also contributes to Baseball America.
Before Gammons started working at MLB Network in the year 2009, he was a baseball analyst for ESPN. He also wrote for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine. He started his baseball reporting career in the year 1969 with the Boston Globe, where he started a famous weekly Sunday baseball notes column that’s now a big part of baseball news. From 1976 to 1990, Gammons reported on the NHL, MLB, and college basketball, for Sports Illustrated. He reported on college basketball, hockey, and baseball there.
After college, Gammons started his career in journalism at The Boston Globe. He worked at The Boston Globe for many years, either as a national baseball columnist or as the main reporter reporting on the Boston Red Sox. During his time at the Globe, he worked alongside other famous sports writers like Leigh Montville, Bob Ryan, and Will McDonough. Gammons also wrote a column for The Sporting News in the 1980s.
Peter Gammons Awards and Honors
Gammons has won several awards and honors for his outstanding broadcasting work. The Boston Baseball Band made a song called “Jammin’ With Peter Gammons” about him. Yale University named him an honorary Poynter Fellow. He won the National Sportswriter of the Year award in the year 1993, 1990, and 1989 from NSSA – the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. In the year 2004, he received the J. G. Taylor Spink Award for excellent baseball writing from the BBWAA. In the year 2018, Gammons got into the Cape Cod Baseball League Hall of Fame for supporting the league for a long time.
On January 9, 2009, Michael Ross, the president of the Boston City Council, proclaimed it as Peter Gammons Day in Boston at the Hot Stove Cool Music Sports Roundtable at Fenway Park. In 2010, during the 10th anniversary of Hot Stove Cool Music, Theo Epstein, Vice President, and General Manager of the Boston Red Sox, unveiled the “Peter Gammons – Foundation To Be Named Later Scholarship presented by RISO.” This scholarship provides opportunities for select Boston Public Schools students to pursue higher education, who might not have had this chance otherwise.
Peter Gammons Music
Besides being a baseball broadcaster, Gammons has also pursued a career in music. Gammons released his 1st album, “Never Slow Down, Never Grow Old,” on July 4, 2006. In this album, he sang and played guitar, covering songs like Warren Zevon’s “Model Citizen” and The Clash’s “Death or Glory” alongside his own songs. The money from the album went to Epstein’s charity. In December 2000, Gammons, along with sportswriters Casey Riddles, Jeff Horrigan, Debbi Wrobleski, Kay Hanley (singer), and Mindy d’Arbeloff, started the Hot Stove Cool Music benefit concert series. This fundraiser now happens twice a year, once in January and again in August and July. Gammons is closely connected to the Boston rock scene, and he even officiated the marriage of Jennifer D’Angora (singer) and Ed Valauskas (bassist) in November 2007.
Gammons likes blues and indie rock. He joins the Boston indie rock scene when he can, even attending Midnight Oil shows and mentioning the band in his columns. He’s also a fan of Pearl Jam and talks about their concerts and albums on ESPN Radio. With the help of Boston musicians and Theo Epstein, the former Red Sox General Manager, Gammons plays guitar and sings at the yearly Hot Stove, Cool Music concert. This event helps raise money for Theo and Paul Epstein’s Foundation To Be Named Later, which supports nonprofits helping disadvantaged youth in Greater Boston.
Peter Gammons Books
Apart from pursuing a career in broadcasting and music, he is also an author. Gammons has also authored numerous baseball books, including “Beyond the Sixth Game”, and was a well-known supporter of now disgraced Steroid-Era pitcher Roger Clemens.
Peter Gammons Illness / Health / Stroke
Gammons had a brain aneurysm near his home in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on June 27, 2006. He was taken to Falmouth Hospital and then airlifted to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. There, Dr. Arthur Day, a friend of Ted Williams (the late Red Sox hitter), performed his operation. Bob Ryan, a sportswriter for The Boston Globe, said Gammons would be in intensive care (ICU) for ten to twelve days.
After the surgery, he rested in intensive care and was listed in “good” condition the next day. On July 17, he left the hospital and went to the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Cape and Islands. On August 19 of that year, he made his 1st public appearance since the illness strike at Fenway Park during a Yankees game vs. Red Sox.
Peter Gammons MLB Network
Gammons is working at MLB Network alongside other famous MLB analysts, hosts, and commentators such as;
- Yonder Alonso
- Greg Amsinger
- Rubén Amaro Jr.
- A.J. Andrews
- Alex Avila
- Bob Costas
- Ron Darling
- Ryan Dempster
- Mark DeRosa
- Robert Flores
- Cliff Floyd
- Lauren Gardner
- Jon Heyman
- Brian Kenny
Peter Gammons Social Media Platforms
He is active on his social media accounts and is often seen posting on his Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. He has over 546.5K followers on Instagram.