Gregory H. Wolf
A lifelong Pirates fan, Gregory H. Wolf was born in Pittsburgh, but now resides in the Chicagoland area with his wife, Margaret, while their daughter, Gabriela, studies at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. A Professor of German and holder of the Dennis and Jean Bauman endowed chair of the Humanities at North Central College in Naperville, IL, he is currently the co-director of SABR’s BioProject and has edited 14 books for SABR, including those on 1929 Chicago Cubs (2015), 1957 Milwaukee Braves (2014), 1965 Minnesota Twins (2015), 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates (2016, co-edited with Bill Nowlin), as well as County Stadium (2016) in Milwaukee, the Houston Astrodome (2017), and Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis (2017), Crosley Field in Cincinnati (2018), Wrigley Field (2019) and Comiskey Park (2019) in Chicago, the 1982 Milwaukee Brewers (2020), Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. (2021), Shibe Park in Philadelphia (2022), and Ebbets Field (2023). He’s written approximately 200 biographies of players for the BioProject, more than 300 games for the Games Project, as well as topical essays. He has given presentations at national SABR meetings and at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
Please follow his X (former Twitter) feed @SABRbioproject or the SABR BioProject Facebook page for more.
SABR BioProject biographies written by Gregory H. Wolf
SABR Games Project stories written by Gregory H. Wolf
- May 31, 1914: Joe Benz humming on all cylinders with no-hitter
- October 8, 1913: Mathewson outduels Plank in extra-inning classic
- September 29, 1913: Walter Johnson completes 11th shutout of season and 36th victory
- September 5, 1913: Walter Johnson spins a shutout for 30th win of season
- August 20, 1912: Doubleheader Dandy: Walter Johnson wins AL-record 15th straight game; Carl Cashion hurls 6-inning no-hitter
- October 26, 1911: Bender tosses 4-hitter as A’s crush Giants to capture second straight championship
- August 27, 1911: Big Ed Walsh ‘slobber-balls’ his way to no-hitter for White Sox
- October 17, 1910: Charles Bender baffles Cubs in World Series opener
- August 26, 1910: Jack Coombs fans 14 in four-hit shutout for A’s
- August 4, 1910: Jack Coombs, Ed Walsh hook up in scoreless, 16-inning pitchers’ duel for the ages
- July 31, 1910: King for a Day: Cubs’ Cole tosses abbreviated no-hitter in St. Louis
- May 12, 1910: Charles Bender tosses first no-hitter in Shibe Park history
- August 6, 1908: Cardinals’ Johnny Lush twirls rain-shortened no-hitter in 6 innings
- September 20, 1907: Nick Maddox tosses first no-hitter in Pirates’ history
- August 23, 1907: Pirates’ Howie Camnitz walks his way to a 5-inning no-hitter shortened by darkness
SABR Journal Articles written by Gregory H. Wolf
- Introduction: Cincinnati’s Crosley Field: A Gem in the Queen City
- Honus Wagner’s Short Stint as Pirates Skipper in a Forgettable Final Season
- Introduction: Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis
- The 1935 Chicago Cubs
- 1952 Winter Meetings: Changing Demographics and Broadcast Challenges
- 1975 Winter Meetings: The Threat of Free Agency and the Return of the Master Showman
- 1976 Winter Meetings: Changing Demographics and Broadcast Challenges
- The St. Louis Cardinals in Wartime
SABR Research Topics written by Gregory H. Wolf
SABR Research Articles written by Gregory H. Wolf
SABR Ballparks written by Gregory H. Wolf