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.
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SABR BioProject biographies written by Gregory H. Wolf
SABR Games Project stories written by Gregory H. Wolf
- June 18, 1967: Don Wilson tosses first no-hitter in Astrodome history
- June 15, 1967: ‘Toy Cannon’ blasts three home runs in the Astrodome
- May 15, 1967: Clemente blasts three homers and knocks in all seven runs in Bucs’ loss
- April 14, 1967: Red Sox’s Billy Rohr misses no-hitter by one out in MLB debut
- June 7, 1966: Jim Bunning wins eighth straight with 14-strikeout, 3-hit gem
- September 21, 1965: Cubs’ Ron Santo is one-man show with two-homer game
- September 13, 1965: Willie Mays clouts 500th home run
- August 19, 1965: Reds’ Jim Maloney tosses 10-inning no-hitter — with 187 pitches, 10 walks, and 12 strikeouts
- August 13, 1965: Dodgers’ Osteen tosses complete game as National Guard is deployed to burning Los Angeles
- July 11, 1965: Harmon Killebrew clouts walkoff home run to beat Yankees
- June 14, 1965: Reds’ Jim Maloney strikes out 18 in 10-inning no-hitter — then loses to Mets
- May 12, 1965: Killebrew belts two homers, including game-winner in eighth
- May 5, 1965: Mathews rips walk-off double in 14th; Blasingame goes the distance for Braves
- October 4, 1964: Reds’ pennant hopes dashed on last day of season
- September 30, 1964: Reds fall out of first place in epic battle of fireballers Maloney and Veale
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