John Fredland
An attorney and retired Air Force officer, John Fredland grew up near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He fell in love with baseball through listening to Pittsburgh Pirates games on KDKA-AM, reading the Pittsburgh Press and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and playing for youth and high school teams in his boyhood community. As an undergraduate at Rice University, John covered Rice’s nationally ranked baseball teams for the school newspaper, the Rice Thresher, from 1994-97. John received his law degree at Vanderbilt University before being commissioned into the Air Force’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps. He has served as committee chair for SABR’s Baseball Games Project since October 2020 and authored the SABR 50 at 50: Greatest Games feature to help celebrate SABR’s golden anniversary in 2021. He lives in San Antonio, Texas.
SABR BioProject biographies written by John Fredland
SABR Games Project stories written by John Fredland
- May 29, 2017: Astros erupt with 11-run eighth inning to rout Twins, give Jankowski only big-league win
- May 20, 2015: Joe Mauer clears Clemente Wall in 13th inning, lifts Twins over Pirates
- May 2, 2014: Ninth-inning home runs rally Pirates past Blue Jays, spark season turnaround
- April 5, 2012: Roy Halladay, Phillies blank Pirates 1-0 on Opening Day
- June 4, 2009: Andrew McCutchen sparks Pirates to win over Mets in major-league debut
- September 21, 2001: Albert Pujols’ first career grand slam lifts Cardinals over Pirates
- April 8, 2001: Aramis Ramirez attains liftoff for Pirates with three home runs
- May 3, 1999: Brian Giles hits 2 homers as Pirates’ 9th-inning rally overcomes Jeff Kent’s cycle
- August 2, 1998: Randy Johnson strikes out 12 in Houston Astros debut
- June 3, 1998: Aramis Ramírez’s first major-league hit secures Pirates’ sweep of Mets
- September 2, 1997: ‘Freak Show’ Pirates get closer in NL Central race with Shawon Dunston’s two-homer debut
- August 2, 1997: Todd Helton homers in major-league debut, but Pirates edge Rockies
- June 16, 1997: Mark Smith’s homer lifts Pirates over Twins in Metrodome’s first-ever interleague game
- July 12, 1994: Alou’s hit, Gwynn’s slide lift NL to All-Star win as strike looms
- October 9, 1992: Tim Wakefield’s complete-game win keeps Pirates alive in NLCS
SABR Journal Articles written by John Fredland
SABR Research Topics written by John Fredland
SABR Research Articles written by John Fredland
SABR Ballparks written by John Fredland