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
- 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
- October 16, 1991: Avery, Braves edge Pirates 1-0, force Game 7 in NLCS
- May 12, 1991: Steve Avery, Braves foreshadow postseason in win over Pirates
- July 28, 1987: Barry Bonds hits first career inside-the-park home run in Pirates’ loss to Phillies
- April 18, 1987: Mike Schmidt’s 500th home run rallies Phillies over Pirates
- April 7, 1987: Mets hold off Pirates to begin championship defense
- July 20, 1986: Astros outlast Mets’ rallies, win in 15 innings on controversial call
- June 3, 1986: Ted Simmons’s pinch-hit grand slam caps ‘Bomb Squad’ Braves’ 7-run rally against Pirates
- April 21, 1986: Mets preview October magic by rallying in 8th and 9th for win over Pirates
- April 12, 1986: Pirates’ 8th-inning rally gives Jim Leyland first win as manager
- April 8, 1986: Gooden’s complete game leads Mets to win on Opening Day
- April 9, 1985: Cubs’ Rick Sutcliffe, Lee Smith shut down Pirates in opener
- September 24, 1984: Cubs clinch first postseason berth since 1945 behind Sandberg, Matthews, Sutcliffe
- July 22, 1984: Doug Frobel’s 11th-inning double gives Pirates a split with first-place Padres
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