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
- 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
- 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
- September 13, 1989: Cardinals’ division hopes fade after scoreless tie with Pirates
- September 7, 1987: Jeff Robinson records immaculate inning, saves Pirates’ comeback win over Cubs
- 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 27, 1986: Error-filled 7-run inning dooms Steve Carlton, Phillies in Pittsburgh
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