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 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
- April 23, 1982: Rookie Ryne Sandberg records first two homers as Cubs drop slugfest to Pirates
- June 12, 1980: ‘Hit Man’ Mike Easler’s cycle leads Pirates over Reds
- April 6, 1979: Expos edge Pirates in 10-inning season opener
- October 2, 1977: Dusty Baker hits 30th homer, receives first-ever high-five from Glenn Burke in Dodgers’ loss to Astros
- April 20, 1977: Hat trick? Yankees’ unconventional lineup spurs win over Blue Jays
- August 9, 1976: John Candelaria pitches Pirates’ first no-hitter in Pittsburgh in seven decades
- June 20, 1975: Pirates’ John Candelaria bests Mets’ Tom Seaver for first major-league win
- May 9, 1975: Pirates’ Dave Parker drives in six runs against Dodgers in breakout season
- April 10, 1975: Willie Stargell returns to first base, homers twice in Pirates’ Opening Day win over Cubs
- October 9, 1974: Garvey, Wynn, Sutton pace Dodgers’ rout of Pirates in NLCS clincher
- October 8, 1974: As Tommy John recovers from elbow surgery, Pirates beat Dodgers in Game 3
- September 25, 1974: Cardinals regain first place with wild 11-inning win over Pirates
- October 1, 1973: Padres fly cross country to beat Pirates in season finale
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