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 29, 1967: Bob Moose earns first major-league win as Pirates beat Astros
- September 1, 1965: Pirates edge Dodgers, Koufax on Pagliaroni’s 11th-inning double
- May 8, 1963: Willie Stargell hits first career home run, but Cubs win after 4-run rally
- April 28, 1962: Minnie Miñoso rallies Cardinals to win over Reds
- June 18, 1961: Don Leppert debuts with home run, pickoff in Pirates’ win over Cardinals
- May 23, 1960: Sandy Koufax stops first-place Pirates with one-hitter
- May 29, 1955: Roberto Clemente’s five hits lead Pirates to curfew-interrupted win over Phillies
- April 22, 1953: Carlos Bernier breaks color line in debut with Pittsburgh Pirates
- May 27, 1952: Willie Mays leads Giants over Dodgers as Army induction approaches
- July 8, 1950: Pirates beat Cardinals on Jack Phillips’ pinch-hit grand slam in 9th
- September 29, 1949: Former Cardinal Murry Dickson knocks St. Louis out of first place
- April 19, 1949: Pirates’ Rip Sewell outduels Cubs’ Dutch Leonard in first Opening Day matchup of starters in their 40s
- August 31, 1948: Pirates break Forbes Field season attendance record in win over Giants
- May 15, 1947: Greenberg Gardens homers decisive in Jackie Robinson’s Pittsburgh debut with Dodgers
- May 15, 1922: Pie Traynor’s home run rallies Pirates to 10-inning win over Braves
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