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 26, 1921: Yankees hold off Indians in Polo Grounds thriller, seize 2-game lead in AL pennant race
- August 5, 1921: KDKA’s Harold Arlin broadcasts first baseball game over commercial radio as Pirates rally to beat Phillies
- July 28, 1921: Irish Meusel, Phil Douglas, Frankie Frisch lead Giants to comeback win over Pirates in series finale
- July 26, 1921: Ross Youngs rallies Giants past Pirates in showdown of league leaders
- July 10, 1921: Tom Williams outduels Bill Drake as Chicago American Giants edge St. Louis Giants
- July 9, 1921: Columbus Buckeyes surprise first-place Detroit Stars with comeback win
- June 13, 1921: Unearned run spoils Dicta Johnson’s gem as Chicago American Giants edge Indianapolis ABCs in 10th
- May 22, 1921: Chicago Giants’ John Beckwith hits first home run over fence at Redland Field in Cincinnati
- May 7, 1921: Whitey Glazner pitches, bats Pirates to ninth consecutive win
- May 1, 1921: Darkness halts Chicago Giants, Columbus Buckeyes after 11 innings
- April 30, 1921: Chicago Giants defeat Columbus Buckeyes in Negro National League debut
- April 21, 1921: Rabbit Maranville sparks Pirates past Reds in home opener
- April 13, 1921: Reds surge in eighth inning, beat Pirates on Opening Day
- May 8, 1897: Pink Hawley, Bones Ely lead Pirates to sweep over Reds
- April 27, 1893: Cy Young, Cleveland Spiders beat Pittsburgh in opener after pitching distance change
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