John Fredland
An attorney and retired Air Force officer, John Fredland grew up in a suburb of 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. In addition to SABR, he has written about baseball history for Pirates Prospects, Pittsburgh Baseball Network, and Bucs Dugout. John’s Twitter account, @PGH_Sports_Date, highlights Pittsburgh’s sports history through historic newspaper articles. 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.
SABR BioProject biographies written by John Fredland
SABR Games Project stories written by John Fredland
- May 29, 2017: Astros erupt with 11-run eighth inning to rout Twins, give Jankowski only big-league win
- May 2, 2014: Ninth-inning home runs rally Pirates past Blue Jays, spark season turnaround
- April 5, 2012: Roy Halladay, Phillies blank Pirates 1-0 on Opening Day
- June 4, 2009: Andrew McCutchen sparks Pirates to win over Mets in major-league debut
- September 21, 2001: Albert Pujols’ first career grand slam lifts Cardinals over Pirates
- April 8, 2001: Aramis Ramirez attains liftoff for Pirates with three home runs
- August 2, 1998: Randy Johnson strikes out 12 in Houston Astros debut
- June 3, 1998: Aramis Ramírez’s first major-league hit secures Pirates’ sweep of Mets
- September 2, 1997: ‘Freak Show’ Pirates get closer in NL Central race with Shawon Dunston’s two-homer debut
- July 12, 1994: Alou’s hit, Gwynn’s slide lift NL to All-Star win as strike looms
- 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
- 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
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