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
- June 3, 1986: Ted Simmons’s pinch-hit grand slam caps ‘Bomb Squad’ Braves’ 7-run rally against Pirates
- April 21, 1986: Mets preview October magic by rallying in 8th and 9th for win over Pirates
- April 12, 1986: Pirates’ 8th-inning rally gives Jim Leyland first win as manager
- April 8, 1986: Gooden’s complete game leads Mets to win on Opening Day
- April 9, 1985: Cubs’ Rick Sutcliffe, Lee Smith shut down Pirates in opener
- September 24, 1984: Cubs clinch first postseason berth since 1945 behind Sandberg, Matthews, Sutcliffe
- 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
- October 1, 1973: Padres fly cross country to beat Pirates in season finale
- July 11, 1973: Willie Stargell sets Pirates’ franchise home run record in win over Padres
- August 22, 1972: Nelson Briles near-perfect in Pirates’ 1-0 win over Giants
- August 23, 1970: Roberto Clemente racks up second 5-hit game of weekend
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