Frank Olin
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Franklin Walter Olin
- Bats Left, Throws Unknown
- School Cornell University
- Debut July 4, 1884
- Final Game June 10, 1885
- Born January 9, 1860 in Woodford, VT USA
- Died May 21, 1951 in St.Louis, MO USA
[edit] Biographical Information
Frank Olin was a successful major leaguer but is much more famous for starting and running the company that grew into the Fortune 500 Olin Corporation. By the time he retired, the company was large and successful. A photo of Olin as a corporate bigwig can be found at the corporate website.
SABR has a biography of him. He was born in a logging camp and graduated from Cornell University, going into engineering as a profession after that. He was a college baseball star as well as in track (the shotput), and also was on the rowing team and the rifle team.
Olin's lifetime major league Adjusted OPS+ was 147 (in 177 at-bats). If he could have kept that up for years, he would clearly have been a Hall of Famer. Players in the Hall of Fame with a lifetime Adjusted OPS+ of 147 include Willie McCovey, Mike Schmidt and Willie Stargell.
