Marilyn Olinger
Marilyn Olinger | |
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All-American Girls Professional Baseball League | |
Shortstop | |
Born: Sunbury, Ohio | June 7, 1928|
Died: July 4, 2006 Columbus, Ohio | (aged 78)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
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Marilyn J. "Corky" Olinger (June 7, 1928 – July 4, 2006) was an American professional baseball shortstop who played from 1948 through 1953 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m), 140 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.[1]
Born in
Olinger was assigned to the Grand Rapids Chicks during the training camp, but she started the year with the expansion Chicago Colleens. She returned to the Chicks during the midseason in time to help them to advance to the second round of the playoffs, which was won by the Fort Wayne Daisies, three to zero games.[3]
While at Grand Rapids, Olinger and
As a hitter, Olinger steadily improved in each season, collecting a career-high .267 batting average in 1951. Late in the 1953 season, she broke her ankle and had to see Grand Rapids clinch the title without her. After her injury, she decided not to come back the next season.[1][2]
After baseball, Olinger went to work to
Marilyn Olinger is part of Women in Baseball, a permanent display at the
She died in 2006 in Columbus, Ohio, at the age of 78.[1]
Career statistics
Batting
GP | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | TB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG
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599 | 2175 | 334 | 479 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 115 | 197 | 539 | 255 | 334 | .220 | .302 | .248 |
Fielding
GP | PO |
A | E | TC | DP | FA |
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599 | 1070 | 1608 | 319 | 2997 | 125 | .894 |
Sources
- ^ a b c d "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Official Website – Marilyn Olinger entry". Archived from the original on 17 September 2017.
- ^ ISBN 0-7864-3747-2
- ^ ISBN 0-7864-3747-2
- ^ 1953 Grand Rapids Chicks