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Steve Olin

Steve Olin, American baseball player (died 1993)

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Born
October 4, 1965
Died
March 22, 1993
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1965

About Steve Olin

Steven Robert Olin was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for four seasons in the American League with the Cleveland Indians. Olin was a right-handed submarining relief pitcher for the Cleveland Indians from 1988 to 1992. Olin died, along with teammate and fellow reliever Tim Crews, in a 1993 boating accident. Olin set a Pac-10 Conference record with 31 career complete games at Portland State between 1984 and 1987. In 195 career games, Olin pitched 273 innings and posted a win–loss record of 16–19, with 48 saves, 118 games finished, and a 3.10 earned run average (ERA). Olin won the game in relief when Cleveland scored two runs in the top of the ninth. Olin and Crews were the first active major league players to die since Thurman Munson in 1979.

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Steve Olin timeline

  1. Olin and Crews were the first active major league players to die since Thurman Munson in 1979.
  2. Olin set a Pac-10 Conference record with 31 career complete games at Portland State between 1984 and 1987.
  3. Olin was a right-handed submarining relief pitcher for the Cleveland Indians from 1988 to 1992.

The world when Steve Olin was born

Steve Olin was born in 1965. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1965

  • #1 song"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – The Rolling Stones
  • Top movieThe Sound of Music
  • Top TV showBonanza
  • Best-selling bookDune – Frank Herbert

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentMuhammad Ali knocks out Sonny Liston with "phantom punch"
  • Top headlineUS sends combat troops to Vietnam
  • Technology milestoneFirst spacewalk (Alexei Leonov) and Gemini missions
  • Defining fadGo-go boots and miniskirts
  • Notable inventionAstroturf
  • World population3.34 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderLyndon B. Johnson
  • Sports championLos Angeles Dodgers (World Series)
  • Also wonBoston Celtics (NBA)
  • U.S. population194.3M

1965 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Steve Olin's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19652026
Gas$0.31$3.45/gal
Average home$13,600$435,000
Average income$8,900$67,500
Minimum wage$1.25$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$1.01$11.95
Postage stamp$0.05$0.73
Population194.3M341 million

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