LUBBOCK, Texas -- Right-handed pitcher Frank Quinn '48, who led the Yale baseball team to back-to-back appearances in the NCAA College World Series, has been elected to the College Baseball Hall of Fame. Quinn was announced as one of 14 members of the Hall's Class of 2021 today, and will be inducted as part of the virtual College Baseball Night of Champions ceremony scheduled for June 26.
 
Quinn played a crucial role in Yale's postseason success, helping the Bulldogs to the first two NCAA College World Series. In the 1947 Eastern Regional he beat Clemson with a 10 strikeout performance; Yale eventually fell to Cal two games to none in the World Series. The next year Quinn beat North Carolina in the Eastern Regional with a five-hit complete game in which he struck out 15. He went on to beat USC in game two of the 1948 College World Series, though the Trojans bounced back to win the series in game three. Quinn earned first team ABCA All-America honors that year. 
 
Quinn finished his career with 31 wins (including a 17-2 record in conference play) and 410 strikeouts. He set the school record with 149 strikeouts in 1947, including 20 in one game. In addition to his postseason NCAA heroics, Quinn also pitched Yale to the 1947 Eastern Collegiate Baseball League Championship -- the Bulldogs' second in a row -- by beating Harvard 1-0.
 
After the 1948 season Quinn signed with the Boston Red Sox, and he made it to the major leagues for eight games the following season. He pitched one more game in 1950 before arm trouble brought his career to a premature end. He finished with a 3.38 ERA in 24.0 major league innings.
 
Quinn went on to a career in banking and real estate before passing away in 1993. 

Quinn's Yale teammates included future U.S. President George H.W. Bush '48, who captained the 1948 team. The College Baseball Hall of Fame building is named after Bush: the George H.W. Bush National College Baseball Hall of Fame.