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Originally Posted by DaveW
That really is a great find - congrats!
But as long as we are pointing out inconsistencies ....
The write up from baseball-reference says that he was born on May 6, 1865
and he made his debut on April 19, 1890 at the age of 24.348 - but it was just 3 weeks before his 25th birthday so shouldn't his age be more like 24.9 or so?
The other ages for his last game and death are also off.
I don't even know why I notice stuff like that....
Also, he went to 4 different colleges? I wonder what the story there was?
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After the comma in the ages are days, not percentages
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