Part of the Collegiate BB database is reflected on our website including
the following portion of the Cornell page.
http://www.ncaa-baseball.com/sabr/database/schools/cornell.htm
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Name History:
Cornell University 1868-date

Baseball Team History:
1869-78, 1880-date

Major League Players
Name Major League Debut
John H. Humphries 7/7/1883
Franklin W. Olin 7/4/1884
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That is, Olin played at Cornell and first played in the majors 7/4/1884.
The page does not show when Olin played at or attended Cornell.


Baseball-reference presents collegiate data attributed to this committee
including this page for Cornell.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/schools/cornell.shtml
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Cornell University (Big Red), 11 players
Ithaca, NY

Collegiate Data (about) courtesy SABR's Collegiate Committee. They will
welcome all corrections to their data. View their page for this school.

Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB
SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Years Attnd
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-\
----+-----+-----+----+---+-----------+
Frank Olin 1884-1885 49 177 29 56 4 2 1 0
12 0 .316 .363 .379 0 0 1882-1884
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That is, Olin played in the majors 1884-1885 and attended Cornell
1882-1884.
Is this committee the source of years attended data?


Anyway, Reed Howard shows Olin captain of the Cornell team in 1885,
which probably implies a correction at baseball-reference and here.

Paul Wendt