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- ↑ Minnesota Twins 1961 game log from Retrosheet
- ↑ 1965-10-10 box score from Retrosheet
- ↑ Fenech, Anthony (March 25, 2018). "Meet the men trying to rebuild the Detroit Tigers". Detroit Free Press . Retrieved 7 December 2021.
