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- ↑ "Bill Zepp Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
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- 1 2 3 "Top Southern Winner Begged for a Job". The Sporting News. August 16, 1969. p. 41.
- ↑ "Oliva In, Zepp Staying Home". Toledo Blade (AP story). March 18, 1971. p. 38.
- ↑ "Bill Zepp Is Traded To The Tigers". The Gettysburg Times (AP story). March 30, 1971.
- ↑ "Tigers Activate Pitcher Zepp". Bangor Daily News (AP story). April 16, 1971. p. 23.
- ↑ "American League". The Sporting News. June 5, 1971. p. 32.
- ↑ Patrick Harrigan, "The Detroit Tigers: Club and Community 1945–1995", p. 135
- ↑ "Timmerman, Zepp Start". The Blade, Toledo, Ohio. June 29, 1971. p. 27.