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- ↑ "Cleveland Tate Stars franchise history". seamheads.com. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
- ↑ Baseball-Reference.com--1922 Cleveland Tate Stars
- ↑ Holway, John (2001). The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues, p. 165. Hastings House Publishers. ISBN 0-8038-2007-0.
- ↑ Baseball-Reference.com--1923 Cleveland Tate Stars
- ↑ Seamheads--1923 Cleveland Stars
