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- ↑ "1981 Eastern League statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ↑ "What's in a Giant's name: Pooch, Flea, Buffy, Thrill". St. Louis Post-Dispatch . 6 June 1989. p. 4C.