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- ↑ Okkonen, Marc: "Minor League Baseball Towns of Michigan", page 51. Thunder Bay Press, 1997
- ↑ Okkonen, Marc: "Minor League Baseball Towns of Michigan", page 51. Thunder Bay Press, 1997
- ↑ "Top 100 Greatest Cleveland Indians Players". Cleveland State University Library. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
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