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- ↑ "Record Book : Game Winning RBI Records". Baseball Almanac . Retrieved September 2, 2009.
- 1 2 Granillo, Larry (February 16, 2012). "Wezen-Ball: The Drawbacks and Demise of a Stat". baseballprospectus.com.
- ↑ "Game Winning Runs Batted In Records". Baseball Almanac . Retrieved January 7, 2018.