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- ↑ "Sturgis Baseman Returns to Basin League for 1968". Deadwood Pioneer-Times. 29 May 1968. p. 3. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ↑ "White Sox Obtain Pitlock," United Press International (UPI), Thursday, February 8, 1973. Retrieved October 26, 2020
- ↑ "Atlanta Braves 5, San Francisco Giants 3". Baseball-Reference.com. September 8, 1974.
