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- ↑ Baltimore Orioles 1980 Information Guide (Lenn Sakata profile on pages 145 & 146). Retrieved October 29, 2020
- ↑ Palmer, Jim; Dale, Jim (1996). Palmer and Weaver: Together We Were Eleven Foot Nine. Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel. p. 117. ISBN 0-8362-0781-5.
