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- ↑ 1990 Topps baseball card # 568
- ↑ Meyer, Paul (February 23, 1987). "Smiley has job wrapped up as Pirates lefty short reliever". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . p. 13.
- ↑ "Pittsburgh Pirates at San Francisco Giants Box Score, April 26, 1990"
- ↑ "Cleveland Gets Reds' Smiley In 6-Player Deal". The Seattle Times. July 31, 1997.
- ↑ "First a crack, then a scream for John Smiley". Associated Press. September 22, 1997.