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- 1 2 3 Baseball Reference
- 1 2 Howe News Bureau, 1983 Houston Astros Organization Book. St. Petersburg, Florida: Baseball Blue Book, 1983
- ↑ Baseball America 2013 Official Directory, page 37
- 1 2 Houston Astros official site