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- ↑ "Nick Cullop Minor Leagues Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
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- ↑ "Pryor McElveen Minor Leagues Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
- ↑ "John Merritt Minor Leagues Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
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