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- ↑ Madden, W. C. (2002). The Western League : a baseball history, 1885 through 1999. Stewart, Patrick J. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. ISBN 0-7864-1003-5. OCLC 48944371.
- ↑ "Leavenworth Soldiers/Whiting-Holton Statistics and Roster on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
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