- ↑ "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League official website – Mava Lee Thomas profile".
- ↑ The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Softcover, 295 pp. Language: English. ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0. OCLC 60387152
- ↑ Baseball Reference – Herb Thomas profile
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Medina, Carlos. "Thomas, Mava Lee (9/1/1929 - 8/6/2013)". AAGPBL. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
- ↑ All-American Girls Professional Baseball League History
- ↑ 1951 Fort Wayne Daisies
- ↑ IMDb.com – A League of Their Own (1992 film)
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| Mava Lee Thomas | |
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| All-American Girls Professional Baseball League | |
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| Born:September 1, 1929 Ocala, Florida | |
| Died: August 6, 2013 (aged 83) Ocala, Florida | |