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- ↑ Baseball-Reference.com. Pat Jacquez 1971 Pitching Game Logs. Retrieved on June 6, 2009.
- ↑ Durso, Joseph. "Mets Send Agee to the Astros for Pair; Yanks Trade Four to Get Graig Nettles," The New York Times, Tuesday, November 28, 1972. Retrieved October 24, 2020
