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- ↑ Capitol Region Baseball
- ↑ Art of The Game - Pittsfield
- ↑ Wahconah Park Times
- 1 2 "1914 Pittsfield Electrics statistics" . Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- 1 2 "1913 Pittsfield Electrics statistics" . Retrieved 2009-06-10.
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