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- ↑ "Raymond Austin Seamheads Profile". seamheads.com. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ↑ "Elite Giants Lose Open From St. Louis". The Tennessean . 1930-04-27. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-05-23– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Grey Sox Beat Atlanta Twice". Montgomery Advertiser . 1932-06-20. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-05-23– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "1932 Atlanta Black Crackers pitching statistics". seamheads.com. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
