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- ↑ "Reinaldo Drake". seamheads.com. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
- ↑ "Reynaldo Dreke". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
- ↑ Lester, Larry (2001). Black Baseball's National Showcase: The East-West All-Star Game, 1933-1953. University of Nebraska Press. p. 406. ISBN 9780803280007.
- ↑ "Reinaldo Drake (Minors)". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
