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- ↑ "64. 1949 Stroudsburg Poconos". MiLB.com. 2001. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
- ↑ The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Lloyd Johnson & Miles Wolff, editors (Third ed.). Baseball America. 2007. ISBN 978-1932391176.
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