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- ↑ "1939 Virginia League Statistics" . Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ↑ "1941 Virginia League Statistics" . Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ↑ "1942 Virginia League Statistics" . Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ↑ Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (Third ed.). Baseball America. ISBN 978-1932391176.