| Portland Goes Scoreless Against Billeter, Maroons Tuesday, September 18th , 1917 Joe Billeter of the Sacramento Maroons was one tough customer on the hill, blanking the Portland Foresters, 3-0, on 2 hits.
"When he's on, he's tough to hit," said Portland manager Mike Krueger after the game. "He's just a bulldog out there."
The 29-year-old Maroons right-hander registered 5 strikeouts and allowed 4 walks and 2 hits.
Checking out his stats for the season, Billeter has racked up 19 wins and 17 losses in 37 starts, posted a 3.24 ERA, and struck out 154 batters in 316.2 innings. | | |