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 | River Kings Blank Statesmen, Whitaker Wins Tuesday, August 16th , 1887 Leland Whitaker kept the Lincoln Statesmen hitters off balance all game long, as the St. Joseph River Kings pitcher blanked the Statesmen, 1-0. Whitaker gave up 2 hits, struck out 0, and walked 3. In the postgame press conference, the right-hander was reluctant to talk about the outing at length. "It was a nice win in a long season," he said. "I don't want to dwell too much on it." For the season, Whitaker has a record of 16 wins and 12 losses in 29 appearances. He has an ERA of 3.10 and has fanned 58 batters in 252.2 innings. |   |
