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Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Aguilera, Rick 29 47 4 8 0 0 2 6 3 0 11 0 3 0 0 0 .170 14 .298 .220 Anderson, Rick 14 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 .091 1 .091 .091 Backman, Wally 116 365 65 123 18 2 1 27 33 0 28 3 14 0 13 7 .337 148 .405 .389 Berenyi, Bruce 14 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Carter, Gary 122 448 73 109 13 2 21 96 61 9 60 15 0 6 1 0 .243 189 .422 .332 Corcoran, Tim 6 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .222 Darling, Ron 31 76 4 8 2 0 0 0 3 0 27 0 8 0 0 0 .105 10 .132 .139 Dykstra, Lenny 136 405 72 119 25 7 8 44 52 1 52 2 6 0 30 7 .294 182 .449 .373 Elster, Kevin 11 18 2 5 1 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 .278 6 .333 .381 Fernandez, Sid 29 63 6 11 3 0 0 4 3 0 21 0 5 0 1 0 .175 14 .222 .212 Foster, George 72 233 28 53 6 1 13 38 21 1 53 2 0 0 1 1 .227 100 .429 .289 Gibbons, John 5 18 4 9 4 0 1 1 3 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 .500 16 .889 .571 Gooden, Dwight 31 76 5 7 0 1 0 4 2 0 15 0 13 0 0 0 .092 9 .118 .115 Hearn, Ed 42 122 15 33 5 0 4 10 12 0 18 1 2 0 0 0 .270 50 .410 .333 Heep, Danny 78 184 22 53 7 2 5 30 29 5 28 0 0 0 1 4 .288 79 .429 .385 Hernandez, Keith 140 519 88 161 31 1 13 77 90 9 64 3 0 3 2 1 .310 233 .449 .413 Jefferson, Stan 9 18 5 3 0 0 1 3 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 .167 6 .333 .250 Johnson, Howard 81 202 28 49 13 0 9 35 29 8 58 0 1 1 7 1 .243 89 .441 .341 Knight, Ray 129 456 48 134 24 2 10 71 40 2 59 8 1 3 2 1 .294 192 .421 .349 Leach, Terry 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Lynch, Ed 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Lyons, Barry 6 9 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .100 Magadan, Dave 6 16 2 7 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .438 7 .438 .500 Mazzilli, Lee 31 48 8 12 2 0 2 7 8 1 11 0 0 0 1 1 .250 20 .417 .357 McDowell, Roger 69 17 1 5 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 .294 5 .294 .333 Mitchell, John 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Mitchell, Kevin 101 306 49 86 22 2 11 41 33 0 60 1 1 1 3 3 .281 145 .474 .352 Myers, Randy 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Niemann, Randy 29 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 2 .333 .429 Ojeda, Bob 30 66 3 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 27 0 8 0 0 0 .121 8 .121 .134 Orosco, Jesse 54 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .333 Santana, Rafael 130 369 36 80 11 0 1 26 32 12 38 3 1 2 0 0 .217 94 .255 .281 Sisk, Doug 37 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Strawberry, Darryl 127 447 68 115 26 5 23 80 66 9 132 9 0 5 26 12 .257 220 .492 .353 Teufel, Tim 87 257 32 66 17 1 4 31 29 1 36 3 3 1 1 2 .257 97 .377 .331 Wilson, Mookie 114 351 57 104 16 4 9 42 31 4 66 1 0 1 24 7 .296 155 .442 .354

Pitching Statistics as of September 23, 1986

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Aguilera, Rick 25 128.2 8 6 .571 134 66 58 98 35 18 2 0 0 4.06 Anderson, Rick 14 48.2 2 1 .667 45 17 15 20 11 5 0 0 1 2.77 Berenyi, Bruce 14 39.2 2 2 .500 47 30 28 30 22 7 0 0 0 6.35 Darling, Ron 31 218 14 5 .737 189 81 71 166 75 31 4 2 0 2.93 Fernandez, Sid 29 186.1 15 6 .714 146 78 76 181 87 29 2 1 0 3.67 Gooden, Dwight 31 234 16 6 .727 186 88 76 187 74 31 12 2 0 2.92 Leach, Terry 6 6.2 0 0 .000 6 3 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 2.70 Lynch, Ed 1 1.2 0 0 .000 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 McDowell, Roger 69 119.1 13 9 .591 99 45 40 63 41 0 0 0 19 3.02 Mitchell, John 4 10 0 1 .000 10 4 4 2 4 1 0 0 0 3.60 Myers, Randy 10 10.2 0 0 .000 11 5 5 13 9 0 0 0 0 4.22 Niemann, Randy 29 33.2 2 3 .400 41 16 14 17 12 1 0 0 0 3.74 Ojeda, Bob 30 202.1 17 5 .773 178 71 61 139 50 28 7 2 0 2.71 Orosco, Jesse 54 75.2 6 6 .500 58 22 20 59 33 0 0 0 19 2.38 Sisk, Doug 37 66.2 4 2 .667 67 25 18 27 29 0 0 0 0 2.43

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New York Daily News
September 24, 1986

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