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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 9 19 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 3 0 0 0 .211 5 .263 .250 Almon, Bill 27 36 7 9 3 0 0 4 7 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 .250 12 .333 .372 Backman, Wally 67 216 28 55 4 1 0 17 16 0 31 1 7 0 5 2 .255 61 .282 .305 Carter, Gary 90 346 40 85 12 2 15 57 26 1 45 5 0 1 0 0 .246 146 .422 .296 Cone, David 10 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 2 1 0 0 .000 0 .000 .067 Darling, Ron 24 46 3 7 5 0 0 3 2 0 16 0 8 0 0 0 .152 12 .261 .188 Dykstra, Lenny 88 279 54 80 21 2 8 28 26 2 45 0 3 2 20 4 .287 129 .462 .352 Edens, Tom 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Fernandez, Sid 20 37 2 6 0 1 0 2 1 0 18 1 6 0 0 0 .162 8 .216 .179 Gibson, Bob 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Gooden, Dwight 13 35 1 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 4 0 0 0 .229 8 .229 .229 Hernandez, Keith 103 390 60 117 18 2 11 51 55 6 65 2 0 2 0 2 .300 172 .441 .388 Hurdle, Clint 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 .333 .333 Innis, Jeff 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Johnson, Howard 103 363 59 100 13 0 26 70 46 8 78 3 0 4 23 5 .275 191 .526 .361 Leach, Terry 28 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0 3 0 0 0 .040 1 .040 .077 Lyons, Barry 35 92 10 21 3 0 2 9 5 1 16 3 0 0 0 0 .228 30 .326 .260 Magadan, Dave 54 125 13 38 10 1 2 16 17 2 15 1 1 0 0 0 .304 56 .448 .385 Mazzilli, Lee 63 91 20 29 7 1 2 19 16 3 9 3 0 0 4 3 .319 44 .484 .409 McDowell, Roger 36 11 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .273 4 .364 .333 McReynolds, Kevin 101 386 56 111 23 2 19 65 29 3 45 6 1 1 8 1 .288 195 .505 .334 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Miller, Keith 11 41 6 15 2 2 0 1 1 0 4 0 3 1 4 1 .366 21 .512 .395 Mitchell, John 15 27 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 5 0 0 0 .074 3 .111 .074 Myers, Randy 30 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .200 1 .200 .200 Ojeda, Bob 6 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .167 Orosco, Jesse 38 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Pedrique, Al 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .143 Santana, Rafael 89 282 29 75 14 1 4 31 18 6 37 0 0 0 0 1 .266 103 .365 .310 Schulze, Don 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .333 Sisk, Doug 39 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Strawberry, Darryl 103 345 67 96 19 4 25 63 69 10 79 2 0 4 20 9 .278 198 .574 .402 Teufel, Tim 55 171 36 57 20 0 8 35 24 0 34 2 2 2 2 2 .333 101 .591 .417 Walter, Gene 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .500 Wilson, Mookie 82 264 37 75 13 6 6 23 22 5 57 0 1 2 16 3 .284 118 .447 .344

Pitching Statistics as of August 5, 1987

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Aguilera, Rick 9 58 4 2 .667 70 30 26 44 19 9 1 0 0 4.03 Cone, David 10 47 2 2 .500 47 28 24 30 27 6 1 0 0 4.60 Darling, Ron 24 152 7 7 .500 143 86 78 110 70 24 1 0 0 4.62 Edens, Tom 2 8 0 0 .000 15 6 6 4 4 2 0 0 0 6.75 Fernandez, Sid 20 125.2 10 6 .625 103 52 48 110 53 20 3 1 0 3.44 Gibson, Bob 1 1 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 Gooden, Dwight 13 98.1 9 3 .750 84 31 28 78 29 13 3 1 0 2.56 Innis, Jeff 10 16.1 0 1 .000 18 6 6 15 2 1 0 0 0 3.31 Leach, Terry 28 85.2 9 0 1.000 78 31 24 37 18 8 1 1 0 2.52 McDowell, Roger 36 60.2 6 3 .667 71 26 26 23 12 0 0 0 16 3.86 Mitchell, John 15 85.2 3 3 .500 99 50 41 39 27 15 1 0 0 4.31 Myers, Randy 30 46 2 4 .333 39 27 26 54 22 0 0 0 2 5.09 Ojeda, Bob 6 31.1 2 4 .333 34 17 15 15 5 6 0 0 0 4.31 Orosco, Jesse 38 48.1 2 7 .222 54 29 26 49 24 0 0 0 14 4.84 Schulze, Don 4 18.1 1 1 .500 16 11 11 5 6 3 0 0 0 5.40 Sisk, Doug 39 55.2 3 1 .750 60 30 23 22 17 0 0 0 2 3.72 Walter, Gene 18 15.2 1 2 .333 17 10 7 9 13 0 0 0 0 4.02

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