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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 7 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 .333 .333 Backman, Wally 54 157 22 44 3 0 0 10 21 1 31 2 6 1 2 3 .280 47 .299 .365 Carreon, Mark 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Carter, Gary 72 261 22 63 8 2 8 33 20 1 35 5 1 6 0 1 .241 99 .379 .305 Cone, David 19 34 1 6 2 0 0 1 3 0 5 0 3 0 0 1 .176 8 .235 .243 Darling, Ron 18 44 2 9 2 1 0 2 1 0 11 0 5 0 0 0 .205 13 .295 .222 Dykstra, Lenny 70 246 39 73 13 2 3 14 14 1 23 0 2 0 18 5 .297 99 .402 .335 Elster, Kevin 80 241 26 53 7 1 6 24 20 9 35 0 2 2 2 0 .220 80 .332 .285 Fernandez, Sid 16 29 1 8 2 0 0 4 3 0 9 1 4 0 0 0 .276 10 .345 .333 Gooden, Dwight 19 51 6 11 0 0 1 9 1 0 9 1 6 0 0 0 .216 14 .275 .226 Hernandez, Keith 54 198 28 59 12 0 5 35 23 2 30 3 0 0 2 0 .298 86 .434 .366 Innis, Jeff 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Johnson, Howard 82 284 48 68 13 0 15 43 45 13 53 5 2 2 16 4 .239 126 .444 .342 Leach, Terry 29 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Lyons, Barry 24 39 2 6 3 0 0 4 1 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 .154 9 .231 .171 Magadan, Dave 54 152 24 47 6 0 1 17 31 4 20 2 1 2 0 0 .309 56 .368 .428 Mazzilli, Lee 36 71 4 12 2 0 0 8 5 0 7 1 0 0 2 1 .169 14 .197 .221 McDowell, Roger 33 6 1 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .500 6 1.000 .500 McReynolds, Kevin 76 296 37 81 14 2 10 43 21 0 28 2 1 3 11 0 .274 129 .436 .326 Miller, Keith 18 39 4 9 0 1 1 4 1 0 6 0 2 0 0 3 .231 14 .359 .250 Myers, Randy 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 Ojeda, Bob 17 36 0 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 15 0 2 0 0 0 .222 9 .250 .222 Sasser, Mackey 28 55 4 17 4 1 1 10 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 .309 26 .473 .322 Strawberry, Darryl 81 284 59 83 16 3 21 55 54 14 60 6 0 1 18 6 .292 168 .592 .400 Teufel, Tim 46 152 19 38 7 0 2 16 23 0 19 3 2 1 0 1 .250 51 .336 .346 Walter, Gene 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Wilson, Mookie 54 188 28 46 11 2 2 18 15 1 28 1 0 0 8 3 .245 67 .356 .299

Pitching Statistics as of July 8, 1988

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Aguilera, Rick 7 18.2 0 3 .000 26 16 15 12 4 3 0 0 0 7.23 Cone, David 19 107.1 9 2 .818 79 29 28 95 42 12 2 2 0 2.35 Darling, Ron 18 133.1 10 5 .667 116 44 40 88 30 18 4 3 0 2.70 Fernandez, Sid 16 94 5 6 .455 65 40 35 92 35 16 1 1 0 3.35 Gooden, Dwight 19 142.1 11 5 .688 132 54 48 102 33 19 7 3 0 3.04 Innis, Jeff 12 19 1 1 .500 19 6 4 14 2 0 0 0 0 1.89 Leach, Terry 29 48.2 2 1 .667 50 22 18 29 13 0 0 0 2 3.33 McDowell, Roger 32 51 4 1 .800 42 13 12 21 20 0 0 0 8 2.12 Myers, Randy 28 35.2 5 0 1.000 20 7 5 36 5 0 0 0 13 1.26 Ojeda, Bob 17 107 6 7 .462 91 49 42 69 21 17 2 2 0 3.53 Walter, Gene 18 15.1 0 1 .000 20 9 7 13 10 0 0 0 0 4.11

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