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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 8 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 .250 .250 Backman, Wally 71 217 33 65 7 0 0 11 26 1 39 2 7 1 5 3 .300 72 .332 .374 Carreon, Mark 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Carter, Gary 91 323 26 81 12 2 8 35 26 1 41 5 1 7 0 1 .251 121 .375 .316 Cone, David 24 48 1 7 2 0 0 1 3 0 9 0 4 0 0 1 .146 9 .188 .196 Darling, Ron 23 55 2 11 2 1 0 2 1 0 14 0 7 0 0 0 .200 15 .273 .214 Dykstra, Lenny 89 316 47 96 16 3 3 15 20 1 30 0 2 1 23 7 .304 127 .402 .347 Elster, Kevin 102 299 27 65 8 1 7 30 25 11 38 0 4 3 2 0 .217 96 .321 .284 Fernandez, Sid 21 38 1 9 2 0 0 6 3 0 11 2 4 0 0 0 .237 11 .289 .279 Gooden, Dwight 23 63 7 13 0 0 1 9 1 0 13 1 6 0 0 0 .206 16 .254 .215 Hernandez, Keith 55 203 29 61 13 0 6 37 23 2 30 3 0 0 2 0 .300 92 .453 .367 Innis, Jeff 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Johnson, Howard 103 349 56 79 14 0 18 49 61 19 69 5 2 2 21 6 .226 147 .421 .341 Leach, Terry 36 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 .091 1 .091 .091 Lyons, Barry 30 51 3 9 4 1 0 6 1 0 7 1 2 0 0 0 .176 15 .294 .189 Magadan, Dave 75 228 32 65 9 0 1 26 42 4 27 3 1 2 0 0 .285 77 .338 .396 Mazzilli, Lee 45 89 4 13 2 0 0 9 6 0 12 2 0 1 2 1 .146 15 .169 .204 McClure, Bob 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 McDowell, Roger 42 7 1 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .429 6 .857 .429 McReynolds, Kevin 98 380 52 109 20 2 16 63 28 1 38 3 1 3 15 0 .287 181 .476 .338 Miller, Keith 28 59 4 11 1 1 1 4 4 0 9 0 2 0 0 3 .186 17 .288 .238 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Myers, Randy 36 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Nunez, Ed 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Ojeda, Bob 21 46 0 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 17 0 2 0 0 0 .196 10 .217 .196 Sasser, Mackey 40 82 5 21 6 1 1 13 4 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 .256 32 .390 .284 Strawberry, Darryl 104 371 76 107 21 3 29 74 63 16 79 7 0 1 21 9 .288 221 .596 .387 Teufel, Tim 58 187 21 45 8 0 3 18 26 1 25 3 2 1 0 1 .241 62 .332 .332 Walter, Gene 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Wilson, Mookie 68 225 31 53 11 3 3 20 19 1 38 1 0 1 10 3 .236 79 .351 .297

Pitching Statistics as of August 5, 1988

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Aguilera, Rick 8 20.1 0 4 .000 29 20 19 13 8 3 0 0 0 8.41 Cone, David 24 144 11 2 .846 112 42 38 122 57 17 4 2 0 2.38 Darling, Ron 23 162.1 12 7 .632 146 66 58 113 41 23 5 3 0 3.22 Fernandez, Sid 21 124.2 6 9 .400 85 51 45 132 49 21 1 1 0 3.25 Gooden, Dwight 23 172 13 6 .684 164 63 57 117 40 23 8 3 0 2.98 Innis, Jeff 12 19 1 1 .500 19 6 4 14 2 0 0 0 0 1.89 Leach, Terry 36 62.2 4 1 .800 61 25 20 32 17 0 0 0 2 2.87 McClure, Bob 5 3.1 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 McDowell, Roger 41 64 4 2 .667 49 17 15 29 25 0 0 0 10 2.11 Myers, Randy 36 45.1 5 1 .833 27 8 6 42 8 0 0 0 17 1.19 Nunez, Ed 5 5.2 1 0 1.000 14 6 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 9.53 Ojeda, Bob 21 137 8 9 .471 113 57 49 85 25 21 3 3 0 3.22 Walter, Gene 19 16.2 0 1 .000 21 9 7 14 11 0 0 0 0 3.78

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