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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 85 255 36 78 9 0 0 13 30 1 45 2 8 1 5 3 .306 87 .341 .378 Carreon, Mark 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Carter, Gary 106 371 31 92 13 2 10 40 29 1 47 5 1 7 0 1 .248 139 .375 .311 Cone, David 28 58 1 9 2 0 0 1 3 0 9 0 5 0 0 1 .155 11 .190 .197 Darling, Ron 26 60 2 12 2 1 0 2 1 0 14 0 7 0 0 0 .200 16 .267 .213 Dykstra, Lenny 102 369 50 104 18 3 5 24 23 1 36 0 2 2 26 7 .282 143 .388 .327 Elster, Kevin 118 336 33 73 9 1 7 32 28 11 40 0 6 3 2 0 .217 105 .313 .283 Fernandez, Sid 24 46 1 13 2 0 0 6 3 0 12 2 4 0 0 0 .283 15 .326 .314 Gooden, Dwight 27 74 8 14 0 0 1 9 1 0 18 1 7 0 0 0 .189 17 .230 .197 Hernandez, Keith 71 262 33 75 16 0 7 42 28 3 42 4 0 1 2 0 .286 112 .427 .353 Innis, Jeff 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Johnson, Howard 120 403 70 94 15 0 22 56 73 21 77 6 2 2 21 7 .233 175 .434 .349 Leach, Terry 42 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 .091 1 .091 .091 Lyons, Barry 36 57 3 12 6 1 0 6 3 0 8 1 2 0 0 0 .211 20 .351 .246 Magadan, Dave 88 261 34 73 10 0 1 29 45 4 31 3 1 2 0 0 .280 86 .330 .386 Mazzilli, Lee 54 96 4 14 2 0 0 10 8 0 12 2 0 1 2 1 .146 16 .167 .215 McClure, Bob 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 McDowell, Roger 51 7 1 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .429 6 .857 .429 McReynolds, Kevin 115 442 61 123 21 2 20 75 32 2 44 3 1 3 17 0 .278 208 .471 .329 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 42 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 .500 .250 Nunez, Ed 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Ojeda, Bob 25 49 0 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 18 0 3 0 0 0 .184 10 .204 .184 Sasser, Mackey 48 99 7 23 7 1 1 13 4 3 7 2 0 0 0 0 .232 35 .354 .257 Strawberry, Darryl 121 436 80 116 22 3 30 80 67 18 99 8 0 2 23 11 .266 234 .537 .361 Teufel, Tim 71 219 27 53 12 0 3 27 28 1 36 4 2 1 0 1 .242 74 .338 .325 Walter, Gene 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Wilson, Mookie 83 263 42 69 12 3 4 23 24 2 42 1 0 1 13 3 .262 99 .376 .325

Pitching Statistics as of August 23, 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 28 174.2 13 3 .813 136 51 46 153 66 21 4 2 0 2.37 Darling, Ron 26 180.1 12 9 .571 163 76 68 129 46 26 5 3 0 3.39 Fernandez, Sid 24 146.2 7 10 .412 100 59 53 153 54 24 1 1 0 3.25 Gooden, Dwight 27 199 15 6 .714 192 75 69 136 44 27 9 3 0 3.12 Innis, Jeff 12 19 1 1 .500 19 6 4 14 2 0 0 0 0 1.89 Leach, Terry 42 74 5 1 .833 75 27 22 41 17 0 0 0 2 2.68 McClure, Bob 9 7 1 0 1.000 6 4 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 5.14 McDowell, Roger 50 73.1 5 2 .714 55 19 17 32 27 0 0 0 13 2.09 Myers, Randy 42 51.2 5 3 .625 37 12 10 51 13 0 0 0 18 1.74 Nunez, Ed 9 12 1 0 1.000 17 6 6 7 3 0 0 0 0 4.50 Ojeda, Bob 24 153 8 12 .400 131 67 55 95 29 24 3 3 0 3.24 Walter, Gene 19 16.2 0 1 .000 21 9 7 14 11 0 0 0 0 3.78

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