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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 Alfonzo, Edgardo 26 101 16 26 7 0 2 12 13 0 19 1 1 1 2 0 .257 39 .386 .345 Baerga, Carlos 29 100 6 23 7 1 0 11 5 1 17 3 2 1 0 0 .230 32 .320 .266 Becker, Rich 31 70 13 13 3 1 3 8 13 1 31 0 0 0 1 1 .186 27 .386 .313 Bohanon, Brian 11 5 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .600 3 .600 .600 Castillo, Alberto 18 41 7 10 2 0 0 2 3 0 10 0 3 1 0 1 .244 12 .293 .311 Cook, Dennis 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Franco, John 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Franco, Matt 22 31 3 10 2 1 0 4 8 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 .323 14 .452 .462 Gilbert, Shawn 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Gilkey, Bernard 20 70 10 22 5 0 0 9 10 1 13 0 2 0 0 1 .314 27 .386 .400 Hudek, John 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Huskey, Butch 30 106 13 26 5 0 2 16 11 2 13 3 0 0 2 1 .245 37 .349 .308 Jones, Bobby 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Leiter, Al 6 13 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 .154 3 .231 .154 Lopez, Luis 24 60 15 17 4 1 0 2 7 2 11 0 1 0 0 0 .283 23 .383 .358 McMichael, Greg 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 McRae, Brian 32 97 18 21 5 1 2 11 23 1 18 1 1 0 6 4 .216 34 .351 .364 Mlicki, Dave 6 11 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .273 3 .273 .333 Olerud, John 32 102 10 35 5 0 2 14 25 1 10 2 1 0 0 0 .343 46 .451 .465 Ordonez, Rey 32 112 7 26 3 0 0 11 4 0 15 2 4 0 3 4 .232 29 .259 .254 Paquette, Craig 7 19 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 .263 7 .368 .263 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Pratt, Todd 2 8 2 2 0 1 1 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .250 7 .875 .250 Reed, Rick 7 14 2 2 0 0 1 3 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .143 5 .357 .250 Rojas, Mel 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Spehr, Tim 21 51 3 7 1 0 0 3 7 1 16 0 0 2 1 0 .137 8 .157 .267 Tatum, Jim 20 29 4 7 1 1 2 11 1 0 9 2 0 0 0 0 .241 16 .552 .250 Wendell, Turk 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Wilson, Preston 2 8 3 6 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .750 8 1.000 .778 Yoshii, Masato 6 9 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 .111 2 .222 .200

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Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Bohanon, Brian 11 22 0 1 .000 14 3 3 16 8 1 0 0 0 1.23 Cook, Dennis 14 11.1 2 1 .667 9 4 4 12 4 0 0 0 0 3.18 Franco, John 12 13 0 1 .000 11 6 6 15 7 0 0 0 6 4.15 Hudek, John 12 13 0 1 .000 9 5 5 14 11 0 0 0 0 3.46 Jones, Bobby 6 35.1 1 3 .250 28 15 15 17 14 6 0 0 0 3.82 Leiter, Al 6 37.1 3 1 .750 31 6 5 33 13 6 0 0 0 1.21 McMichael, Greg 14 15 1 0 1.000 16 7 7 11 8 0 0 0 0 4.20 Mlicki, Dave 6 35 1 3 .250 43 23 22 25 13 6 1 0 0 5.66 Reed, Rick 7 48.2 3 2 .600 44 16 16 27 10 7 0 0 0 2.96 Rojas, Mel 13 15 2 0 1.000 14 2 2 8 8 0 0 0 1 1.20 Wendell, Turk 10 13.1 3 0 1.000 14 10 10 8 8 0 0 0 0 6.75 Yoshii, Masato 6 37 2 1 .667 28 11 10 29 12 6 0 0 0 2.43

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