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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 35 136 25 39 8 1 3 21 17 0 21 1 1 1 3 0 .287 58 .426 .368 Baerga, Carlos 48 169 19 50 11 1 5 26 6 2 21 4 2 2 0 0 .296 78 .462 .320 Becker, Rich 44 89 15 18 4 2 3 9 20 2 38 0 0 0 3 1 .202 35 .393 .349 Bohanon, Brian 15 11 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .545 7 .636 .545 Castillo, Alberto 27 65 10 16 4 0 1 6 6 0 14 0 5 1 0 2 .246 23 .354 .319 Cook, Dennis 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Franco, John 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Franco, Matt 34 59 6 16 3 1 0 6 9 4 10 0 0 0 0 1 .271 21 .356 .368 Gilbert, Shawn 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Gilkey, Bernard 37 127 18 37 10 0 2 16 18 1 28 1 2 2 1 1 .291 53 .417 .385 Hudek, John 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Huskey, Butch 48 172 21 42 10 0 6 31 14 2 31 3 0 0 4 3 .244 70 .407 .296 Jones, Bobby 10 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 4 0 0 0 .118 2 .118 .118 Leiter, Al 10 22 0 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 12 0 2 0 0 0 .182 5 .227 .182 Lopez, Luis 41 86 17 22 4 1 0 4 8 2 20 0 1 1 2 0 .256 28 .326 .326 McMichael, Greg 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 McRae, Brian 51 167 28 41 12 1 4 24 31 1 31 2 1 1 10 4 .246 67 .401 .363 Mlicki, Dave 9 15 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 .200 3 .200 .294 Olerud, John 51 167 27 62 12 0 5 29 36 4 17 3 1 1 0 1 .371 89 .533 .478 Ordonez, Rey 50 177 17 44 5 1 0 15 6 0 19 2 4 0 3 5 .249 51 .288 .270 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 Piazza, Mike 7 31 6 13 2 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .419 15 .484 .455 Pratt, Todd 2 8 2 2 0 1 1 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .250 7 .875 .250 Reed, Rick 10 21 3 2 0 0 1 3 3 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 .095 5 .238 .208 Rojas, Mel 21 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 29 41 4 9 1 2 2 12 3 0 14 3 0 0 0 0 .220 20 .488 .255 Wendell, Turk 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Wilkins, Rick 5 15 3 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .133 2 .133 .235 Wilson, Preston 8 20 3 6 2 0 0 2 2 0 8 0 0 0 1 1 .300 8 .400 .364 Yoshii, Masato 9 14 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 .071 2 .143 .188

Pitching Statistics as of May 31, 1998

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Bohanon, Brian 15 40 2 1 .667 23 7 7 27 14 3 0 0 0 1.58 Cook, Dennis 22 16.1 2 2 .500 20 8 6 14 11 0 0 0 0 3.31 Franco, John 19 20.1 0 1 .000 18 9 8 18 8 0 0 0 12 3.54 Hudek, John 16 16.2 0 2 .000 12 6 6 17 12 0 0 0 0 3.24 Jones, Bobby 10 62.1 4 3 .571 53 28 28 36 19 10 0 0 0 4.04 Leiter, Al 10 67.1 5 3 .625 52 14 13 64 22 10 2 1 0 1.74 McMichael, Greg 20 20.2 1 2 .333 20 10 8 19 12 0 0 0 0 3.48 Mlicki, Dave 9 51 1 3 .250 63 34 33 33 22 9 1 0 0 5.82 Reed, Rick 10 70 6 2 .750 57 19 19 44 14 10 0 0 0 2.44 Rojas, Mel 21 23.2 3 0 1.000 25 5 5 15 11 0 0 0 1 1.90 Wendell, Turk 13 15.2 3 0 1.000 19 12 12 10 10 0 0 0 0 6.89 Yoshii, Masato 9 58 4 1 .800 49 16 15 42 17 9 1 0 0 2.33

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