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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 9 19 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 3 0 0 0 .211 5 .263 .250 Almon, Bill 32 41 8 11 3 0 0 4 7 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 .268 14 .341 .375 Backman, Wally 77 246 34 60 5 1 0 19 19 0 33 1 7 0 10 2 .244 67 .272 .297 Carter, Gary 101 384 45 93 12 2 16 62 32 1 50 5 0 1 0 0 .242 157 .409 .299 Cone, David 11 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 2 1 0 0 .000 0 .000 .067 Darling, Ron 27 56 5 8 5 0 0 4 2 0 19 0 9 0 0 0 .143 13 .232 .172 Dykstra, Lenny 98 317 62 90 23 2 9 32 30 2 52 0 3 3 22 5 .284 144 .454 .351 Edens, Tom 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Fernandez, Sid 20 37 2 6 0 1 0 2 1 0 18 1 6 0 0 0 .162 8 .216 .179 Gibson, Bob 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Gooden, Dwight 16 42 1 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 0 4 0 0 0 .238 10 .238 .238 Hernandez, Keith 115 436 68 133 24 2 12 61 59 7 75 2 0 3 0 2 .305 197 .452 .390 Hurdle, Clint 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 .333 .333 Innis, Jeff 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Johnson, Howard 114 399 65 109 14 1 29 80 56 9 85 3 0 4 25 5 .273 212 .531 .366 Leach, Terry 31 30 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 0 4 0 0 0 .067 2 .067 .125 Lyons, Barry 38 98 11 23 3 0 2 10 5 1 18 3 0 1 0 0 .235 32 .327 .271 Magadan, Dave 62 138 13 44 10 1 2 17 19 2 17 1 1 0 0 0 .319 62 .449 .399 Mazzilli, Lee 68 97 21 30 7 1 2 19 18 3 11 3 0 0 4 3 .309 45 .464 .407 McDowell, Roger 40 11 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .273 4 .364 .333 McReynolds, Kevin 112 432 63 127 26 2 22 75 30 3 52 8 1 1 10 1 .294 223 .516 .335 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Miller, Keith 11 41 6 15 2 2 0 1 1 0 4 0 3 1 4 1 .366 21 .512 .395 Mitchell, John 17 31 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 12 0 5 0 0 0 .097 4 .129 .097 Myers, Randy 34 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .200 1 .200 .200 Ojeda, Bob 6 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .167 Orosco, Jesse 43 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Pedrique, Al 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .143 Santana, Rafael 101 322 35 88 18 1 5 34 20 7 42 1 0 0 1 1 .273 123 .382 .315 Schulze, Don 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .500 Sisk, Doug 42 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Strawberry, Darryl 114 384 77 107 22 5 29 72 75 13 91 2 0 5 22 9 .279 226 .589 .401 Teufel, Tim 63 191 40 63 21 0 10 41 28 1 38 2 3 2 2 2 .330 114 .597 .417 Walter, Gene 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .500 Wilson, Mookie 91 288 42 85 16 6 7 28 24 6 62 1 1 2 16 3 .295 134 .465 .352

Pitching Statistics as of August 18, 1987

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Aguilera, Rick 9 58 4 2 .667 70 30 26 44 19 9 1 0 0 4.03 Cone, David 11 49 2 2 .500 51 31 27 31 28 6 1 0 0 4.96 Darling, Ron 27 174.1 10 7 .588 157 94 86 136 80 27 2 0 0 4.44 Edens, Tom 2 8 0 0 .000 15 6 6 4 4 2 0 0 0 6.75 Fernandez, Sid 20 125.2 10 6 .625 103 52 48 110 53 20 3 1 0 3.44 Gibson, Bob 1 1 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 Gooden, Dwight 16 116.2 10 4 .714 107 44 40 91 35 16 3 1 0 3.09 Innis, Jeff 15 24 0 1 .000 27 9 9 26 3 1 0 0 0 3.38 Leach, Terry 31 104.1 10 1 .909 104 42 35 43 23 11 1 1 0 3.02 McDowell, Roger 40 66.2 7 4 .636 75 29 29 23 14 0 0 0 17 3.92 Mitchell, John 17 98.2 3 5 .375 114 56 47 48 32 17 1 0 0 4.29 Myers, Randy 34 50 2 4 .333 44 27 26 61 23 0 0 0 2 4.68 Ojeda, Bob 6 31.1 2 4 .333 34 17 15 15 5 6 0 0 0 4.31 Orosco, Jesse 43 53.1 2 7 .222 60 33 30 54 26 0 0 0 14 5.06 Schulze, Don 5 21.2 1 2 .333 24 15 15 5 6 4 0 0 0 6.23 Sisk, Doug 42 60.1 3 1 .750 67 31 24 22 19 0 0 0 2 3.58 Walter, Gene 18 15.2 1 2 .333 17 10 7 9 13 0 0 0 0 4.02

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Night's Right



Newsday
August 19, 1987

POWER PLUS



New York Daily News
August 19, 1987

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