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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 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1 .500 .500 Backman, Wally 13 21 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 .143 3 .143 .250 Carter, Gary 26 89 16 25 3 0 7 15 12 1 8 2 0 2 0 1 .281 49 .551 .371 Cone, David 8 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 .167 2 .333 .286 Darling, Ron 7 17 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 .118 3 .176 .118 Dykstra, Lenny 22 68 12 24 4 1 3 8 4 0 12 0 0 0 5 1 .353 39 .574 .389 Elster, Kevin 28 87 12 21 2 0 3 11 9 3 12 0 1 0 1 0 .241 32 .368 .313 Fernandez, Sid 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .200 Gooden, Dwight 7 20 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 .200 4 .200 .200 Hernandez, Keith 27 101 12 28 7 0 4 23 12 0 12 2 0 0 1 0 .277 47 .465 .348 Innis, Jeff 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Johnson, Howard 29 99 17 20 5 0 5 15 19 3 19 0 0 0 4 1 .202 40 .404 .331 Leach, Terry 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Lyons, Barry 10 12 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 .083 2 .167 .154 Magadan, Dave 13 21 6 4 0 0 0 2 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .190 4 .190 .393 Mazzilli, Lee 9 16 1 2 1 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 .125 3 .188 .263 McDowell, Roger 9 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 2 1.000 .500 McReynolds, Kevin 24 93 14 24 3 0 3 11 4 0 8 0 0 0 3 0 .258 36 .387 .289 Myers, Randy 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Ojeda, Bob 6 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .250 3 .250 .250 Sasser, Mackey 5 8 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 5 .625 .500 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Strawberry, Darryl 29 100 21 33 5 0 9 21 18 3 21 3 0 0 6 2 .330 65 .650 .421 Teufel, Tim 26 87 14 20 5 0 2 10 15 0 8 2 1 1 0 1 .230 31 .356 .343 Walter, Gene 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Wilson, Mookie 18 71 15 19 5 2 2 10 7 1 12 0 0 0 1 1 .268 34 .479 .333

Pitching Statistics as of May 9, 1988

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Aguilera, Rick 2 7 0 2 .000 15 9 9 5 1 2 0 0 0 11.57 Cone, David 8 26.1 3 0 1.000 20 7 7 22 13 1 1 1 0 2.39 Darling, Ron 7 55 3 2 .600 39 11 10 33 13 7 3 2 0 1.64 Fernandez, Sid 6 27 1 2 .333 27 21 16 24 14 6 0 0 0 5.33 Gooden, Dwight 7 53 6 0 1.000 47 15 13 38 12 7 4 2 0 2.21 Innis, Jeff 3 6 0 1 .000 7 4 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 4.50 Leach, Terry 8 18.1 0 0 .000 20 11 10 10 3 0 0 0 1 4.91 McDowell, Roger 9 16 3 0 1.000 9 6 5 1 6 0 0 0 2 2.81 Myers, Randy 7 8.1 2 0 1.000 7 3 1 7 1 0 0 0 4 1.08 Ojeda, Bob 6 33 3 1 .750 25 13 12 21 7 6 1 1 0 3.27 Walter, Gene 4 4 0 0 .000 2 4 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 4.50

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