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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 75 228 35 68 7 0 0 11 28 1 41 2 7 1 5 3 .298 75 .329 .375 Carreon, Mark 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Carter, Gary 95 333 28 84 13 2 8 36 28 1 43 5 1 7 0 1 .252 125 .375 .319 Cone, David 25 51 1 7 2 0 0 1 3 0 9 0 4 0 0 1 .137 9 .176 .185 Darling, Ron 23 55 2 11 2 1 0 2 1 0 14 0 7 0 0 0 .200 15 .273 .214 Dykstra, Lenny 93 332 48 99 17 3 4 17 21 1 30 0 2 1 23 7 .298 134 .404 .342 Elster, Kevin 105 304 28 66 8 1 7 30 26 11 39 0 4 3 2 0 .217 97 .319 .285 Fernandez, Sid 22 41 1 10 2 0 0 6 3 0 12 2 4 0 0 0 .244 12 .293 .283 Gooden, Dwight 24 64 7 13 0 0 1 9 1 0 14 1 7 0 0 0 .203 16 .250 .212 Hernandez, Keith 58 215 29 64 13 0 6 37 24 2 32 3 0 0 2 0 .298 95 .442 .364 Innis, Jeff 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Johnson, Howard 107 362 59 82 14 0 20 51 63 19 72 5 2 2 21 6 .227 156 .431 .340 Leach, Terry 37 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 .091 1 .091 .091 Lyons, Barry 30 51 3 9 4 1 0 6 1 0 7 1 2 0 0 0 .176 15 .294 .189 Magadan, Dave 79 240 32 67 9 0 1 28 44 4 27 3 1 2 0 0 .279 79 .329 .391 Mazzilli, Lee 48 92 4 14 2 0 0 10 6 0 12 2 0 1 2 1 .152 16 .174 .208 McClure, Bob 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 McDowell, Roger 45 7 1 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .429 6 .857 .429 McReynolds, Kevin 102 393 54 112 21 2 16 64 28 1 39 3 1 3 16 0 .285 185 .471 .335 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 37 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Nunez, Ed 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Ojeda, Bob 22 47 0 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 17 0 3 0 0 0 .191 10 .213 .191 Sasser, Mackey 42 86 5 21 6 1 1 13 4 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 .244 32 .372 .272 Strawberry, Darryl 108 385 77 108 21 3 29 75 64 16 82 7 0 1 22 10 .281 222 .577 .379 Teufel, Tim 61 190 22 46 9 0 3 20 27 1 25 3 2 1 0 1 .242 64 .337 .335 Walter, Gene 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Wilson, Mookie 71 234 33 57 11 3 4 21 19 1 38 1 0 1 11 3 .244 86 .368 .302

Pitching Statistics as of August 9, 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 25 152 12 2 .857 117 44 39 123 61 18 4 2 0 2.31 Darling, Ron 23 162.1 12 7 .632 146 66 58 113 41 23 5 3 0 3.22 Fernandez, Sid 22 131.1 6 10 .375 91 55 49 137 50 22 1 1 0 3.36 Gooden, Dwight 24 178 13 6 .684 169 66 60 120 42 24 8 3 0 3.03 Innis, Jeff 12 19 1 1 .500 19 6 4 14 2 0 0 0 0 1.89 Leach, Terry 37 64 4 1 .800 63 25 20 34 17 0 0 0 2 2.81 McClure, Bob 7 5.1 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 McDowell, Roger 44 66 4 2 .667 53 19 17 31 26 0 0 0 11 2.32 Myers, Randy 37 46.1 5 1 .833 30 8 6 44 8 0 0 0 17 1.17 Nunez, Ed 5 5.2 1 0 1.000 14 6 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 9.53 Ojeda, Bob 22 144 8 10 .444 118 58 50 89 26 22 3 3 0 3.13 Walter, Gene 19 16.2 0 1 .000 21 9 7 14 11 0 0 0 0 3.78

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