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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 87 259 37 78 9 0 0 13 31 1 45 2 8 1 5 4 .301 87 .336 .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 111 387 31 94 13 2 10 43 29 1 47 6 1 7 0 1 .243 141 .364 .303 Cone, David 29 62 1 10 2 0 0 1 3 0 9 0 5 0 0 1 .161 12 .194 .200 Darling, Ron 27 62 2 12 2 1 0 2 1 0 14 0 7 0 0 0 .194 16 .258 .206 Dykstra, Lenny 107 380 51 106 18 3 5 24 24 1 38 0 2 2 27 7 .279 145 .382 .325 Elster, Kevin 124 349 33 75 9 1 7 32 29 11 42 0 6 3 2 0 .215 107 .307 .281 Fernandez, Sid 26 48 1 13 2 0 0 6 3 0 12 2 4 1 0 0 .271 15 .313 .315 Gooden, Dwight 28 75 8 14 0 0 1 9 1 0 18 1 8 0 0 0 .187 17 .227 .195 Hernandez, Keith 78 285 36 81 16 0 8 45 29 3 45 4 0 1 2 0 .284 121 .425 .348 Innis, Jeff 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Jefferies, Gregg 4 14 3 6 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .429 13 .929 .467 Johnson, Howard 126 422 72 98 16 0 22 58 78 22 82 6 2 2 21 7 .232 180 .427 .350 Leach, Terry 45 13 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 .154 3 .231 .154 Lyons, Barry 38 62 3 13 6 1 0 6 3 0 8 1 3 0 0 0 .210 21 .339 .242 Magadan, Dave 92 270 35 75 11 0 1 30 47 4 31 3 1 2 0 0 .278 89 .330 .385 Mazzilli, Lee 57 101 5 15 2 0 0 10 8 0 13 2 0 1 3 1 .149 17 .168 .214 McClure, Bob 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 McDowell, Roger 54 8 1 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .375 6 .750 .375 McReynolds, Kevin 121 460 64 129 24 2 20 77 32 2 45 4 1 4 17 0 .280 217 .472 .330 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Miller, Keith 29 59 4 11 1 1 1 4 4 0 9 0 2 0 0 3 .186 17 .288 .238 Myers, Randy 44 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 .500 .250 Nunez, Ed 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Ojeda, Bob 27 53 0 9 1 0 0 3 1 0 19 0 3 0 0 0 .170 10 .189 .185 Sasser, Mackey 51 106 7 26 7 1 1 13 4 3 8 2 0 0 0 0 .245 38 .358 .268 Strawberry, Darryl 126 453 81 119 23 3 30 82 70 18 103 8 0 2 24 11 .263 238 .525 .358 Teufel, Tim 76 234 28 54 13 0 3 27 28 1 38 4 2 1 0 1 .231 76 .325 .311 Walter, Gene 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Wilson, Mookie 90 292 45 81 14 4 4 26 24 2 45 1 0 1 14 4 .277 115 .394 .333

Pitching Statistics as of August 31, 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 29 183.2 14 3 .824 137 51 46 161 68 22 5 3 0 2.25 Darling, Ron 27 188 13 9 .591 168 77 69 132 47 27 5 3 0 3.30 Fernandez, Sid 26 154.2 8 10 .444 104 59 53 158 56 26 1 1 0 3.08 Gooden, Dwight 28 205 15 6 .714 199 78 72 140 49 28 9 3 0 3.16 Innis, Jeff 12 19 1 1 .500 19 6 4 14 2 0 0 0 0 1.89 Leach, Terry 45 82.1 6 2 .750 86 31 26 45 20 0 0 0 2 2.84 McClure, Bob 10 7.2 1 0 1.000 7 4 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 4.70 McDowell, Roger 53 78.1 5 3 .625 64 25 21 38 29 0 0 0 14 2.41 Myers, Randy 44 55 5 3 .625 37 12 10 54 13 0 0 0 20 1.64 Nunez, Ed 9 12 1 0 1.000 17 6 6 7 3 0 0 0 0 4.50 Ojeda, Bob 26 168 9 12 .429 140 68 56 109 31 26 4 4 0 3.00 Walter, Gene 19 16.2 0 1 .000 21 9 7 14 11 0 0 0 0 3.78

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