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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 6 14 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 .286 5 .357 .286 Backman, Wally 21 67 10 19 2 0 0 5 5 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 .284 21 .313 .333 Carter, Gary 25 98 9 22 3 1 3 15 8 0 12 2 0 0 0 0 .224 36 .367 .278 Cone, David 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Darling, Ron 7 14 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 .143 4 .286 .143 Dykstra, Lenny 23 75 12 23 5 1 2 7 7 0 12 0 0 0 4 1 .307 36 .480 .366 Fernandez, Sid 6 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 .250 3 .250 .250 Hernandez, Keith 26 98 13 27 4 0 4 14 15 3 19 1 0 1 0 1 .276 43 .439 .374 Hurdle, Clint 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Johnson, Howard 25 87 9 21 2 0 3 12 13 1 21 1 0 0 5 1 .241 32 .368 .337 Leach, Terry 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Lyons, Barry 6 12 2 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 10 .833 .333 Magadan, Dave 12 29 6 9 2 0 2 8 6 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 .310 17 .586 .417 Mazzilli, Lee 14 13 1 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231 4 .308 .375 McReynolds, Kevin 23 87 12 24 3 0 5 10 7 1 14 1 0 0 0 0 .276 42 .483 .326 Myers, Randy 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Ojeda, Bob 5 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .167 Orosco, Jesse 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 19 61 4 12 1 0 1 3 4 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 .197 16 .262 .246 Sisk, Doug 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Strawberry, Darryl 26 99 16 29 8 1 7 21 10 2 20 1 0 0 4 2 .293 60 .606 .355 Teufel, Tim 16 40 8 15 5 0 1 7 7 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 .375 23 .575 .468 Walter, Gene 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .500 Wilson, Mookie 20 60 9 22 3 2 2 5 5 2 13 0 1 0 5 1 .367 35 .583 .415

Pitching Statistics as of May 8, 1987

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Aguilera, Rick 6 39 3 1 .750 43 18 16 33 12 6 1 0 0 3.69 Cone, David 6 19.2 0 2 .000 26 18 15 12 14 2 0 0 0 6.86 Darling, Ron 7 41.1 2 1 .667 51 29 29 29 18 7 0 0 0 6.31 Fernandez, Sid 6 42 4 2 .667 32 10 10 46 18 6 2 0 0 2.14 Leach, Terry 8 13.1 0 0 .000 12 3 2 8 1 0 0 0 0 1.35 Myers, Randy 7 6.2 0 1 .000 7 10 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 12.15 Ojeda, Bob 5 30.1 2 3 .400 32 16 14 15 4 5 0 0 0 4.15 Orosco, Jesse 11 13 1 3 .250 18 13 10 16 6 0 0 0 7 6.92 Sisk, Doug 11 14.2 0 0 .000 17 6 6 3 5 0 0 0 2 3.68 Walter, Gene 11 13.1 1 0 1.000 10 4 3 7 7 0 0 0 0 2.03

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