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Batting Statistics as of August 20, 1987

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 33 41 8 11 3 0 0 4 7 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 .268 14 .341 .375 Backman, Wally 79 256 36 63 5 1 0 19 19 0 35 1 7 0 10 2 .246 70 .273 .297 Carter, Gary 102 388 45 93 12 2 16 62 33 1 51 5 0 1 0 0 .240 157 .405 .297 Cone, David 12 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 2 1 0 0 .000 0 .000 .063 Darling, Ron 27 56 5 8 5 0 0 4 2 0 19 0 9 0 0 0 .143 13 .232 .172 Dykstra, Lenny 100 324 64 91 23 2 9 32 31 2 53 0 3 3 22 6 .281 145 .448 .349 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 117 443 68 135 24 2 12 63 60 7 77 3 0 3 0 2 .305 199 .449 .389 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 116 407 69 112 14 1 30 81 57 10 88 3 0 4 25 5 .275 218 .536 .367 Leach, Terry 32 31 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 0 4 0 0 0 .065 2 .065 .121 Lyons, Barry 39 102 12 24 3 0 3 14 5 1 18 3 0 1 0 0 .235 36 .353 .270 Magadan, Dave 63 140 13 45 11 1 2 18 19 2 17 1 1 0 0 0 .321 64 .457 .400 Mazzilli, Lee 69 98 21 30 7 1 2 19 18 3 11 3 0 0 4 3 .306 45 .459 .403 McDowell, Roger 41 11 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .273 4 .364 .333 McReynolds, Kevin 114 441 65 129 26 2 23 76 30 3 54 8 1 1 10 1 .293 228 .517 .333 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 18 33 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 13 0 5 0 0 0 .121 5 .152 .121 Myers, Randy 35 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 103 328 35 91 19 1 5 35 20 7 43 1 0 0 1 1 .277 127 .387 .318 Schulze, Don 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .500 Sisk, Doug 43 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Strawberry, Darryl 116 392 79 110 22 5 30 74 76 13 93 2 0 5 22 9 .281 232 .592 .402 Teufel, Tim 64 192 40 64 21 0 10 41 28 1 38 2 3 2 2 2 .333 115 .599 .420 Walter, Gene 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .500 Wilson, Mookie 93 292 42 86 16 6 7 28 24 6 63 1 1 2 16 3 .295 135 .462 .351

Pitching Statistics as of August 20, 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 12 53 3 2 .600 53 31 27 37 28 6 1 0 0 4.58 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 32 106.1 10 1 .909 110 46 39 44 24 12 1 1 0 3.30 McDowell, Roger 41 68.2 7 5 .583 78 33 33 23 16 0 0 0 17 4.33 Mitchell, John 18 104.2 3 5 .375 118 61 50 53 35 18 1 0 0 4.30 Myers, Randy 35 53 2 4 .333 44 27 26 66 23 0 0 0 3 4.42 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 43 62.1 3 1 .750 69 32 25 24 19 0 0 0 2 3.61 Walter, Gene 18 15.2 1 2 .333 17 10 7 9 13 0 0 0 0 4.02

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August 21, 1987

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August 21, 1987

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