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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 9 19 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 3 0 0 0 .211 5 .263 .250 Almon, Bill 34 42 8 11 3 0 0 4 7 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 .262 14 .333 .367 Backman, Wally 81 259 36 63 5 1 0 19 20 0 36 1 8 0 10 2 .243 70 .270 .296 Carter, Gary 104 396 47 95 12 2 17 65 33 1 53 5 0 1 0 0 .240 162 .409 .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 28 56 5 8 5 0 0 4 2 0 19 0 10 0 0 0 .143 13 .232 .172 Dykstra, Lenny 102 329 64 92 24 2 9 32 31 2 53 0 3 4 22 6 .280 147 .447 .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 21 37 2 6 0 1 0 2 1 0 18 1 7 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 17 45 2 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 0 4 0 0 0 .244 11 .244 .244 Hernandez, Keith 120 454 69 138 25 2 12 63 61 7 78 3 0 4 0 2 .304 203 .447 .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 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Johnson, Howard 119 417 72 115 15 1 31 83 59 10 88 3 0 4 25 6 .276 225 .540 .369 Leach, Terry 32 31 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 0 4 0 0 0 .065 2 .065 .121 Lyons, Barry 40 104 13 24 3 0 3 15 6 1 19 3 0 2 0 0 .231 36 .346 .278 Magadan, Dave 65 146 13 47 11 1 2 18 19 2 17 1 1 0 0 0 .322 66 .452 .398 Mazzilli, Lee 71 99 21 30 7 1 2 19 19 3 12 3 0 0 4 3 .303 45 .455 .405 McDowell, Roger 42 12 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250 4 .333 .308 McReynolds, Kevin 117 453 66 131 26 2 23 76 31 3 55 8 1 1 11 1 .289 230 .508 .331 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 36 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 44 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 105 333 35 93 19 1 5 37 21 8 43 1 0 0 1 1 .279 129 .387 .321 Schulze, Don 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .500 Sisk, Doug 44 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Strawberry, Darryl 119 404 81 114 22 5 31 76 76 13 97 3 0 5 22 9 .282 239 .592 .400 Teufel, Tim 67 200 41 68 24 0 10 43 29 1 39 2 3 2 2 2 .340 122 .610 .425 Walter, Gene 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .500 Wilson, Mookie 96 301 44 88 16 6 7 29 25 6 64 1 1 2 18 3 .292 137 .455 .350

Pitching Statistics as of August 23, 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 28 180.1 10 8 .556 166 100 90 142 82 28 2 0 0 4.49 Edens, Tom 2 8 0 0 .000 15 6 6 4 4 2 0 0 0 6.75 Fernandez, Sid 21 131.2 10 7 .588 109 57 52 114 56 21 3 1 0 3.55 Gibson, Bob 1 1 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 Gooden, Dwight 17 123 11 4 .733 114 46 42 93 37 17 3 1 0 3.07 Innis, Jeff 16 25 0 1 .000 28 9 9 26 4 1 0 0 0 3.24 Leach, Terry 32 106.1 10 1 .909 110 46 39 44 24 12 1 1 0 3.30 McDowell, Roger 42 71.1 7 5 .583 80 33 33 23 16 0 0 0 18 4.16 Mitchell, John 18 104.2 3 5 .375 118 61 50 53 35 18 1 0 0 4.30 Myers, Randy 36 54 2 4 .333 46 29 28 66 23 0 0 0 3 4.67 Ojeda, Bob 6 31.1 2 4 .333 34 17 15 15 5 6 0 0 0 4.31 Orosco, Jesse 44 55.1 2 7 .222 60 33 30 55 27 0 0 0 14 4.88 Schulze, Don 5 21.2 1 2 .333 24 15 15 5 6 4 0 0 0 6.23 Sisk, Doug 44 64.1 3 1 .750 72 33 26 26 19 0 0 0 2 3.64 Walter, Gene 18 15.2 1 2 .333 17 10 7 9 13 0 0 0 0 4.02

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