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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 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1 .500 .500 Backman, Wally 18 42 7 8 0 0 0 2 3 0 8 0 2 1 1 1 .190 8 .190 .261 Carreon, Mark 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Carter, Gary 34 118 19 34 5 1 8 22 18 1 10 2 0 2 0 1 .288 65 .551 .386 Cone, David 10 12 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 .083 2 .167 .154 Darling, Ron 9 21 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 .190 5 .238 .190 Dykstra, Lenny 30 100 14 32 6 1 3 11 4 0 14 0 1 0 6 2 .320 49 .490 .346 Elster, Kevin 38 118 15 26 2 0 3 11 10 4 18 0 2 0 1 0 .220 37 .314 .281 Fernandez, Sid 8 10 0 2 1 0 0 2 3 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 .200 3 .300 .357 Gooden, Dwight 9 24 2 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 .250 6 .250 .250 Hernandez, Keith 36 136 21 39 10 0 5 28 18 1 20 3 0 0 2 0 .287 64 .471 .363 Innis, Jeff 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Johnson, Howard 39 134 21 30 7 0 6 20 24 7 25 0 1 0 5 1 .224 55 .410 .342 Leach, Terry 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Lyons, Barry 11 14 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 .071 2 .143 .133 Magadan, Dave 14 25 6 4 0 0 0 2 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .160 4 .160 .344 Mazzilli, Lee 15 27 1 4 1 0 0 5 4 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 .148 5 .185 .250 McDowell, Roger 15 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 2 1.000 .500 McReynolds, Kevin 33 126 20 36 4 1 3 14 8 0 11 1 0 1 5 0 .286 51 .405 .331 Myers, Randy 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Ojeda, Bob 8 18 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .278 5 .278 .278 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Sasser, Mackey 9 17 3 6 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .353 10 .588 .389 Strawberry, Darryl 39 140 29 42 8 0 10 24 24 4 29 3 0 0 9 4 .300 80 .571 .395 Teufel, Tim 32 105 16 25 6 0 2 13 20 0 12 2 1 1 0 1 .238 37 .352 .359 Walter, Gene 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Wilson, Mookie 23 88 17 26 7 2 2 13 9 1 16 0 0 0 3 1 .295 43 .489 .361

Pitching Statistics as of May 20, 1988

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Aguilera, Rick 2 7 0 2 .000 15 9 9 5 1 2 0 0 0 11.57 Cone, David 10 40.1 5 0 1.000 30 8 8 38 16 3 1 1 0 1.79 Darling, Ron 9 70 4 3 .571 47 17 16 43 17 9 3 2 0 2.06 Fernandez, Sid 8 38.2 2 3 .400 39 26 21 38 15 8 0 0 0 4.89 Gooden, Dwight 9 65.2 7 0 1.000 64 26 23 49 17 9 4 2 0 3.15 Innis, Jeff 4 7 0 1 .000 7 4 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 3.86 Leach, Terry 11 22.1 1 0 1.000 24 12 11 11 4 0 0 0 1 4.43 McDowell, Roger 15 23.2 3 0 1.000 15 8 7 8 8 0 0 0 4 2.66 Myers, Randy 11 14.1 2 0 1.000 11 4 2 13 1 0 0 0 6 1.26 Ojeda, Bob 8 48.1 4 2 .667 33 18 16 33 12 8 1 1 0 2.98 Walter, Gene 5 4.2 0 0 .000 4 5 3 6 4 0 0 0 0 5.79

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