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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 65 192 30 56 5 0 0 11 26 1 34 2 7 1 5 3 .292 61 .318 .376 Carreon, Mark 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Carter, Gary 85 305 25 75 12 2 8 35 25 1 38 5 1 6 0 1 .246 115 .377 .311 Cone, David 23 46 1 7 2 0 0 1 3 0 8 0 3 0 0 1 .152 9 .196 .204 Darling, Ron 21 48 2 10 2 1 0 2 1 0 14 0 7 0 0 0 .208 14 .292 .224 Dykstra, Lenny 82 287 46 86 16 2 3 15 19 1 28 0 2 1 22 7 .300 115 .401 .345 Elster, Kevin 95 281 27 61 8 1 7 28 23 11 37 0 3 3 2 0 .217 92 .327 .283 Fernandez, Sid 19 33 1 9 2 0 0 6 3 0 10 2 4 0 0 0 .273 11 .333 .316 Gooden, Dwight 22 61 7 13 0 0 1 9 1 0 12 1 6 0 0 0 .213 16 .262 .222 Hernandez, Keith 54 198 28 59 12 0 5 35 23 2 30 3 0 0 2 0 .298 86 .434 .366 Innis, Jeff 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Johnson, Howard 98 337 54 77 14 0 17 48 55 17 66 5 2 2 19 6 .228 142 .421 .336 Leach, Terry 34 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 .091 1 .091 .091 Lyons, Barry 28 47 3 8 4 0 0 4 1 0 7 1 2 0 0 0 .170 12 .255 .184 Magadan, Dave 69 205 30 60 9 0 1 25 40 4 25 3 1 2 0 0 .293 72 .351 .408 Mazzilli, Lee 42 82 4 13 2 0 0 9 5 0 10 2 0 1 2 1 .159 15 .183 .211 McClure, Bob 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 McDowell, Roger 40 7 1 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .429 6 .857 .429 McReynolds, Kevin 91 353 48 102 20 2 15 61 26 1 36 2 1 3 14 0 .289 171 .484 .341 Miller, Keith 26 56 4 10 0 1 1 4 3 0 9 0 2 0 0 3 .179 15 .268 .220 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Myers, Randy 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Nunez, Ed 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Ojeda, Bob 20 45 0 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 17 0 2 0 0 0 .200 10 .222 .200 Sasser, Mackey 36 75 5 20 6 1 1 13 2 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 .267 31 .413 .278 Strawberry, Darryl 97 347 73 100 20 3 26 68 58 15 74 6 0 1 20 9 .288 204 .588 .386 Teufel, Tim 56 181 21 45 8 0 3 18 26 1 24 3 2 1 0 1 .249 62 .343 .341 Walter, Gene 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Wilson, Mookie 65 220 31 52 11 3 3 19 19 1 36 1 0 1 10 3 .236 78 .355 .299

Pitching Statistics as of July 29, 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 23 135 10 2 .833 104 41 37 113 54 16 3 2 0 2.47 Darling, Ron 21 146 10 7 .588 136 63 55 100 38 21 4 3 0 3.39 Fernandez, Sid 19 111 5 8 .385 76 47 41 109 44 19 1 1 0 3.32 Gooden, Dwight 22 165.2 13 5 .722 153 59 53 114 37 22 8 3 0 2.88 Innis, Jeff 12 19 1 1 .500 19 6 4 14 2 0 0 0 0 1.89 Leach, Terry 34 60.1 4 1 .800 60 25 20 31 17 0 0 0 2 2.98 McClure, Bob 4 2.2 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 McDowell, Roger 39 61 4 2 .667 48 17 15 25 25 0 0 0 10 2.21 Myers, Randy 33 40.2 5 1 .833 26 8 6 40 7 0 0 0 15 1.33 Nunez, Ed 4 3.2 1 0 1.000 9 3 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 7.36 Ojeda, Bob 20 132 8 8 .500 105 54 46 82 23 20 3 3 0 3.14 Walter, Gene 19 16.2 0 1 .000 21 9 7 14 11 0 0 0 0 3.78

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Elster Shows Pirates He Has Clout



Newsday
July 30, 1988

KING KEVIN



New York Daily News
July 30, 1988

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