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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 81 241 36 73 8 0 0 11 29 1 43 2 8 1 5 3 .303 81 .336 .377 Carreon, Mark 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Carter, Gary 101 354 31 89 13 2 10 40 29 1 44 5 1 7 0 1 .251 136 .384 .316 Cone, David 27 56 1 9 2 0 0 1 3 0 9 0 4 0 0 1 .161 11 .196 .203 Darling, Ron 25 58 2 11 2 1 0 2 1 0 14 0 7 0 0 0 .190 15 .259 .203 Dykstra, Lenny 99 358 50 103 17 3 5 22 22 1 33 0 2 2 26 7 .288 141 .394 .332 Elster, Kevin 113 327 33 73 9 1 7 32 27 11 39 0 5 3 2 0 .223 105 .321 .289 Fernandez, Sid 23 44 1 11 2 0 0 6 3 0 12 2 4 0 0 0 .250 13 .295 .286 Gooden, Dwight 26 70 7 13 0 0 1 9 1 0 15 1 7 0 0 0 .186 16 .229 .194 Hernandez, Keith 66 241 32 68 13 0 6 38 27 3 39 3 0 1 2 0 .282 99 .411 .353 Innis, Jeff 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Johnson, Howard 115 388 65 87 14 0 22 56 68 19 74 6 2 2 21 6 .224 167 .430 .338 Leach, Terry 41 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 .091 1 .091 .091 Lyons, Barry 34 56 3 11 5 1 0 6 2 0 8 1 2 0 0 0 .196 18 .321 .220 Magadan, Dave 84 253 33 72 10 0 1 28 44 4 28 3 1 2 0 0 .285 85 .336 .391 Mazzilli, Lee 53 96 4 14 2 0 0 10 7 0 12 2 0 1 2 1 .146 16 .167 .208 McClure, Bob 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 McDowell, Roger 49 7 1 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .429 6 .857 .429 McReynolds, Kevin 110 423 60 120 21 2 19 74 31 2 39 3 1 3 17 0 .284 202 .478 .335 Miller, Keith 28 59 4 11 1 1 1 4 4 0 9 0 2 0 0 3 .186 17 .288 .238 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Myers, Randy 39 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Nunez, Ed 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Ojeda, Bob 23 48 0 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 17 0 3 0 0 0 .188 10 .208 .188 Sasser, Mackey 47 96 7 22 7 1 1 13 4 3 7 2 0 0 0 0 .229 34 .354 .255 Strawberry, Darryl 116 415 80 112 21 3 30 80 66 18 91 8 0 2 22 10 .270 229 .552 .367 Teufel, Tim 68 211 27 52 11 0 3 24 28 1 31 4 2 1 0 1 .246 72 .341 .332 Walter, Gene 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Wilson, Mookie 78 250 37 65 11 3 4 22 21 1 41 1 0 1 13 3 .260 94 .376 .319

Pitching Statistics as of August 17, 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 27 167 12 3 .800 127 50 45 147 66 20 4 2 0 2.43 Darling, Ron 25 173.1 12 8 .600 158 75 67 123 44 25 5 3 0 3.48 Fernandez, Sid 23 139.2 7 10 .412 95 57 51 148 52 23 1 1 0 3.29 Gooden, Dwight 26 190 14 6 .700 184 74 68 128 43 26 8 3 0 3.22 Innis, Jeff 12 19 1 1 .500 19 6 4 14 2 0 0 0 0 1.89 Leach, Terry 41 72 5 1 .833 73 27 22 41 17 0 0 0 2 2.75 McClure, Bob 8 6.1 1 0 1.000 5 4 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 5.68 McDowell, Roger 48 71 5 2 .714 54 19 17 31 26 0 0 0 13 2.15 Myers, Randy 39 49 5 2 .714 33 11 9 46 11 0 0 0 17 1.65 Nunez, Ed 8 10.2 1 0 1.000 17 6 6 7 2 0 0 0 0 5.06 Ojeda, Bob 23 149 8 11 .421 124 63 51 92 29 23 3 3 0 3.08 Walter, Gene 19 16.2 0 1 .000 21 9 7 14 11 0 0 0 0 3.78

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