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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 87 259 37 78 9 0 0 13 31 1 45 2 8 1 5 4 .301 87 .336 .375 Carreon, Mark 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Carter, Gary 115 402 34 97 14 2 10 43 30 1 48 6 1 7 0 1 .241 145 .361 .301 Cone, David 30 65 2 11 3 0 0 1 3 0 9 0 5 0 0 1 .169 14 .215 .206 Darling, Ron 29 68 2 12 2 1 0 2 1 0 17 0 7 0 0 0 .176 16 .235 .188 Dykstra, Lenny 111 383 52 107 18 3 6 26 24 1 39 1 2 2 27 7 .279 149 .389 .324 Elster, Kevin 130 368 37 79 9 1 9 36 30 11 43 0 6 3 2 0 .215 117 .318 .279 Fernandez, Sid 26 48 1 13 2 0 0 6 3 0 12 2 4 1 0 0 .271 15 .313 .315 Gooden, Dwight 30 80 8 15 0 0 1 9 1 0 18 1 9 0 0 0 .188 18 .225 .195 Hernandez, Keith 84 310 40 88 16 0 9 51 31 3 51 4 0 1 2 0 .284 131 .423 .347 Innis, Jeff 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Jefferies, Gregg 10 40 10 16 4 1 4 7 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .400 34 .850 .442 Johnson, Howard 130 436 73 104 18 0 23 62 79 22 84 6 2 2 22 7 .239 191 .438 .354 Leach, Terry 47 14 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 .143 3 .214 .143 Lyons, Barry 41 71 3 16 6 1 0 7 3 0 9 1 3 0 0 0 .225 24 .338 .253 Magadan, Dave 94 272 36 75 11 0 1 30 48 4 32 3 1 2 0 0 .276 89 .327 .385 Mazzilli, Lee 59 102 6 16 2 0 0 12 8 0 13 3 0 1 3 1 .157 18 .176 .219 McClure, Bob 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 McDowell, Roger 57 8 1 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .375 6 .750 .375 McReynolds, Kevin 127 481 68 135 26 2 20 79 34 2 47 5 1 4 18 0 .281 225 .468 .330 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Miller, Keith 30 60 4 12 1 1 1 4 4 0 9 0 2 0 0 4 .200 18 .300 .250 Myers, Randy 46 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 .500 .250 Nunez, Ed 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Ojeda, Bob 28 54 0 9 1 0 0 3 1 0 19 0 4 0 0 0 .167 10 .185 .182 Sasser, Mackey 51 106 7 26 7 1 1 13 4 3 8 2 0 0 0 0 .245 38 .358 .268 Strawberry, Darryl 132 476 86 127 24 3 33 87 74 19 109 8 0 2 24 11 .267 256 .538 .363 Teufel, Tim 79 243 28 55 14 0 3 27 28 1 38 4 2 1 0 1 .226 78 .321 .304 Walter, Gene 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Wilson, Mookie 96 318 53 91 14 4 6 32 26 2 52 1 0 1 15 4 .286 131 .412 .341

Pitching Statistics as of September 8, 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 30 190.2 15 3 .833 144 54 49 166 68 23 5 3 0 2.31 Darling, Ron 29 201 14 9 .609 181 83 74 142 50 29 6 4 0 3.31 Fernandez, Sid 26 154.2 8 10 .444 104 59 53 158 56 26 1 1 0 3.08 Gooden, Dwight 30 220 17 6 .739 215 85 75 150 51 30 9 3 0 3.07 Innis, Jeff 12 19 1 1 .500 19 6 4 14 2 0 0 0 0 1.89 Leach, Terry 47 86.1 6 2 .750 89 32 26 45 21 0 0 0 2 2.71 McClure, Bob 10 7.2 1 0 1.000 7 4 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 4.70 McDowell, Roger 56 79.2 5 4 .556 70 28 24 38 29 0 0 0 14 2.71 Myers, Randy 46 58 5 3 .625 38 12 10 59 13 0 0 0 22 1.55 Nunez, Ed 10 14 1 0 1.000 21 7 7 8 3 0 0 0 0 4.50 Ojeda, Bob 27 175 9 13 .409 145 71 59 117 32 27 4 4 0 3.03 Walter, Gene 19 16.2 0 1 .000 21 9 7 14 11 0 0 0 0 3.78

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