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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 95 282 43 85 10 0 0 14 39 1 48 2 9 1 9 5 .301 95 .337 .386 Carreon, Mark 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Carter, Gary 125 438 37 107 15 2 11 46 34 1 51 6 1 7 0 2 .244 159 .363 .305 Cone, David 33 74 2 11 3 0 0 1 3 0 11 0 5 0 0 1 .149 14 .189 .182 Darling, Ron 32 77 3 14 3 1 0 2 1 0 21 0 8 0 0 0 .182 19 .247 .192 Dykstra, Lenny 120 413 54 112 19 3 7 29 25 1 42 1 2 2 28 8 .271 158 .383 .315 Elster, Kevin 142 391 38 83 11 1 9 36 32 12 46 0 6 3 2 0 .212 123 .315 .277 Fernandez, Sid 29 53 1 14 2 0 0 7 4 0 14 2 6 1 0 0 .264 16 .302 .317 Gooden, Dwight 33 88 8 16 1 0 1 9 1 0 18 1 9 0 0 0 .182 20 .227 .189 Hernandez, Keith 89 329 41 90 16 0 10 53 31 3 53 4 0 1 2 0 .274 136 .413 .334 Innis, Jeff 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Jefferies, Gregg 21 82 17 30 7 2 6 14 6 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 .366 59 .720 .404 Johnson, Howard 141 477 75 112 20 1 24 66 81 22 97 7 2 2 22 7 .235 206 .432 .344 Leach, Terry 50 14 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 .143 3 .214 .143 Lyons, Barry 45 83 3 17 6 1 0 7 3 0 11 1 3 0 0 0 .205 25 .301 .230 Magadan, Dave 104 302 38 84 13 0 1 33 56 4 36 3 1 2 0 0 .278 100 .331 .391 Mazzilli, Lee 62 106 7 16 2 0 0 12 10 0 14 3 0 1 3 1 .151 18 .170 .225 McClure, Bob 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 McDowell, Roger 59 8 1 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .375 6 .750 .375 McReynolds, Kevin 139 525 78 151 28 2 25 93 38 3 49 5 1 4 21 0 .288 258 .491 .337 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Miller, Keith 35 64 8 13 1 1 1 4 5 0 9 0 2 0 0 4 .203 19 .297 .261 Mitchell, John 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Myers, Randy 52 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 30 61 0 10 1 0 0 3 1 0 22 0 4 0 0 0 .164 11 .180 .177 Sasser, Mackey 56 113 7 28 8 1 1 13 5 4 9 2 0 0 0 0 .248 41 .363 .275 Strawberry, Darryl 145 517 94 137 26 3 36 96 82 20 121 9 0 2 27 11 .265 277 .536 .362 Teufel, Tim 85 258 30 59 16 0 3 28 28 1 39 4 2 1 0 1 .229 84 .326 .302 Walter, Gene 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Wilson, Mookie 107 359 58 107 17 5 7 36 26 2 59 2 1 2 15 4 .298 155 .432 .347

Pitching Statistics as of September 23, 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 33 215.2 18 3 .857 162 59 52 195 76 26 7 4 0 2.17 Darling, Ron 32 226.2 16 9 .640 203 88 79 153 57 32 7 4 0 3.14 Fernandez, Sid 29 174 10 10 .500 120 65 59 178 64 29 1 1 0 3.05 Gooden, Dwight 33 243.1 18 8 .692 232 91 81 169 55 33 10 3 0 3.00 Innis, Jeff 12 19 1 1 .500 19 6 4 14 2 0 0 0 0 1.89 Leach, Terry 50 90 7 2 .778 92 32 26 48 23 0 0 0 3 2.60 McClure, Bob 10 7.2 1 0 1.000 7 4 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 4.70 McDowell, Roger 58 84.2 5 4 .556 74 29 24 43 30 0 0 0 16 2.55 Mitchell, John 1 1 0 0 .000 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 Myers, Randy 52 65 7 3 .700 40 12 10 66 16 0 0 0 24 1.38 Nunez, Ed 10 14 1 0 1.000 21 7 7 8 3 0 0 0 0 4.50 Ojeda, Bob 29 190.1 10 13 .435 158 74 61 133 33 29 5 5 0 2.88 Walter, Gene 19 16.2 0 1 .000 21 9 7 14 11 0 0 0 0 3.78

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