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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 Alfonzo, Edgardo 81 219 29 51 7 2 2 22 13 2 33 1 6 0 2 0 .233 68 .311 .275 Baerga, Carlos 6 19 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .211 4 .211 .250 Bogar, Tim 58 46 9 8 2 0 0 2 3 0 10 2 0 1 0 1 .174 10 .217 .231 Brogna, Rico 55 188 18 48 10 1 7 30 19 1 50 4 0 0 0 0 .255 81 .431 .318 Byrd, Paul 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Clark, Mark 23 50 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 18 1 8 0 0 0 .060 4 .080 .059 Dipoto, Jerry 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Espinoza, Alvaro 11 34 4 11 1 0 1 3 2 0 7 0 1 0 0 1 .324 15 .441 .361 Everett, Carl 65 106 17 27 6 1 1 9 13 1 29 0 0 3 4 0 .255 38 .358 .352 Franco, John 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Gilkey, Bernard 112 423 84 134 29 2 26 84 51 4 85 7 0 1 14 6 .317 245 .579 .386 Harnisch, Pete 22 37 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 11 1 8 0 0 0 .108 5 .135 .150 Henry, Doug 44 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Hundley, Todd 110 386 63 100 20 1 35 91 50 9 98 2 0 3 1 2 .259 227 .588 .347 Huskey, Butch 97 349 33 97 11 2 12 51 22 1 70 4 0 0 1 1 .278 148 .424 .317 Isringhausen, Jason 23 44 5 11 2 0 2 8 3 0 13 1 2 0 0 0 .250 19 .432 .292 Johnson, Lance 114 487 80 154 18 15 7 49 24 7 30 4 2 1 42 7 .316 223 .458 .347 Jones, Bobby 23 43 4 5 2 0 0 1 2 0 17 0 6 0 0 0 .116 7 .163 .156 Jones, Chris 66 118 19 31 5 0 4 16 7 0 35 0 0 1 1 0 .263 48 .407 .310 Kent, Jeff 89 335 45 97 20 1 9 39 21 1 56 3 1 1 4 3 .290 146 .436 .331 MacDonald, Bob 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Martinez, Pedro 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Mayne, Brent 53 80 7 23 5 0 1 6 9 1 15 0 1 0 0 1 .288 31 .388 .360 Minor, Blas 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Mlicki, Dave 34 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .111 1 .111 .200 Ochoa, Alex 43 161 23 49 12 1 3 23 6 0 17 2 0 2 2 1 .304 72 .447 .333 Ordonez, Rey 109 360 35 94 9 4 0 17 16 10 38 0 2 1 1 2 .261 111 .308 .294 Person, Robert 20 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 .100 1 .100 .100 Petagine, Roberto 13 32 2 4 1 0 0 3 2 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 .125 5 .156 .200 Roberson, Kevin 27 36 8 8 1 0 3 9 7 0 17 2 0 1 0 0 .222 18 .500 .348 Tomberlin, Andy 29 30 5 9 3 0 1 7 3 0 12 0 0 1 0 0 .300 15 .500 .382 Vizcaino, Jose 96 363 47 110 12 6 1 32 28 0 58 2 6 3 9 5 .303 137 .377 .356 Wilson, Paul 17 34 2 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 20 0 2 1 0 0 .088 3 .088 .139

Pitching Statistics as of August 8, 1996

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Byrd, Paul 20 27.2 1 2 .333 24 12 12 22 16 0 0 0 0 3.90 Clark, Mark 23 155.2 10 9 .526 157 69 61 104 33 23 2 0 0 3.53 Dipoto, Jerry 38 51 6 1 .857 62 26 25 31 28 0 0 0 0 4.41 Franco, John 38 39 3 2 .600 39 11 7 37 16 0 0 0 24 1.62 Harnisch, Pete 22 136.1 8 7 .533 138 74 66 82 34 22 2 1 0 4.36 Henry, Doug 44 59.1 2 4 .333 63 32 26 43 24 0 0 0 7 3.94 Isringhausen, Jason 23 151 5 12 .294 170 89 78 103 64 23 2 1 0 4.65 Jones, Bobby 23 143 9 7 .563 168 80 74 78 37 23 2 0 0 4.66 MacDonald, Bob 20 19 0 2 .000 16 10 9 12 9 0 0 0 0 4.26 Martinez, Pedro 5 7 0 0 .000 8 7 5 6 7 0 0 0 0 6.43 Minor, Blas 17 25.2 0 0 .000 23 11 10 20 6 0 0 0 0 3.51 Mlicki, Dave 34 65 5 5 .500 72 37 24 59 22 2 0 0 1 3.32 Person, Robert 19 49 2 3 .400 45 20 19 40 16 6 0 0 0 3.49 Wilson, Paul 17 97.1 4 7 .364 98 69 63 77 47 17 1 0 0 5.83

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