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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 29 47 4 8 0 0 2 6 3 0 11 0 3 0 0 0 .170 14 .298 .220 Anderson, Rick 13 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .100 1 .100 .100 Backman, Wally 112 356 64 119 17 2 0 26 32 0 27 3 14 0 13 7 .334 140 .393 .386 Berenyi, Bruce 14 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Carter, Gary 118 435 73 106 13 1 21 95 58 9 59 15 0 6 1 0 .244 184 .423 .331 Corcoran, Tim 6 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .222 Darling, Ron 30 74 4 8 2 0 0 0 3 0 27 0 7 0 0 0 .108 10 .135 .143 Dykstra, Lenny 132 398 72 119 25 7 8 44 50 1 52 2 6 0 29 7 .299 182 .457 .376 Elster, Kevin 7 12 2 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .333 5 .417 .429 Fernandez, Sid 28 63 6 11 3 0 0 4 2 0 21 0 5 0 1 0 .175 14 .222 .200 Foster, George 72 233 28 53 6 1 13 38 21 1 53 2 0 0 1 1 .227 100 .429 .289 Gibbons, John 3 12 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .333 5 .417 .385 Gooden, Dwight 30 72 5 6 0 1 0 3 2 0 15 0 13 0 0 0 .083 8 .111 .108 Hearn, Ed 40 118 15 33 5 0 4 10 12 0 18 1 2 0 0 0 .280 50 .424 .344 Heep, Danny 73 173 20 50 6 2 5 27 29 5 26 0 0 0 1 4 .289 75 .434 .391 Hernandez, Keith 138 513 87 160 31 1 12 75 88 8 63 3 0 3 2 1 .312 229 .446 .414 Jefferson, Stan 5 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .167 1 .167 .286 Johnson, Howard 77 192 27 47 13 0 8 31 26 8 57 0 1 1 5 1 .245 84 .438 .338 Knight, Ray 126 445 45 131 23 2 9 69 39 2 59 8 1 3 2 1 .294 185 .416 .349 Leach, Terry 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Lynch, Ed 1 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 Lyons, Barry 6 9 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .100 Magadan, Dave 3 6 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .667 4 .667 .667 Mazzilli, Lee 27 39 6 9 1 0 2 4 6 1 11 0 0 0 0 1 .231 16 .410 .333 McDowell, Roger 68 17 1 5 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 .294 5 .294 .333 Mitchell, John 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Mitchell, Kevin 98 295 48 84 22 2 11 38 33 0 58 0 1 1 3 3 .285 143 .485 .359 Myers, Randy 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Niemann, Randy 27 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 2 .333 .429 Ojeda, Bob 29 64 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 27 0 8 0 0 0 .109 7 .109 .123 Orosco, Jesse 53 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .400 Santana, Rafael 125 359 34 77 10 0 1 24 30 11 37 2 1 2 0 0 .214 90 .251 .277 Sisk, Doug 35 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Strawberry, Darryl 123 434 64 111 25 4 21 78 65 9 128 9 0 5 26 12 .256 207 .477 .353 Teufel, Tim 83 242 28 61 16 1 4 31 28 1 33 3 3 1 1 1 .252 91 .376 .328 Wilson, Mookie 109 338 53 98 15 4 9 41 30 3 66 0 0 1 22 7 .290 148 .438 .350

Pitching Statistics as of September 17, 1986

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Aguilera, Rick 25 128.2 8 6 .571 134 66 58 98 35 18 2 0 0 4.06 Anderson, Rick 13 43.2 1 1 .500 41 17 15 20 11 4 0 0 1 3.09 Berenyi, Bruce 14 39.2 2 2 .500 47 30 28 30 22 7 0 0 0 6.35 Darling, Ron 30 211 13 5 .722 182 78 68 159 71 30 4 2 0 2.90 Fernandez, Sid 28 180.1 15 5 .750 142 76 74 174 82 28 2 1 0 3.69 Gooden, Dwight 30 225 15 6 .714 184 86 75 179 73 30 11 2 0 3.00 Leach, Terry 6 6.2 0 0 .000 6 3 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 2.70 Lynch, Ed 1 1.2 0 0 .000 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 McDowell, Roger 68 117.1 13 9 .591 95 43 38 63 41 0 0 0 19 2.91 Mitchell, John 2 2 0 0 .000 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Myers, Randy 8 8.2 0 0 .000 9 2 2 10 6 0 0 0 0 2.08 Niemann, Randy 27 31.2 2 3 .400 38 14 12 15 10 1 0 0 0 3.41 Ojeda, Bob 29 196.1 16 5 .762 175 70 60 134 50 27 7 2 0 2.75 Orosco, Jesse 53 72.2 6 6 .500 57 22 20 58 32 0 0 0 18 2.48 Sisk, Doug 35 62.2 4 2 .667 65 25 18 26 27 0 0 0 0 2.59

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AT LAST!



New York Daily News
September 18, 1986

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New York Daily News
September 18, 1986

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New York Post
September 18, 1986

NEVER IN DOUBT



New York Post
September 18, 1986

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