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1988 NLCS
Los Angeles Dodgers over New York Mets (4-3)

1987 NLCS 1989 NLCS

Dates: October 4 - 12, 1988

WS MVP: Orel Hershiser

NLCS MVP: Orel Hershiser

ALCS MVP: Dennis Eckersley

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Series Scores

Game 1, October 4
New York Mets	3	Final
Los Angeles Dodgers	2

W	Randy Myers (1-0)
L	Jay Howell (0-1)

Game 2, October 5
New York Mets	3	Final
Los Angeles Dodgers	6

W	Tim Belcher (1-0)
L	David Cone (0-1)
S	Alejandro Peña (1)

Game 3, October 8
Los Angeles Dodgers	4	Final
New York Mets	8

W	Randy Myers (2-0)
L	Alejandro Peña (0-1)

Game 4, October 9
Los Angeles Dodgers	5	Final
New York Mets	4	(12)

W	Alejandro Peña (1-1)
L	Roger McDowell (0-1)
S	Orel Hershiser (1)

Game 5, October 10
Los Angeles Dodgers	7	Final
New York Mets	4

W	Tim Belcher (2-0)
L	Sid Fernandez (0-1)
S	Brian Holton (1)

Game 6, October 11
New York Mets	5	Final
Los Angeles Dodgers	1

W	David Cone (1-1)
L	Tim Leary (0-1)

Game 7, October 12
New York Mets	0	Final
Los Angeles Dodgers	6

W	Orel Hershiser (1-0)
L	Ron Darling (0-1)

Series Batting Stats

Los Angeles Dodgers Batting

Los Angeles Dodgers Batting Table
	Playoff Series Stats																			Regular Season Stats
Name	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	E	WPA	cWPA	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Tim Belcher	2	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	0	0	0	-0.05	-1.35%	36	56	2	4	1	3	0	.071	.232
Mike Davis*	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0		0.02	0.24%	108	281	29	55	2	17	7	.196	.530
Rick Dempsey	4	5	1	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	.400	.500	.800	1.300	0	0	0	0.26	6.23%	77	167	25	42	7	30	1	.251	.793
Kirk Gibson*	7	26	2	4	0	0	2	6	3	6	.154	.233	.385	.618	2	0	1	0.10	2.37%	150	542	106	157	25	76	31	.290	.860
Jose Gonzalez	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	37	24	7	2	0	0	3	.083	.279
Alfredo Griffin#	7	25	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	5	.160	.160	.200	.360	0	1	0	-0.09	0.11%	95	316	39	63	1	27	7	.199	.513
Jeff Hamilton	7	23	2	5	0	0	0	1	3	4	.217	.333	.217	.551	0	0	2	-0.03	0.43%	111	309	34	73	6	33	0	.236	.620
Mickey Hatcher	6	21	4	5	2	0	0	3	3	0	.238	.333	.333	.667	0	0	2	0.23	7.53%	88	191	22	56	1	25	0	.293	.673
Danny Heep*	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0		0.02	0.44%	95	149	14	36	0	11	2	.242	.596
Orel Hershiser	4	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	0	0	0.00	1.91%	36	85	1	11	0	6	0	.129	.316
Brian Holton	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0.01	0.20%	45	10	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.091
Ricky Horton*	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	*12	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jay Howell	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	50	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Tim Leary	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.03	-0.56%	36	67	4	18	0	9	0	.269	.599
Mike Marshall	7	30	3	7	1	1	0	5	2	9	.233	.281	.333	.615	0	0	0	-0.04	-1.87%	144	542	63	150	20	82	4	.277	.758
Jesse Orosco	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	55	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Alejandro Peña	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	60	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Steve Sax	7	30	7	8	0	0	0	3	3	3	.267	.353	.267	.620	5	0	0	0.09	3.97%	160	632	70	175	5	57	42	.277	.668
Mike Scioscia*	7	22	3	8	1	0	1	2	1	2	.364	.391	.545	.937	0	0	0	0.41	8.62%	130	408	29	105	3	35	0	.257	.642
Mike Sharperson	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0.18	3.25%	46	59	8	16	0	4	0	.271	.578
John Shelby#	7	24	3	4	0	0	0	3	5	12	.167	.300	.167	.467	2	0	0	0.08	1.04%	140	494	65	130	10	64	16	.263	.715
Franklin Stubbs*	4	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	-0.14	-2.37%	115	242	30	54	8	34	11	.223	.664
John Tudor*	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.04	-0.73%	*32	59	0	5	0	0	0	.085	.228
Tracy Woodson	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	-0.03	-0.49%	65	173	15	43	3	15	1	.249	.614
Totals	105	243	31	52	7	1	3	30	25	54	.214	.290	.288	.579	9	1		0.95	28.98%	162	5431	628	1346	99		131	.248	.657

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown, for minors bold indicates they appeared in majors or are a HOFer

New York Mets Batting

New York Mets Batting Table
	Playoff Series Stats																			Regular Season Stats
Name	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	E	WPA	cWPA	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Rick Aguilera	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.01	-0.11%	11	4	1	1	0	0	0	.250	.500
Wally Backman#	7	22	2	6	1	0	0	2	2	5	.273	.333	.318	.652	1	0	2	0.38	7.92%	99	294	44	89	0	17	9	.303	.731
Gary Carter	7	27	0	6	1	1	0	4	1	3	.222	.250	.333	.583	0	0	0	0.55	6.82%	130	455	39	110	11	46	0	.242	.659
David Cone*	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.09	-1.95%	35	80	2	12	0	2	0	.150	.368
Ron Darling	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.07	-2.10%	34	82	4	18	0	4	0	.220	.546
Lenny Dykstra*	7	14	6	6	3	0	1	3	4	0	.429	.600	.857	1.457	0	0	0	0.23	5.06%	126	429	57	116	8	33	30	.270	.706
Kevin Elster	5	8	1	2	1	0	0	1	3	0	.250	.455	.375	.830	0	0	2	0.13	3.27%	149	406	41	87	9	37	2	.214	.594
Sid Fernandez*	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.01	-0.27%	31	56	1	14	0	9	0	.250	.593
Dwight Gooden	3	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	-0.11	-1.80%	34	90	8	16	1	9	0	.178	.407
Keith Hernandez*	7	26	2	7	0	0	1	5	6	7	.269	.406	.385	.791	1	0	1	0.13	1.46%	95	348	43	96	11	55	2	.276	.750
Gregg Jefferies#	7	27	2	9	2	0	0	1	4	0	.333	.438	.407	.845	0	0	1	-0.06	-1.15%	29	109	19	35	6	17	5	.321	.961
Howard Johnson#	6	18	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.056	.105	.056	.161	1	0	1	-0.55	-10.22%	148	495	85	114	24	68	23	.230	.765
Terry Leach	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	52	14	1	2	0	3	0	.143	.357
Dave Magadan*	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0		-0.08	-1.71%	112	314	39	87	1	35	0	.277	.728
Lee Mazzilli#	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0		0.19	3.56%	68	116	9	17	0	12	4	.147	.391
Roger McDowell	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	1	0.00	0.00%	63	9	1	3	0	2	0	.333	1.000
Kevin McReynolds	7	28	4	7	2	0	2	4	3	5	.250	.313	.536	.848	2	0	0	-0.12	-3.78%	147	552	82	159	27	99	21	.288	.832
Randy Myers*	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	55	4	1	1	0	1	0	.250	.750
Mackey Sasser*	4	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0.07	1.29%	60	123	9	35	1	17	0	.285	.719
Darryl Strawberry*	7	30	5	9	2	0	1	6	2	5	.300	.344	.467	.810	0	1	0	-0.18	-4.60%	153	543	101	146	39	101	29	.269	.911
Tim Teufel	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.09	-1.64%	90	273	35	64	4	31	0	.234	.658
Mookie Wilson#	4	13	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	.154	.267	.154	.421	0	1	0	0.14	2.85%	112	378	61	112	8	41	15	.296	.776
Totals	98	240	27	58	12	1	5	27	28	42	.242	.330	.363	.692	6	2		0.45	2.90%	160	5408	703	1387	152		140	.256	.721

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown, for minors bold indicates they appeared in majors or are a HOFer

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Los Angeles Dodgers over New York Mets (4-3)