| Position | 1st Backup  | 2nd Backup | 3rd Backup | Fill Order |
| C | Raul Rives | Johnny Cedeno | None | 1 |
| 1B | Yoshinari Sakaguchi | Pete Larkin | Charlie Johnson | 8 |
| 2B | Felipe Birmingham | Charlie Johnson | Elmer Agosto | 4 |
| 3B | Elmer Agosto | Dave Paschal | Pete Larkin | 5 |
| SS | Charlie Johnson | Pete Larkin | Elmer Agosto | 2 |
| LF | Yoshinari Sakaguchi | Herb Kelleher | Charlie Johnson | 7 |
| CF | Masanori Kobayashi | Raul Rives | Charlie Johnson | 3 |
| RF | Yoshinari Sakaguchi | Herb Kelleher | Charlie Johnson | 6 |
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