| Position | 1st Backup  | 2nd Backup | 3rd Backup | Fill Order |
| C | Jackie Marshall | None | None | 1 |
| 1B | Jeff Himes | Chikao Taguchi | None | 4 |
| 2B | Dave Brucker | Chikao Taguchi | Joe Powers | 5 |
| 3B | Joe Powers | Dave Brucker | None | 2 |
| SS | Joe Powers | Dave Brucker | None | 3 |
| LF | Hugh Carpenter | Joe Powers | Ricardo Lastre | 7 |
| CF | Glenn Sprinz | Noboru Hirata | None | 6 |
| RF | Glenn Sprinz | Hugh Carpenter | Bruce Burkle | 8 |
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