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Lenny Dykstra
Leonard Kyle Dykstra (Nails and Dude)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 167 lb.

Born: February 10, 1963 in Santa Ana, CA
High School: Garden Grove (Garden Grove, CA)
Drafted
by the New York Mets in the 13th round of the 1981 amateur draft.
Signed July 3, 1981. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 3, 1985
Final Game: May 18, 1996
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Career Home Runs

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Lenny Dykstra: 81 Career Home Runs

20 leading off, 0 walk-off, 7 tying, 29 go ahead
2 Tms
PHI51
NYM30
 
vs RHP67
vs LHP14
 
Home51
Away30
 
Leverage
High Lev10
Medium Lev47
Low Lev24
14 Opps
CHC15
MON12
STL8
SFG7
ATL5
LAD5
CIN5
HOU5
COL4
SDP4
NYM3
PIT3
PHI3
FLA2
68 Pitchers
Dennis Martinez4
Scott Sanderson3
Frank Castillo3
Mike Bielecki2
Oil Can Boyd2
Bill Swift2
Ken Hill2
Bob Welch2
Ramon Martinez2
Mike Munoz1
Jose DeLeon1
Jose Bautista1
Bob Sebra1
Mike Krukow1
Rick Sutcliffe1
Pete Smith1
Jim Pena1
Mark Grant1
Armando Reynoso1
Jamie Moyer1
12 Parks
VeteransStad38
Shea Stad16
Stade Olymp.7
Wrigley Fld6
MileHigh Std3
Candlestick2
3 Rivers Std2
Cinergy Fld2
Qualcomm St2
Dodger Stad1
Astrodome1
Busch Stad1
Where Hit
959
899
85
Unk4
72
782
General field locations when available.
 
1 Inside the Park
 
Pitches
Unk23
413
110
39
59
28
65
7+4
Pitches in PA when available.
Game Totals
1·HR gms77
2·HR gms2
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
1st80
5th1
Outs
046
122
213
 
DefPos
CF79
LF2
Bases
---57
1--15
12-4
-2-4
1231
 
111 RBI
RISP9
0 on57
1 on19
2 on4
3 on1
Any on24
Inning
120
24
313
46
56
66
714
87
95
 
1-337
4-618
7-end26
RelScore
+4..10
+34
+24
+112
Tied26
-19
-26
-36
-4..4
 
Ahead30
Tied26
Behind25
Before event, for batter
Count
Unk23
0-010
2-110
3-28
1-08
1-17
3-15
2-25
1-23
0-21
2-01

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1985 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
1 1 1 1 1985-05-03 NYM @ CIN Mario Soto ahead 1-0 t 3 1 1-- 2 1 8 17% 80% Home Run; Santana Scores
1986 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
2 2 1 1 1986-04-26 NYM @ STL Danny Cox tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 1 1 8 10% 60% Lead-Off Home Run
3 3 2 1 1986-06-22 NYM CHC Rick Sutcliffe tied 0-0 b 3 0 -2- 2 1 8 15% 78% Home Run; Darling Scores
4 4 3 1 1986-07-08 NYM CIN Ted Power ahead 3-2 b 8 0 --- 1 1 8 7% 95% Home Run
5 5 4 1 1986-07-13 NYM ATL Doyle Alexander ahead 1-0 b 6 1 --- 1 1 8 11% 85% Home Run
6 6 5 1 1986-07-19 NYM @ HOU Mike Scott behind 0-4 t 9 0 --- 1 1 8 2% 3% Home Run
7 7 6 1 1986-08-12 NYM @ PHI Kevin Gross tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 1 1 8 10% 60% Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball)
8 8 7 1 1986-08-17 (2) NYM STL Ray Burris ahead 6-2 b 8 1 12- 3 1 8 1% 100% Home Run; Gibbons Scores; Santana Scores
9 9 8 1 1986-09-13 NYM @ PHI Mike Maddux tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 1 1 8 10% 60% Lead-Off Home Run
1987 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
10 10 1 1 1987-04-10 NYM ATL David Palmer tied 3-3 b 7 1 1-- 2 1 8 30% 88% Home Run; Mazzilli Scores
11 11 2 1 1987-04-12 NYM ATL Randy O'Neal tied 0-0 b 1 0 --- 1 1 8 10% 65% Lead-Off Home Run (CF-RF)
12 12 3 1 1987-05-15 NYM SFG Mike Krukow ahead 3-0 b 3 0 --- 1 1 8 5% 90% Home Run (LF-CF)
13 13 4 1 1987-05-16 NYM SFG Mark Grant tied 0-0 b 1 0 --- 1 1 8 10% 65% Lead-Off Home Run
14 14 5 1 1987-05-23 NYM LAD Bob Welch behind 0-2 b 1 0 --- 1 1 8 10% 44% Lead-Off Home Run
15 15 6 2 1987-05-23 NYM LAD Bob Welch behind 1-4 b 8 1 --- 1 1 8 6% 11% Home Run
16 16 7 1 1987-07-02 NYM @ CIN Ron Robinson ahead 2-0 t 5 2 --- 1 1 8 9% 81% Home Run
17 17 8 1 1987-07-20 NYM ATL Larry McWilliams ahead 5-1 b 7 0 1-- 2 1 8 2% 99% Home Run (CF-RF); McDowell Scores
18 18 9 1 1987-08-16 NYM @ CHC Jay Baller ahead 18-5 t 7 2 1-- 2 1 8 0% 100% Home Run; Wilson Scores
19 19 10 1 1987-09-16 NYM @ MON Bob Sebra ahead 6-0 t 8 0 123 4 1 8 0% 100% Home Run; Miller Scores; Teufel Scores; Gooden Scores
1988 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
20 20 1 1 1988-04-04 NYM @ MON Dennis Martinez tied 4-4 t 6 2 12- 4,(1-2)  3 1 8 37% 86% Home Run; Carter Scores; Magadan Scores
21 21 2 1 1988-04-09 NYM @ PHI Don Carman behind 1-3 t 3 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 1 8 11% 38% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
22 22 3 1 1988-04-14 NYM MON Dennis Martinez tied 0-0 b 6 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 1 8 19% 76% Home Run
23 23 4 1 1988-08-09 NYM @ CHC Mike Bielecki tied 0-0 t 5 1 1-- 1,(0-0)  2 1 8 25% 75% Home Run; Backman Scores
24 24 5 1 1988-08-11 NYM @ CHC Al Nipper behind 3-6 t 7 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 1 8 7% 17% Home Run
25 25 6 1 1988-09-08 NYM @ CHC Mike Capel ahead 12-6 t 9 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 5 8 0% 100% Home Run
26 26 7 1 1988-09-17 NYM MON Bryn Smith behind 0-1 b 1 0 --- 11,(3-2)  1 1 8 12% 54% Lead-Off Home Run
27 27 8 1 1988-10-01 NYM STL Dan Quisenberry ahead 4-0 b 8 2 1-- 3,(1-1)  2 1 8 1% 100% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); Lyons Scores
1989 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
28 28 1 1 1989-05-03 NYM CIN Jose Rijo behind 0-3 b 1 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 1 8 9% 32% Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
29 29 2 1 1989-06-11 NYM @ PIT Brian Fisher ahead 2-0 t 2 0 1-- 2,(1-0)  2 1 8 12% 87% Home Run (Deep RF); Ojeda Scores
30 30 3 1 1989-06-14 NYM CHC Scott Sanderson tied 0-0 b 3 1 --- 4,(2-1)  1 1 8 14% 66% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
31 31 4 1 1989-06-22 PHI STL Jose DeLeon ahead 1-0 b 3 0 1-- 6,(3-2)  2 1 8 15% 86% Home Run; Cook Scores
32 32 5 1 1989-08-02 PHI CHC Scott Sanderson ahead 1-0 b 3 2 --- 1,(0-0)  1 1 8 11% 76% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
33 33 6 1 1989-08-12 PHI @ CHC Scott Sanderson behind 5-9 t 8 2 1-- 2,(1-0)  2 1 8 5% 7% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Thon Scores
34 34 7 1 1989-09-07 PHI CHC Mike Bielecki behind 0-4 b 4 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 1 8 7% 19% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1990 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
35 35 1 1 1990-04-16 PHI @ MON Oil Can Boyd ahead 1-0 t 3 0 --- 5,(3-1)  1 1 8 11% 73% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
36 36 2 1 1990-05-13 PHI SFG Rick Reuschel ahead 2-0 b 7 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 1 8 5% 95% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
37 37 3 1 1990-06-15 (1) PHI CHC Steve Wilson behind 1-5 b 8 0 1-- 3,(1-1)  2 1 8 9% 15% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Vatcher Scores
38 38 4 1 1990-06-29 PHI HOU Bill Gullickson ahead 1-0 b 7 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 1 8 10% 90% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
39 39 5 1 1990-07-24 PHI NYM David Cone ahead 1-0 b 3 0 --- 5,(3-1)  1 1 8 10% 77% IPHR Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
40 40 6 1 1990-08-01 PHI STL Ken Hill behind 0-1 b 1 0 --- 7,(3-2)  1 1 8 11% 55% Lead-Off Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
41 41 7 1 1990-08-25 PHI @ SFG Don Robinson tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 1 1 8 10% 60% Lead-Off Home Run
42 42 8 1 1990-09-21 PHI MON Dennis Martinez ahead 2-0 b 5 1 --- 1 1 8 8% 89% Home Run
43 43 9 1 1990-09-28 PHI @ MON Oil Can Boyd ahead 3-0 t 5 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 1 8 6% 91% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1991 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
44 44 1 1 1991-04-12 PHI STL Jamie Moyer ahead 2-1 b 2 1 1-- 3,(1-1)  2 1 8 16% 83% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Combs Scores; Dykstra Scores
45 45 2 1 1991-04-24 PHI NYM Wally Whitehurst tied 0-0 b 1 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 1 8 11% 65% Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Dykstra Scores
46 46 3 1 1991-08-06 PHI CHC Paul Assenmacher behind 1-2 b 9 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 1 8 44% 63% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Dykstra Scores
1992 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
47 47 1 1 1992-05-08 PHI SDP Bruce Hurst behind 2-3 b 6 1 1-- 4,(2-1)  2 1 8 36% 74% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Batiste Scores; Dykstra Scores
48 48 2 1 1992-05-18 PHI HOU Jimmy Jones behind 0-1 b 4 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 1 8 15% 56% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Dykstra Scores
49 49 3 1 1992-05-25 PHI ATL Steve Avery ahead 1-0 b 7 2 12- 1,(0-0)  3 1 8 17% 97% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Daulton Scores; Batiste Scores; Dykstra Scores
50 50 4 1 1992-07-26 PHI SFG Jim Pena ahead 6-2 b 4 1 --- 3,(1-1)  1 1 8 3% 95% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Dykstra Scores
51 51 5 1 1992-07-30 PHI @ MON Mark Gardner behind 0-3 t 3 2 --- 4,(2-1)  1 1 8 8% 23% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); Dykstra Scores
52 52 6 1 1992-08-07 PHI MON Chris Nabholz tied 0-0 b 1 0 --- 8,(3-2)  1 1 8 11% 65% Lead-Off Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Dykstra Scores
1993 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
53 53 1 1 1993-04-09 PHI CHC Frank Castillo behind 4-6 b 5 1 --- 2,(1-0)  1 1 8 13% 38% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
54 54 2 1 1993-04-12 PHI CIN Steve Foster tied 4-4 b 7 1 --- 6,(3-2)  1 1 8 22% 77% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
55 55 3 1 1993-04-29 PHI @ SDP Frank Seminara tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 1 8 10% 60% Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
56 56 4 1 1993-06-08 PHI HOU Al Osuna behind 1-4 b 7 0 --- 5,(2-2)  1 1 8 9% 21% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
57 57 5 1 1993-06-09 PHI HOU Pete Harnisch ahead 3-0 b 4 1 --- 5,(2-2)  1 1 8 6% 91% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
58 58 6 1 1993-06-16 PHI @ MON Mel Rojas behind 2-3 t 9 2 --- 5,(3-1)  1 1 8 36% 39% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
59 59 7 1 1993-06-19 PHI FLA Jack Armstrong tied 0-0 b 1 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 1 8 10% 65% Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
60 60 8 1 1993-07-03 PHI SDP Greg Harris behind 2-5 b 7 2 -2- 3,(2-0)  2 1 8 18% 28% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Thompson Scores
61 61 9 1 1993-07-06 PHI LAD Pedro Astacio behind 0-2 b 1 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 1 8 10% 44% Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
62 62 10 1 1993-07-07 PHI LAD Ramon Martinez ahead 4-3 b 6 0 --- 5,(2-2)  1 1 8 10% 85% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
63 63 11 1 1993-07-17 PHI @ SDP Andy Benes ahead 1-0 t 6 1 --- 1,(0-0)  1 1 8 13% 76% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
64 64 12 1 1993-07-20 PHI @ LAD Ramon Martinez tied 2-2 t 7 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 1 8 20% 70% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
65 65 13 1 1993-08-11 PHI MON Dennis Martinez behind 1-2 b 3 1 1-- 5,(3-1)  2 1 8 22% 65% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); Stocker Scores
66 66 14 1 1993-08-17 PHI @ COL Armando Reynoso behind 2-3 t 5 0 --- 3,(0-2)  1 1 8 13% 50% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
67 67 15 1 1993-08-19 PHI @ COL Willie Blair ahead 3-0 t 4 2 --- 7,(3-2)  1 1 8 7% 84% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
68 68 16 1 1993-08-30 PHI @ CHC Frank Castillo tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 6,(2-2)  1 1 8 10% 60% Lead-Off Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
69 69 17 1 1993-09-09 PHI CHC Jose Bautista tied 2-2 b 2 1 12- 5,(2-2)  3 1 8 22% 81% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Stocker Scores; Jackson Scores
70 70 18 2 1993-09-09 PHI CHC Frank Castillo ahead 7-2 b 3 1 1-- 4,(2-1)  2 1 8 4% 97% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Jackson Scores
71 71 19 1 1993-09-21 PHI FLA Rich Rodriguez tied 3-3 b 7 0 -2- 2,(1-0)  2 1 8 19% 89% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Amaro Scores/unER
1994 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
72 72 1 1 1994-04-06 PHI @ COL Mike Harkey behind 1-3 t 7 1 1-- 1,(0-0)  2 1 8 25% 46% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Longmire Scores
73 73 2 1 1994-04-20 PHI @ SFG Bill Swift tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 1 8 10% 60% Lead-Off Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
74 74 3 1 1994-05-01 PHI SFG Bill Swift tied 0-0 b 1 0 --- 6,(3-2)  1 1 8 10% 64% Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
75 75 4 1 1994-05-14 PHI PIT Steve Cooke behind 0-1 b 3 2 -2- 5,(3-1)  2 1 8 21% 63% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Batiste Scores
76 76 5 1 1994-05-22 PHI NYM Pete Smith tied 0-0 b 1 0 --- 4,(1-2)  1 1 8 10% 64% Lead-Off Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
1995 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
77 77 1 1 1995-07-21 PHI STL Donovan Osborne ahead 5-0 b 4 1 --- 4,(1-2)  1 1 7 2% 96% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
78 78 2 1 1995-07-23 PHI STL Ken Hill tied 2-2 b 2 2 --- 4,(2-1)  1 1 7 11% 62% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1996 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
79 79 1 1 1996-04-02 PHI COL Mike Munoz behind 0-2 b 7 1 --- 1 1 8 14% 32% Home Run
80 80 2 1 1996-04-08 PHI @ PIT Jason Christiansen ahead 5-0 t 9 1 --- 6,(3-2)  1 1 8 1% 100% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
81 81 3 1 1996-04-16 PHI @ MON Jose Paniagua tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 1 1 8 9% 59% Lead-Off Home Run (CF-RF)

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