Lenny Dykstra

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 160lb (178cm, 72kg)

Born: February 10, 1963 in Santa Ana, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 13th round of the 1981 MLB June Amateur Draft from Garden Grove HS (Garden Grove, CA).

High School: Garden Grove HS (Garden Grove, CA)

Debut: May 3, 1985 (Age 22-082d, 15,017th in major league history)
vs. CIN 5 AB, 2 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: May 18, 1996 (Age 33-098d)
vs. LAD 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1985 season

Agents: Alan Meersand

Full Name: Leonard Kyle Dykstra

Nicknames: Nails or Dude

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

42.4

4559

1298

.285

802

RBI

404

285

OBP

.375

SLG

.419

OPS

.793

OPS+

120

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-15 / in Starts: 12-14
Longest Hitting Streak	13 games
Longest On Base Streak	15 games
Most Games w/o HR	5 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1986	NLCS g1	Oct 8	NYM	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	1.53	0.131	40.00	1.90%	0.53	CF
2	1986	NLCS g2	Oct 9	NYM	@	HOU	W,5-1	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.375	.444	.500	.944	1	.53	-0.028	14.07	-0.35%	0.63	CF
3	1986	NLCS g3	Oct 11	NYM		HOU	W,6-5	7-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.455	.800	1.255	9	3.38	0.685	106.09	12.43%	1.38	PH CF
4	1986	NLCS g4	Oct 12	NYM		HOU	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.400	.643	1.043	1	1.09	0.023	34.91	0.55%	-0.21	CF
5	1986	NLCS g5	Oct 14	NYM		HOU	W,2-1	CG(12)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.300	.474	.774	1	1.40	-0.173	58.12	-3.95%	-0.96	CF
6	1986	NLCS g6	Oct 15	NYM	@	HOU	W,7-6	9-GF(16)	5	4	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.360	.565	.925	9	1.19	-0.016	53.78	-0.29%	1.35	PH CF
7	1986	WS g1	Oct 18	NYM		BOS	L,0-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.345	.500	.845	2	1.26	-0.069	65.89	-2.31%	-0.24	CF
8	1986	WS g2	Oct 19	NYM		BOS	L,3-9	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.364	.483	.846	1	.86	-0.031	43.97	-0.92%	0.11	CF
9	1986	WS g3	Oct 21	NYM	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	5	5	2	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.353	.421	.618	1.039	1	.45	0.119	18.92	3.21%	1.92	CF
10	1986	WS g4	Oct 22	NYM	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.395	.641	1.036	1	.47	0.029	30.12	1.43%	0.93	CF
11	1986	WS g5	Oct 23	NYM	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.375	.591	.966	1	1.23	-0.126	101.83	-5.74%	-1.14	CF
12	1986	WS g6	Oct 25	NYM		BOS	W,6-5	CG(10)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.346	.542	.888	1	2.20	-0.031	198.17	-0.80%	-0.34	CF
13	1986	WS g7	Oct 27	NYM		BOS	W,8-5	7-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.352	.540	.892	7	.71	0.049	118.89	4.54%	0.43	PH CF
1988 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	1988	NLCS g1	Oct 4	NYM	@	LAD	W,3-2	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000			9	.85	0.042	22.23	0.60%	0.24	PH CF
15	1988	NLCS g2	Oct 5	NYM	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.600	.667	1.267	1	.46	0.020	11.74	0.29%	0.68	CF
16	1988	NLCS g3	Oct 8	NYM		LAD	W,8-4	8-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.667	.667	1.333	9	2.87	0.007	90.13	0.12%	0.10	PH CF
17	1988	NLCS g4	Oct 9	NYM		LAD	L,4-5	11-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.571	.500	1.071	6	2.82	-0.064	90.90	-1.14%	-0.25	CF
18	1988	NLCS g5	Oct 10	NYM		LAD	L,4-7	CG	4	3	2	2	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.636	1.143	1.779	1	.77	0.167	31.96	4.58%	3.47	CF
19	1988	NLCS g6	Oct 11	NYM	@	LAD	W,5-1	CG	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.455	.625	1.000	1.625	1	.65	0.060	24.85	1.47%	1.15	CF
20	1988	NLCS g7	Oct 12	NYM	@	LAD	L,0-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.600	.857	1.457	1	.33	-0.006	27.50	-0.28%	0.31	CF
1993 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	1993	NLCS g1	Oct 6	PHI		ATL	W,4-3	CG(10)	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.500	.900	1	.87	0.005	22.79	0.07%	0.44	CF
22	1993	NLCS g2	Oct 7	PHI		ATL	L,3-14	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.750	1.150	1	.29	-0.031	7.58	-0.53%	0.26	CF
23	1993	NLCS g3	Oct 9	PHI	@	ATL	L,4-9	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.333	.538	.872	1	.76	-0.059	23.84	-0.99%	-1.43	CF
24	1993	NLCS g4	Oct 10	PHI	@	ATL	W,2-1	CG	5	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.450	.563	1.013	1	.72	0.082	23.13	1.60%	0.82	CF
25	1993	NLCS g5	Oct 11	PHI	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG(10)	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.400	.619	1.019	1	.98	0.298	40.68	7.84%	0.04	CF
26	1993	NLCS g6	Oct 13	PHI		ATL	W,6-3	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.400	.560	.960	1	.77	0.014	29.55	0.32%	-0.06	CF
27	1993	WS g1	Oct 16	PHI	@	TOR	L,5-8	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.276	.400	.517	.917	1	.90	0.059	46.87	1.95%	0.69	CF
28	1993	WS g2	Oct 17	PHI	@	TOR	W,6-4	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.425	.606	1.031	1	.84	0.131	44.53	4.57%	1.67	CF
29	1993	WS g3	Oct 19	PHI		TOR	L,3-10	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.400	.553	.953	1	.37	-0.033	22.96	-1.34%	-0.06	CF
30	1993	WS g4	Oct 20	PHI		TOR	L,14-15	CG	6	5	4	3	1	0	2	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.326	.431	.721	1.152	1	.80	0.255	48.63	8.90%	3.82	CF
31	1993	WS g5	Oct 21	PHI		TOR	W,2-0	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.311	.436	.689	1.125	1	.97	0.069	34.39	1.35%	0.50	CF
32	1993	WS g6	Oct 23	PHI	@	TOR	L,6-8	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	1	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.313	.450	.729	1.179	1	.99	0.151	76.06	6.71%	1.59	CF
									136	112	27	36	6	1	10	19	20	3	23	2	2	0		0	5	0	.321	.433	.661	1.094

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