Ultimate Mets Database - Lenny Dykstra

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Lenny Dykstra
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 11 of 890 players

Leonard Kyle Dykstra
Born: February 10, 1963 at Santa Ana, Cal.
Throws: Left Bats: Left
Height: 5.10 Weight: 160

Lenny Dykstra has been the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup 62 times, most recently on August 12, 2009.

First Mets game: May 3, 1985
Last Mets game: June 18, 1989

Winner of National League Player of the Week award, July 13, 1986. (New York Mets)

Lenny Dykstra also played for the following team:

Philadelphia Phillies 1989 - 1996

Selected by New York Mets organization in 12th round of free agent draft on June 8, 1981.

Traded by the New York Mets to the Philadelphia Phillies with Roger McDowell and Tom Edens in exchange for Juan Samuel on June 18, 1989.

Tied Mets season record of 37 Doubles in 1987. Record was previously set by Felix Millan in 1975 and tied by Joel Youngblood in 1979. Broken by Howard Johnson in 1989 with 41.

Click the icon to see a graph of Lenny Dykstra's batting, slugging, and on base percentages

Batting Record with New York Mets

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1985 83 236 40 60 9 3 1 19 30 0 24 1 15 2 4 2 78 .254 .331 .338

1986 147 431 77 127 27 7 8 45 58 1 55 0 31 7 7 2 192 .295 .445 .377

1987 132 431 86 123 37 3 10 43 40 3 67 4 27 7 4 0 196 .285 .455 .352

1988 126 429 57 116 19 3 8 33 30 2 43 3 30 8 2 2 165 .270 .385 .321

1989 56 159 27 43 12 1 3 13 23 0 15 2 13 1 4 4 66 .270 .415 .362

5 years 544 1686 287 469 104 17 30 153 181 6 204 10 116 25 21 10 697 .278 .413 .350

League Championship Series Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1986 6 23 3 7 1 1 1 3 2 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 13 .304 .565 .360

1988 7 14 6 6 3 0 1 3 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 12 .429 .857 .600

2 years 13 37 9 13 4 1 2 6 6 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 25 .351 .676 .467

World Series Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1986 7 27 4 8 0 0 2 3 2 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 14 .296 .519 .345

1 year 7 27 4 8 0 0 2 3 2 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 14 .296 .519 .345

Led Mets in doubles with 37 in 1987.
Led Mets in triples with 7 in 1986.
Led Mets in stolen bases with 31 in 1986 and with 30 in 1988.

Games where Lenny Dykstra had 2 or more Home Runs
vs. Los Angeles (NL) 05/23/87.

Games where Lenny Dykstra had 4 or more Hits
At Philadelphia (NL) 04/12/86. vs. Philadelphia (NL) 06/09/86. vs. Atlanta (NL) 07/12/86. At Chicago (NL) 08/06/86.
At Boston (AL) 10/21/86. At Chicago (NL) 08/16/87. vs. Houston (NL) 05/04/88.

Games played by position
1985: Outfield 74, Center Field 74
1986: Outfield 139, Center Field 138, Left Field 1
1987: Center Field 118, Outfield 118
1988: Center Field 112, Outfield 112
1989: Center Field 51, Outfield 51

Lineup Analysis
Number of games in each batting order position in games in which Lenny Dykstra was in the starting lineup.

Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

1985 49 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 96 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1987 99 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 97 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1989 37 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 378 12 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

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Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
1985	49	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	96	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1987	99	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	97	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1989	37	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	378	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	0