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Lenny Dykstra
Leonard Kyle Dykstra (Nails or Dude)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 10", Weight 167 lb.

Debut May 3, 1985
  vs. CIN 5 AB, 2 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 SB
Final Game May 18, 1996
Born February 10, 1963 in Santa Ana, CA

Drafted by the New York Mets in the 13th round of the 1981 amateur draft. Player signed July 3, 1981. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1985 22 NYM NL  83  236   40   60   9  3   1   19  15  2  30  24  .254  .338  .331   89   78   4   2   0   1   4
 1986 23 NYM NL 147  431   77  127  27  7   8   45  31  7  58  55  .295  .377  .445  129  192   7   2   1   0   4 MVP-19
 1987 24 NYM NL 132  431   86  123  37  3  10   43  27  7  40  67  .285  .352  .455  117  196   4   0   3   4   1
 1988 25 NYM NL 126  429   57  116  19  3   8   33  30  8  30  43  .270  .321  .385  107  165   2   2   2   3   3
 1989 26 TOT NL 146  511   66  121  32  4   7   32  30 12  60  53  .237  .318  .356   95  182   5   5   1   3   7
         NYM NL  56  159   27   43  12  1   3   13  13  1  23  15  .270  .362  .415  127   66   4   4   0   2   2
         PHI NL  90  352   39   78  20  3   4   19  17 11  37  38  .222  .297  .330   80  116   1   1   1   1   5
 1990 27 PHI NL 149  590  106  192  35  3   9   60  33  5  89  48  .325  .418  .441  138  260   2   3  14   7   5 MVP-9,AS
 1991 28 PHI NL  63  246   48   73  13  5   3   12  24  4  37  20  .297  .391  .427  132  105   0   0   1   1   1
 1992 29 PHI NL  85  345   53  104  18  0   6   39  30  5  40  32  .301  .375  .406  122  140   0   4   4   3   1
 1993 30 PHI NL 161  637  143  194  44  6  19   66  37 12 129  64  .305  .420  .482  143  307   0   5   9   2   8 SS,MVP-2
 1994 31 PHI NL  84  315   68   86  26  5   5   24  15  4  68  44  .273  .404  .435  118  137   0   1  11   2   3 AS
 1995 32 PHI NL  62  254   37   67  15  1   2   18  10  5  33  28  .264  .353  .354   88   90   0   2   2   3   1 AS
 1996 33 PHI NL  40  134   21   35   6  3   3   13   3  1  26  25  .261  .387  .418  113   56   1   1   2   2   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1278 4559  802 1298 281 43  81  404 285 72 640 503  .285  .375  .419  120 1908  25  27  50  31  39
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        578  102  165  36  5  10   51  36  9  81  64  .285  .375  .419  120  242   3   3   6   4   5
 Career High    161  637  143  194  44  7  19   66  37 12 129  67  .325  .420  .482  143  307   7   5  14   7   8
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1985 22 NYM NL  273  188   30   4.3    94| .254  .259| .338  .327| .331  .386| .669  .712|  89  .511  -2.6  -0.3  88%
 1986 23 NYM NL  498  324   80   6.7    96| .295  .259| .377  .329| .445  .391| .822  .720| 129  .689  18.1   1.8  81%
 1987 24 NYM NL  479  320   74   6.2   102| .285  .263| .352  .332| .455  .410| .807  .742| 117  .620  11.2   1.1  79%
 1988 25 NYM NL  466  328   56   4.6    85| .270  .250| .321  .313| .385  .368| .706  .681| 107  .566   3.3   0.4  78%
 1989 26 TOT NL  584  419   63   4.1    89| .237  .251| .318  .318| .356  .374| .674  .693|  95  .500  -1.7  -0.1  71%
         NYM NL  192  127   28   6.0    86| .270  .248| .362  .315| .415  .370| .777  .684| 127  .669   7.2   0.8  92%
         PHI NL  392  292   35   3.2    90| .222  .253| .297  .320| .330  .376| .627  .696|  80  .398  -8.9  -0.9  60%
 1990 27 PHI NL  691  413  121   7.9    97| .325  .263| .418  .329| .441  .395| .859  .725| 138  .743  36.6   3.6  86%
 1991 28 PHI NL  284  178   47   7.1    93| .297  .256| .391  .324| .427  .384| .818  .708| 132  .724  11.5   1.2  85%
 1992 29 PHI NL  392  251   60   6.4    92| .301  .259| .375  .325| .406  .381| .781  .706| 122  .693  11.8   1.2  85%
 1993 30 PHI NL  773  468  142   8.1   103| .305  .270| .420  .335| .482  .411| .902  .746| 143  .736  46.6   4.5  75%
 1994 31 PHI NL  386  237   62   7.0   111| .273  .277| .404  .344| .435  .433| .839  .777| 118  .657  11.9   1.1  78%
 1995 32 PHI NL  292  195   35   4.8   107| .264  .271| .353  .340| .354  .421| .707  .761|  88  .498  -3.1  -0.3  66%
 1996 33 PHI NL  164  103   24   6.2   107| .261  .270| .387  .339| .418  .422| .805  .761| 113  .615   3.5   0.3  75%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     5282 3424  794   6.2    97| .285  .262| .375  .329| .419  .396| .794  .725| 120  .653 147.0  14.5  79%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1985 22 NYM NL CF 74 164 5 1 2 .994 .981 2.28 2.26 2.91 2.66 53 522.3 1986 23 NYM NL OF 139 283 8 3 2 .990 .979 2.09 1.82 2.73 2.19 98 957.7 CF 138 282 8 3 2 .990 .984 2.10 2.05 2.73 2.59 98 956.7 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1987 24 NYM NL CF 118 241 4 3 1 .988 .984 2.08 2.05 2.55 2.53 100 866.0 1988 25 NYM NL CF 112 269 3 1 0 .996 .986 2.43 2.28 2.82 2.66 98 868.7 1989 26 TOT NL CF 140 332 8 4 0 .988 .985 2.43 2.33 2.74 2.69 128 1117.0 TOT NL OF 139 332 10 4 0 .988 .981 2.46 1.96 2.76 2.32 128 1117.0 NYM NL CF 51 127 1 2 0 .985 .985 2.51 2.33 3.04 2.69 43 378.7 PHI NL CF 89 205 7 2 0 .991 .985 2.38 2.33 2.58 2.69 85 738.3 1990 27 PHI NL CF 149 438 8 6 5 .987 .984 2.99 2.35 3.11 2.74 148 1288.7 AS 1991 28 PHI NL CF 63 167 3 4 2 .977 .985 2.70 2.12 2.80 2.59 62 545.7 1992 29 PHI NL CF 85 253 6 3 4 .989 .989 3.05 2.44 3.11 2.80 85 750.7 1993 30 PHI NL CF 160 469 1 10 0 .979 .985 2.94 2.37 2.97 2.75 160 1422.3 1994 31 PHI NL CF 83 235 4 4 0 .984 .982 2.88 2.40 2.97 2.63 83 725.3 AS 1995 32 PHI NL OF 61 153 2 2 1 .987 .979 2.54 1.82 2.54 2.15 61 548.3 AS CF 52 138 2 2 1 .986 .984 2.69 2.16 2.71 2.48 52 464.3 AS LF 9 15 0 0 0 1.000 .974 1.67 1.43 1.61 1.88 9 84.0 AS 1996 33 PHI NL CF 39 103 3 0 1 1.000 .983 2.72 2.13 3.14 2.48 34 303.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1985 22 NYM NL CF 74 164 5 1 2 .994 .981 2.28 2.26 2.91 2.66 53 522.3 1986 23 NYM NL CF 138 282 8 3 2 .990 .984 2.10 2.05 2.73 2.59 98 956.7 1987 24 NYM NL CF 118 241 4 3 1 .988 .984 2.08 2.05 2.55 2.53 100 866.0 1988 25 NYM NL CF 112 269 3 1 0 .996 .986 2.43 2.28 2.82 2.66 98 868.7 1989 26 TOT NL CF 140 332 8 4 0 .988 .985 2.43 2.33 2.74 2.69 128 1117.0 NYM NL CF 51 127 1 2 0 .985 .985 2.51 2.33 3.04 2.69 43 378.7 PHI NL CF 89 205 7 2 0 .991 .985 2.38 2.33 2.58 2.69 85 738.3 1990 27 PHI NL CF 149 438 8 6 5 .987 .984 2.99 2.35 3.11 2.74 148 1288.7 1991 28 PHI NL CF 63 167 3 4 2 .977 .985 2.70 2.12 2.80 2.59 62 545.7 1992 29 PHI NL CF 85 253 6 3 4 .989 .989 3.05 2.44 3.11 2.80 85 750.7 1993 30 PHI NL CF 160 469 1 10 0 .979 .985 2.94 2.37 2.97 2.75 160 1422.3 1994 31 PHI NL CF 83 235 4 4 0 .984 .982 2.88 2.40 2.97 2.63 83 725.3 1995 32 PHI NL CF 52 138 2 2 1 .986 .984 2.69 2.16 2.71 2.48 52 464.3 1996 33 PHI NL CF 39 103 3 0 1 1.000 .983 2.72 2.13 3.14 2.48 34 303.7 1986 23 NYM NL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1995 32 PHI NL LF 9 15 0 0 0 1.000 .974 1.67 1.43 1.61 1.88 9 84.0 1985 22 NYM NL OF 74 165 6 1 2 .994 .979 2.31 1.88 2.95 2.20 53 522.3 1986 23 NYM NL OF 139 283 8 3 2 .990 .979 2.09 1.82 2.73 2.19 98 957.7 1987 24 NYM NL OF 118 239 4 3 1 .988 .981 2.06 1.83 2.53 2.19 100 866.0 1988 25 NYM NL OF 112 270 3 1 0 .996 .982 2.44 1.98 2.83 2.28 98 868.7 1989 26 TOT NL OF 139 332 10 4 0 .988 .981 2.46 1.96 2.76 2.32 128 1117.0 NYM NL OF 51 124 1 2 0 .984 .981 2.45 1.96 2.97 2.32 43 378.7 PHI NL OF 88 208 9 2 0 .991 .981 2.47 1.96 2.65 2.32 85 738.3 1990 27 PHI NL OF 149 439 7 6 5 .987 .981 2.99 2.01 3.11 2.39 148 1288.7 1991 28 PHI NL OF 63 167 3 4 2 .977 .983 2.70 1.88 2.80 2.28 62 545.7 1992 29 PHI NL OF 85 253 6 3 4 .989 .983 3.05 1.96 3.11 2.34 85 750.7 1993 30 PHI NL OF 160 469 2 10 0 .979 .979 2.94 2.00 2.98 2.34 160 1422.3 1994 31 PHI NL OF 82 235 4 4 0 .984 .980 2.91 1.90 2.97 2.24 83 725.3 1995 32 PHI NL OF 61 153 2 2 1 .987 .979 2.54 1.82 2.54 2.15 61 548.3 1996 33 PHI NL OF 39 102 3 0 1 1.000 .978 2.69 1.80 3.11 2.13 34 303.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF*1221 3107 58 41 18 .987 .981 2.59 1.92 2.87 2.28 1110 9916.3 10 1213 0# CF*1213 3091 55 41 18 .987 .985 2.59 2.26 2.88 2.66 1101 9831.3 LF* 10 15 0 0 0 1.000 .974 1.50 1.43 1.59 1.87 9 85.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1221 3107 58 41 18 .987 .981 2.59 1.92 2.87 2.28 1110 9916
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1986   NLCS  NYM HOU     W   6  23   3   7  1  1  1   3   2   4  .304  .360  .565   1  0   0   0   0 
        WS    NYM BOS     W   7  27   4   8  0  0  2   3   2   7  .296  .345  .519   0  0   2   0   0 
 1988   NLCS  NYM LAD     L   7  14   6   6  3  0  1   3   4   0  .429  .600  .857   0  0   0   0   2 
 1993   NLCS  PHI ATL     W   6  25   5   7  1  0  2   2   5   8  .280  .400  .560   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    PHI TOR     L   6  23   9   8  1  0  4   8   7   4  .348  .500  .913   4  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Champ Series     2-1  19  62  14  20  5  1  4   8  11  12  .323  .440  .629   1  0   0   0   2 
  2 World Series        1-1  13  50  13  16  1  0  6  11   9  11  .320  .424  .700   4  0   2   0   0 
  5 Postseason Series   3-2  32 112  27  36  6  1 10  19  20  23  .321  .433  .661   5  0   2   0   2 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1990   PHI NL   *   4   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
 1994   PHI NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1995   PHI NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  1   0   0   0 Starting CF 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/3      2   6   0   1  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  1   0   0   0  .167  .286  .167 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1990 (CF)
1994
1995 (CF)

Silver Sluggers
1993-NL--OF

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1986-NL-19-0.01
1990-NL-9-0.12
1993-NL-2-0.68
Car-286-0.81 shares

Batting Average
1986 NL-**.295-9
1990 NL-.325-4

On-base %
1986 NL-**.377-9
1990 NL-.418-1
1993 NL-.420-3
1994 NL-.404-8

OPS
1993 NL-.902-8

Games
1993 NL-161-2

At Bats
1990 NL-590-10
1993 NL-637-1

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1990 NL-691-4
1993 NL-773-1

Runs
1990 NL-106-5
1993 NL-143-1

Hits
1990 NL-192-1
1993 NL-194-1

Total Bases
1993 NL-307-4

Doubles
1987 NL-37-4
1989 NL-32-10
1990 NL-35-7
1993 NL-44-2

Triples
1986 NL-7-5
1994 NL-5-10

Bases on Balls
1990 NL-89-4
1993 NL-129-1
1994 NL-68-3

Stolen Bases
1993 NL-37-10

Singles
1990 NL-145-3

Adjusted OPS+
1990 NL-138-10
1993 NL-143-7

Runs Created
1990 NL-121-3
1993 NL-142-2

Adjusted Batting Runs
1990 NL-37-4
1993 NL-47-2

Batting Wins
1990 NL-3.6-4
1993 NL-4.5-2

Extra-Base Hits
1993 NL-69-4

Times on Base
1990 NL-288-1
1993 NL-325-1

Offensive Win%
1990 NL-.743-2
1993 NL-.736-4

Hit By Pitch
1990 NL-7-2

Intentional Walks
1994 NL-11-10

Caught Stealing
1989 NL-12-5

Power/Speed Number
1993 NL-25.1-5

At Bats per Strikeout
1989 NL-9.6-9
1990 NL-12.3-6

Outs
1993 NL-468-9

Salary
1995 NL-$6,200,000-4
1996 NL-$6,200,000-4

         
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Black Ink: Batting - 12 (192) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 41 (588) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 20.5 (606) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 39.0 (465) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 13th round of the 1981 amateur draft. Player signed July 3, 1981.

June 18, 1989: Traded by the New York Mets with a player to be named later and Roger McDowell to the Philadelphia Phillies for Juan Samuel. The New York Mets sent Tom Edens (July 27, 1989) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986New York Mets$92,500
1987New York Mets$202,500
1988New York Mets$305,000
1989New York Mets$575,000
1990Philadelphia Phillies$700,000
1991Philadelphia Phillies$2,216,666
1992Philadelphia Phillies$2,316,667
1993Philadelphia Phillies$3,066,667
1994Philadelphia Phillies$2,650,000
1995Philadelphia Phillies$6,200,000
1996Philadelphia Phillies$6,200,000
1997Philadelphia Phillies$6,000,000
1998Philadelphia Phillies$6,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$36,525,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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