Lenny Dykstra Position: Centerfielder Bats: Left • Throws: Left 5-10, 160lb (178cm, 72kg) Born: February 10, 1963 in Santa Ana, CA 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, 12,633rd in MLB history) vs. CIN 5 AB, 2 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI,…
2012 – Former OF Lenny Dykstra is sentenced to three years in a California state prison after pleading no contest to charges of grand theft auto and providing a false financial statement. Dykstra ran a scheme that involved leasing automobiles from high-end dealerships on the basis of false financial information.
The New York Mets announce their former All-Star and Rookie of the Year Darryl Strawberry will rejoin the team as a special outfield instructor during spring training. Strawberry will also join former 1986 World Champion teammates Gary Carter, Lenny Dykstra, Howard Johnson and Tim Teufel at Shea Stadium on February 27 when single-game tickets go on sale.
October 23, 1993 The sixth game in the Toronto Blue Jays — Philadelphia Phillies World Series was a rematch between Game 2 starters Terry Mulholland and Dave Stewart. Toronto scored in the bottom of the first on a Paul Molitor triple, Joe Carter sacrifice fly, and Roberto Alomar RBI single. Molitor added a solo…
4/9/1990: Lenny Dykstra of the Phillies had a home run washed out by rain in the first game of the season. It came off the Cubs’ Greg Maddux in the third inning at Wrigley Field.
After he grounds out to second base to end the Mets’ disappointing season, Gregg Jeffries charges the mound and wrestles Phillies’ reliever Roger McDowell to the ground. The fight, which sparks a season-ending bench-clearing brawl, is apparently ignited by the Phillies’ reliever when he says something to his former New York teammate, who is running to first, but the rookie infielder will claim his anger was caused by a brushback pitch thrown a few days earlier by the Philadelphia pitcher.
July 5, 1989 At Veterans Stadium in the bottom of the 9th in a tie game a frustrated Paul O’Neill, mishandled a Lenny Dykstra single thinking the game is over, kicks the ball to first baseman Todd Benziniger holding Steve Jeltz at third base. Jeltz will score on a wild pitch and the…
Tom Browning just misses becoming the first hurler in big league history to throw two perfect games when Dickie Thon’s leadoff double in the ninth breaks up the Cincinnati southpaw’s bid for perfection. After the Philadelphia shortstop scores on a Steve Jeltz single, John Franco replaces the disappointed pitcher and induces Lenny Dykstra to hit into a game-ending double play, giving the Reds a 2-1 victory at Veterans Stadium.
On June 18, 1989 The Phillies trade second baseman Juan Samuel to the Mets for outfielder Lenny Dykstra, and Roger McDowell, and a player to be named later, that will be minor league pitcher Tom Edens. New York’s experiment to turn their new infielder into a center fielder will fail miserably. He will play only…
1986 – At Fenway Park, Bruce Hurst’s complete game victory gives the Boston Red Sox a 4 – 2 win and 3-2 lead in the World Series against the New York Mets. Hurst scatters 10 hits with one walk and six strikeouts.