Dwight Gooden
Dwight Eugene Gooden (Doc and Dr. K.)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: November 16, 1964 in Tampa, FL
High School: Hillsborough (Tampa, FL)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1984
Final Game: September 29, 2000
Relatives: Uncle of Gary Sheffield
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1984 NYM NL 19 P 31 31 218.0 45 21 22 2 0 .956 1.78 1.39 .953 1.88 0.67 AS,CYA-2,MVP-15,RoY-1
1985 NYM NL 20 P 35 35 276.2 65 25 38 2 6 .969 2.05 1.80 .952 1.92 0.68 AS,CYA-1,MVP-4
1986 NYM NL 21 P 33 33 250.0 74 36 36 2 5 .973 2.59 2.18 .954 1.94 0.66 AS,CYA-7
1987 NYM NL 22 P 25 25 179.2 40 15 22 3 3 .925 1.85 1.48 .957 1.91 0.62 CYA-5
1988 NYM NL 23 P 34 34 248.1 88 27 56 5 3 .943 3.01 2.44 .956 1.96 0.69 AS
1989 NYM NL 24 P 19 17 118.1 27 8 16 3 0 .889 1.83 1.26 .952 1.87 0.63
1990 NYM NL 25 P 34 34 232.2 54 15 35 4 5 .926 1.93 1.47 .959 1.80 0.58 CYA-4,MVP-14
1991 NYM NL 26 P 27 27 190.0 45 15 28 2 3 .956 2.04 1.59 .956 1.86 0.59
1992 NYM NL 27 P 31 31 206.0 55 9 40 6 1 .891 2.14 1.58 .956 1.94 0.60 SS
1993 NYM NL 28 P 29 29 208.2 45 19 24 2 1 .956 1.85 1.48 .953 1.84 0.54
1994 NYM NL 29 P 7 7 41.1 13 1 11 1 1 .923 2.61 1.71 .962 1.85 0.54
1996 NYY AL 31 P 29 29 170.2 36 9 26 1 1 .972 1.85 1.21 .958 1.77 0.52
1997 NYY AL 32 P 20 19 106.1 27 9 18 0 1 1.000 2.29 1.35 .952 1.71 0.49
1998 CLE AL 33 P 23 23 134.0 24 6 18 0 1 1.000 1.61 1.04 .954 1.78 0.50
1999 CLE AL 34 P 26 22 115.0 21 5 16 0 1 1.000 1.64 0.81 .948 1.69 0.47
2000 TOT MLB 35 P 27 14 105.0 22 4 17 1 3 .955 1.80 0.78 .959 1.63 0.46
2000 TOT AL 35 P 26 13 101.0 21 4 16 1 3 .952 1.78 0.77 .957 1.62 0.46
2000 HOU NL 35 P 1 1 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 1.00 1.000 1.80 0.50
2000 TBD AL 35 P 8 8 36.2 3 0 2 1 0 .667 0.49 0.25 .967 1.62 0.46
2000 NYY AL 35 P 18 5 64.1 18 4 14 0 3 1.000 2.52 1.00 .956 1.62 0.46
16 Seasons P 430 410 2800.2 681 224 423 34 35 .950 2.08 1.50 .955 1.86 0.59
16 Seasons TOT 430 410 2800.2 681 224 423 34 35 .950 2.08 1.50 .905 1.86 0.59
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1984 NYM NL 19 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 NYM NL 20 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 NYM NL 21 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 NYM NL 22 25 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 NYM NL 23 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 NYM NL 24 19 17 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 NYM NL 25 35 34 35 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 NYM NL 26 27 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 NYM NL 27 33 31 33 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1993 NYM NL 28 30 29 30 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1994 NYM NL 29 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 NYY AL 31 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 NYY AL 32 20 2 2 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 CLE AL 33 23 1 1 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 CLE AL 34 26 1 3 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 NYY AL 35 18 1 2 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 TBD AL 35 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 HOU NL 35 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 434 309 318 430 430 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1984 NYM NL 19 946 63% 18% 18 94% 1 20 0 17 22 14 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1985 NYM NL 20 1112 70% 22% 40 95% 1 24 3 18 38 24 4 2 0 2 0 2 6 3 6 0 3 100%
1986 NYM NL 21 1071 73% 30% 38 97% 0 33 4 24 37 23 6 2 0 0 2 0 5 3 4 1 8 88%
1987 NYM NL 22 773 74% 32% 28 82% 3 14 1 11 25 13 1 3 0 0 3 0 3 1 3 0 4 25%
1988 NYM NL 23 1106 78% 38% 69 90% 3 26 4 20 60 44 3 5 0 2 3 2 3 0 2 1 15 80%
1989 NYM NL 24 541 72% 31% 18 89% 0 8 0 6 16 14 1 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1990 NYM NL 25 1067 72% 31% 37 86% 3 15 3 11 34 20 4 4 0 0 4 0 5 2 4 1 9 89%
1991 NYM NL 26 845 75% 35% 29 97% 1 15 1 11 28 21 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 3 3 0 5 100%
1992 NYM NL 27 908 76% 34% 40 95% 1 9 2 5 40 29 2 6 0 0 6 2 1 1 1 0 6 67%
1993 NYM NL 28 910 76% 33% 27 96% 0 19 0 16 24 21 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 8 100%
1994 NYM NL 29 197 72% 32% 14 79% 1 1 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 5 60%
1996 NYY AL 31 797 72% 28% 24 100% 0 10 1 7 26 21 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 100%
1997 NYY AL 32 499 75% 35% 13 92% 0 9 0 7 18 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1998 CLE AL 33 602 76% 31% 21 86% 0 6 0 6 18 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 25%
1999 CLE AL 34 568 71% 23% 15 100% 0 5 0 4 16 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 100%
2000 NYY AL 35 282 82% 29% 15 100% 0 4 0 3 14 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 2 100%
2000 TBD AL 35 182 75% 26% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 HOU NL 35 23 83% 26% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 12429 73% 30% 448 92% 14 218 19 166 430 302 35 34 0 5 29 10 35 20 32 3 78 81%
MLB Averages 76% 30% 91% 86%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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