Dwight Gooden

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: November 16, 1964 in Tampa, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (5th) of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Hillsborough HS (Tampa, FL).

High School: Hillsborough HS (Tampa, FL)

Debut: April 7, 1984 (Age 19-143d, 14,872nd in major league history)
vs. HOU 5.0 IP, 3 H, 5 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: September 29, 2000 (Age 35-318d)
vs. BAL 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Agents: Tom Reich • Previously: Bill Goodstein, Jim Neader, Ray Negron

Full Name: Dwight Eugene Gooden

Nicknames: Doc or Dr. K.

Twitter: @DocGooden16

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Relatives: Uncle of Gary Sheffield

Cy Young
Rookie of the Year
Triple Crown
4x All-Star
2x World Series
Silver Slugger
ERA Title

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

53.0

194

112

ERA

3.51

430

410

2800.2

2293

WHIP

1.256

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Team Record in Appearances: 28-7 / in Starts: 28-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1985 Pitching Game Log

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1985 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	32	1	Apr 9	NYM		STL	W,6-5	GS-7		99	6.0	6	4	3	2	6	1	0	4.50	3.85	26	5	7	1	0	6	50			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.029	1.88	-0.03%	-0.28	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a3
2	33	5	Apr 14	NYM		CIN	W,4-0	SHO	W(1-0)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	10	0	0	1.80	2.22	33	7	10	2	0	4	87			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.435	1.38	0.44%	4.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
3	34	9	Apr 19	NYM	@	PHI	W,1-0	GS-8	W(2-0)	4	8.0	3	0	0	1	7	0	0	1.17	1.90	27	6	10	0	0	3	82			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.532	2.14	0.65%	3.72	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
4	35	14	Apr 24	NYM	@	STL	L,1-5	GS-7	L(2-1)	4	7.0	4	2	2	3	3	0	0	1.50	2.18	27	7	10	0	0	4	61			2	0	1	22	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.13	0.047	2.42	0.06%	1.16	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
5	36	18	Apr 30	NYM		HOU	W,4-1	CG	W(3-1)	5	9.0	4	1	1	2	8	1	0	1.38	2.38	29	9	6	0	0	4	81			0	1	1	27	0	0	0	2	0	1	.91	0.360	1.61	0.38%	3.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	37	22	May 5	NYM	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS-7	W(4-1)	4	7.0	7	2	2	3	9	0	0	1.57	2.23	30	4	7	0	0	7	61			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.265	2.32	0.26%	1.29	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
7	38	25	May 10	NYM		PHI	W,5-0	SHO	W(5-1)	4	9.0	3	0	0	3	13	0	0	1.31	1.99	32	2	11	0	0	3	91			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.401	1.65	0.52%	4.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
8	39	30	May 15	NYM	@	HOU	W,5-3	GS-7	W(6-1)	4	6.1	8	3	3	2	1	0	0	1.61	2.13	29	10	8	0	0	8	44			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.070	2.75	-0.09%	-0.56	1b start a 1	7b -2- 1 out a1
9	40	35	May 20	NYM		SDP	L,0-2	GS-8	L(6-2)	4	8.0	9	2	2	0	9	1	0	1.69	2.12	33	7	8	0	0	9	65			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.057	1.42	0.07%	1.58	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
10	41	38	May 25	NYM		LAD	L,2-6	GS-7	L(6-3)	4	7.0	5	3	3	1	9	1	0	1.89	2.15	24	2	7	0	0	5	63			0	2	1	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.106	1.71	-0.13%	0.13	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
11	42	42	May 30	NYM	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	W(7-3)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	14	1	0	1.79	2.06	34	6	7	3	0	6	84			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	0.599	3.14	0.73%	2.87	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	43	47	Jun 4	NYM	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	W(8-3)	4	9.0	8	1	1	2	12	1	0	1.72	2.07	37	6	9	0	0	8	77			0	0	1	35	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.49	0.371	3.23	0.48%	2.91	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
13	44	51	Jun 9(1)	NYM		STL	W,6-1	GS-8	W(9-3)	4	8.0	6	1	1	3	4	0	0	1.67	2.13	31	5	13	0	0	6	67			3	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.55	0.403	3.50	0.55%	2.58	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
14	45	57	Jun 14	NYM	@	MON	L,4-5	GS-8		4	8.0	6	3	3	4	11	1	1	1.79	2.22	35	4	9	1	0	6	65			3	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	0.024	4.29	0.03%	0.44	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
15	46	62	Jun 19	NYM		CHC	W,1-0	SHO	W(10-3)	4	9.0	6	0	0	2	9	0	0	1.66	2.16	32	7	8	0	0	6	82			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.92	0.704	4.42	0.97%	4.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
16	47	67	Jun 25	NYM	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	W(11-3)	5	9.0	9	2	2	3	6	0	0	1.68	2.17	37	10	9	0	0	9	64			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.60	0.571	3.56	0.76%	2.48	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a1
17	48	72	Jun 30	NYM	@	STL	L,1-2	GS-8		4	8.0	5	1	1	1	3	1	0	1.65	2.27	28	9	10	1	0	5	70			2	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.264	2.28	0.31%	2.61	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	49	76	Jul 4	NYM	@	ATL	W,16-13	GS-3		3	2.1	2	2	2	4	3	0	0	1.75	2.32	13	3	1	0	0	2	44			0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.013	1.56	-0.01%	-0.08	1b start a 1	3b 1-- 1 out tie
19	50	81	Jul 9	NYM	@	CIN	W,11-2	GS-8	W(12-3)	4	8.0	5	2	2	2	5	0	0	1.78	2.32	30	11	7	0	0	5	67			0	0	1	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.365	1.76	0.47%	1.76	1b start tie	8b 3 out a5
20	51	86	Jul 14	NYM	@	HOU	W,1-0	SHO	W(13-3)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	11	0	1	1.68	2.25	32	9	4	0	0	5	86			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.64	0.729	3.97	1.06%	3.95	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
21	52	89	Jul 20	NYM		ATL	W,16-4	GS-6	W(14-3)	5	6.0	2	1	1	0	4	1	0	1.67	2.30	20	9	6	0	1	1	68			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.105	1.19	0.16%	1.68	1t start tie	6t 3 out a11
22	53	94	Jul 25	NYM		HOU	W,6-3	CG	W(15-3)	4	9.0	7	3	3	2	6	2	0	1.74	2.44	35	11	9	0	0	7	65			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.204	1.67	0.25%	1.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
23	54	99	Jul 30	NYM		MON	W,2-0	SHO	W(16-3)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	10	0	0	1.65	2.37	32	7	8	0	0	5	85			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.39	0.610	3.90	1.03%	4.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	55	103	Aug 4	NYM	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(17-3)	4	9.0	5	1	0	3	6	0	0	1.57	2.37	33	13	6	1	0	5	78			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.01	0.387	3.05	0.70%	3.48	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
25	56	107	Aug 10	NYM		CHC	W,8-3	CG	W(18-3)	5	9.0	9	3	3	0	9	0	0	1.64	2.29	36	8	10	0	0	9	66			1	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.222	3.17	0.44%	1.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
26	57	112	Aug 15	NYM		PHI	W,10-7	GS-5		4	5.0	8	5	5	1	4	2	0	1.82	2.41	23	7	3	0	0	8	34			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	1	0	0	.94	-0.174	2.99	-0.33%	-2.76	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
27	58	117	Aug 20	NYM		SFG	W,3-0	SHO	W(19-3)	4	9.0	7	0	0	3	16	0	0	1.74	2.31	36	4	6	0	0	7	86			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.402	3.12	0.84%	4.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
28	59	123	Aug 25	NYM		SDP	W,9-3	GS-6	W(20-3)	4	6.0	5	3	2	1	4	0	0	1.78	2.30	24	8	6	0	0	5	55			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.15	0.028	3.76	0.06%	-0.32	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
29	60	128	Aug 31	NYM	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS-6	L(20-4)	5	6.0	6	2	2	1	7	0	0	1.81	2.26	24	4	6	1	0	6	58			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.031	2.35	-0.06%	0.58	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	61	133	Sep 6	NYM	@	LAD	W,2-0	GS-9		5	9.0	5	0	0	0	10	0	0	1.74	2.19	31	8	8	1	0	5	87			1	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.44	0.639	5.20	1.39%	3.91	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
31	62	137	Sep 11	NYM		STL	L,0-1	GS-9		4	9.0	5	0	0	3	7	0	0	1.68	2.19	33	11	9	0	1	3	81			1	1	0	30	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.59	0.650	13.34	3.26%	4.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
32	63	143	Sep 16	NYM		PHI	W,9-0	SHO	W(21-4)	4	9.0	2	0	0	2	11	0	0	1.62	2.14	31	7	9	1	0	2	92			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.196	2.02	0.56%	4.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
33	64	148	Sep 21	NYM		PIT	W,12-1	GS-8	W(22-4)	4	8.0	4	1	0	2	4	0	0	1.57	2.15	31	6	15	3	0	4	74			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	.46	0.003	1.76	0.01%	2.58	1t start tie	8t 3 out a9
34	65	153	Sep 26	NYM	@	CHC	W,3-0	SHO	W(23-4)	4	9.0	8	0	0	2	7	0	0	1.51	2.14	38	10	11	0	0	8	76			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.27	0.468	2.17	0.48%	4.48	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
35	66	158	Oct 2	NYM	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	W(24-4)	5	9.0	9	2	2	4	10	0	0	1.53	2.13	39	10	6	1	0	9	67			1	1	0	35	1	1	1	1	0	1	1.07	0.313	10.55	1.84%	2.07	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
							28-7		W-L:24-4	4.2	276.2	198	51	47	69	268	13	2	1.53	2.13	1065	0.90		3%	0%	195	70		---%	22	10	5	986	23	3	4	21	2	9	1.15	9.931	3.33	18.12%	75.52

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