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: 15-10 / in Starts: 15-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1987 Pitching Game Log

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1987 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	100	51	Jun 5	NYM		PIT	W,5-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	6.2	4	1	1	4	5	0	0	1.35	3.17	27	4	14	5	0	0	63			1	0	1	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.22	0.260	1.23	0.16%	1.93	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a2
2	101	57	Jun 10	NYM	@	CHC	W,13-2	GS-8	W(2-0)	4	8.0	8	2	2	0	10	1	0	1.84	2.53	31	8	11	5	1	2	68			0	0	0	31	2	1	0	1	0	0	.19	0.119	.22	0.08%	2.16	1b start tie	8b 3 out a10
3	102	61	Jun 15	NYM	@	MON	L,0-4	GS-7	L(2-1)	4	7.0	7	4	4	4	7	0	0	2.91	2.55	30	11	8	2	0	0	50			2	0	1	26	2	1	0	1	0	0	.73	-0.116	.88	-0.08%	-0.36	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
4	103	66	Jun 20	NYM		PHI	W,3-2	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	5	2	2	1	7	2	0	2.64	3.13	32	12	8	1	0	4	75			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.187	1.39	0.14%	2.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
5	104	70	Jun 25	NYM		CHC	W,8-2	GS-7	W(4-1)	4	7.0	3	1	0	5	5	0	0	2.15	3.22	29	6	10	1	1	3	69			1	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.70	0.143	1.18	0.15%	2.35	1t start tie	7t 3 out a7
6	105	75	Jun 30	NYM		STL	W,3-2	CG	W(5-1)	4	9.0	8	2	2	2	9	0	0	2.12	2.89	34	14	5	1	0	4	70			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.18	0.310	2.21	0.35%	2.31	1t start tie	9t 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
7	106	80	Jul 5	NYM	@	CIN	L,5-7	GS-3	L(5-2)	4	3.0	9	6	5	0	3	0	0	2.90	2.77	18	8	7	6	0	0	22			1	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.386	1.12	-0.30%	-4.43	1b start a 1	3b 3 out d5
8	107	85	Jul 10	NYM	@	HOU	W,7-3	GS-9	W(6-2)	4	8.2	6	3	2	4	5	1	0	2.78	3.04	37	13	9	0	0	6	63			2	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	2	.75	0.170	.50	0.07%	0.60	1b start tie	9b 123 2 out a4
9	108	88	Jul 16	NYM		CIN	W,9-0	SHO	W(7-2)	5	9.0	7	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.41	3.00	31	14	13	6	0	1	74			0	0	1	30	1	0	0	3	0	0	.42	0.234	.38	0.13%	4.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
10	109	93	Jul 21	NYM		ATL	L,3-8	GS-7	L(7-3)	4	7.0	6	5	5	2	4	1	0	2.78	3.14	28	12	8	6	0	2	47			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.18	-0.303	1.00	-0.15%	-1.65	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
11	110	98	Jul 26	NYM		HOU	L,2-5	GS-8		4	8.0	6	1	1	3	4	0	1	2.62	3.16	31	12	11	4	0	0	67			1	1	1	26	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.51	0.346	1.11	0.15%	2.83	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
12	111	101	Jul 30	NYM	@	STL	W,5-3	GS-9	W(8-3)	3	8.0	9	3	3	0	6	0	1	2.69	3.04	34	14	13	6	0	0	58			0	0	0	33	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.158	3.00	0.21%	0.73	1b start a 3	9b 1-- 0 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
13	112	106	Aug 4	NYM		PHI	W,5-3	GS-8	W(9-3)	4	8.0	6	1	1	3	11	0	0	2.56	2.89	33	12	7	5	0	0	74			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.358	1.89	0.33%	2.83	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
14	113	111	Aug 9	NYM		CHC	L,3-6	GS-7	L(9-4)	4	6.1	9	6	6	1	4	1	0	2.92	2.97	29	7	8	0	0	9	34			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.396	2.15	-0.48%	-3.16	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d4
15	114	115	Aug 13	NYM	@	CHC	L,5-7	GS-5		3	5.0	8	5	5	1	4	1	0	3.20	3.04	22	11	5	4	0	1	34			0	1	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	-0.226	2.51	-0.27%	-2.40	1b start a 2	5b 3 out tie
16	115	119	Aug 18	NYM		SFG	W,7-2	GS-7	W(10-4)	4	7.0	6	2	1	4	5	1	0	3.09	3.15	30	14	6	2	0	1	60			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.053	1.79	0.06%	1.35	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
17	116	124	Aug 23	NYM		SDP	W,9-2	GS-7	W(11-4)	4	6.1	7	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.07	3.16	26	10	12	5	0	0	51			2	0	0	23	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.51	0.075	2.50	0.07%	0.85	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a1
18	117	128	Aug 28	NYM	@	SFG	W,4-0	SHO	W(12-4)	4	9.0	4	0	0	4	6	0	0	2.86	3.14	34	11	9	1	1	4	81			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.625	2.38	0.68%	4.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
Sept				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
19	118	133	Sep 2	NYM	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	W(13-4)	4	9.0	10	3	3	2	4	0	0	2.87	3.11	37	12	9	2	0	10	57			0	0	1	34	4	0	1	1	1	0	1.38	0.372	2.78	0.45%	1.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
20	119	137	Sep 7	NYM		PHI	L,3-5	GS-7	L(13-5)	4	6.2	6	4	4	3	10	0	0	2.99	3.02	29	11	5	4	0	0	53			1	0	0	26	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.49	-0.332	3.98	-0.53%	-1.40	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out d2
21	120	141	Sep 12	NYM		STL	L,1-8	GS-2	L(13-6)	4	2.0	5	6	6	3	1	0	0	3.31	3.06	14	6	3	0	0	1	20			2	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	1	1	.97	-0.396	5.21	-1.28%	-5.04	1t start tie	2t 3 out d6
22	121	145	Sep 16	NYM	@	MON	W,10-0	SHO	W(14-6)	3	9.0	3	0	0	2	11	0	0	3.12	2.95	32	14	5	1	0	0	90			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.176	1.48	0.50%	4.68	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a10
23	122	150	Sep 21	NYM	@	CHC	W,7-1	CG	W(15-6)	4	9.0	7	1	1	0	9	1	0	3.01	2.92	34	10	11	3	0	4	78			3	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.362	3.46	0.71%	3.68	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
24	123	155	Sep 26	NYM		PIT	L,2-8	GS-3	L(15-7)	4	3.0	7	5	5	0	4	1	0	3.22	2.95	15	3	1	0	0	7	29			1	1	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.322	2.81	-0.64%	-3.56	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
25	124	159	Sep 30	NYM	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS-9		3	9.0	6	3	3	2	10	1	0	3.21	2.94	33	7	8	2	0	6	71			2	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.321	1.45	0.27%	1.68	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
							15-10		W-L:15-7	3.9	179.2	162	68	64	53	148	11	2	3.21	2.94	730	1.24		16%	1%	65	58		---%	24	7	5	665	26	4	2	19	5	5	1.03	1.792	1.87	0.77%	18.32

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