Dwight Gooden

Position: Starting 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)

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
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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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1982	17		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk-A-	NYM	5	5	.500	2.75	4.58	11	11	0	4	2	0	78.2	64	40	24	3	28	0	84	2	1	2		1.169	7.3	0.3	3.2	9.6	3.00
1982	17	-4.1	Little Falls	NYPL	A-	NYM	0	1	.000	4.15	4.15	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.0	11	6	6	2	3	0	18	1	0	0		1.077	7.6	1.4	2.1	12.5	6.00
1982	17	-2.8	Kingsport	APPY	Rk	NYM	5	4	.556	2.47	4.66	9	9	0	4	2	0	65.2	53	34	18	1	25	0	66	1	1	2		1.188	7.3	0.1	3.4	9.0	2.64
1983	18	-4.0	Lynchburg	CARL	A	NYM	19	4	.826	2.50	2.73	27	27	0	10	6	0	191.0	121	58	53	11	112	0	300	3	3	6		1.220	5.7	0.5	5.3	14.1	2.68
1984	19	-9.1	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	17	9	.654	2.60	2.97	31	31	0	7	3	0	218.0	161	72	63	7	73	2	276	2	7	3	879	1.073	6.6	0.3	3.0	11.4	3.78
1985	20	-8.2	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	24	4	.857	1.53	1.66	35	35	0	16	8	0	276.2	198	51	47	13	69	4	268	2	2	6	1065	0.965	6.4	0.4	2.2	8.7	3.88
1986	21	-7.3	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	17	6	.739	2.84	3.31	33	33	0	12	2	0	250.0	197	92	79	17	80	3	200	4	4	4	1020	1.108	7.1	0.6	2.9	7.2	2.50
1987	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A	NYM	3	0	1.000	1.73	2.42	5	5	0	1	0	0	26.0	22	7	5	0	11	0	27	2	0	0		1.269	7.6	0.0	3.8	9.3	2.45
1987	22	-4.3	Tidewater	IL	AAA	NYM	3	0	1.000	2.05	2.86	4	4	0	1	0	0	22.0	20	7	5	0	9	0	24	2	0	0		1.318	8.2	0.0	3.7	9.8	2.67
1987	22	-0.6	Lynchburg	CARL	A	NYM	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0		1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	6.8	1.50
1987	22	-6.2	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	15	7	.682	3.21	3.41	25	25	0	7	3	0	179.2	162	68	64	11	53	2	148	2	1	1	730	1.197	8.1	0.6	2.7	7.4	2.79
1988	23	-5.5	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	18	9	.667	3.19	3.55	34	34	0	10	3	0	248.1	242	98	88	8	57	4	175	6	5	5	1024	1.204	8.8	0.3	2.1	6.3	3.07
1989	24	-4.8	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	9	4	.692	2.89	3.19	19	17	1	0	0	1	118.1	93	42	38	9	47	2	101	2	5	7	497	1.183	7.1	0.7	3.6	7.7	2.15
1990	25	-3.4	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	19	7	.731	3.83	4.10	34	34	0	2	1	0	232.2	229	106	99	10	70	3	223	7	3	6	983	1.285	8.9	0.4	2.7	8.6	3.19
1991	26	-2.1	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	13	7	.650	3.60	3.79	27	27	0	3	1	0	190.0	185	80	76	12	56	2	150	3	2	5	789	1.268	8.8	0.6	2.7	7.1	2.68
1992	27	-1.3	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	10	13	.435	3.67	4.06	31	31	0	3	0	0	206.0	197	93	84	11	70	7	145	3	1	3	863	1.296	8.6	0.5	3.1	6.3	2.07
1993	28	-0.2	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	12	15	.444	3.45	3.84	29	29	0	7	2	0	208.2	188	89	80	16	61	1	149	9	2	5	866	1.193	8.1	0.7	2.6	6.4	2.44
1994	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	NYM	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	8	0	0	1	28	0.500	2.3	0.0	2.3	9.0	4.00
1994	29	3.2	Norfolk	IL	AAA	NYM	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	10	0.333	0.0	0.0	3.0	12.0	4.00
1994	29	5.1	Binghamton	EL	AA	NYM	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	18	0.600	3.6	0.0	1.8	7.2	4.00
1994	29	0.9	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	3	4	.429	6.31	6.97	7	7	0	0	0	0	41.1	46	32	29	9	15	1	40	1	0	2	182	1.476	10.0	2.0	3.3	8.7	2.67

1996	31	2.7	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	11	7	.611	5.01	5.33	29	29	0	1	1	0	170.2	169	101	95	19	88	4	126	9	1	9	756	1.506	8.9	1.0	4.6	6.6	1.43
1997	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	NYY	4	1	.800	3.30	3.30	5	5	0	0	0	0	30.0	20	11	11	4	9	0	24	4	0	2	124	0.967	6.0	1.2	2.7	7.2	2.67
1997	32	5.9	Columbus	IL	AAA	NYY	1	1	.500	3.75	3.75	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	7	5	5	1	4	0	10	2	0	2	50	0.917	5.3	0.8	3.0	7.5	2.50
1997	32	8.1	Norwich	EL	AA	NYY	3	0	1.000	3.00	3.00	3	3	0	0	0	0	18.0	13	6	6	3	5	0	14	2	0	0	74	1.000	6.5	1.5	2.5	7.0	2.80
1997	32	3.2	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	9	5	.643	4.91	5.16	20	19	0	0	0	0	106.1	116	61	58	14	53	1	66	7	0	8	472	1.589	9.8	1.2	4.5	5.6	1.25
1998	33	6.4	Buffalo	IL	AAA	CLE	1	2	.333	9.00	9.00	4	4	0	0	0	0	16.0	23	16	16	5	7	0	18	0	0	1	74	1.875	12.9	2.8	3.9	10.1	2.57
1998	33	3.7	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	8	6	.571	3.76	3.96	23	23	0	0	0	0	134.0	135	59	56	13	51	0	83	9	0	3	580	1.388	9.1	0.9	3.4	5.6	1.63
1999	34		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	CLE	0	1	.000	2.70	4.05	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.2	9	3	2	1	4	1	5	0	0	0	31	1.950	12.2	1.4	5.4	6.8	1.25
1999	34	7.3	Buffalo	IL	AAA	CLE	0	1	.000	2.45	2.45	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	6	1	1	1	3	1	3	0	0	0	19	2.455	14.7	2.5	7.4	7.4	1.00
1999	34	10.1	Akron	EL	AA	CLE	0	0		3.00	6.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	12	1.333	9.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
1999	34	4.8	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	3	4	.429	6.26	7.04	26	22	0	0	0	0	115.0	127	90	80	18	67	3	88	9	0	4	532	1.687	9.9	1.4	5.2	6.9	1.31
2000	35		3 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	NYY-TBD	6	5	.545	4.71	5.49	27	14	3	0	0	2	105.0	119	64	55	23	44	3	55	3	0	5	467	1.552	10.2	2.0	3.8	4.7	1.25
2000	35	15.4	Yankees	GULF	Rk	NYY	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	29	0.500	3.4	0.0	1.1	13.5	12.00
2000	35	6.3	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	0	0		9.00	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	6	4	4	1	3	0	1	0	0	2	20	2.250	13.5	2.3	6.8	2.3	0.33
2000	35	6.1	TBD	AL	Maj	TBD	2	3	.400	6.63	7.85	8	8	0	0	0	0	36.2	47	32	27	14	20	0	23	3	0	2	173	1.827	11.5	3.4	4.9	5.6	1.15
2000	35	6.1	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	4	2	.667	3.36	3.92	18	5	3	0	0	2	64.1	66	28	24	8	21	3	31	0	0	1	274	1.352	9.2	1.1	2.9	4.3	1.48
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (16 seasons)					Majors		194	112	.634	3.51	3.85	430	410	4	68	24	3	2800.2	2564	1198	1091	210	954	42	2293	78	33	76	11705	1.256	8.2	0.7	3.1	7.4	2.40
Minors (8 seasons)					Minors		33	13	.717	2.74	3.33	58	58	0	15	8	0	364.1	264	135	111	24	174	1	478	11	4	12	286	1.202	6.5	0.6	4.3	11.8	2.75
All Levels (18 Seasons)							227	125	.645	3.42	3.79	488	468	4	83	32	3	3165.0	2828	1333	1202	234	1128	43	2771	89	37	88	11991	1.250	8.0	0.7	3.2	7.9	2.46

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		5	4	.556	4.29	4.61	12	12	0	1	0	0	56.2	56	29	27	7	24	1	59	4	0	3	153	1.412	8.9	1.1	3.8	9.4	2.46
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		4	0	1.000	2.42	2.77	5	5	0	0	0	0	26.0	18	8	7	3	7	0	20	2	0	1	104	0.962	6.2	1.0	2.4	6.9	2.86
A (2 seasons)					Minors		19	4	.826	2.45	2.68	28	28	0	10	6	0	195.0	123	58	53	11	114	0	303	3	3	6		1.215	5.7	0.5	5.3	14.0	2.66
A- (1 season)					Minors		0	1	.000	4.15	4.15	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.0	11	6	6	2	3	0	18	1	0	0		1.077	7.6	1.4	2.1	12.5	6.00
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		5	4	.556	2.20	4.15	11	11	0	4	2	0	73.2	56	34	18	1	26	0	78	1	1	2	29	1.113	6.8	0.1	3.2	9.5	3.00