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, 14,879th 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

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1982	17	NYM-min	Rk,A-	5	5	.500	2.75	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	KPT,LFA APPY,NYPL
1983	18	NYM-min	A	19	4	.826	2.50	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	LBG CARL
1984	19	NYM	NL	17	9	.654	2.60	31	31	0	7	3	0	218.0	161	72	63	7	73	2	*276*	2	7	3	879	137	*1.69*	*1.073*	*6.6*	0.3	3.0	*11.4*	3.78	AS,CYA-2,MVP-15,RoY-1
1985	20	NYM	NL	24	4	.857	*1.53*	35	35	0	16	8	0	276.2	198	51	47	13	69	4	*268*	2	2	6	1065	*229*	*2.13*	0.965	6.4	0.4	2.2	8.7	3.88	AS,CYA-1,MVP-4
1986	21	NYM	NL	17	6	.739	2.84	33	33	0	12	2	0	250.0	197	92	79	17	80	3	200	4	4	4	1020	126	3.06	1.108	7.1	0.6	2.9	7.2	2.50	AS,CYA-7
1987	22	NYM-min	AAA,A	3	0	1.000	1.73	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	TID,LBG IL,CARL
1987	22	NYM	NL	15	7	.682	3.21	25	25	0	7	3	0	179.2	162	68	64	11	53	2	148	2	1	1	730	119	2.94	1.197	8.1	0.6	2.7	7.4	2.79	CYA-5
1988	23	NYM	NL	18	9	.667	3.19	34	34	0	10	3	0	248.1	242	98	88	8	57	4	175	6	5	5	1024	101	2.54	1.204	8.8	0.3	2.1	6.3	3.07	AS
1989	24	NYM	NL	9	4	.692	2.89	19	17	1	0	0	1	118.1	93	42	38	9	47	2	101	2	5	7	497	113	3.29	1.183	7.1	0.7	3.6	7.7	2.15
1990	25	NYM	NL	19	7	.731	3.83	34	34	0	2	1	0	232.2	229	106	99	10	70	3	223	7	3	6	983	98	2.44	1.285	8.9	0.4	2.7	8.6	3.19	CYA-4,MVP-14
1991	26	NYM	NL	13	7	.650	3.60	27	27	0	3	1	0	190.0	185	80	76	12	56	2	150	3	2	5	789	102	3.03	1.268	8.8	0.6	2.7	7.1	2.68
1992	27	NYM	NL	10	13	.435	3.67	31	31	0	3	0	0	206.0	197	93	84	11	70	7	145	3	1	3	863	96	3.13	1.296	8.6	0.5	3.1	6.3	2.07	SS
1993	28	NYM	NL	12	15	.444	3.45	29	29	0	7	2	0	208.2	188	89	80	16	61	1	149	9	2	5	866	116	3.56	1.193	8.1	0.7	2.6	6.4	2.44
1994	29	NYM-min	AA,AAA	1	0	1.000	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	BNG,NFK EL,IL
1994	29	NYM	NL	3	4	.429	6.31	7	7	0	0	0	0	41.1	46	32	29	9	15	1	40	1	0	2	182	67	5.19	1.476	10.0	2.0	3.3	8.7	2.67
1995			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Did Not Play)
1996	31	NYY	AL	11	7	.611	5.01	29	29	0	1	1	0	170.2	169	101	95	19	88	4	126	9	1	9	756	100	4.85	1.506	8.9	1.0	4.6	6.6	1.43
1997	32	NYY-min	AA,AAA	4	1	.800	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	NCH,CLB EL,IL
1997	32	NYY	AL	9	5	.643	4.91	20	19	0	0	0	0	106.1	116	61	58	14	53	1	66	7	0	8	472	92	5.27	1.589	9.8	1.2	4.5	5.6	1.25
1998	33	CLE-min	AAA	1	2	.333	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	BFL IL
1998	33	CLE	AL	8	6	.571	3.76	23	23	0	0	0	0	134.0	135	59	56	13	51	0	83	9	0	3	580	127	4.50	1.388	9.1	0.9	3.4	5.6	1.63
1999	34	CLE-min	AAA,AA	0	1	.000	2.70	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	BFL,AKR IL,EL
1999	34	CLE	AL	3	4	.429	6.26	26	22	0	0	0	0	115.0	127	90	80	18	67	3	88	9	0	4	532	80	5.62	1.687	9.9	1.4	5.2	6.9	1.31
2000	35	NYY-min	Rk	0	0		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	YNK GULF
2000	35	TOT	MLB	6	5	.545	4.71	27	14	3	0	0	2	105.0	119	64	55	23	44	3	55	3	0	5	467	104	6.28	1.552	10.2	2.0	3.8	4.7	1.25
2000	35	TOT	AL	6	5	.545	4.54	26	13	3	0	0	2	101.0	113	60	51	22	41	3	54	3	0	3	447	108	6.20	1.525	10.1	2.0	3.7	4.8	1.32
2000	35	HOU	NL	0	0		9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	6	4	4	1	3	0	1	0	0	2	20	59	8.13	2.250	13.5	2.3	6.8	2.3	0.33
2000	35	TBD	AL	2	3	.400	6.63	8	8	0	0	0	0	36.2	47	32	27	14	20	0	23	3	0	2	173	75	8.72	1.827	11.5	3.4	4.9	5.6	1.15
2000	35	NYY	AL	4	2	.667	3.36	18	5	3	0	0	2	64.1	66	28	24	8	21	3	31	0	0	1	274	144	4.77	1.352	9.2	1.1	2.9	4.3	1.48
16 Yrs				194	112	.634	3.51	430	410	4	68	24	3	2800.2	2564	1198	1091	210	954	42	2293	78	33	76	11705	111	3.33	1.256	8.2	0.7	3.1	7.4	2.40
162 Game Avg.				16	9	.634	3.51	35	33	0	6	2	0	227	208	97	88	17	77	3	186	6	3	6	948	111	3.33	1.256	8.2	0.7	3.1	7.4	2.40
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
NYM (11 yrs)				157	85	.649	3.10	305	303	1	67	23	1	2169.2	1898	823	747	123	651	31	1875	41	32	47	8898	116	2.77	1.175	7.9	0.5	2.7	7.8	2.88
NYY (3 yrs)				24	14	.632	4.67	67	53	3	1	1	2	341.1	351	190	177	41	162	8	223	16	1	18	1502	103	4.96	1.503	9.3	1.1	4.3	5.9	1.38
CLE (2 yrs)				11	10	.524	4.92	49	45	0	0	0	0	249.0	262	149	136	31	118	3	171	18	0	7	1112	99	5.02	1.526	9.5	1.1	4.3	6.2	1.45
TBD (1 yr)				2	3	.400	6.63	8	8	0	0	0	0	36.2	47	32	27	14	20	0	23	3	0	2	173	75	8.72	1.827	11.5	3.4	4.9	5.6	1.15
HOU (1 yr)				0	0		9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	6	4	4	1	3	0	1	0	0	2	20	59	8.13	2.250	13.5	2.3	6.8	2.3	0.33

NL (12 yrs)				157	85	.649	3.11	306	304	1	67	23	1	2173.2	1904	827	751	124	654	31	1876	41	32	49	8918	116	2.78	1.177	7.9	0.5	2.7	7.8	2.87
AL (5 yrs)				37	27	.578	4.88	124	106	3	1	1	2	627.0	660	371	340	86	300	11	417	37	1	27	2787	99	5.21	1.531	9.5	1.2	4.3	6.0	1.39

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