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: 3-9 / in Starts: 3-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1986	NLCS g1	Oct 8	NYM	@	HOU	L,0-1	GS-7	L(0-1)	5	7.0	7	1	1	3	5	1	0	1.29	4.49	30	111	72	16	9	11	11	2	0	0	61			2	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.182	28.63	2.63%	2.14	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
2	1986	NLCS g5	Oct 14	NYM		HOU	W,2-1	GS-10		5	10.0	9	1	1	2	4	0	0	1.06	3.36	38					22	10	2	0	0	72			2	1	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.51	0.617	62.66	13.69%	3.54	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
3	1986	WS g2	Oct 19	NYM		BOS	L,3-9	GS-5	L(0-2)	4	5.0	8	6	5	2	6	2	0	2.86	4.13	26	91	59	15	11	10	8	3	0	0	33			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.395	47.87	-13.63%	-3.73	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
4	1986	WS g5	Oct 23	NYM	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS-5	L(0-3)	3	4.0	9	4	3	2	3	0	1	3.46	4.04	24	94	59	16	10	10	8	3	0	0	31			0	0	1	20	0	2	0	0	1	1	.94	-0.159	77.75	-7.25%	-2.28	1b start tie	5b 1-3 0 out d3
1988 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
5	1988	NLCS g1	Oct 4	NYM	@	LAD	W,3-2	GS-7		5	7.0	4	2	2	1	10	0	1	2.57	0.77	27	101	68	29	15	7	8	6	0	0	70			1	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.86	0.049	22.52	0.72%	0.95	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
6	1988	NLCS g4	Oct 9	NYM		LAD	L,4-5	GS-9		4	8.1	5	4	4	5	9	1	0	3.52	2.51	35	133	84	17	17	12	9	7	0	0	61			4	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.19	-0.270	38.20	-5.08%	-0.77	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out tie
7	1988	NLCS g7	Oct 12	NYM	@	LAD	L,0-6	2-4		2	3.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.95	2.77	12					7	2	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	2	1	1	1	.29	-0.020	24.17	-0.93%	0.22	2b 12- 0 out d4	4b 3 out d6
1997 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
8	1997	ALDS g4	Oct 5	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS-6		6	5.2	5	1	1	3	5	1	0	1.59	5.23	25	101	57	21	8	7	10	2	1	0	57			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.237	26.55	3.38%	1.95	1b start a 2	6b 12- 2 out a1
1998 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
9	1998	ALDS g2	Sep 30	CLE		BOS	W,9-5	GS-1		4	0.1	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	54.00	15.14	4	22	8	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	40			1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.186	19.23	-1.83%	-2.16	1t start tie	1t -2- 1 out d2
10	1998	ALCS g4	Oct 10	CLE		NYY	L,0-4	GS-5	L(0-1)	9	4.2	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	9.00	7.14	20	92	53	9	6	7	7	2	1	0	46			2	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	1	1	.88	-0.071	28.17	-1.46%	-0.35	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out d3
2000 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
11	2000	ALDS g4	Oct 7	NYY		OAK	L,1-11	8-GF		7	1.2	4	4	4	1	1	0	2	21.60	7.33	11	47	29	10	4	3	0	0	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	.05	-0.010	1.06	-0.14%	-3.65	8t -2- 1 out d5	9t end d10
12	2000	ALCS g5	Oct 15	NYY	@	SEA	L,2-6	5-7		7	2.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	9.00	4.38	8	38	22	7	3	5	1	0	1	1		3	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.041	4.25	0.40%	1.94	5b 123 2 out d4	7b 3 out d4
											59.0	57	28	26	26	49	6	4	3.97		260																			2

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