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: 21-12 / in Starts: 21-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1986 Pitching Game Log

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1986 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	67	1	Apr 8	NYM	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	2	2	1	6	1	0	2.00	3.22	33	18	8	2	0	0	72			0	0	0	31	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.54	0.392	2.45	0.37%	2.25	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a2
2	68	5	Apr 14	NYM		STL	L,2-6	GS-8		5	8.0	5	2	2	1	6	0	0	2.12	2.48	30	8	15	0	0	0	69			1	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.42	0.043	2.31	0.04%	1.63	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
3	69	7	Apr 19	NYM		PHI	W,3-2	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	6	2	1	2	10	0	0	1.73	2.04	36	13	11	3	4	0	77			3	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.55	0.335	2.40	0.31%	2.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
4	70	12	Apr 25	NYM	@	STL	W,9-0	SHO	W(3-0)	5	9.0	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.29	1.94	30	14	6	1	0	5	82			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.445	2.08	0.61%	4.17	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
5	71	16	Apr 30	NYM	@	ATL	W,8-1	GS-8	W(4-0)	4	8.0	6	1	1	2	5	1	0	1.26	2.31	31	16	8	4	0	0	69			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.190	1.52	0.24%	2.89	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a7
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	72	21	May 6	NYM		HOU	W,4-0	SHO	W(5-0)	5	9.0	2	0	0	2	7	0	0	1.04	2.23	31	13	9	1	1	0	88			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	.93	0.471	2.02	0.62%	4.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
7	73	25	May 11	NYM		CIN	L,2-3	GS-5	L(5-1)	4	5.0	8	3	3	1	3	0	0	1.42	2.23	23	6	5	2	0	8	41			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.148	2.21	-0.19%	-0.73	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
8	74	30	May 16	NYM	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS-8		4	8.0	7	3	0	1	7	0	0	1.25	2.12	33	8	10	3	0	7	68			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.30	-0.043	2.81	-0.06%	0.45	1b start a 2	8b 3 out tie
9	75	35	May 22	NYM	@	SFG	L,2-10	GS-5	L(5-2)	5	4.0	9	7	6	2	3	0	0	1.96	2.16	23	5	4	0	0	9	19			2	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.424	2.68	-0.53%	-4.58	1b start a 2	5b 1-3 0 out d3
10	76	40	May 28	NYM		LAD	W,4-2	CG	W(6-2)	5	9.0	5	2	2	2	10	2	0	1.96	2.39	33	8	11	0	0	2	77			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.287	1.95	0.35%	2.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
11	77	45	Jun 2	NYM		SDP	W,11-2	CG	W(7-2)	4	9.0	4	2	2	3	4	1	0	1.97	2.59	32	15	6	0	0	4	72			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	1	0	.53	0.248	1.09	0.30%	2.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
12	78	51	Jun 7	NYM	@	PIT	W,6-4	GS-7	W(8-2)	4	7.0	4	4	3	4	5	0	0	2.11	2.62	28	8	7	1	0	4	56			4	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.107	2.38	0.13%	-0.70	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a1
13	79	56	Jun 13	NYM		PIT	W,6-5	GS-8		5	8.0	3	3	3	5	13	1	1	2.21	2.68	34	6	7	1	0	1	72			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.33	0.114	2.28	0.12%	0.63	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
14	80	62	Jun 18	NYM	@	MON	L,4-7	GS-7	L(8-3)	4	6.1	6	7	6	6	1	2	0	2.58	3.08	32	9	14	5	0	2	30			2	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	1	1	.63	-0.261	1.20	-0.30%	-4.00	1b start tie	7b --- 1 out d6
15	81	66	Jun 23	NYM		MON	L,4-5	GS-6		4	6.0	8	4	2	2	3	0	0	2.60	3.06	28	11	12	4	0	0	45			2	2	0	24	0	1	0	0	1	2	1.10	-0.173	2.02	-0.19%	-1.28	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
16	82	70	Jun 29	NYM	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	W(9-3)	5	9.0	10	4	4	3	6	0	0	2.70	3.01	39	15	15	8	1	0	54			1	0	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.097	1.49	0.07%	0.46	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
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
17	83	75	Jul 4	NYM		HOU	W,2-1	CG	W(10-3)	4	9.0	5	1	1	5	4	1	0	2.58	3.15	34	9	15	1	4	1	72			0	1	1	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	0.498	.86	0.18%	3.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
18	84	80	Jul 9	NYM		CIN	L,1-11	GS-4	L(10-4)	4	4.0	7	5	4	2	3	0	0	2.77	3.14	21	8	8	4	0	0	31			2	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	1	.54	-0.327	.41	-0.15%	-3.18	1t start tie	4t 3 out d5
19	85	87	Jul 19	NYM	@	HOU	L,4-5	GS-6		9	5.0	9	4	4	1	1	1	0	2.93	3.22	25	10	4	0	0	9	33			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.152	.44	-0.05%	-2.58	1b start tie	6b 123 0 out d3
20	86	92	Jul 26(1)	NYM	@	ATL	L,3-4	GS-7		6	7.0	4	3	3	2	5	0	0	2.97	3.18	27	13	7	2	0	0	60			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.18	-0.086	.28	-0.01%	0.41	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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
21	87	99	Aug 1	NYM		MON	W,3-1	GS-5	W(11-4)	5	5.0	4	1	1	2	7	0	0	2.93	3.11	19	3	3	1	0	4	60			0	1	1	16	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.11	0.158	.31	0.03%	1.27	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
22	88	104	Aug 6(1)	NYM	@	CHC	W,7-6	GS-9		4	9.0	7	5	5	3	9	2	0	3.05	3.20	35	8	15	4	1	0	59			1	0	1	31	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.30	-0.209	.12	-0.01%	-0.54	1b start a 1	9b 3 out tie
23	89	110	Aug 11	NYM	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	W(12-4)	4	9.0	9	4	4	0	10	1	1	3.10	3.15	37	10	16	3	0	0	63			1	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	1	1	.79	0.145	.01	0.00%	0.30	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
24	90	116	Aug 16	NYM		STL	L,1-3	GS-8		4	8.0	4	1	1	4	2	0	1	3.01	3.19	33	10	12	3	0	4	68			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.230	.04	0.00%	2.63	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
25	91	122	Aug 22	NYM	@	SFG	W,5-3	GS-9	W(13-4)	5	8.2	10	3	3	4	7	0	0	3.02	3.16	40	14	15	3	1	0	55			1	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.138	.00	0.00%	0.50	1b start tie	9b 1-3 2 out a2
26	92	127	Aug 27	NYM	@	SDP	W,6-5	GS-7		4	7.0	7	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.95	3.09	28	13	7	1	0	0	65			2	0	1	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.184	.00	0.00%	2.18	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a4
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
27	93	132	Sep 2	NYM		SFG	L,3-4	GS-7	L(13-5)	5	7.0	6	4	4	3	10	1	0	3.03	3.09	28	3	10	2	0	2	56			0	2	0	25	1	1	1	0	0	0	.89	-0.124	.00	0.00%	-0.82	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
28	94	135	Sep 7(1)	NYM		SDP	W,7-1	CG	W(14-5)	4	9.0	4	1	1	2	5	1	0	2.94	3.12	34	14	12	4	1	1	78			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.33	0.179	.00	0.00%	3.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
29	95	140	Sep 12	NYM	@	PHI	L,3-6	GS-5	L(14-6)	4	5.0	8	5	4	2	7	1	0	3.04	3.14	27	7	11	2	0	0	38			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	3	.72	-0.190	.00	0.00%	-2.61	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
30	96	145	Sep 17	NYM		CHC	W,4-2	CG	W(15-6)	4	9.0	6	2	2	5	8	1	0	3.00	3.18	37	16	8	2	0	0	70			2	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.385	.00	0.00%	2.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
31	97	150	Sep 22	NYM		STL	W,5-2	CG	W(16-6)	4	9.0	2	2	1	1	8	0	0	2.92	3.10	32	14	7	0	0	2	84			2	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	2	.88	0.266	.00	0.00%	2.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
32	98	155	Sep 27	NYM	@	PIT	W,4-2	GS-8		4	8.0	7	2	2	2	6	0	1	2.90	3.08	33	14	10	6	0	0	64			2	0	0	29	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.49	0.263	.00	0.00%	1.78	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
33	99	159	Oct 2	NYM	@	MON	W,8-2	GS-8	W(17-6)	4	8.0	4	2	1	4	7	0	0	2.84	3.06	34	14	9	0	0	0	71			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.19	0.183	.00	0.00%	1.70	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a6
							21-12		W-L:17-6	4.5	250.0	197	92	79	80	200	17	4	2.84	3.06	1020	1.11		11%	2%	65	61		---%	33	6	4	917	36	5	3	13	8	18	1.06	3.221	1.05	1.89%	22.93

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