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: 12-7 / in Starts: 10-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 1

1989 Pitching Game Log

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1989 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	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	159	1	Apr 3	NYM		STL	W,8-4	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.0	5	4	3	4	8	1	0	3.86	4.05	31	107	71	21	14	8	11	2	5	0	57			3	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	.93	-0.292	1.52	-0.29%	-2.42	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out a3
2	160	5	Apr 9	NYM	@	MON	W,2-1	GS-8	W(2-0)	5	8.0	3	1	1	1	7	1	0	2.40	3.50	27	99	68	16	9	8	11	3	1	0	78			0	2	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	0.296	1.79	0.26%	2.53	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
3	161	9	Apr 15	NYM	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-7		5	6.2	5	2	2	2	6	0	0	2.49	2.99	27	112	72	16	8	14	5	3	0	0	60			2	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.014	1.71	-0.01%	0.95	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out tie
4	162	14	Apr 20	NYM		CHC	W,4-3	GS-7	W(3-0)	4	7.0	4	3	3	3	3	0	0	2.83	3.04	29	107	67	14	7	10	13	4	2	0	57			2	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	.77	-0.074	1.06	-0.06%	-0.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
5	163	19	Apr 26	NYM		ATL	W,6-1	GS-9	W(4-0)	5	8.2	5	1	1	6	9	1	1	2.41	3.41	38	146	79	21	20	8	14	7	2	0	73			4	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.93	0.253	1.37	0.22%	2.03	1t start tie	9t 123 2 out a5
May				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
6	164	23	May 1	NYM	@	ATL	W,3-1	GS-8	W(5-0)	4	7.0	6	1	0	2	2	0	0	2.03	3.35	28	98	61	14	11	14	10	4	4	0	63			1	1	0	26	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.19	0.148	1.83	0.14%	1.16	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a2
7	165	28	May 7	NYM		HOU	L,0-5	GS-6	L(5-1)	5	6.0	4	3	3	4	9	0	0	2.32	3.16	26	118	72	24	11	8	5	2	0	0	57			4	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	.94	-0.106	1.80	-0.12%	-0.51	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
8	166	32	May 12	NYM		SDP	L,3-4	GS-9		4	8.0	5	2	2	4	11	0	0	2.31	2.93	34	127	83	23	15	10	9	5	3	0	71			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.344	2.46	-0.38%	0.00	1t start tie	9t 1-3 0 out tie
9	167	37	May 18	NYM		LAD	W,5-3	GS-8	W(6-1)	5	8.0	8	2	1	4	3	0	0	2.17	3.00	36	126	84	22	9	17	12	3	3	0	59			1	1	0	31	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.63	0.103	3.21	0.12%	1.32	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
10	168	41	May 23	NYM	@	SDP	L,2-3	GS-7	L(6-2)	4	7.0	4	2	2	1	5	1	0	2.21	3.06	24	89	60	15	10	8	10	4	2	0	65			2	1	1	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.035	1.81	0.04%	1.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
11	169	46	May 28	NYM	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS-6		4	6.0	9	3	3	1	3	0	0	2.38	3.00	27	104	75	15	9	13	10	3	0	0	44			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.119	1.33	-0.13%	-0.40	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
Jun				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
12	170	50	Jun 2	NYM		PIT	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	6	1	1	4	8	0	0	2.27	2.93	33	143	86	20	15	7	14	6	3	0	70			3	1	0	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.47	0.362	2.77	0.41%	2.32	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
13	171	55	Jun 7	NYM	@	CHC	W,10-5	GS-5	W(7-2)	4	5.0	7	5	5	4	2	1	1	2.63	3.19	27	106	58	18	6	8	12	7	0	0	31			1	0	0	22	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.25	-0.275	2.96	-0.39%	-2.64	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a4
14	172	61	Jun 14	NYM		CHC	W,2-0	GS-6	W(8-2)	6	6.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.47	3.12	25	85	57	11	11	10	8	5	0	0	67			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.312	2.46	0.38%	2.49	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
15	173	66	Jun 19	NYM		MON	W,5-3	GS-7	W(9-2)	4	7.0	5	3	3	2	9	1	0	2.56	3.10	28	111	69	16	11	5	12	6	1	0	62			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.087	2.35	0.13%	-0.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
16	174	72	Jun 26	NYM	@	MON	L,1-5	GS-4	L(9-3)	6	4.0	5	5	5	1	4	1	0	2.88	3.17	18	68	42	13	5	5	8	5	1	0	35			2	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.353	3.37	-0.67%	-3.23	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
Jul				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
17	175	76	Jul 1	NYM	@	CIN	L,2-6	GS-3	L(9-4)	4	2.0	3	3	2	0	1	2	0	2.99	3.37	11	34	24	4	2	8	2	0	0	0	41			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	.86	-0.207	1.92	-0.28%	-2.09	1b start tie	3b --- 0 out d3
Sept				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
18	176	145	Sep 13	NYM	@	PHI	W,10-4	6-8	H(1)	73	3.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.91	3.31	12	45	30	4	7	6	1	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.181	1.04	0.09%	1.30	6b --- 0 out a2	8b 3 out a3
19	177	150	Sep 19	NYM	@	CHC	W,5-2	6-GF	S(1)	5	4.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.89	3.29	16	56	35	5	7	5	8	2	1	0		2	0	1	0	0	14	1	1	0	1	1	1	.87	0.200	.33	0.05%	1.87	6b 12- 0 out a4	9b end a 3
							12-7		W-L:9-4,Sv:1,Hld:1	4.6	118.1	93	42	38	47	101	9	2	2.89	3.29	497	1881	63%	16%	10%	0.98		20%	8%	0	58	2	0%	30	6	1	441	16	1	2	5	3	9	1.11	0.193	2.01	-0.49%	5.59

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