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: 13-14 / in Starts: 7-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 5

2000 Pitching Game Log

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2000 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	404	5	Apr 8	HOU		PHI	W,8-5	GS-4		99	4.0	6	4	4	3	1	1	0	9.00	8.13	20	80	40	9	5	6	10	6	0	0	32			1	0	0	17	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	-0.178	1.12	-0.10%	-1.60	1t start tie	4t 3 out tie
				Player went from Houston Astros to Tampa Bay Devil Rays
2	405	12	Apr 15	TBD	@	DET	W,7-0	GS-6	W(1-0)	6	6.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.60	5.13	23	88	53	13	7	6	12	5	0	0	65			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.01	0.385	.75	0.17%	3.38	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a2
3	406	16	Apr 21	TBD		ANA	L,6-9	GS-5		5	4.0	5	6	6	4	1	3	1	6.43	8.28	22	98	53	8	6	4	12	2	1	0	25			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.334	.69	-0.14%	-2.68	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out a2
4	407	21	Apr 27	TBD	@	ANA	W,7-3	GS-5	W(2-0)	5	5.0	4	1	1	2	3	1	2	5.21	7.92	22	87	53	12	5	10	5	1	0	0	56			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.220	.86	0.09%	2.05	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
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
5	408	26	May 3	TBD		TEX	L,1-5	GS-6	L(2-1)	5	6.0	7	4	3	1	0	1	0	5.04	7.41	25	79	49	15	1	5	19	7	0	0	43			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.068	.49	-0.02%	-0.49	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
6	409	31	May 8	TBD	@	NYY	L,3-6	GS-5	L(2-2)	4	4.1	6	6	6	4	4	3	0	6.14	8.25	21	78	40	12	5	5	8	3	0	0	27			1	1	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	-0.325	.61	-0.11%	-3.36	1b start tie	5b --- 1 out d3
7	410	35	May 13	TBD		TOR	L,4-8	GS-3		4	2.1	5	4	4	2	3	3	0	6.82	9.10	14	47	28	5	5	2	7	2	0	0	32			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.298	.42	-0.09%	-3.24	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out tie
8	411	40	May 19	TBD	@	SEA	L,6-7	GS-5		5	5.0	10	4	4	3	4	2	0	6.87	9.02	25	107	59	27	5	8	10	3	1	0	32			3	1	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.99	-0.171	.23	-0.02%	-1.19	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d2
9	412	44	May 24	TBD		OAK	L,2-9	GS-4	L(2-3)	4	4.0	6	7	3	2	5	1	0	6.86	8.67	21	84	50	18	7	10	4	3	0	0	33			0	1	1	19	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.01	-0.355	.26	-0.06%	-4.66	1t start tie	4t 3 out d6
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
				Player went from Tampa Bay Devil Rays to New York Yankees
10	413	81	Jul 8(1)	NYY	@	NYM	W,4-2	GS-5	W(3-3)	44	5.0	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	6.50	8.08	22	77	49	13	8	5	15	7	0	0	47			1	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.057	1.97	0.06%	0.69	1b start a 2	5b 3 out tie
11	414	86	Jul 16	NYY		PHI	W,9-8	3-8		7	5.1	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	6.00	7.78	17	55	37	12	4	7	9	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	.21	0.042	.33	0.04%	2.52	3t 1-3 2 out d5	8t 3 out d5
12	415	91	Jul 21	NYY		TBD	W,11-1	GS-6	W(4-3)	4	6.0	8	1	1	1	2	1	0	5.53	7.50	27	96	61	18	5	12	12	6	1	0	53			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.167	1.54	0.17%	2.55	1t start tie	6t 3 out a7
13	416	96	Jul 26	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-1	GS-6	W(5-3)	4	5.2	6	1	1	3	5	0	0	5.17	7.09	25	94	54	17	6	6	11	7	0	0	55			2	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.169	2.04	0.17%	1.59	1b start a 1	6b 123 2 out a2
Aug				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
14	417	101	Aug 1	NYY		KCR	W,5-4	GS-7		5	7.0	4	2	1	1	4	0	0	4.78	6.62	24	79	51	15	7	8	11	7	1	0	66			0	1	0	21	2	0	0	0	1	1	.95	0.160	1.47	0.15%	2.15	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
15	418	105	Aug 5	NYY		SEA	L,5-6	7-9	L(5-4)	3	2.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.88	6.51	9	40	24	9	0	2	7	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	0.008	2.85	0.01%	0.51	7t --- 0 out d1	9t 1-3 1 out tie
16	419	107	Aug 7	NYY		SEA	L,5-8	7-7		1	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.93	6.64	5	15	9	2	0	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.022	.25	-0.02%	-0.41	7t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d5
17	420	112	Aug 12	NYY	@	ANA	L,6-9	2-6		4	4.1	5	3	3	2	1	1	0	5.00	6.66	18	56	35	9	4	6	9	4	1	0		0	0	0	2	0	16	3	0	1	0	0	0	.30	-0.069	.47	-0.07%	-0.43	2b --- 2 out d5	6b 3 out d6
18	421	115	Aug 15	NYY	@	TEX	W,10-2	6-GF	S(1)	2	4.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.76	6.50	15	50	32	11	1	6	7	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	.09	0.017	.13	0.02%	2.41	6b --- 0 out a8	9b end a 8
19	422	120	Aug 20	NYY		ANA	L,4-5	7-8		4	1.1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.79	6.50	7	28	14	4	3	2	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.04	-0.052	1.59	-0.05%	-0.14	7t 1-- 2 out d1	8t 3 out d2
20	423	127	Aug 27	NYY	@	OAK	W,7-5	8-8	H(1)	6	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.75	6.48	3	13	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	0.080	3.17	0.08%	0.32	8b --- 0 out a1	8b 1-- 2 out a1
21	424	130	Aug 30	NYY	@	SEA	W,5-4	7-8	H(2)	2	1.1	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	4.89	6.63	9	39	19	5	4	3	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.10	-0.021	2.71	-0.02%	-1.18	7b --- 0 out a3	8b --- 1 out a2
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
22	425	135	Sep 5	NYY	@	KCR	W,10-5	3-8	W(6-4)	5	5.1	7	3	2	1	1	0	0	4.80	6.43	23	62	39	4	5	9	12	4	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.24	0.053	.75	0.02%	0.45	3b -2- 2 out a3	8b 3 out a6
23	426	140	Sep 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-2	6-GF	S(2)	4	4.0	3	1	1	2	4	0	0	4.69	6.27	16	58	34	9	8	4	6	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	1	0	1	0	0	.76	0.146	.11	0.01%	1.46	6b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 4
24	427	150	Sep 20	NYY	@	TOR	L,2-7	4-GF(8)		9	4.1	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	4.48	6.03	17	62	42	12	9	4	8	3	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.037	.02	-0.01%	1.14	4b -23 2 out d4	8b end d 6
25	428	155	Sep 25	NYY		DET	L,4-15	GS-3	L(6-5)	4	2.2	6	5	5	2	1	2	0	4.81	6.25	16	60	33	8	3	2	11	4	2	0	25			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.320	.03	-0.01%	-3.71	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d4
26	429	158	Sep 28	NYY	@	TBD	L,3-11	5-6		2	2.0	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	4.72	6.20	11	34	21	1	4	5	4	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	1	.16	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.83	5b --- 0 out d5	6b 3 out d7
27	430	159	Sep 29	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-13	2-4		0	2.0	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4.71	6.28	10	27	16	7	1	1	7	2	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-1.86	2b 12- 1 out d7	4b 12- 1 out d9
							13-14		W-L:6-5,Sv:2,Hld:2	4.2	105.0	119	64	55	44	55	23	3	4.71	6.28	467	1693	59%	16%	7%	0.62		24%	3%	0	42	8	50%	11	6	1	414	24	1	3	9	2	7	.91	-0.786	.84	0.27%	-4.57

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