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: 21-10 / in Starts: 21-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1984 Pitching Game Log

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1984 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	1	4	Apr 7	NYM	@	HOU	W,3-2	GS-5	W(1-0)	99	5.0	3	1	1	2	5	0	0	1.80	1.97	20	7	6	2	1	0	60			1	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.159	1.61	0.13%	1.08	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
2	2	8	Apr 13	NYM	@	CHC	L,2-11	GS-4	L(1-1)	5	3.1	7	6	6	3	4	0	0	7.56	2.41	20	4	9	4	1	0	23			4	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.254	1.88	-0.31%	-4.56	1b start tie	4b 1-- 1 out d6
3	3	12	Apr 19	NYM		MON	W,7-6	GS-5		5	5.0	5	4	0	4	7	0	1	4.73	2.62	26	4	5	2	0	5	52			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	-0.092	2.17	-0.10%	-1.76	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
4	4	17	Apr 25	NYM	@	MON	W,2-1	GS-7		5	7.0	2	1	0	1	10	0	0	3.10	1.83	24	5	6	0	0	2	80			1	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	0.159	1.93	0.18%	2.05	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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
5	5	21	May 1	NYM		CHC	W,8-1	GS-7	W(2-1)	5	7.0	4	1	1	5	10	0	0	2.63	1.89	30	7	4	0	0	4	70			2	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.151	2.40	0.20%	2.14	1t start tie	7t 3 out a6
6	6	25	May 6	NYM		HOU	L,1-10	GS-3	L(2-2)	4	2.1	6	8	8	2	4	0	0	4.85	1.89	15	0	3	1	0	6	15			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.457	2.60	-0.51%	-5.51	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d5
7	7	29	May 11	NYM	@	LAD	W,2-0	SHO	W(3-2)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	11	0	0	3.72	1.68	32	8	7	0	0	4	88			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.589	2.45	0.65%	4.00	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
8	8	34	May 18	NYM	@	SDP	L,4-5	GS-5	L(3-3)	6	4.2	5	4	4	3	8	0	0	4.15	1.64	22	5	1	0	0	5	43			2	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.187	1.86	-0.21%	-1.95	1b start tie	5b 1-- 2 out d4
9	9	39	May 25	NYM		LAD	W,2-1	GS-9	W(4-3)	6	8.0	3	1	1	3	14	1	0	3.68	1.70	30	5	5	0	0	3	83			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.367	1.26	0.30%	2.59	1t start tie	9t --- 0 out a1
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
10	10	44	Jun 1	NYM		STL	L,1-5	GS-7		6	7.0	4	1	1	3	7	0	0	3.39	1.74	28	6	8	0	0	4	69			6	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.52	0.282	2.13	0.24%	2.14	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
11	11	49	Jun 6	NYM	@	PIT	W,2-1	GS-9		4	9.0	2	1	1	5	7	0	0	3.07	1.89	32	9	9	1	2	2	81			2	0	0	27	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.70	0.370	2.70	0.35%	3.08	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
12	12	54	Jun 11	NYM		PIT	W,3-1	GS-8	W(5-3)	4	7.2	6	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.88	1.90	29	7	8	2	1	6	67			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.14	0.328	2.24	0.38%	2.12	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out a2
13	13	59	Jun 16	NYM	@	STL	W,4-1	GS-8	W(6-3)	4	7.2	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	2.61	1.91	29	11	9	0	0	6	68			3	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	.91	0.277	2.36	0.43%	2.35	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out a3
14	14	64	Jun 22	NYM		MON	L,1-2	CG	L(6-4)	5	9.0	5	2	2	1	11	1	0	2.55	1.93	33	4	12	0	0	5	79			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.150	2.34	0.25%	2.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
15	15	69	Jun 27	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-5	GS-5	L(6-5)	4	5.0	8	5	5	4	6	0	0	2.89	1.97	27	5	4	0	0	8	33			4	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.189	2.88	-0.38%	-2.69	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
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
16	16	74	Jul 2	NYM		HOU	W,4-2	GS-9	W(7-5)	4	8.1	8	2	2	1	12	0	0	2.83	1.83	33	3	9	0	3	8	70			2	0	0	32	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.260	2.39	0.36%	1.90	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out a3
17	17	80	Jul 7	NYM		CIN	W,14-4	GS-6	W(8-5)	4	6.0	10	2	2	1	8	0	0	2.84	1.77	30	7	4	1	0	10	51			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	.86	0.078	2.13	0.12%	0.69	1t start tie	6t 3 out a10
18	18	85	Jul 15	NYM	@	ATL	L,3-8	GS-7	L(8-6)	7	7.0	5	5	5	6	10	2	0	3.05	2.03	32	5	6	0	0	5	51			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.336	2.94	-0.56%	-1.60	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
19	19	90	Jul 20	NYM	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS-9		4	9.0	4	2	1	2	11	0	0	2.91	1.96	34	9	8	0	0	4	82			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.44	0.259	3.95	0.43%	2.24	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
20	20	96	Jul 27	NYM		CHC	W,2-1	GS-8	W(9-6)	6	8.0	4	1	1	7	8	0	0	2.80	2.04	34	8	7	0	2	4	71			3	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.427	5.92	1.15%	2.59	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
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	21	102	Aug 1	NYM	@	STL	L,2-11	GS-4	L(9-7)	4	3.0	10	7	7	1	3	0	1	3.20	2.06	21	4	2	0	0	10	13			4	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.367	2.03	-0.71%	-5.00	1b start tie	4b 1-3 0 out d4
22	22	107	Aug 6	NYM	@	CHC	L,3-9	GS-4	L(9-8)	4	4.0	8	6	5	2	6	1	0	3.42	2.13	21	3	2	0	0	8	28			1	0	0	19	3	2	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.298	3.98	-1.00%	-4.04	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
23	23	113	Aug 11	NYM		PIT	W,3-1	GS-7	W(10-8)	4	7.0	5	0	0	1	10	0	0	3.26	2.04	26	4	6	0	4	5	76			1	0	1	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.377	2.66	0.53%	3.14	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
24	24	118	Aug 17	NYM	@	SFG	W,2-0	GS-9	W(11-8)	5	9.0	5	0	0	1	12	0	0	3.08	1.95	31	4	9	0	0	5	88			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.47	0.644	4.51	1.18%	3.96	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
25	25	124	Aug 22	NYM	@	SDP	W,5-2	CG	W(12-8)	4	9.0	3	2	2	0	9	1	0	3.02	1.97	30	11	7	0	0	3	82			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.241	1.77	0.30%	2.08	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
26	26	129	Aug 27	NYM		LAD	W,5-1	CG	W(13-8)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	12	1	0	2.91	1.96	33	4	16	3	3	0	84			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	.86	0.337	1.50	0.36%	3.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
Sept				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	27	134	Sep 1(1)	NYM		SDP	W,7-4	GS-8	W(14-8)	4	8.0	6	4	4	5	10	0	0	2.98	1.97	35	7	7	1	0	6	59			2	0	0	29	2	0	1	0	1	0	.92	0.060	1.55	0.06%	-0.41	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
28	28	141	Sep 7	NYM		CHC	W,10-0	SHO	W(15-8)	5	9.0	1	0	0	4	11	0	0	2.84	1.95	32	5	12	1	3	0	92			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.178	.50	0.15%	4.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
29	29	146	Sep 12	NYM		PIT	W,2-0	SHO	W(16-8)	4	9.0	5	0	0	0	16	0	0	2.72	1.83	32	3	8	0	0	5	93			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.520	.30	0.11%	4.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
30	30	151	Sep 17	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(16-9)	4	8.0	7	2	1	0	16	0	0	2.66	1.72	30	3	4	1	1	7	78			5	0	1	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.022	.02	0.00%	1.70	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
31	31	156	Sep 23	NYM		MON	W,6-1	GS-8	W(17-9)	5	8.0	5	1	1	1	9	0	0	2.60	1.69	28	5	8	0	0	5	76			0	2	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.243	.04	0.01%	2.59	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
							21-10		W-L:17-9	4.6	218.0	161	72	63	73	276	7	2	2.60	1.69	879	0.82		5%	5%	145	65		---%	47	5	2	799	24	7	2	4	2	7	1.07	4.254	2.22	4.07%	28.05

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