David Gooda

David Robert Gooda

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 3", Weight 196 lb.

• Born August 17, 1976 in Brisbane, Queensland Australia

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Biographical Information

David Gooda pitched in the minors and for the Australian national team.

He made his pro debut with the Brisbane Bandits, going 3-1 with a 3.04 ERA as a teenager in the 1993-1994 Australian Baseball League. In 1994-1995, he fell to 3-6, 4.99. Signed by the Milwaukee Brewers, he was 4-4 with a 4.17 ERA for the '95 Helena Brewers and had a 3.77 ERA in three games for the Beloit Snappers. He missed the 1995-1996 ABL due to injury. The next summer, he was shaky, only going 1-3 with a 10.43 ERA for Beloit.

He was 6-2 with a save and a 4.09 ERA for Brisbane in the 1996-1997 ABL, then had a 3-2, 5.69 record for the 1997 Ogden Raptors. Released by Milwaukee, he fell to 2-6, 8.24 with two saves and a .332 opponent average for the 1997-1998 Bandits to end his ABL career. He debuted for the Australian national team that summer despite his winter woes, allowing two runs in 3 1/3 IP over five outings as a LOOGY in the 1998 Baseball World Cup. He led the Aussies in appearances, tying for fifth in the event in games pitched. He was 2-0 with a 3.45 ERA for the independent Kane County Cougars in '98. He remained with Australia when they won the 1999 Intercontinental Cup, allowing one run in four innings as his country won the title, their first (and through 2022, only) championship in a global baseball competition.