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: 14-15 / in Starts: 14-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1996 Pitching Game Log

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1996 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	306	4	Apr 7(1)	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-7	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	5	5	5	4	7	2	1	9.00	8.57	26	108	60	21	10	7	7	6	0	0	40			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	1	.96	-0.181	1.04	-0.12%	-1.84	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
2	307	9	Apr 13	NYY		TEX	L,6-10	GS-6	L(0-2)	5	5.1	9	6	6	3	5	0	0	9.58	5.69	28	100	60	21	4	5	15	8	2	0	28			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.28	-0.215	1.39	-0.14%	-1.64	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out d1
3	308	13	Apr 19	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-7	GS-4	L(0-3)	5	3.0	6	6	6	4	2	0	0	11.48	5.72	17	69	37	13	5	7	4	4	0	0	21			4	0	0	13	1	0	0	2	0	0	.84	-0.240	.86	-0.15%	-3.21	1b start tie	4b 12- 0 out d3
4	309	21	Apr 27	NYY		MIN	L,6-8	GS-6		7	6.0	5	1	1	0	7	0	1	8.38	4.36	23	94	59	15	12	11	4	2	0	0	65			0	1	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.275	1.24	0.19%	2.65	1t start tie	6t 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	310	26	May 3	NYY		CHW	W,2-0	GS-6		5	6.0	3	0	0	6	4	0	0	6.39	4.47	25					3	12	5	1	0	64			2	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.386	1.59	0.30%	3.65	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
6	311	31	May 8	NYY		DET	W,10-3	GS-8	W(1-3)	4	8.0	2	3	3	2	8	0	1	5.67	3.95	29	107	72	26	10	8	10	3	3	0	72			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.094	1.10	0.07%	1.86	1t start tie	8t 3 out a5
7	312	36	May 14	NYY		SEA	W,2-0	SHO	W(2-3)	5	9.0	0	0	0	6	5	0	0	4.46	3.98	33	134	74	32	10	8	14	3	3	0	86			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.39	0.644	1.81	0.50%	5.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
8	313	41	May 21	NYY		OAK	W,7-3	GS-7	W(3-3)	6	7.0	6	3	3	1	7	1	0	4.38	3.90	27	108	69	19	14	10	9	1	1	0	59			0	1	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.172	1.14	0.13%	1.25	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
9	314	46	May 26	NYY	@	SEA	L,3-4	GS-6	L(3-4)	4	6.0	6	4	4	4	5	2	0	4.55	4.33	28	111	61	20	4	9	10	4	2	0	45			2	0	0	24	1	0	1	0	0	0	.73	-0.104	.94	-0.08%	-0.42	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
10	315	53	Jun 4	NYY		TOR	W,5-4	GS-6	W(4-4)	8	5.2	7	4	4	4	8	0	0	4.72	4.16	28	123	71	19	12	5	11	7	0	0	43			1	0	0	24	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.12	-0.074	1.64	-0.07%	-0.63	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out a1
11	316	58	Jun 9	NYY	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-8	W(5-4)	4	8.0	4	1	1	0	6	0	0	4.30	3.87	28	99	58	21	8	7	15	3	3	0	76			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.462	1.36	0.35%	3.82	1b start tie	8b 3 out a2
12	317	63	Jun 14	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	GS-8	W(6-4)	4	8.0	7	2	2	1	2	1	1	4.09	3.99	30	126	76	22	2	17	9	4	1	0	61			0	1	1	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.341	1.33	0.26%	2.86	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
13	318	71	Jun 23	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-5	GS-7	W(7-4)	8	6.1	8	4	4	3	4	1	0	4.21	4.10	30	121	74	28	8	14	9	2	1	0	42			3	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.23	0.056	1.48	0.04%	-0.15	1b start a 1	7b --- 1 out a2
14	319	77	Jun 28	NYY		BAL	L,4-7	GS-6		4	6.0	9	4	4	1	3	1	0	4.33	4.15	28	116	71	21	4	9	15	7	2	0	40			1	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.083	1.64	-0.07%	-0.35	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
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
15	320	83	Jul 5	NYY		MIL	W,12-3	GS-5	W(8-4)	6	5.0	5	1	1	3	4	1	2	4.20	4.31	23	105	64	21	8	7	7	3	2	0	54			0	0	1	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.168	1.13	0.10%	2.04	1t start tie	5t 3 out a4
16	321	88	Jul 13(2)	NYY	@	BAL	W,7-5	GS-5	W(9-4)	7	5.0	7	5	5	7	5	1	0	4.44	4.49	29					6	11	5	2	0	31			2	0	0	22	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.38	-0.179	1.13	-0.09%	-1.99	1b start a 2	5b 3 out a2
17	322	93	Jul 18	NYY	@	MIL	L,4-16	GS-5	L(9-5)	4	4.2	6	10	5	8	2	0	0	4.67	4.62	29	115	60	15	9	10	9	3	0	0	16			1	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	1	2	.99	-0.267	.39	-0.06%	-5.75	1b start tie	5b 123 2 out d7
18	323	98	Jul 23	NYY		TEX	W,6-0	GS-7	W(10-5)	4	7.0	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	4.38	4.47	23	84	49	12	9	10	7	1	1	0	77			1	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.449	.53	0.14%	4.25	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
19	324	103	Jul 28	NYY		KCR	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	7	2	2	0	1	1	0	4.24	4.47	29	91	54	19	0	12	16	2	3	0	61			1	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.275	.18	0.03%	2.86	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
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
20	325	107	Aug 2	NYY	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS-9		4	9.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	1	3.94	4.41	32	121	76	14	8	9	17	4	4	0	80			0	0	1	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.752	.26	0.10%	5.37	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
21	326	112	Aug 7	NYY		CHW	L,4-8	GS-7		4	7.0	5	3	3	4	6	1	1	3.93	4.46	29	117	71	20	8	7	11	7	1	0	57			0	0	1	24	2	1	0	1	0	0	.81	0.090	.16	0.01%	1.25	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
22	327	117	Aug 12	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-7		4	6.2	4	2	2	7	4	0	0	3.88	4.49	29					8	10	4	2	0	55			1	1	0	22	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.169	.41	0.03%	1.53	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out tie
23	328	122	Aug 18	NYY		SEA	L,12-13	GS-3		5	2.2	10	7	7	1	3	2	0	4.24	4.63	19	65	38	12	2	8	7	4	0	0	12			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.373	.58	-0.18%	-5.67	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d7
24	329	127	Aug 23	NYY		OAK	W,5-3	GS-5	W(11-5)	4	5.0	7	2	2	1	4	0	0	4.22	4.54	21	69	41	13	8	5	11	3	0	0	48			0	0	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.120	.72	0.06%	1.04	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
25	330	132	Aug 28	NYY	@	SEA	L,2-10	GS-6	L(11-6)	4	5.2	9	8	8	6	3	3	1	4.53	4.84	32	123	57	18	4	1	21	7	1	0	16			1	0	0	24	2	0	1	0	1	0	.85	-0.249	.91	-0.16%	-4.55	1b start tie	6b --- 2 out d7
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
26	331	138	Sep 3	NYY	@	OAK	L,9-10	GS-5		5	4.2	8	6	5	3	4	1	0	4.68	4.88	25	132	75	24	9	8	10	3	1	0	27			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.18	-0.327	1.15	-0.19%	-3.33	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out d4
27	332	143	Sep 10	NYY	@	DET	W,9-8	GS-1		6	0.2	4	4	4	1	1	0	0	4.88	4.88	7	30	18	4	3	1	4	3	0	0	28			0	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.46	-0.334	2.15	-0.30%	-3.81	1b start a 3	1b --3 2 out d1
28	333	153	Sep 20	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	GS-6		9	5.1	6	2	2	3	2	0	0	4.84	4.86	24	104	61	12	8	9	10	5	1	0	47			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.193	.11	0.01%	2.03	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out a1
29	334	160	Sep 27	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-7	GS-5	L(11-7)	6	5.0	8	6	6	2	6	1	0	5.01	4.85	25	97	56	16	9	4	13	4	1	0	31			1	0	0	22	3	0	0	0	1	0	.73	-0.271	.00	0.00%	-2.96	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d5
							14-15		W-L:11-7	5.2	170.2	169	101	95	88	126	19	9	5.01	4.85	756	2669	59%	18%	7%	0.73		22%	7%	0	48		---%	24	5	4	653	39	3	4	11	5	6	1.06	1.749	.96	0.73%	5.66

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