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: 12-8 / in Starts: 11-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1997 Pitching Game Log

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1997 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	335	4	Apr 5	NYY	@	OAK	W,10-5	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	5.2	6	5	5	1	3	3	1	7.94	9.99	23	78	45	18	2	9	9	2	1	0	39			2	0	0	21	0	0	0	2	0	0	.97	-0.080	.90	-0.04%	-1.92	1b start tie	6b --- 2 out a1
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
2	336	66	Jun 15(2)	NYY	@	FLA	L,5-6	GS-5		70	5.0	5	2	2	4	3	1	0	5.91	8.55	23	101	51	15	6	6	10	3	3	0	48			1	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.052	1.72	0.05%	0.44	1b start a 2	5b 3 out a1
3	337	70	Jun 20	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-1	GS-6	W(2-0)	4	6.0	4	1	0	2	2	0	1	3.78	6.89	23	88	50	14	7	11	7	3	2	0	62			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.218	1.33	0.21%	2.43	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a4
4	338	76	Jun 27	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	GS-7	W(3-0)	6	7.0	5	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.04	5.43	25	90	54	15	5	11	10	6	2	0	67			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.304	1.52	0.29%	2.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
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
5	339	81	Jul 2	NYY		ATL	L,0-2	GS-7	L(3-1)	4	7.0	7	2	2	3	6	1	1	2.93	5.33	30	107	65	22	8	8	12	6	2	0	58			0	1	1	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.124	1.38	0.11%	1.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
6	340	89	Jul 13	NYY		DET	L,1-3	GS-6	L(3-2)	10	6.0	5	3	3	6	2	1	0	3.19	5.70	25	101	52	18	3	10	7	2	2	0	46			2	1	1	19	1	0	0	2	0	0	.91	-0.033	1.43	-0.03%	0.33	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
7	341	94	Jul 18	NYY	@	MIL	L,4-6	GS-5	L(3-3)	4	5.0	6	5	5	4	1	2	0	3.89	6.25	24	84	44	14	4	8	11	3	0	0	32			0	0	1	19	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.20	-0.277	1.81	-0.25%	-2.20	1b start a 2	5b 3 out d3
8	342	99	Jul 23	NYY		ANA	W,5-4	GS-6		4	5.0	7	3	3	3	2	0	0	4.05	6.02	22	88	51	22	1	9	8	4	2	0	40			0	2	1	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.039	1.72	0.04%	0.43	1t start tie	6t 1-3 0 out a3
9	343	104	Jul 29	NYY		OAK	W,7-4	GS-5	W(4-3)	5	5.0	7	4	4	3	6	0	1	4.35	5.74	26					6	8	2	1	2	40			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.12	-0.021	1.80	-0.02%	-1.23	1t start tie	5t 3 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
10	344	108	Aug 3	NYY		MIN	W,6-5	GS-6	W(5-3)	4	5.0	5	3	2	3	6	1	1	4.29	5.74	24	95	55	14	7	7	7	5	0	0	50			0	0	0	20	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.27	-0.035	1.94	-0.03%	-0.58	1t start tie	6t 1-3 0 out a4
11	345	113	Aug 8	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-9	GS-1	L(5-4)	4	0.2	7	6	6	1	1	1	1	5.18	6.00	11	48	28	11	3	3	5	2	0	0	14			0	0	0	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.385	.93	-0.30%	-6.26	1b start tie	1b 123 2 out d6
12	346	120	Aug 15	NYY		TEX	W,5-2	GS-6	W(6-4)	6	6.0	4	2	2	3	5	0	0	4.97	5.71	26	115	69	15	13	13	5	2	0	0	58			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.42	0.154	1.17	0.08%	1.33	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
13	347	124	Aug 20(1)	NYY	@	ANA	W,7-3	GS-6	W(7-4)	4	6.0	4	1	1	5	6	0	0	4.67	5.53	27	125	74	27	10	10	6	3	2	0	61			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.221	.90	0.12%	2.40	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a6
14	348	132	Aug 29	NYY		MON	L,3-4	GS-7		8	7.0	8	3	3	2	2	1	1	4.60	5.55	30	96	59	16	7	14	11	7	0	0	49			1	0	1	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.027	.15	0.00%	0.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
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
15	349	137	Sep 3	NYY	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS-6		4	5.2	7	4	4	3	3	1	0	4.72	5.57	26	112	66	13	12	12	8	7	1	0	39			1	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.222	.36	-0.04%	-1.29	1b start a 2	6b --3 2 out tie
16	350	142	Sep 9	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-6	GS-4		5	3.2	7	6	6	4	0	0	0	5.15	5.61	21	78	40	6	5	9	8	6	0	0	19			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	-0.395	.44	-0.08%	-4.21	1b start a 1	4b 12- 2 out d4
17	351	147	Sep 14	NYY	@	BAL	W,8-2	GS-6	W(8-4)	4	5.1	7	2	2	3	5	0	0	5.04	5.45	25	111	61	20	7	8	9	4	0	0	48			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.149	.04	0.00%	1.28	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out a5
18	352	153	Sep 19	NYY		TOR	L,0-3	GS-8	L(8-5)	4	7.1	6	3	3	3	6	1	0	4.94	5.38	29	107	59	17	10	10	10	4	0	0	57			0	1	1	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.055	.00	0.00%	0.71	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out d3
19	353	158	Sep 24	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-4	GS-7	W(9-5)	4	7.0	7	4	4	0	3	1	0	4.96	5.29	28	86	57	13	8	14	11	3	1	0	50			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.092	.00	0.00%	0.00	1b start a 4	7b 3 out a4
20	354	162	Sep 28	NYY	@	DET	W,7-2	6-6		3	1.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.91	5.27	4	16	11	2	1	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.45	6b --- 0 out a5	6b 3 out a4
							12-8		W-L:9-5	4.5	106.1	116	61	58	53	66	14	7	4.91	5.27	472	1726	57%	17%	7%	1.10		22%	6%	2	46	0	---%	8	5	6	410	19	1	1	13	2	2	1.05	-0.014	1.00	0.10%	-3.13

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