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: 10-13 / in Starts: 10-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1998 Pitching Game Log

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1998 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	355	48	May 24	CLE		TOR	L,0-5	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	3.0	7	3	3	2	2	0	1	9.00	4.81	18	73	40	12	8	6	7	4	2	0	33			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	-0.219	1.70	-0.16%	-3.10	1t start tie	4t 123 0 out d3
2	356	53	May 30	CLE	@	TOR	L,2-4	GS-6	L(0-2)	5	5.2	2	3	3	2	3	1	0	6.23	5.22	21	73	45	14	3	5	11	1	3	0	54			1	0	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	.91	0.195	1.01	0.13%	1.89	1b start tie	6b 12- 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
3	357	58	Jun 4	CLE	@	MIN	W,3-2	GS-6	W(1-2)	4	6.0	6	1	1	1	3	1	0	4.30	5.05	23	87	49	13	4	11	8	4	0	0	58			1	1	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.267	1.17	0.22%	2.43	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
4	358	63	Jun 9	CLE		PIT	L,4-7	GS-6		4	5.2	7	3	3	2	5	1	1	4.43	5.11	27	104	65	16	10	9	10	6	4	0	46			2	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.014	.63	-0.01%	-0.06	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out tie
5	359	68	Jun 17	CLE		KCR	L,3-4	GS-6	L(1-3)	7	5.2	8	4	4	1	2	0	2	4.85	4.87	27	102	59	23	2	12	10	3	3	0	38			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.115	.83	-0.07%	-1.06	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out d4
6	360	73	Jun 22	CLE	@	CHC	W,3-1	GS-6	W(2-3)	4	6.0	4	1	1	0	2	1	0	4.22	4.83	21	69	42	11	4	9	10	3	2	0	62			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.224	1.04	0.13%	2.16	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
7	361	78	Jun 27	CLE		HOU	L,5-9	GS-7		4	6.0	6	3	2	1	3	0	0	4.03	4.48	25	94	55	15	8	11	10	6	1	0	52			2	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	0.113	.71	0.04%	1.15	1t start tie	7t 1-3 0 out a3
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
8	362	83	Jul 3	CLE	@	KCR	W,2-1	GS-7		5	7.0	6	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.60	4.14	26	102	62	13	10	15	8	2	1	0	64			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.325	1.01	0.16%	3.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
9	363	88	Jul 11	CLE		MIN	W,12-2	GS-7	W(3-3)	7	7.0	4	1	1	2	1	1	1	3.29	4.39	26	103	60	18	5	11	11	3	3	0	64			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	.63	0.157	.49	0.07%	3.08	1t start tie	7t 3 out a7
10	364	93	Jul 16	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-15	GS-5	L(3-4)	4	5.0	7	5	5	3	4	1	1	3.79	4.58	26	89	52	18	5	6	12	4	1	0	34			1	0	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.42	-0.299	.76	-0.10%	-2.12	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
11	365	98	Jul 21(1)	CLE		BOS	L,7-10	GS-6	L(3-5)	4	5.1	5	4	4	5	2	1	1	4.04	4.89	27	111	61	14	10	8	11	5	1	0	39			2	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.011	.69	0.00%	0.50	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out tie
12	366	104	Jul 26	CLE		DET	L,1-8	GS-4	L(3-6)	4	4.0	7	4	4	4	3	0	0	4.34	4.87	22	92	54	17	7	7	8	4	2	0	31			0	0	0	18	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.176	.35	-0.04%	-1.67	1t start tie	4t 3 out d4
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
13	367	109	Aug 1	CLE	@	OAK	L,5-6	GS-6		5	6.0	4	3	3	3	5	0	1	4.35	4.76	26	114	70	25	6	3	14	2	1	0	54			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	2	0	1.32	0.041	.37	0.01%	0.26	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
14	368	114	Aug 7	CLE	@	TBD	W,5-1	GS-7	W(4-6)	5	6.1	5	1	1	2	6	0	0	4.12	4.55	25	91	51	16	9	6	11	6	0	0	63			1	1	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.266	.33	0.05%	2.42	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out a4
15	369	119	Aug 13	CLE		BAL	L,4-7	GS-6		5	5.1	6	2	2	3	1	1	0	4.07	4.70	24	79	49	11	4	9	11	6	1	0	46			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.053	.08	0.00%	0.50	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a2
16	370	124	Aug 18	CLE		TBD	W,4-2	GS-6	W(5-6)	4	6.0	8	1	1	3	4	0	0	3.90	4.61	28	116	71	22	8	12	9	6	1	0	53			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.44	0.267	.10	0.01%	2.49	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
17	371	129	Aug 23	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-1	GS-7	W(6-6)	4	6.1	4	1	0	2	2	0	0	3.64	4.53	25	98	53	14	9	8	13	6	2	0	63			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.00	0.279	.04	0.01%	2.65	1b start a 2	7b 1-3 1 out a4
18	372	134	Aug 29	CLE		OAK	L,6-11	GS-5		5	4.2	8	4	4	5	5	0	0	3.83	4.52	27	127	70	24	9	4	13	7	1	0	32			1	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.54	-0.204	.04	0.00%	-1.44	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 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
19	373	139	Sep 3	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	GS-7	W(7-6)	4	7.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	1	3.67	4.39	28	96	60	21	12	9	12	6	2	0	67			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	0.414	.02	0.00%	2.96	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
20	374	144	Sep 9	CLE	@	TOR	W,6-3	GS-7		5	7.0	6	3	3	3	7	2	0	3.68	4.50	28	121	72	16	16	5	13	5	2	0	57			0	2	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.013	.00	0.00%	0.92	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
21	375	148	Sep 14	CLE		TOR	W,6-3	GS-7	W(8-6)	4	7.0	6	3	3	1	8	2	0	3.69	4.52	27	105	66	19	11	7	11	7	0	0	60			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.018	.00	0.00%	1.08	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
22	376	153	Sep 19	CLE		KCR	L,6-7	GS-7		4	6.1	7	3	2	1	4	0	0	3.65	4.42	27	95	59	19	8	11	11	7	2	0	52			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	.51	0.170	.00	0.00%	2.08	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a5
23	377	160	Sep 25	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-5	GS-6		5	5.2	7	4	4	4	3	1	0	3.76	4.50	26	87	47	14	4	8	11	3	1	0	38			0	0	0	21	2	1	0	0	1	0	.54	-0.154	.00	0.00%	-0.92	1b start tie	6b -2- 2 out d2
							10-13		W-L:8-6	4.6	134.0	135	59	56	51	83	13	9	3.76	4.50	580	2228	59%	17%	8%	0.78		24%	8%	0	50		---%	16	4	0	515	25	2	0	10	4	5	1.08	1.606	.46	0.47%	19.20

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