Dwight Gooden

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Full Name: Dwight Eugene Gooden	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/190	First Game: April 7, 1984
Birthdate: November 16, 1964	Final Game: September 29, 2000
Birthplace: Tampa, Florida	MLB Experience: 16 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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2 Statistics
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[edit] Biography

Born on November 16, 1964 in Tampa, Florida, Dwight Gooden (Dwight Eugene Gooden) played for the New York Mets, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Houston Astros over the course of his 16 year career. Gooden broke into the bigs on April 7, 1984 with the New York Mets, and put up a 2.60 ERA in 218 innings pitched in 1984, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Dwight Gooden's best season was 1985, when he posted a 1.53 ERA, won 24 games and struck out 268 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1984	NY	N	31	31	17	9	2.60	276	72	63	7	3	0	218	161	7	73	2	3	2
1985	NY	N	35	35	24	4	1.53	268	51	47	16	8	0	276.2	198	13	69	4	6	2
1986	NY	N	33	33	17	6	2.84	200	92	79	12	2	0	250	197	17	80	3	4	4
1987	NY	N	25	25	15	7	3.21	148	68	64	7	3	0	179.2	162	11	53	2	1	2
1988	NY	N	34	34	18	9	3.19	175	98	88	10	3	0	248.1	242	8	57	4	5	6
1989	NY	N	19	17	9	4	2.89	101	42	38	0	0	1	118.1	93	9	47	2	7	2
1990	NY	N	34	34	19	7	3.83	223	106	99	2	1	0	232.2	229	10	70	3	6	7
1991	NY	N	27	27	13	7	3.60	150	80	76	3	1	0	190	185	12	56	2	5	3
1992	NY	N	31	31	10	13	3.67	145	93	84	3	0	0	206	197	11	70	7	3	3
1993	NY	N	29	29	12	15	3.45	149	89	80	7	2	0	208.2	188	16	61	1	5	9
1994	NY	N	7	7	3	4	6.31	40	32	29	0	0	0	41.1	46	9	15	1	2	1
1996	NY	A	29	29	11	7	5.01	126	101	95	1	1	0	170.2	169	19	88	4	9	9
1997	NY	A	20	19	9	5	4.91	66	61	58	0	0	0	106.1	116	14	53	1	8	7
1998	CLE	A	23	23	8	6	3.76	83	59	56	0	0	0	134	135	13	51	0	3	9
1999	CLE	A	26	22	3	4	6.26	88	90	80	0	0	0	115	127	18	67	3	4	9
2000	TB	A	8	8	2	3	6.63	23	32	27	0	0	0	36.2	47	14	20	0	2	3
2000	NY	A	18	5	4	2	3.36	31	28	24	0	0	2	64.1	66	8	21	3	1	0
2000	HOU	N	1	1	0	0	9.00	1	4	4	0	0	0	4	6	1	3	0	2	0
2000	Total		27	14	6	5	4.71	55	64	55	0	0	2	105	119	23	44	3	5	3
2000	TOT	A	26	13	6	5	4.54	54	60	51	0	0	2	101	113	22	41	3	3	3
Total	NL		306	304	157	85	3.11	1876	827	751	67	23	1	2173.2	1904	124	654	31	49	41
Total	AL		124	106	37	27	4.88	417	371	340	1	1	2	627	660	86	300	11	27	37
Total			430	410	194	112	3.51	2293	1198	1091	68	24	3	2800.2	2564	210	954	42	76	78

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1984	NY	N	P	31	31	218	21	22	2	0	0	2	47	5	2	.956
1985	NY	N	P	35	35	276.2	25	38	2	6	0	2	22	10	5	.969
1986	NY	N	P	33	33	250	36	36	2	5	0	0	33	6	3	.973
1987	NY	N	P	25	25	179.2	15	22	3	3	0	2	24	7	5	.925
1988	NY	N	P	34	34	248.1	27	56	5	3	0	4	56	10	1	.943
1989	NY	N	P	19	17	118.1	8	16	3	0	0	1	30	6	1	.889
1990	NY	N	P	34	34	232.2	15	35	4	5	0	3	60	16	4	.926
1991	NY	N	P	27	27	190	15	28	2	3	0	0	33	16	0	.956
1992	NY	N	P	31	31	206	9	40	6	1	0	0	22	11	2	.891
1993	NY	N	P	29	29	208.2	19	24	2	1	0	0	28	10	0	.956
1994	NY	N	P	7	7	41.1	1	11	1	1	0	1	11	3	0	.923
1996	NY	A	P	29	29	170.2	9	26	1	1	0	3	24	5	4	.972
1997	NY	A	P	20	19	106.1	9	18	0	1	0	1	8	5	6	1.000
1998	CLE	A	P	23	23	134	6	18	0	1	0	0	16	4	0	1.000
1999	CLE	A	P	26	22	115	5	16	0	1	0	0	27	5	1	1.000
2000	TB	A	P	8	8	36.2	0	2	1	0	0	0	5	3	1	.667
2000	NY	A	P	18	5	64.1	4	14	0	3	0	1	5	3	0	1.000
2000	HOU	N	P	1	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
2000	Total		P	27	14	105	4	17	1	3	0	1	11	6	1	.955
2000	TOT	A	P	26	13	101	4	16	1	3	0	1	10	6	1	.952
Total			P	430	410	2800.2	224	423	34	35	0	20	452	125	35	.950

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1984	NY	N	31	70	5	14	0	3	.200	.205	.200	0	0	1	14	0	10	0	0	3
1985	NY	N	35	93	11	21	1	9	.226	.265	.280	2	0	5	15	0	9	0	0	1
1986	NY	N	33	81	5	7	0	4	.086	.119	.111	0	1	2	16	1	13	0	0	3
1987	NY	N	25	64	4	14	0	4	.219	.227	.219	0	0	1	9	0	5	0	0	1
1988	NY	N	34	90	8	16	1	9	.178	.185	.222	1	0	1	18	0	9	0	0	1
1989	NY	N	19	40	1	8	0	1	.200	.195	.275	3	0	0	7	0	3	0	0	1
1990	NY	N	35	75	4	14	1	9	.187	.225	.267	1	1	2	15	2	14	0	0	0
1991	NY	N	27	63	7	15	1	6	.238	.238	.333	3	0	0	9	0	8	1	0	1
1992	NY	N	33	72	8	19	1	9	.264	.274	.375	3	1	1	16	0	4	0	0	1
1993	NY	N	30	70	5	14	2	9	.200	.200	.371	2	2	0	11	0	6	0	0	1
1994	NY	N	7	12	1	2	0	2	.167	.167	.167	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
1996	NY	A	29	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	NY	A	20	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1998	CLE	A	23	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1999	CLE	A	26	2	1	1	1	2	.500	.667	2.000	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
2000	TB	A	8	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	NY	A	18	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2000	HOU	N	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	Total		27	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2000	TOT	A	26	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		310	731	59	144	7	65	.197	.212	.260	15	5	13	131	3	85	1	0	13
Total	AL		124	10	1	1	1	2	.100	.182	.400	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
Total			434	741	60	145	8	67	.196	.212	.262	15	5	14	135	3	85	1	0	13

[edit] Transactions

Selected by New York Mets in the 1st round (5th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1982 - signed June 10, 1982).
Granted free agency (October 24, 1994).
Signed by New York Yankees (February 20, 1996).
Granted free agency (November 1, 1997).
Signed by Cleveland Indians (December 8, 1997).
Granted free agency (November 4, 1999).
Signed by Houston Astros (January 6, 2000).
Sold by Houston Astros to Tampa Bay Devil Rays (April 13, 2000).
Released by Tampa Bay Devil Rays (May 25, 2000).
Signed by New York Yankees (June 11, 2000).
Granted free agency (November 10, 2000).
Signed by New York Yankees (December 7, 2000).

[edit] Trivia

All-Star Games: 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988
World Series Champion: 1986, 1996, 2000
Other Awards: 1984 NL Rookie of the Year, 1985 NL Cy Young Award

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