![]() Gooden won eight of his last nine starts in his final three starts of the 1984 season, he had 41 strikeouts and 1 walk. That season, Gooden won 17 games, the most by a 19-year-old since Wally Bunker won 19 games in 1964 and the second most for a Mets rookie, after Jerry Koosman's 19 wins in 1968. The two pitchers' combined performance broke an All-Star game record, coincidentally on its celebrated 50th anniversary- Carl Hubbell's five consecutive strikeouts in 1934. Setting up Gooden, NL Pitcher Fernando Valenzuela had already struck out the side in the fourth, putting down future Hall of Famers Dave Winfield, Reggie Jackson, and George Brett. He complemented this distinction by striking out the side, AL batters: Lance Parrish, Chet Lemon, and Alvin Davis. ![]() When he took the mound in the fifth inning on July 10, 1984, Gooden became the youngest player to appear in an All-Star Game. Gooden soon attracted a rooting section at Shea Stadium that called itself "The K Korner", and would hang up cards with a red "K" after each of his strikeouts. K", in reference to the letter "K" being the standard abbreviation for strikeout, which soon became shortened to "Doc". He quickly developed a reputation with his 98 miles per hour (158 km/h) fastball and sweeping curveball, which was given the superlative nickname of "Lord Charles", in contrast with "Uncle Charlie", a common nickname for a curveball. He made his major-league debut on April 7, 1984, with the New York Mets at the age of 19. Gooden made the rare jump from High-A directly to the major leagues in one year, bypassing Double-A and Triple-A. Gooden had 300 strikeouts in 191 innings, a performance which convinced Triple-A Tidewater Tides manager and future Mets manager Davey Johnson to bring him up for the Tides' postseason.ġ984–1994: New York Mets 1984 He spent one season in the minors, in which he led the Class-A Carolina League in wins, strikeouts and ERA while playing for the Lynchburg Mets. A native of Tampa, Florida, Dwight Gooden was drafted in the first round in 1982, the fifth player taken overall. ![]() Gooden attended Hillsborough High School in Tampa where he was teammates on the school's baseball team with Vance Lovelace. He was incarcerated for seven months in 2006 after violating the terms of his probation. Gooden's troubles with addiction continued after his retirement from baseball and resulted in several arrests. In 2010, Gooden was inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame. He pitched four additional years for as many teams, but never approached the success of his peak years with the Mets. As a member of the Yankees in 1996, Gooden pitched a no-hitter and helped the team on its path to a World Series championship. After posting a losing record in each season from 1992 to 1994, Gooden was suspended for the 1995 season after a positive drug test while serving a prior suspension. ![]() Gooden remained an effective pitcher in subsequent years, but his career was ultimately derailed by cocaine and alcohol addiction. The following season, he helped the Mets win the 1986 World Series. In 1985, he won the NL Cy Young Award and achieved the pitching Triple Crown, compiling a 24–4 record and a league-leading 1.53 ERA, 268 strikeouts, and 16 complete games. Gooden made his MLB debut in 1984 for the Mets and quickly established himself as one of the league's most talented pitchers as a 19-year-old rookie, he earned the first of four All-Star selections, won the National League (NL) Rookie of the Year Award, and led the league in strikeouts. In a career spanning 430 games, he pitched 2,800 + 2⁄ 3 innings and posted a win–loss record of 194–112, with a 3.51 earned run average (ERA), and 2,293 strikeouts. Gooden pitched from 1984 to 1994 and from 1996 to 2000 for the New York Mets, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros, and Tampa Bay Devil Rays. K" and "Doc", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). September 29, 2000, for the New York Yankeesĭwight Eugene Gooden (born November 16, 1964), nicknamed "Dr.
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