Dwight Gooden

PITCHER · R/R · MLB · ACTIVE: 1984–2000 BORN: TAMPA, USA

ROY 1984 Cy Young 1985 All-Star ×4 Silver Slugger 1992

Career

194 W · 3.51 ERA · 2293 K

2800.2 IP · 1.26 WHIP · 430 G

2000 Season

2-3 · 6.63 ERA

36.2 IP · 23 K · 1.83 WHIP

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Dwight Gooden was a pitcher in MLB. Across 430 career appearances, with a 3.51 ERA and 2293 strikeouts. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and career profile.

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Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP
1984	NYM	17	9	2.60	31	31	0	218.0	161	63	73	276	1.07
1985	NYM	24	4	1.53	35	35	0	276.2	198	47	69	268	0.97
1986	NYM	17	6	2.84	33	33	0	250.0	197	79	80	200	1.11
1987	NYM	15	7	3.21	25	25	0	179.2	162	64	53	148	1.20
1988	NYM	18	9	3.19	34	34	0	248.1	242	88	57	175	1.20
1989	NYM	9	4	2.89	19	17	1	118.1	93	38	47	101	1.18
1990	NYM	19	7	3.83	34	34	0	232.2	229	99	70	223	1.29
1991	NYM	13	7	3.60	27	27	0	190.0	185	76	56	150	1.27
1992	NYM	10	13	3.67	31	31	0	206.0	197	84	70	145	1.30
1993	NYM	12	15	3.45	29	29	0	208.2	188	80	61	149	1.19
1994	NYM	3	4	6.31	7	7	0	41.1	46	29	15	40	1.48
1996	NYY	11	7	5.01	29	29	0	170.2	169	95	88	126	1.51
1997	NYY	9	5	4.91	20	19	0	106.1	116	58	53	66	1.59
1998	CLE	8	6	3.76	23	23	0	134.0	135	56	51	83	1.39
1999	CLE	3	4	6.26	26	22	0	115.0	127	80	67	88	1.69
2000	HOU	0	0	9.00	1	1	0	4.0	6	4	3	1	2.25
2000	NYY	4	2	3.36	18	5	2	64.1	66	24	21	31	1.35
2000	TB	2	3	6.63	8	8	0	36.2	47	27	20	23	1.83
Career Totals	—	194	112	3.51	430	410	3	2800.2	2564	1091	954	2293	1.26

Season-by-Season Batting

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Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1984	NYM	31	70	5	14	0	0	0	3	0	1	14	.200	.205	.200	.405
1985	NYM	35	93	11	21	2	0	1	9	0	5	15	.226	.265	.280	.545
1986	NYM	33	81	5	7	0	1	0	4	0	2	16	.086	.119	.111	.230
1987	NYM	25	64	4	14	0	0	0	4	0	1	9	.219	.227	.219	.446
1988	NYM	34	90	8	16	1	0	1	9	0	1	18	.178	.185	.222	.407
1989	NYM	19	40	1	8	3	0	0	1	0	0	7	.200	.195	.275	.470
1990	NYM	35	75	4	14	1	1	1	9	0	2	15	.187	.225	.267	.492
1991	NYM	27	63	7	15	3	0	1	6	1	0	9	.238	.238	.333	.571
1992	NYM	33	72	8	19	3	1	1	9	0	1	16	.264	.274	.375	.649
1993	NYM	30	70	5	14	2	2	2	9	0	0	11	.200	.200	.371	.571
1994	NYM	7	12	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333
1996	NYY	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	NYY	20	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1998	CLE	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1999	CLE	26	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	.500	.667	2.000	2.667
2000	HOU	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2000	NYY	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
2000	TB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals	—	434	741	60	145	15	5	8	67	1	14	135	.196	.212	.262	.474

Awards & Achievements

Cy Young Award (1): 1985
Pitcher of the Month (4): 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990
Pitching Triple Crown (1): 1985
Player of the Week (6): 1984, 1984, 1985, 1985, 1991, 1996
Rookie of the Year (1): 1984
Silver Slugger (1): 1992
TSN All-Star (1): 1985
TSN Pitcher of the Year (1): 1985
TSN Rookie Pitcher of the Year (1): 1984

All-Star Selections

1984, 1985, 1986, 1988

Salary & Contract

Year	Salary
1985	$450,000
1986	$1,320,000
1987	$1,500,000
1988	$1,400,000
1989	$2,416,667
1990	$1,866,667
1991	$2,466,667
1992	$5,166,667
1993	$5,916,667
1994	$4,616,667
1996	$950,000
1997	$2,000,000
1998	$2,787,500
1999	$2,637,500
2000	$500,000

Career Total: $35,995,002 (15 seasons)

Average: $2,399,667

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

Contract Detail

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.