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Dwight Eugene Gooden (born November 16, 1964), nicknamed "Dr. K" and "Doc", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). 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 .
Gooden and Strawberry were integral parts of the 1986 Mets, who went a major league-best 108-54 and beat Boston in a seven-game World Series, then derailed their careers with drug problems.
On the day the New York Mets announced they will retire Gooden's No. 16 on April 14 and Strawberry's No. 18 on June 1, the pair held a Zoom news conference and candidly discussed their failures to ...
Dwight Gooden still knows how to work a crowd. Honored by the New York Mets with the retirement of his No. 16 on Sunday, the four-time All-Star recounted how his career in Queens was cut short by ...
Gooden told fans how he kept trying to return to the Mets but was rebuffed after the 1997, 1999 and 2000 seasons. “The moral of the story is everything’s about timing,” Gooden said as a light rain fell during his three-minute speech. ““Now, today, the time is right.
Koosman has the third most wins in Mets history (140) behind Tom Seaver (198) and Dwight Gooden (157). Koosman was inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame in 1989 . He attended the 40th anniversary reunion of the 1969 Miracle Mets at Citi Field on August 22, 2009.
After several years free of trouble, Dwight Gooden finally saw his No. 16 raised to the rafters on Sunday afternoon at Citi Field. 'The timing is right': After long-seeking a Mets return, Dwight ...
The Mets had three players finish in the top ten in NL MVP balloting that season (Gooden 4th, Carter 6th, and Hernandez 8th). Meanwhile, the "Redbirds" placed four players in the top ten: winner Willie McGee ), ( Tommy Herr 5th, John Tudor tied Hernandez at 8th, Jack Clark 10th, and had the 11th-place finisher ( Vince Coleman ).