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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 .
Players Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden, Kevin Mitchell, José Reyes, David Wright, Lastings Milledge, and A. J. Burnett made their professional debuts in Kingsport. The Mets won the Appalachian League Championship in 1988 and 1995.
Pitcher. Dwight Gooden, 1992; Mike Hampton, 2000; Catcher. Gary Carter, 1985, 1986; Mike Piazza, 1998–2002; First base. Keith Hernandez, 1984; Second base. Edgardo ...
In 1983, Dwight Gooden started to mentally prepare himself for a demotion from the Class A Lynchburg Mets to the New York Mets’ Low-A affiliate. The then-18-year-old pitcher had started the ...
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 ...
Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden thought back to what might have been, how their starry accomplishments would have been so much greater had they not succumbed to the drugs and alcohol that ...
Dwight Gooden (1982) won the Rookie of the Year Award in 1984 and the Cy Young Award the following season. Preston Wilson was the first of three players drafted by the Mets in the first round of the 1992 draft. Jason Tyner (1998) Billy Traber (2000) was the second player drafted from Loyola Marymount University by the Mets in the first round.
NEW YORK (AP) — 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 drugs and alcohol, forcing him to sign across town ahead of the 1996 season.