Dwight Gooden career strikeouts (pitching)
2,293Career Regular Season
Dwight Gooden has recorded 2,293 strikeouts (pitching) over 16 regular seasons, 59th among 8,580 MLB players on file.
- Best season on file: 276 in 1984.
- Most recent: 55 in 2000.
Sum of 16 regular seasons, 1984 through 2000. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 |  NYM | 31 | 17 | 9 | 2.60 | 218.0 | 276 | 73 | 1.07 | 0 |
| 1985 | NYM | 35 | 24 | 4 | 1.53 | 276.2 | 268 | 69 | 0.97 | 0 |
| 1986 | NYM | 33 | 17 | 6 | 2.84 | 250.0 | 200 | 80 | 1.11 | 0 |
| 1987 | NYM | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3.21 | 179.2 | 148 | 53 | 1.20 | 0 |
| 1988 | NYM | 34 | 18 | 9 | 3.19 | 248.1 | 175 | 57 | 1.20 | 0 |
| 1989 | NYM | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2.89 | 118.1 | 101 | 47 | 1.18 | 1 |
| 1990 | NYM | 34 | 19 | 7 | 3.83 | 232.2 | 223 | 70 | 1.29 | 0 |
| 1991 | NYM | 27 | 13 | 7 | 3.60 | 190.0 | 150 | 56 | 1.27 | 0 |
| 1992 | NYM | 31 | 10 | 13 | 3.67 | 206.0 | 145 | 70 | 1.30 | 0 |
| 1993 | NYM | 29 | 12 | 15 | 3.45 | 208.2 | 149 | 61 | 1.19 | 0 |
| 1994 | NYM | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6.31 | 41.1 | 40 | 15 | 1.48 | 0 |
| 1996 |  NYY | 29 | 11 | 7 | 5.01 | 170.2 | 126 | 88 | 1.51 | 0 |
| 1997 | NYY | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4.91 | 106.1 | 66 | 53 | 1.59 | 0 |
| 1998 |  CLE | 23 | 8 | 6 | 3.76 | 134.0 | 83 | 51 | 1.39 | 0 |
| 1999 | CLE | 26 | 3 | 4 | 6.26 | 115.0 | 88 | 67 | 1.69 | 0 |
| 2000 | HOU/TB/NYY | 27 | 6 | 5 | 4.71 | 105.0 | 55 | 44 | 1.55 | 2 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV