Dwight Gooden stats
Relief Pitcher · #17
Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1984
- NL Cy Young
- 1985
- NL Rookie of the Year
- 1984
- NL Silver Slugger
- 1992
Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1984
- NL Cy Young
- 1985
- NL Rookie of the Year
- 1984
- NL Silver Slugger
- 1992
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 430
- W
- 194
- L
- 112
- ERA
- 3.51
- IP
- 2800.2
- K
- 2,293
- BB
- 954
- WHIP
- 1.26
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | NYM | 31 | 17 | 9 | 2.60 | 218.0 | 276 | 73 | 1.07 |
| 1985 | NYM | 35 | 24 | 4 | 1.53 | 276.2 | 268 | 69 | 0.97 |
| 1986 | NYM | 33 | 17 | 6 | 2.84 | 250.0 | 200 | 80 | 1.11 |
| 1987 | NYM | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3.21 | 179.2 | 148 | 53 | 1.20 |
| 1988 | NYM | 34 | 18 | 9 | 3.19 | 248.1 | 175 | 57 | 1.20 |
| 1989 | NYM | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2.89 | 118.1 | 101 | 47 | 1.18 |
| 1990 | NYM | 34 | 19 | 7 | 3.83 | 232.2 | 223 | 70 | 1.29 |
| 1991 | NYM | 27 | 13 | 7 | 3.60 | 190.0 | 150 | 56 | 1.27 |
| 1992 | NYM | 31 | 10 | 13 | 3.67 | 206.0 | 145 | 70 | 1.30 |
| 1993 | NYM | 29 | 12 | 15 | 3.45 | 208.2 | 149 | 61 | 1.19 |
| 1994 | NYM | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6.31 | 41.1 | 40 | 15 | 1.48 |
| 1996 | NYY | 29 | 11 | 7 | 5.01 | 170.2 | 126 | 88 | 1.51 |
| 1997 | NYY | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4.91 | 106.1 | 66 | 53 | 1.59 |
| 1998 | CLE | 23 | 8 | 6 | 3.76 | 134.0 | 83 | 51 | 1.39 |
| 1999 | CLE | 26 | 3 | 4 | 6.26 | 115.0 | 88 | 67 | 1.69 |
| 2000 |  HOU/TB/NYY | 27 | 6 | 5 | 4.71 | 105.0 | 55 | 44 | 1.55 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 12
- W
- 0
- L
- 4
- ERA
- 3.99
- IP
- 58.2
- K
- 49
- BB
- 26
- WHIP
- 1.41
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 251
- CG
- 68
- SHO
- 24
- K/9
- 7.4
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 76
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | NYM | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1985 | NYM | 33 | 16 | 8 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1986 | NYM | 22 | 12 | 2 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1987 | NYM | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1988 | NYM | 24 | 10 | 3 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1989 | NYM | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1990 | NYM | 20 | 2 | 1 | 8.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1991 | NYM | 16 | 3 | 1 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1992 | NYM | 21 | 3 | 0 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1993 | NYM | 18 | 7 | 2 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1994 | NYM | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1996 | NYY | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1997 | NYY | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1998 | CLE | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1999 | CLE | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2000 | HOU/TB/NYY | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
What were Dwight Gooden's career stats?
Dwight Gooden played 16 seasons for the Mets, the Yankees and the Guardians. He had 194 wins and 2,293 strikeouts with a 3.51 ERA over 2,800.2 innings. His best season was 1985: 24 wins, a 1.53 ERA and 268 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
16 seasons, 5 postseasons, 1984 to 2000
Dwight Gooden led MLB in wins (1985), ERA (1985) and strikeouts (pitching) (1984, 1985); finished top 10 in a stat 13 times.
Championships ×3
- 1986 World Series with the New York Mets
- 1996 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 2000 World Series with the New York Yankees
Awards
All-time career rank
- 59th in strikeouts (pitching) (2,293)
- 128th in wins (pitching) (194)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
- Wins: 1984 (9th), 1985 (1st), 1986 (10th), 1988 (8th), 1990 (7th)
- ERA: 1984 (7th), 1985 (1st)
- Strikeouts (Pitching): 1984 (1st), 1985 (1st), 1990 (3rd)
- WHIP: 1984 (5th), 1985 (3rd), 1986 (8th)
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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