Dwight Gooden

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baseball player human pitcher

Dwight Gooden is a former Major League Baseball pitcher, best known as a dominant ace for the New York Mets in the 1980s and a key figure in their 1986 World Series championship.

Observed surface forms (1)

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Dwight Eugene Gooden 0 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball player →
human →
pitcher →
allStarSelection 1984 →
1985 →
1986 →
1988 →
award Cy Young Award →
surface form: National League Cy Young Award

National League Rookie of the Year Award →
bats right →
brokeIntoMLBAtAge 19 →
countryOfCitizenship United States of America →
CyYoungAward 1985 →
dateOfBirth 1964-11-16 →
draftedBy New York Mets →
draftOverallPick 5th overall →
draftRound 1st round →
draftYear 1982 →
earnedRunAverageLeader 1985 →
familyName Gooden →
finalMLBGameDate 2000-09-29 →
finalMLBTeam New York Yankees →
fullName Dwight Gooden self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Dwight Eugene Gooden
givenName Dwight →
hallOfFame New York Mets →
surface form: New York Mets Hall of Fame
highSchool Hillsborough High School →
inductedIntoMetsHallOfFame 2010 →
jerseyNumber 16 →
knownFor power fastball and devastating curveball →
league Major League Baseball →
MLBdebutDate 1984-04-07 →
MLBdebutTeam New York Mets →
nickname Doc →
Dr. K →
notableSeason 1985 season with 24 wins and 1.53 ERA →
notableTeamAchievement member of 1986 New York Mets World Series championship team →
placeOfBirth Tampa, Florida →
surface form: Tampa, Florida, United States
playedFor Cleveland Indians →
Houston Astros →
New York Mets →
New York Yankees →
Tampa Bay Rays →
surface form: Tampa Bay Devil Rays
position starting pitcher →
rookieOfTheYear 1984 →
strikeoutLeader 1984 →
1985 →
throws right →
winsLeader 1985 →
worldSeriesChampion 1986 →
1996 →
2000 →

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Dwight Gooden → fullName → Dwight Gooden self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Dwight Eugene Gooden
Dwight → hasNotableBearer → Dwight Gooden →