The Zephyrs will take
Dwight Gooden, P, Mets/Yankees/Indians.
Dr. K was a sensation in the 1980's and had one of the greatest pitching seasons of all-time in 1985 (at 20 freaking years old). He had a high-'90's fastball and an intimidating curveball that opposing players called "Lord Charles".
Gooden was mediocre after 1991 due to arm and personal problems. He did have one moment of glory in 1996 with the Yankees, throwing an improbable 135 pitch no-hitter against the Mariners.
It's hard to find an athlete that squandered more talent than Doc Gooden. He's currently serving a jail sentence for probation violation. It's easy to forget how dominating he was back in the day.
Code:
Year Ag Tm Lg W L G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WP BFP IBB BK ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
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1984 19 NYM NL 17 9 31 31 7 3 0 0 218.0 161 72 63 7 73 276 2 3 879 2 7 2.60 3.56 137 1.073
1985 20 NYM NL 24 4 35 35 16 8 0 0 276.7 198 51 47 13 69 268 2 6 1065 4 2 1.53 3.45 226 0.965
1986 21 NYM NL 17 6 33 33 12 2 0 0 250.0 197 92 79 17 80 200 4 4 1020 3 4 2.84 3.54 124 1.108
1987 22 NYM NL 15 7 25 25 7 3 0 0 179.7 162 68 64 11 53 148 2 1 730 2 1 3.21 3.80 119 1.197
1988 23 NYM NL 18 9 34 34 10 3 0 0 248.3 242 98 88 8 57 175 6 5 1024 4 5 3.19 3.21 101 1.204
1989 24 NYM NL 9 4 19 17 0 0 1 1 118.3 93 42 38 9 47 101 2 7 497 2 5 2.89 3.26 113 1.183
1990 25 NYM NL 19 7 34 34 2 1 0 0 232.7 229 106 99 10 70 223 7 6 983 3 3 3.83 3.76 98 1.285
1991 26 NYM NL 13 7 27 27 3 1 0 0 190.0 185 80 76 12 56 150 3 5 789 2 2 3.60 3.65 101 1.268
1992 27 NYM NL 10 13 31 31 3 0 0 0 206.0 197 93 84 11 70 145 3 3 863 7 1 3.67 3.47 95 1.296
1993 28 NYM NL 12 15 29 29 7 2 0 0 208.7 188 89 80 16 61 149 9 5 866 1 2 3.45 3.93 114 1.193
1994 29 NYM NL 3 4 7 7 0 0 0 0 41.3 46 32 29 9 15 40 1 2 182 1 0 6.31 4.18 66 1.476
1996 31 NYY AL 11 7 29 29 1 1 0 0 170.7 169 101 95 19 88 126 9 9 756 4 1 5.01 5.05 101 1.506
1997 32 NYY AL 9 5 20 19 0 0 0 0 106.3 116 61 58 14 53 66 7 8 472 1 0 4.91 4.43 90 1.589
1998 33 CLE AL 8 6 23 23 0 0 0 0 134.0 135 59 56 13 51 83 9 3 580 0 0 3.76 4.80 127 1.388
1999 34 CLE AL 3 4 26 22 0 0 0 0 115.0 127 90 80 18 67 88 9 4 532 3 0 6.26 5.02 80 1.687
2000 35 TOT 6 5 27 14 0 0 3 2 105.0 119 64 55 23 44 55 3 5 467 3 0 4.71 5.01 106 1.552
TOT AL 6 5 26 13 0 0 3 2 101.0 113 60 51 22 41 54 3 3 447 3 0 4.54 5.02 110 1.525
HOU NL 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 4 4 1 3 1 0 2 20 0 0 9.00 4.92 55 2.250
TBD AL 2 3 8 8 0 0 0 0 36.7 47 32 27 14 20 23 3 2 173 0 0 6.63 4.92 74 1.827
NYY AL 4 2 18 5 0 0 3 2 64.3 66 28 24 8 21 31 0 1 274 3 0 3.36 5.07 151 1.352
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16 Yr WL% .634 194 112 430 410 68 24 4 3 2800.7 2564 1198 1091 210 954 2293 78 76 11705 42 33 3.51 3.87 110 1.256