Dwight Gooden, by LeRoy Neiman
date: label: date made
content: 1994 - 1999
label: date made
content: ca 1996
name: label: Associated Name
content: New York Yankees
label: maker
content: Rawlings
notes: label: Description
content: Portrait of New York Yankees' baseball player Dwight Gooden, painted onto a baseball by artist LeRoy Neiman. The ball also features the box-score for the no-hitter thrown by Gooden on May 14, 1996
label: Description
content: Right-handed pitcher Dwight Gooden (b.1964) began his Major League career in 1984, at the age of 19. That season <i> Dr. K </i> led the National League in strikeouts, with the phenom named as the League's Rookie of the Year. The following year, Gooden again dominated, and was awarded the National League's Cy Young award. A four-time All-Star, Gooden led the Mets to a World Series championship in 1986.
label: Description
content: After a 1995 suspension from baseball due to positive drug test results, Gooden joined the Yankees in 1996, where he would throw a no-hitter against the Seattle Mariners and contribute to the club's World Series Championship.
label: Description
content: In 1998, Gooden joined the Cleveland Indians. In 2000 the pitcher began the year with the Houston Astros before moving to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and finally finishing the year back with the Yankees, with whom he would win his third World Series ring.
label: Description
content: Finishing his career at 194–112, with an earned run average of 3.51 and 2,293 strikeouts. Gooden's career is widely regarded as having been hampered by the pitcher's well-publicized struggles with drug addiction.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Costa Rica
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: Subject
content: Baseball
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of LeRoy Neiman Foundation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0144.38
label: accession number
content: 2019.0144
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0144.38
objectType: label: Object Name
content: baseball
label: Object Name
content: baseball, artwork
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cork (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: yarn (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in; 7.62 cm