I (love) Dwight (Gooden) (New York Mets)
date: label: date made
content: 1984-1994
name: label: referenced
content: New York Mets
notes: 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 Gooden 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: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Lou Newman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0265.051
label: accession number
content: 1999.0265
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0265.051
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in; x 5.715 cm