As an 18-year-old minor leaguer, Dwight Gooden was terrified of pitching inside for fear of hitting a batter in the head as he did in high school. A pitching coach helped him get over the fear and lea ...

Dwight “Doc” Gooden was one of the top pitchers in baseball during the 1980s. He had an incredible rookie campaign in 1984, winning the NL Rookie of the Year Award, finishing runner-up for the NL Cy Y ...

This blue Spalding glove was used by Mets ace Dwight Gooden during the team’s run to the 1986 World Series championship and was signed by Dr. K himself. Gooden never won a Gold Glove, but he was a goo ...

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This toy immortalizes a straight-up prodigy. Dwight Gooden was named NL Rookie of the Year and Cy Young runner-up in 1984, then seized the NL Cy Young Award in 1985 — all before his 21st birthday. Tho ...

Dwight Gooden struck out nine Montreal Expos over seven innings as the Mets won 5-3 at Shea Stadium. With the win, Gooden became the third-youngest pitcher to that point in modern baseball history to ...

Imagine you’re a hitter facing Dwight Gooden at Shea Stadium. You’re gearing up for his mid-90s fastball only to have your knees buckle at Dr. K’s sensational curveball and you walk back to the dugout ...

Just weeks before spring training was to open, the Mets unexpectedly lost franchise icon Tom Seaver to the Chicago White Sox in a compensation draft. With an opening in the rotation, new manager Davey ...

Following a short stint with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Sid Fernandez was traded to the Mets in 1984. The born-and-raised Hawaiian southpaw would stay in New York for a decade. Fernandez made back-to-ba ...

Kevin Elster was a reliable shortstop for the Mets in the late 1980s. In fact, he was so reliable that he once went 88 consecutive games without an error, a then-MLB record for a shortstop. The streak ...