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Child’s Play: Gooden ASG Baseball
At just 19 years of age, Dwight Gooden became the youngest pitcher to ever toe the rubber at an All-Star Game when he tossed two innings of one-hit baseball, striking out three in the 1984 Midsummer C ...
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Crunching Numbers In 1984: Mets Info Guide
The first sabermetrician? Davey Johnson was shown using the latest in technology on the cover of the Mets’ 1984 media guide. The team went 90-72 in Johnson’s debut season, on the way to him becoming t ...
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Early Call: Gooden 1984 Spring Training Jacket
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 ...
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Full Game: Mets vs. Cubs in 1986 NLCS
The 1986 Mets turned to Dwight “Doc” Gooden to seal their first NL East championship in 14 seasons. Doc delivered. Enjoy every second of New York’s 4-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs to officially secu ...
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Keith Hernandez Mets Hall of Fame Bust
After Keith Hernandez was traded to the Mets in 1983, he became one of the star players who powered the team in a victorious decade. During his runner-up MVP campaign in 1984, Hernandez helped the Met ...
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Rated Rookie: Gooden 1984 Baseball Card
Dwight Gooden was part of an impressive 1984 rookie pitching class that included teammate Ron Darling and future Mets Orel Hershiser and Bret Saberhagen as well as All-Stars Roger Clemens and Mark Lan ...
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Rising Stars: 1984 Mets Yearbook
The Mets were back to their winning ways in 1984, finishing above .500 for the first time in eight years. Leading the team were a trio of All-Stars: Keith Hernandez, Jesse Orosco and Darryl Strawberry ...
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Tampa Roots
Dwight Gooden won the National League’s Rookie of the Year Award in 1984, less than three years after he was dominating at Hillsborough High School in Tampa. His hometown honored him in November 1984 ...