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Dwight Gooden

Biography

Dwight Gooden

Dwight Eugene Gooden, nicknamed "Doc Gooden" or "Dr. K", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He was one of the most dominant and feared pitchers in the National League in the middle and late 1980s.

Dwight Gooden

Books by Dwight Gooden

Doc: A Memoir
by Dwight Gooden and Ellis Henican - Nonfiction, Sports

With fresh and sober eyes, legendary pitcher Dwight Gooden shares the most intimate moments of his successes and failures, from endless self-destructive drug binges to three World Series rings. He also offers a unique perspective on Yankees owner and stalwart supporter George Steinbrenner and some of the greatest baseball players of all time.