This day in baseball: Gooden reaches 200 Ks

On August 22, 1984, New York Mets right-hander Dwight Gooden, aged 19, struck out nine San Diego Padres. The performance made him just the 11th rookie to strike out 200 batters in one season.

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Dwight Gooden, 1986 (Barry Colla/public domain)

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