Dwight "Doc" Gooden and the Hall of Fame 6 Articles

by Jay Nolan

Dwight Gooden was one of the greatest young pitchers of our time. He exploded onto the scene by winning the National League Rookie of the Year award in 1984. As an encore Dwight won the CY Young award the following year. B...read more

by Amanda Fox

Dwight Gooden was great. No argument can be made about that, but only for a short while. Why anyone really believes he belongs in the hall of fame is beyond me. He was lights out for a three year period and solid for a cou...read more

by Matthew Soo

Dwight Gooden is not in the Hall of Fame because his numbers were simply not good enough. In saying that, it doesn't help that he had a number of personal demons (drug and alcohol issues, etc) that kept him from his true ...read more

by Tom Woerner

There is no doubt about this question. If there was ever a flash in the pan it was Dwight Gooden. He started his career as one of the most promising athletes of his time and had a definite possibility of a permanent place ...read more

by D.J. Goldberg

What makes a Hall of Famer these days? Honesty? Integrity? Respect for the Game? No, no and NO. The Steroids Era, the Asterisk Era, the Pop-a-Pill-and-Hit-50-Dinge rs Era. Call it what you want, but maybe as muc...read more

by Lupine

In last year's Hall of Fame voting by the baseball writers, Dwight Gooden recieved just 17 votes, good for just 3.3% of the total. You need at least 5% of the total to remain on the ballot, so Gooden is no longer eligible ...read more