Former Mets star Dwight “Doc” Gooden was one of those pitching prodigies that comes along about once every half century, if that.

Doc Gooden thinks “it will be interesting” to see whether the local teams slug it out for supreme free-agent Juan Soto this winter.

If anyone understands the beauty (and the risk) of a triple-digit fastball, it’s Doc Gooden, who blistered his way into the history books in 1985.Seems like a lifetime ago, but velocity still ...

Doc Gooden has played for and won World Series titles, a decade apart, with both the Mets and the Yankees. And the former Cy Young award winner thinks “it will be interesting” to see whether ...

Former Mets great Dwight “Doc” Gooden recently spent time in Port St. Lucie at Mets camp talking with the pitching staff and watching some bullpens and Grapefruit League games.

Q: Doc, what do you remember about Straw coming over? Gooden: I was in Piscataway [N.J.] in 2019, I got two DUis in a week, and I was lost. I didn’t trust myself. It was a lot of guilt, shame ...

Doc Gooden reveals he nearly got shot at 1986 World Series redemption in Game 7 By . ... Gooden made a pair of starts in the 1986 World Series, losing Games 2 and 5 while posting an 8.00 ERA.

Put Dwight “Doc” Gooden in the camp of those not worried about Juan Soto’s long-term Mets future. Soto, 26, is off to a lackluster start to his Mets tenure after signing a record 15-year ...

Doc Gooden had just won his first game in nearly two years, a victory he called "the sweetest of my career." Things were about to get even sweeter.

Dwight "Doc" Gooden's number 16 was retired by the Mets, with Gary Cohen offering a glimpse into the immense respect Gooden commanded from teammates despite his later struggles.

Doc Gooden, seen here in action against the Dodgers in ’86, won 157 games for the Mets. They would both win World Series rings with the Yankees later. Another irony.