Today's Birthday: Dwight Gooden, Little Falls Mets (1982)

(TCMA & Trading Card Database)

Happy Birthday to former New York-Penn League prospect Dwight Gooden. He pitched in two games for the Little Falls Mets in 1982.

Gooden pitched in the majors for 16 seasons with the New York Mets (1984-94), New York Yankees (1996-97, 2000), Cleveland Indians (1998-99), Houston Astros (2000), and Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2000). He was the National League Rookie of the Year in 1984, and received the National League Cy Young Award in 1985.

Source: Baseball Reference 

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