As for Dwight Gooden never getting any better....at age 20 he threw 275 innings (16 complete games), was 24-4 with a 1.53 era and 268 K.....hard to improve on that! Lol

Cocaine and they wore him out at age 18 (struck out 300 in the minors) 19 (struck out 276 as a rookie) and age 20 as you just saw....but it helped the Mets win it all.....and with his extreme issues and intense inning totals he still went 91-41 and averaged 200 inn a year the next 6 seasons.

Dwight Gooden at age 23....

91-33 1160 inn 1064 K.......crazy