#202 Record Breaker: Dwight Gooden

Card thoughts: This is a nice illustration of Gooden’s pitching motion on what looks to be a gloomy day at Shea. His base card is a frontal shot of him pitching in spring training.

The record: The reason why some baseball records are split into the “modern” and “all-time” is that the statistical rules varied widely in the 19^th century. Willie McGill, who won 21 games at age 17 for Cincinnati and St. Louis of the American Association, holds the all-time record. Due to babying these days of young pitchers, and the more frequent use of the bullpen, Gooden’s record is unlikely to be broken any time soon.

Rear guard: Gooden's 20th win came at home against the San Diego Padres. It was one of his less dominant starts as he went 6 innings and gave up 3 runs while only striking out 4.

This date in baseball history: Joe Morgan's record 91 errorless game streak at second comes to an end in 1978. The record would be broken by Ryne Sandberg and later Placido Polanco.