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On Doc Gooden's birthday, watch his first Major League strikeout

On Doc Gooden's birthday, watch his first MLB K

Even four-time All-Stars, three-time World Series champs, Rookie of the Year and Cy Young Award winners have to start somewhere. In 1984, Dwight "Doc" Gooden recorded his first MLB strikeout:

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That was just number one. Later that year, at just 19 years old, he broke the rookie record for strikeouts in a season, surpassing Herb Score's 245 and notching 276 by the season's end:

Happy 50th, Doc. It's time to celebrate:

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