Gooden gets $29,000 a week
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Both sides wanted to avert further publicity from an arbitration hearing, which was scheduled for Friday, following Gooden's offseason fight with police in his hometown of Tampa, Florida. Mets Senior Vice President Al Harazin said "it was in the best interest of Dwight not to have a hearing.” Gooden had filed for arbitration last year, asking 1.5 million dollars while the Mets submitted a figure of 1.1 million dollars. The right-hander and the team settled on 1.32 million dollars before the hearing stage. Gooden, 17-6 with a 2.84 earned run average last season, had sought 1.8 million dollars in arbitration this year while the Mets proposed 1.32 million dollars. The Mets offered no raise to Gooden, who won the National League Cy Young Award with a 24-4 record and 1.53 earned run average in 1985.
