[this is the thirty-seventh installment in the double dippers posts. here are the previous posts - brett butler, omar daal, eric young, nick willhite, chris gwynn, mickey hatcher, dave anderson, don zimmer, rafael landestoy, dave hansen, jose vizcaino, hideo nomo, greg maddux, mike maddux, jon garland, chan ho park, vicente romo, gene mauch, denny lewallyn, von joshua, joe moeller, dioner navarro, rudy seanez, bart shirley, randy wolf, ismael valdes, bobby castillo, mike devereaux, pete richert, jay johnstone, jesse orosco, lee lacy, giovanni carrara, jeff weaver, ted sizemore, and orel hershiser.]
tom goodwin came to the dodgers in the first round of the june 1989 draft. just over two years later, he debuted against the cubs and hit a single in his first big league at bat. goodwin played in a total of 103 games for the dodgers from 1991 through 1993, but was unable to secure a starting spot in la. here's his 1993 topps card, by the way.
before the 1994 season, goodwin was picked up on waivers by the royals. he spent almost the entire season in the minors - seeing action in only two big league games that year. in 1995 however, he became the royals' starting center fielder and finished 9th in the american league roy voting. here's his 1995 topps traded card
goodwin hit .288 in 1995 and then .282 in 1996 for kc, stealing 116 bases over those two seasons. he split 1997 between kansas city and texas, where he played through the 1999 season. he signed a free agent deal for 2000 with the rockies but was traded back to the dodgers at the deadline that season. here's his 2000 fleer tradition update card as proof of his double dipping.
in his second tour of duty with the team, goodwin played in 161 games and stole 38 bases. unfortunately, the dodgers wound up releasing him just before then 2002 season started. he wound up playing in san francisco where he tormented the dodgers in a couple of july games when the two teams were neck and neck in the standings. to make matters worse, the dodgers were paying the majority of his salary.
anyway, goodwin is currently the first base coach for the mets. that's where i sent a few cards in the hopes he would sign. he did, quite quickly. here's his 1991 upper deck final edition card
a 1993 fleer card
1993 topps
and 1993 topps stadium club
all cards from his first turn as a dodger. thanks tom!
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