Goggins played three years of baseball at Pompano Beach Senior High School, and was signed by his childhood favorite team, the Los Angeles Dodgers.

[1][2] A pinch hitter and versatile player with a good throwing arm, Goggin made 35 appearances in all, mostly at second base, at 22 games.

In his three-season career, Goggin was a .293 hitter (29-for-99) with seven RBI in 72 games (37 in pinch-hitting duties), including 19 runs, five doubles, and a .355 on-base percentage.

Goggin is a Vietnam War veteran who served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a radio operator and infantry platoon commander for the full 13 month tour in 1966 and 1967.

He was awarded the Bronze Star, Vietnam Cross of Galantry and the Purple Heart (wounded after stepping on a landmine) and served under Marine Col John Ripley.