William Hayward "Mookie" Wilson was born on February 9,1956 and is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder and coach remembered as the Met who hit the ground ball that rolled through Bill Buckner's legs in the bottom of the 10th inning of game six of the 1986 World Series.
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The gamble paid off as Mookie Wilson was selected in the second round of the 1977 Major League Baseball draft by the New York Mets.
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Mookie Wilson was part of the Gamecocks' second team to play for a national championship in Omaha, Nebraska in the 1977 College World Series.
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Mookie Wilson was named to the 1977 All-Tournament team as an outfielder.
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Mookie Wilson again got off to a slow start in 1981, with his batting average dipping to.
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Mookie Wilson ended the first half of the strike-shortened season at.
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Mookie Wilson became a fixture atop the Mets' lineup through 1984, and was himself the face of the organization.
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Mookie Wilson passed Mazzilli to become the team's all-time stolen base leader in 1984.
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Mookie Wilson suffered the first injury of his career in 1985, missing two months of the season after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder.
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Mookie Wilson needed to be carted off the field and required 21 stitches.
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Mookie Wilson was having his poorest major league season in 1988.
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Mookie Wilson appeared in four games and collected two hits in 13 at bats.
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Mookie Wilson could have become a free agent at the end of the 1988 season; however, the Mets picked up the option they had on his contract.
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Mookie Wilson was immediately plugged into the starting lineup, as right fielder Junior Felix had separated his shoulder against the right-field wall the previous day in Yankee Stadium.
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Mookie Wilson went 9-for-14 with four runs scored and an RBI in the Jays' three-game sweep at Fenway Park.
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Mookie Wilson hit his first home run as an American Leaguer, as the Jays took two out of three from their division rivals.
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Mookie Wilson went two for four with an RBI and run scored in the Jays' game three victory.
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Mookie Wilson logged 629 plate appearances in 1990, his most since 1983.
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Mookie Wilson relinquished the starting center field job to Devon White in 1991, and was part of a revolving door of left fielders employed by manager Cito Gaston.
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Mookie Wilson nearly signed with the Red Sox for the 1992 season, but the Sox chose to go with Herm Winningham instead.
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Mookie Wilson moved into a front office job after the season, and was replaced at first base by Tom Goodwin.
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Mookie Wilson has a brother, Phil, who played minor league ball for the Minnesota Twins and Montreal Expos.
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On June 22,1978, Mookie Wilson married Preston's mother, Rosa Gilbert, making him both Preston's stepfather and uncle.
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Mookie Wilson earned a bachelor's degree in 1996 from Mercy College in New York.
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Mookie Wilson has been a resident of Lakewood Township, New Jersey, where he and his wife started an educational center for girls, "Mookie's Roses", in 1986.
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