Mookie Wilson Baseball player

William Hayward "Mookie" Wilson (born February 9, 1956) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and coach best remembered as the Met that hit the ground ball that trickled through Bill Buckner's legs in the bottom of the tenth inning of game six of the 1986 World Series.A switch hitter with excellent speed, his positive attitude and hustle immediately endeared him to a New York Mets fan base with precious few stars to root for when he first came up in the early 1980s. He was enshrined in the New York Mets Hall of Fame in 1996.

Personal facts

Mookie Wilson
Alias (AKA)Wilson William Hayward (full name)
Birth dateFebruary 09, 1956

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Baseball player

Career startSeptember 02, 1980
Career endOctober 06, 1991
batting sideSwitch
former teams
New York Mets
Toronto Blue Jays
position
Coach (baseball)
Center fielder
teams
New York Mets
Toronto Blue Jays
throwing sideRight

Mookie Wilson on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://ultimatemets.com/profile.php?PlayerCode=0300
  2. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=wilsomo01