Mookie Wilson
William Hayward Wilson
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 9, 1956 in Bamberg, SC
School: University of South Carolina
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 2nd round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1980
Final Game: October 6, 1991
Relatives: Stepfather & Uncle of Preston Wilson
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1980 NYM NL 24 CF 26 26 227.1 76 73 1 2 0 .974 -3.1 -16.4 -2.1 -0.3 -1.7 -1 2.93 2.85 .984 2.83 2.37
1980 NYM NL 24 OF 26 26 229.1 75 72 1 2 0 .973 -3.0 -15.7 -2.0 -0.2 -1.7 -1 2.86 2.81 .980 2.31 1.98
1980 NYM NL 24 LF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 60.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.70
1981 NYM NL 25 OF 80 76 672.0 233 226 3 4 2 .983 3.3 5.9 6.3 3.7 2.7 -3 3.07 2.86 .980 2.33 2.02 RoY-7
1981 NYM NL 25 CF 68 66 588.0 217 211 3 3 2 .986 5.1 10.4 7.1 3.2 4.0 -2 3.28 3.15 .986 2.80 2.53 RoY-7
1981 NYM NL 25 RF 10 10 75.0 17 16 0 1 0 .941 -1.7 -27.2 -0.7 0.4 -1.1 -1 1.92 1.60 .976 2.08 1.65 RoY-7
1981 NYM NL 25 LF 6 0 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -13.3 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 0 1.00 0.17 1.000 2.10 1.78 RoY-7
1982 NYM NL 26 CF 156 145 1320.1 438 421 12 5 4 .989 -8.3 -7.5 -6.3 -0.8 -5.5 -2 2.95 2.78 .983 2.66 2.30
1982 NYM NL 26 OF 156 145 1320.1 432 415 12 5 4 .988 -8.3 -7.5 -6.3 -0.8 -5.5 -2 2.91 2.74 .978 2.25 1.91
1983 NYM NL 27 CF 148 144 1285.1 429 416 5 8 2 .981 0.9 0.8 2.9 0.2 2.8 -2 2.95 2.84 .983 2.78 2.38
1983 NYM NL 27 OF 148 144 1285.1 434 422 5 7 1 .984 0.9 0.8 2.9 0.2 2.8 -2 2.99 2.89 .980 2.27 1.92
1984 NYM NL 28 CF 146 142 1245.2 410 397 9 4 6 .990 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.3 0 2.93 2.78 .987 2.71 2.41
1984 NYM NL 28 OF 146 142 1245.2 408 396 8 4 6 .990 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.3 0 2.92 2.77 .979 2.27 1.91
1985 NYM NL 29 CF 83 77 689.2 220 212 0 8 0 .964 4.8 8.4 6.8 3.6 3.2 -2 2.77 2.55 .981 2.66 2.26
1985 NYM NL 29 OF 83 77 699.2 224 216 0 8 0 .964 5.0 8.6 7.0 3.7 3.3 -2 2.78 2.60 .979 2.20 1.88
1985 NYM NL 29 LF 4 0 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 24.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0 1.80 0.50 1.000 1.89 1.50
1986 NYM NL 30 OF 114 80 778.0 240 228 7 5 2 .979 5.7 8.8 7.7 0.4 7.3 -2 2.72 2.06 .979 2.19 1.82
1986 NYM NL 30 LF 78 27 337.2 85 79 3 3 0 .965 1.1 3.9 2.1 0.3 1.8 -1 2.19 1.05 .975 1.97 1.44
1986 NYM NL 30 CF 65 53 436.1 158 151 5 2 2 .987 4.8 13.2 5.8 0.3 5.5 -1 3.22 2.40 .984 2.59 2.05
1986 NYM NL 30 RF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.63
1987 NYM NL 31 OF 109 76 744.1 216 205 3 8 2 .963 -1.7 -2.7 0.3 0.9 -0.6 -2 2.52 1.91 .981 2.19 1.83
1987 NYM NL 31 CF 88 62 585.0 181 174 2 5 1 .972 -2.4 -4.9 -0.4 0.0 -0.5 -2 2.71 2.00 .984 2.53 2.05
1987 NYM NL 31 LF 20 7 78.1 22 20 0 2 0 .909 0.8 12.3 0.8 -0.4 1.2 0 2.30 1.00 .982 2.03 1.58
1987 NYM NL 31 RF 14 7 81.0 15 13 1 1 1 .933 -0.1 -1.5 -0.1 1.3 -1.3 0 1.56 1.00 .980 2.00 1.68
1988 NYM NL 32 OF 104 81 765.2 209 200 4 5 1 .976 -5.1 -8.0 -4.1 -4.2 0.1 -1 2.40 1.96 .982 2.28 1.98
1988 NYM NL 32 CF 83 62 564.1 146 142 2 2 1 .986 -8.7 -18.5 -8.7 -4.5 -4.2 0 2.30 1.73 .986 2.66 2.28
1988 NYM NL 32 RF 18 9 105.1 39 36 2 1 0 .974 3.9 44.4 3.9 1.1 2.8 0 3.25 2.11 .979 2.05 1.75
1988 NYM NL 32 LF 16 10 96.0 28 26 0 2 0 .929 -0.3 -3.8 0.7 -0.8 1.5 -1 2.44 1.63 .982 2.13 1.75
1989 TOT MLB 33 OF 125 102 978.0 272 263 4 5 1 .982 3.0 3.7 7.0 2.9 4.1 -4 2.46 2.14 .981 2.37 2.03 MVP-25
1989 TOT MLB 33 CF 66 50 465.2 125 123 1 1 1 .992 -3.7 -9.5 -1.7 -3.7 2.0 -2 2.40 1.88 .985 2.73 2.37 MVP-25
1989 TOT MLB 33 RF 45 31 316.0 93 87 3 3 0 .968 1.1 4.2 4.1 3.2 0.9 -3 2.56 2.00 .978 2.24 1.79 MVP-25
1989 TOT MLB 33 LF 29 21 196.1 55 54 0 1 0 .982 5.6 34.2 4.6 3.4 1.2 1 2.48 1.86 .978 2.15 1.78 MVP-25
1989 NYM NL 33 OF 71 48 486.2 158 152 2 4 0 .975 11.4 28.1 12.4 6.0 6.4 -1 2.85 2.17 .981 2.32 1.96
1989 NYM NL 33 CF 44 29 274.2 80 79 0 1 0 .988 -1.1 -4.8 -0.1 -1.2 1.1 -1 2.59 1.80 .985 2.69 2.33
1989 NYM NL 33 RF 25 12 145.0 58 53 2 3 0 .948 6.6 54.6 7.6 3.0 4.6 -1 3.41 2.20 .979 2.12 1.70
1989 NYM NL 33 LF 13 7 67.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 5.9 105.7 4.9 4.2 0.7 1 2.69 1.54 .980 2.15 1.72
1989 TOR AL 33 OF 54 54 491.1 114 111 2 1 1 .991 -8.4 -20.5 -5.4 -3.1 -2.3 -3 2.07 2.09 .980 2.42 2.12
1989 TOR AL 33 CF 22 21 191.0 45 44 1 0 1 1.000 -2.6 -16.3 -1.6 -2.5 0.9 -1 2.12 2.05 .984 2.78 2.46
1989 TOR AL 33 RF 20 19 171.0 35 34 1 0 0 1.000 -5.5 -38.6 -3.5 0.2 -3.7 -2 1.84 1.75 .977 2.33 1.90
1989 TOR AL 33 LF 16 14 129.1 35 34 0 1 0 .971 -0.3 -2.8 -0.3 -0.8 0.5 0 2.37 2.13 .977 2.16 1.83
1990 TOR AL 34 OF 141 140 1238.0 378 370 5 3 2 .992 7.4 7.2 5.4 2.2 3.2 2 2.73 2.66 .981 2.39 2.04
1990 TOR AL 34 CF 133 132 1170.0 359 351 5 3 2 .992 6.8 7.0 4.8 1.0 3.8 2 2.74 2.68 .985 2.74 2.42
1990 TOR AL 34 LF 8 8 68.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 10.6 0.6 1.2 -0.6 0 2.38 2.25 .978 2.18 1.74
1990 TOR AL 34 DH 6
1991 TOR AL 35 OF 41 39 335.2 75 71 2 2 0 .973 1.0 3.6 1.0 -0.5 1.5 0 1.96 1.78 .983 2.37 2.03
1991 TOR AL 35 LF 36 34 291.0 64 60 2 2 0 .969 1.9 7.8 1.9 0.1 1.8 0 1.92 1.72 .978 2.17 1.72
1991 TOR AL 35 DH 34
1991 TOR AL 35 CF 5 5 44.2 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -24.2 -0.9 -0.6 -0.3 0 2.22 2.20 .991 2.76 2.40
12 Seasons OF 1273 1128 10292.0 3196 3084 54 58 21 .982 8.5 1.0 25.5 8.4 17.5 -17 2.74 2.47 .980 2.28 1.94
12 Seasons CF 1067 964 8622.1 2770 2682 45 43 21 .984 -4.4 -0.6 7.6 -1.5 9.4 -12 2.85 2.56 .984 2.70 2.32
9 Seasons LF 198 107 1088.1 276 261 5 10 0 .964 9.9 10.9 10.9 4.1 6.8 -1 2.20 1.34 .978 2.09 1.61
5 Seasons RF 90 57 581.1 164 152 6 6 1 .963 3.0 6.2 7.0 5.8 1.3 -4 2.45 1.76 .979 2.15 1.74
2 Seasons DH 40
12 Seasons TOT 1273 1128 10292.0 3196 3084 54 58 21 .982 8.5 1.0 25.5 8.4 17.5 -17 2.74 2.47 .962 2.28 1.94
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1980 NYM NL 24 27 26 27 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 26 0 26 0 1 0
1981 NYM NL 25 92 76 92 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 68 10 80 0 12 0
1982 NYM NL 26 159 145 159 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 156 0 8 1
1983 NYM NL 27 152 144 152 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 148 0 7 0
1984 NYM NL 28 154 142 154 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 146 0 10 2
1985 NYM NL 29 93 77 93 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 83 0 83 0 10 3
1986 NYM NL 30 123 80 123 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 65 3 114 0 24 3
1987 NYM NL 31 124 76 124 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 88 14 111 0 38 1
1988 NYM NL 32 112 81 112 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 83 18 104 0 27 0
1989 NYM NL 33 80 48 80 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 44 25 71 0 25 2
1989 TOR AL 33 54 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 22 20 54 0 0 0
1990 TOR AL 34 147 146 147 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 133 0 141 6 0 0
1991 TOR AL 35 86 60 86 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 5 0 41 21 10 15
12 Seasons 1403 1155 1403 1275 0 0 0 0 0 0 198 1067 90 1275 27 172 27
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1980 NYM NL 24 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9 3 0 14 3 0 1 1 0 7 2 0 5 4 0 36 13 36.1% 23 0 0.0% 1 1022 49% 80% 27% 137 54%
1981 NYM NL 25 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 17 9 0 22 4 0 7 5 0 10 3 0 20 12 1 76 33 43.4% 42 1 1.3% 2 2597 58% 80% 28% 366 58%
1982 NYM NL 26 5 0 5 0 0 12 0 5 2 4 45 31 0 61 4 2 6 5 0 30 0 2 27 20 1 169 60 35.5% 103 5 3.0% 7 6008 55% 79% 25% 754 57%
1983 NYM NL 27 8 0 8 0 2 5 0 2 2 1 38 26 1 58 7 0 9 2 0 31 4 1 42 33 1 178 72 40.4% 103 3 1.7% 2 5787 51% 79% 25% 734 57%
1984 NYM NL 28 4 0 4 0 3 9 0 0 1 5 3 2 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 29 4 2 24 18 0 63 24 38.1% 35 4 6.3% 5 5561 53% 74% 25% 420 95%
1985 NYM NL 29 8 0 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 0 10 5 0 27 10 37.0% 17 0 0.0% 0 2973 54% 74% 26% 231 92%
1986 NYM NL 30 2 0 2 0 1 5 0 1 1 2 8 4 0 10 2 0 3 0 1 6 1 0 13 7 0 40 14 35.0% 25 1 2.5% 4 1936 54% 75% 32% 221 69%
1987 NYM NL 31 5 0 5 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 24 14 0 19 2 1 8 3 0 8 2 0 17 8 1 76 29 38.2% 45 2 2.6% 0 2607 51% 77% 30% 332 53%
1988 NYM NL 32 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 18 13 0 17 2 1 5 1 0 4 0 0 13 9 1 57 25 43.9% 30 2 3.5% 0 2440 56% 75% 36% 265 54%
1989 NYM NL 33 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 2 0 26 7 26.9% 19 0 0.0% 0 1237 49% 72% 39% 148 53%
1989 TOR AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 2 0 17 7 41.2% 9 1 5.9% 0 780 63% 78% 35% 85 52%
1990 TOR AL 34 3 0 3 0 1 5 0 2 1 2 39 29 0 46 9 0 8 3 0 19 3 2 17 11 0 129 55 42.6% 72 2 1.6% 3 5101 61% 78% 41% 659 54%
1991 TOR AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 198 76% 71% 39% 17 65%
12 Seasons 43 0 42 1 13 45 0 14 7 18 222 142 1 274 34 6 47 20 1 159 23 8 195 131 5 897 350 39.0% 525 21 2.3% 24 38247 55% 77% 29% 4369 62%
MLB Averages 42.1% 2.0% 56% 78% 31% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1980 NYM NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 56% 78% 33% 1 100%
1981 NYM NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 44% 69% 23% 3 33%
1985 NYM NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 55% 76% 26% 3 67%
1986 NYM NL 30 3 0 3 0 2 3 0 1 1 0 19 13 1 10 1 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 5 5 0 41 19 46.3% 21 1 2.4% 2 1455 58% 75% 30% 151 55%
1987 NYM NL 31 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 0 365 51% 74% 28% 31 65%
1988 NYM NL 32 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 4 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 45.5% 6 0 0.0% 0 438 60% 75% 38% 55 47%
1989 TOR AL 33 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 9 5 55.6% 4 0 0.0% 0 559 59% 74% 39% 63 54%
1989 NYM NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 9 8 88.9% 1 0 0.0% 0 304 61% 78% 41% 38 53%
1990 TOR AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 9 6 66.7% 3 0 0.0% 0 301 63% 81% 44% 40 45%
1991 TOR AL 35 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 8 7 0 6 1 0 7 5 0 4 0 0 4 4 0 29 17 58.6% 12 0 0.0% 2 1325 63% 76% 38% 114 54%
9 Seasons 10 0 10 0 3 5 0 2 2 0 40 32 1 26 4 0 21 13 0 13 2 0 14 13 0 114 64 56.1% 49 1 0.9% 4 4833 59% 75% 35% 499 53%
MLB Averages 59.0% 2.6% 56% 78% 31% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1981 NYM NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 8 3 37.5% 5 0 0.0% 0 338 56% 76% 23% 36 47%
1986 NYM NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 18 50% 89% 22% 1 0%
1987 NYM NL 31 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 2 50.0% 1 1 25.0% 0 340 51% 76% 31% 22 59%
1988 NYM NL 32 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 0 14 5 35.7% 8 1 7.1% 1 416 53% 79% 39% 62 61%
1989 NYM NL 33 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 7 0 1 5 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 18 5 27.8% 12 1 5.6% 1 642 63% 75% 45% 82 67%
1989 TOR AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 0 5 1 0 3 1 0 6 2 0 4 0 0 23 6 26.1% 17 0 0.0% 1 760 71% 80% 39% 73 48%
5 Seasons 6 0 6 0 2 6 0 4 0 1 16 9 0 18 2 2 10 5 0 11 2 0 13 4 1 68 22 32.4% 43 3 4.4% 3 2514 61% 77% 37% 276 57%
MLB Averages 43.7% 2.8% 56% 78% 31% 57%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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