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Mookie Wilson

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: February 9, 1956 in Bamberg, SC us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 4th round of the 1976 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Spartanburg Methodist College (Spartanburg, SC) and the New York Mets in the 2nd round of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC).

High School: Bamberg Ehrhardt HS (Bamberg, SC)

Schools: Spartanburg Methodist College (Spartanburg, SC), University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)

Debut: September 2, 1980 (Age 24-206d, 14,360th in major league history)
vs. LAD 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 6, 1991 (Age 35-239d)
vs. MIN 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1981 season

Agents: Richie Bry

Full Name: William Hayward Wilson

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Relatives: Stepfather & Uncle of Preston Wilson

1986 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.4

5094

1397

.274

731

RBI

438

327

OBP

.314

SLG

.386

OPS

.700

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 67 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

6 leading off, 2 walk-off, 4 tying, 30 go ahead

2 Tms
NYM	60
TOR	7

Platoon
vs RHP	41
vs LHP	26

Home/Road
Away	37
Home	30

Outs
0	27
2	21
1	19

17 Opps
PHI	10
MON	10
PIT	9
STL	7
LAD	6
ATL	5
SDP	4
CHC	4
SFG	2
CIN	2
DET	2
OAK	1
TEX	1
NYY	1
BAL	1
HOU	1
CHW	1

55 Pitchers
Gary Lucas	3
Scott Sanderson	2
John Tudor	2
Shane Rawley	2
Mario Soto	2
Tim Leary	2
Rick Reuschel	2
Fernando Valenzuela	2
Jeff Robinson	2
Tim Burke	2
Danny Cox	2
Scott Garrelts	1
Sergio Valdez	1
Rich Gossage	1
Michael Jackson	1
Joe Sambito	1
Rick Honeycutt	1
Marty Bystrom	1
Steve Carlton	1
Tom Glavine	1
Ken Dayley	1
Craig McMurtry	1
Bruce Sutter	1
Jerry Reuss	1
Bob Welch	1
Mike Dunne	1
Barry Jones	1
Luis DeLeón	1
Rick Sutcliffe	1
Richard Dotson	1
Jeff Robinson	1
Bill Gullickson	1
Dan Schatzeder	1
Rick Camp	1
Carlos Diaz	1
Larry McWilliams	1
Brian Holman	1
Lee Smith	1
Frank DiPino	1
Frank Tanana	1
Dave Johnson	1
Doug Drabek	1
Bob Kipper	1
Tim Lollar	1
Nino Espinosa	1
LaMarr Hoyt	1
Don Carman	1
José DeLeón	1
Renie Martin	1
Kenny Rogers	1
Jamie Moyer	1
Zane Smith	1
Dick Ruthven	1
Larry Christenson	1
Rick Rhoden	1

16 Parks
Shea Stad (NYC)	28
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	7
Stade Olymp. (MON)	6
VeteransStad (PHI)	4
Busch Stad (STL)	4
Qualcomm St (SAN)	3
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
Dodger Stad (LOS)	2
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	2
3Com Park (SFO)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1

Where Hit
9	18
7	13
89	6
8	3
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	48
2	7
3	5
1	4
4	1
7+	1
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	65
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	45
1--	11
-2-	5
1-3	5
12-	1

95 RBI
RISP	11
0 on	45
1 on	16
2 on	6
Any on	22

Inning
1	10
2	5
3	14
4	4
5	3
6	8
7	7
8	9
9	5
Extra	2

1-3	29
4-6	15
7-end	23

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	2
+2	6
+1	9
Tied	23
-1	8
-2	9
-3	1
-4..	4

Ahead	22
Tied	23
Behind	22

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	48
0-0	4
1-0	4
1-1	3
0-1	3
0-2	1
1-2	1
2-1	1
2-2	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
CF	54
LF	9
RF	4

OrderPos
1st	47
2nd	12
6th	5
7th	1
5th	1
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	17
Medium Lev	28
Low Lev	22

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1981-06-02	NYM	@	PHI	Nino Espinosa	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.105	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run
2	2	2	1	1981-08-25	NYM		HOU	Joe Sambito	tied 1-1	b 8	0	---		1	1	8	0.284	88%		Home Run
3	3	3	1	1981-09-20	NYM		STL	Bruce Sutter	behind 5-6	b 9	2	-2-		2	1	8	0.870	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); F. Taveras Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1982-04-14	NYM		PHI	Dick Ruthven	ahead 2-1	b 4	2	1--		2	1	8	0.188	86%		Home Run; R. Gardenhire Scores/unER; M. Wilson Scores/unER
5	5	2	1	1982-04-15	NYM		PHI	Larry Christenson	tied 1-1	b 6	1	---		1	1	8	0.193	73%		Home Run
6	6	3	1	1982-07-15	NYM	@	LAD	Jerry Reuss	ahead 2-1	t 6	0	1--		2	1	8	0.169	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Puleo Scores
7	7	4	1	1982-07-25	NYM	@	SDP	Luis DeLeón	tied 1-1	t 9	0	---		1	1	8	0.353	85%		Home Run
8	8	5	1	1982-09-16	NYM	@	MON	Scott Sanderson	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.104	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1983-04-29	NYM		ATL	Rick Camp	tied 3-3	b 7	2	---		1	1	8	0.251	77%		Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	2	1	1983-05-29	NYM	@	SDP	Tim Lollar	behind 0-2	t 6	0	1--		2	1	8	0.246	50%		Home Run; E. Lynch Scores
11	11	3	1	1983-07-26	NYM		ATL	Ken Dayley	tied 1-1	b 10	1	---		1	1	8	0.427	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	4	1	1983-07-27	NYM		ATL	Craig McMurtry	behind 0-2	b 7	2	12-		3	1	8	0.576	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Heep Scores; B. Giles Scores
13	13	5	1	1983-08-31	NYM		LAD	Fernando Valenzuela	ahead 2-1	b 4	2	1-3		3	1	8	0.218	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Oquendo Scores; M. Torrez Scores
14	14	6	1	1983-09-10	NYM	@	MON	Bill Gullickson	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.105	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	7	1	1983-09-29	NYM	@	PIT	Rick Rhoden	behind 0-4	t 6	2	---		1	1	8	0.041	9%		Home Run
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1984-05-28	NYM		SDP	Rich Gossage	behind 3-5	b 8	0	---		1	2	8	0.138	28%		Home Run
17	17	2	1	1984-06-02	NYM		STL	Danny Cox	tied 0-0	b 1	0	-2-		2	2	8	0.138	75%		Home Run; W. Backman Scores
18	18	3	1	1984-06-09 (1)	NYM	@	MON	Gary Lucas	ahead 4-2	t 8	0	---		1	2	8	0.060	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	4	1	1984-06-20	NYM		PHI	Steve Carlton	ahead 5-3	b 4	1	1--		2	1	8	0.117	92%		Home Run; R. Darling Scores
20	20	5	1	1984-06-27	NYM	@	PHI	Marty Bystrom	behind 0-5	t 6	2	---		1	2	8	0.023	5%		Home Run
21	21	6	1	1984-07-07	NYM		CIN	Mario Soto	behind 0-1	b 3	2	1--		2	2	8	0.252	64%		Home Run; D. Gooden Scores
22	22	7	1	1984-08-19 (1)	NYM	@	SFG	Jeff Robinson	behind 3-5	t 5	1	---		1	2	8	0.115	32%		Home Run
23	23	8	1	1984-08-28	NYM		LAD	Rick Honeycutt	behind 0-1	b 5	2	1--		2	1	8	0.325	68%		Home Run; W. Terrell Scores
24	24	9	1	1984-09-21	NYM		MON	Dan Schatzeder	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---		1	1	8	0.125	68%		Home Run
25	25	10	1	1984-09-26	NYM		PHI	Renie Martin	ahead 4-1	b 7	0	-2-		2	1	8	0.025	99%		Home Run; H. Winningham Scores
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1985-05-31	NYM	@	SDP	LaMarr Hoyt	behind 2-3	t 8	1	---		1	1	8	0.271	46%		Home Run
27	27	2	1	1985-06-21	NYM		MON	Gary Lucas	ahead 4-3	b 7	0	---		1	1	8	0.098	90%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	3	1	1985-06-28	NYM	@	STL	John Tudor	behind 1-3	t 8	0	---		1	1	8	0.116	24%		Home Run
29	29	4	1	1985-09-08	NYM	@	LAD	Carlos Diaz	tied 3-3	t 14	0	---		1	1	7	0.353	85%		Home Run
30	30	5	1	1985-09-15	NYM	@	MON	Gary Lucas	ahead 5-2	t 9	2	---		1	1	8	0.018	99%		Home Run
31	31	6	1	1985-10-04	NYM		MON	Tim Burke	ahead 8-4	b 8	2	---		1	1	8	0.007	100%		Home Run
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	1986-05-31	NYM		SFG	Scott Garrelts	behind 0-4	b 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.071	25%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
33	33	2	1	1986-06-06 (2)	NYM	@	PIT	José DeLeón	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.102	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run
34	34	3	1	1986-06-13	NYM		PIT	Rick Reuschel	behind 1-3	b 3	0	---		1	1	8	0.116	42%		Home Run (Deep CF)
35	35	4	1	1986-06-15 (2)	NYM		PIT	Bob Kipper	tied 0-0	b 3	1	1--		2	1	8	0.207	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Santana Scores
36	36	5	1	1986-07-01	NYM	@	STL	Danny Cox	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---		1	1	8	0.105	73%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	6	1	1986-07-26 (1)	NYM	@	ATL	Zane Smith	tied 0-0	t 3	2	1--		2	1	8	0.218	69%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Knight Scores
38	38	7	1	1986-08-05	NYM	@	CHC	Jamie Moyer	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.099	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run
39	39	8	1	1986-08-09	NYM	@	MON	Tim Burke	behind 5-6	t 8	1	1-3	5,(1-2) 3CFBFX	3	6	7	0.457	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. Hernandez Scores; G. Carter Scores
40	40	9	1	1986-09-10	NYM		MON	Sergio Valdez	ahead 2-0	b 1	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	7	0.136	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Carter Scores
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	1987-04-20	NYM	@	PIT	Rick Reuschel	tied 1-1	t 2	0	---		1	6	7	0.105	60%		Home Run
42	42	2	1	1987-04-22	NYM	@	PIT	Barry Jones	ahead 5-1	t 5	2	-2-		2	1	8	0.065	96%		Home Run; R. Darling Scores
43	43	3	1	1987-05-11	NYM	@	CIN	Mario Soto	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---		1	1	8	0.099	71%		Home Run (Deep RF)
44	44	4	1	1987-05-22	NYM		LAD	Fernando Valenzuela	behind 0-3	b 3	2	---		1	1	8	0.087	27%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	5	1	1987-06-09	NYM	@	CHC	Lee Smith	behind 4-6	t 9	2	---		1	9	9	0.026	4%		Home Run (Deep RF)
46	46	6	1	1987-06-19	NYM		PHI	Don Carman	ahead 2-0	b 3	0	---		1	1	8	0.076	85%		Home Run (Deep CF)
47	47	7	1	1987-08-09	NYM		CHC	Scott Sanderson	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---		1	6	9	0.114	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
48	48	8	1	1987-09-09	NYM		PHI	Michael Jackson	ahead 4-2	b 6	1	1-3		3	1	8	0.083	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Johnson Scores; R. Aguilera Scores
49	49	9	1	1987-09-11	NYM		STL	John Tudor	ahead 3-1	b 2	2	---		1	1	8	0.082	81%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
50	50	1	1	1988-04-10	NYM	@	PHI	Shane Rawley	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	1	8	0.108	73%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF)
51	51	2	2	1988-04-10	NYM	@	PHI	Shane Rawley	behind 2-3	t 7	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	1	8	0.354	71%		Home Run (Deep CF); L. Dykstra Scores
52	52	3	1	1988-07-17	NYM	@	ATL	Tom Glavine	tied 0-0	t 3	2	---	7,(2-2) CBFBFFX	1	1	8	0.129	59%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
53	53	4	1	1988-08-07	NYM	@	PIT	Mike Dunne	tied 1-1	t 7	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	7	0.218	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
54	54	5	1	1988-09-02	NYM		LAD	Tim Leary	ahead 4-0	b 7	1	-2-	2,(0-1) SX	2	1	8	0.015	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); K. Elster Scores
55	55	6	1	1988-09-05	NYM	@	PIT	Jeff Robinson	ahead 4-3	t 8	2	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	1	8	0.195	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); G. Carter Scores; D. Magadan Scores
56	56	7	1	1988-09-09	NYM	@	MON	Brian Holman	behind 1-3	t 6	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	7	0.117	29%		Home Run (Deep RF)
57	57	8	1	1988-09-24	NYM	@	STL	Larry McWilliams	ahead 4-0	t 2	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	1	8	0.073	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. West Scores
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	1989-04-14	NYM	@	STL	Frank DiPino	ahead 8-1	t 6	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	1	8	0.006	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
59	59	2	1	1989-04-21	NYM		CHC	Rick Sutcliffe	behind 3-7	b 8	1	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	2	9	0.024	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
60	60	3	1	1989-06-09	NYM	@	PIT	Doug Drabek	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	3,(0-2) SFX	1	5	7	0.104	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
61	61	4	1	1989-08-18	TOR	@	BAL	Dave Johnson	tied 1-1	t 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	9	0.124	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
62	62	5	1	1989-08-30	TOR		CHW	Richard Dotson	behind 0-1	b 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	8	0.131	53%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
63	63	1	1	1990-05-10	TOR	@	DET	Jeff Robinson	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	8	0.102	58%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
64	64	2	1	1990-08-02	TOR	@	TEX	Kenny Rogers	behind 3-4	t 9	1	---		1	1	8	0.356	44%		Home Run
65	65	3	1	1990-09-04	TOR	@	DET	Frank Tanana	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	8	0.120	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
66	66	1	1	1991-05-30	TOR		OAK	Bob Welch	behind 1-3	b 4	2	1-3	3,(2-0) BBX	3	2	7	0.336	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Lee Scores; D. White Scores; M. Wilson Scores
67	67	2	1	1991-06-03	TOR	@	NYY	Tim Leary	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	3,(1-1) LBX	1	2	7	0.101	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Wilson Scores

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PHI	10
MON	10
PIT	9
STL	7
LAD	6
ATL	5
SDP	4
CHC	4
SFG	2
CIN	2
DET	2
OAK	1
TEX	1
NYY	1
BAL	1
HOU	1
CHW	1

PHI	10
MON	10
PIT	9
STL	7
LAD	6
ATL	5
SDP	4
CHC	4
SFG	2
CIN	2
DET	2
OAK	1
TEX	1
NYY	1
BAL	1
HOU	1
CHW	1

PHI	10
MON	10
PIT	9
STL	7
LAD	6
ATL	5
SDP	4
CHC	4
SFG	2
CIN	2
DET	2
OAK	1
TEX	1
NYY	1
BAL	1
HOU	1
CHW	1