Mookie Wilson

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.[dead link] He was enshrined in the New York Mets Hall of Fame in 1996.\n', '

Born in Bamberg, South Carolina, William Hayward Wilson was nicknamed Mookie as a small child. He pitched for the Bamberg-Ehrhardt High School Red Raiders baseball team under coach David Horton.\n', '

In the mid-1970s, South Carolina State University, a program located in Orangeburg, South Carolina and very near Wilson\'s hometown, had discontinued its baseball program just days after Wilson had signed a Letter of Intent to play for the Bulldogs. As a result, Mookie attended Spartanburg Methodist College for the 1974 & 1975 seasons. While attending Spartanburg Methodist, Mookie was drafted by the Los Angeles Dod…