- After turning down the Dodgers in 1976, Mookie transferred to The University of South Carolina, where he had the opportunity to play for former New York Yankees great, and fellow South Carolina native, Bobby Richardson as head coach of University of South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team at that time.
- Uncle and Stepfather (Mookie married his mother after Mookie's brother fathered Preston four years before Mookie married his mother) of Preston Wilson, former Major League Baseball center fielder with the New York Mets (1998), Florida Marlins (1998-2002), Colorado Rockies (2003-2005), Washington Nationals (2005), Houston Astros (2006), and St. Louis Cardinals (2006-2007).
- At the time of his retirement as an active player in MLB, he was first on the New York Mets All-Time list in stolen bases (281) and triples (62) (since surpassed in both categories by Jose Reyes leaving Mookie in second place in both).
- Center fielder for New York Mets (1980-1989) and Center/Left fielder Toronto Blue Jays (1989-1991).
- Made his major league debut with the New York Mets on September 2, 1980, after being called up from the Mets triple A affiliate, the Tidewater Tides. Although he started poorly (0 for 8), manager Joe Torre allowed Mookie to gain major league experience by keeping Mookie in center field for 26 out of the last 31 games of the Mets' 1980 season.
- His game winning hit against the Boston Red Sox in game 6 of the 1986 World Series was a grounder that dribbled through Bill Buckner's legs allowing the Mets to win game six and then the World Series in game seven.
- After his playing days, in 1996 Mookie earned his college bachelor's degree at Mercy College in New York.
- He first attended Spartanburg Methodist College, in Spartanburg, South Carolina for the 1974 & 1975 college years. It was while he attended Spartanburg Methodist, that he was first drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the fourth round of the January 1976 amateur draft.
- Mookie and his wife Rosa have been long time residents of Lakewood Township, New Jersey. In late 1986, Mookie and Rosa opened an girls educational center called Mookie's Roses, nearby their Lakewood Township home.
- He was a fourth round draft pick for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1976, and chose not to sign, continuing in college. He was a second round draft pick for the New York Mets in 1977, which is where he chose to sign his first professional baseball contract, being assigned to the Mets farm system, and finally to the Mets AAA International League affiliate, the Tidewater Tides for 1979, where he was International League Rookie of the Year.
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