Mookie

In 1986, in a rundown drill during spring training, Carter, then the Mets’ catcher, was playing first base when Preston Wilson’s adoptive father, Mookie, was struck in the face by a throw from shortstop Rafael Santana.

The ball hit Mookie Wilson above his right eye and shattered his sunglasses.

In that instance, Carter was the first to reach Wilson, who was lying on the infield dirt, his face bloodied and pieces of glass in his eyes. “Mook!” Carter yelled, according to the book “The Bad Guys Won,” which chronicled the 1986 team. “Are you all right? Just stay where you are. Did it break the glass? Oh, God, it did. Stay where you are!”

It took 21 stitches to close the wound above Mookie Wilson’s eye. He returned to the Mets two months later.