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Wilbur Huckle is a former professional baseball infielder in the New York Mets farm system, who achieved “fan favorite” status, despite never playing in Major League Baseball. Huckle threw and batted right-handed. He later was a manager in the Mets farm system.
Huckle’s reputation was presumably developed from spring training dispatches and broadcasts, augmented by the uniqueness of his name. In August 1964, during the Mets’ first season at Shea Stadium, one of the winning entries in the team’s annual banner contest, which drew over 1000 entrants, was “The Metropolitan Party Nominates Wilbur Huckle for President”. At the time, Huckle was in his second professional season, playing for the Double-A Williamsport Mets in Pennsylvania – Wikipedia
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