David Wright has always played it by the book. The son of a police officer, the former Mets third baseman grew up in Norfolk, Va., exercising discipline as a little leaguer and right up through his 14 ...

But this is baseball ... That’s the day the Mets will retire Wright’s No. 5 and enshrine him in the team’s Hall of Fame. He’s just the eighth player to have his number retired and only ...

Wright is the franchise leader in hits (1,777), RBIs (970), runs (949), doubles (390), extra-base hits (658), walks (762) and Baseball-Reference’s WAR for position players (49.2). He is second ...

Wright also will enter the team's Hall of Fame, joining Tom Seaver as the only Mets players to receive both ... 42 was retired throughout Major League Baseball in 1997.

USA Baseball today named the coaching staff for the 2025 12U National Team, led by Bryan Madsen, who is tabbed manager for ...

New York, which won its only titles in 1969 and 1986, has become baseball's ... me my entire career," Wright said. "I knew that I wasn't the most talented, most gifted player on the field, but ...

Being a Met for life meant more to me than a mercenary-type player." David Wright said Drafted by the Mets in the 2001, David Wright spent all fourteen years of his big league career in Queens ...

Fittingly, Wright will become the first player since Seaver to have his number ... and Tom’s performances in a Mets uniform and baseball in general, it was a lot more of me listening to Tom ...

New York, which won its only titles in 1969 and 1986, has become baseball’s biggest spender ... stuck with me my entire career,” Wright said. “I knew that I wasn’t the most talented, most gifted ...