When was david wright drafted

Hit a grand slam against Team Italy on March 9 in a win Named to the All-WBC team. Passed Mike Piazza, who had Finished with a career-most six triples Placed on the Day Disabled List on August 3 with a right hamstring strain Returned on September Stole two bases, April 1 vs.

Louis and Mookie Wilson April 9, vs. Went , April 1 vs. San Diego and has hit in every home opener since making his first Opening Day roster in …Is hitting.

Had four RBI on April 12 vs. Tripled for the second consecutive game, April 20…Had never tripled in consecutive games and became the first Mets player to do so since Jason Pridie on September September 26, Misplayed a ball on April 28 vs.

Philadelphia, his first error in 77 games The errorless game stretch was a franchise record for a third baseman. Hit his first two home runs of the season in Game 1 on April 16 at Colorado both off Nicasio It was Wright's 19th career multi-home run game Had his 20th two home run-game on June 20 at Atlanta to reach double-digit home runs for a franchise-best 10th consecutive season Only three other 3B in major league history have double digit home runs in 10 straight seasons starting as a rookie: Eddie Mathews, Mike Schmidt, Ron Cey.

Swiped his 10th base of the season on May 18 at Chicago-NL Has nine consecutive seasons of double-digit stolen bases to become the only player in the live ball era to date to have nine straight seasons of 10 or more steals while being primarily a third baseman in each of those seasons.

Homered in the seventh on May 27 to even the score at , and tied the score at in the ninth on May Finished the year with four home runs and 11 RBI in late-inning situations.

Collected his 1,th hit on June 18 at Atlanta Game Singled in the ninth Cory Gearrin Became the 30th active player with 1, hits and only the sixth to do it all with their current team. Became the seventh player to have at least home runs and a.

Reached in nine straight plate appearances, June June 15, tying the longest streak of his career Had six singles, a double, and two walks Reached in nine straight, August , Had four extra-base hits two doubles, triple, home run on June 23 at Philadelphia to tie the franchise record Edgardo Alfonzo last did it at Houston on August 30, Hit his th home run, August 2 vs.

It was his st home run, passing Mike Piazza for second place on club's career list. From June 1 to his last game before his injury on August 2, hit. Had a team high-tying game hitting streak. Had 40 multi-hit games, second most on the team. Won MLB. Was a guest on the "Late Show with David Letterman" twice. Was involved in Citi Field's groundbreaking ceremony on November 13, Was the guest speaker at the second annual St. Honored with a Thurman Munson Award on February 5, Went on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Was named to his sixth All-Star Game Finished among the NL league leaders in many categories Ranked eighth in batting average, fifth in on-base percentage, sixth in doubles, fourth in walks and tied for eighth in hits Was also eighth with a.

Singled on September 26 vs. Pittsburgh against Jeff Locke to break Ed Kranepool's franchise hit mark of 1, Singled again that night Finished the year with 1, hits Has the second-most 20 home run seasons in franchise history six Has seven seasons of or more hits, the most in team history, one more than Jose Reyes Drove home the th run of his career on August Became the 41st active player and third Met in franchise history with home runs on August 24 vs.

Hit a home run off Jordan Lyles Passed Jose Reyes for the most runs scored in franchise history with his th on June 5 at Washington Finished with 21 home runs, his franchise-record ninth season with double-digit home runs Is one of 39 players since to have double-digit home runs in each of his first nine seasons in the major leagues Has a hit in every home opener since making his first Opening Day roster in after going with an RBI on April 5 vs.

Owns a. Has hit in seven of eight season openers since making his first Opening Day roster in During his run, hitting Finished with a home run on April 7 vs. It was his second straight multi-hit game to start the year Had never started a season with consecutive multi-hit games Drove in a run in each of the first five games of the season Walked twice and singled on April 20 and reached safely at least twice in all 10 games he played in to start the season, extending the longest such stretch to start a season in team history and the longest in the majors since Went on April 21 vs.

San Francisco to snap a game hitting streak dating to September 26, Wright hit. Jammed the fifth finger of his right hand on April An X-ray revealed a small fracture at the middle joint of the finger Returned from a threegame absence on April 14 at Philadelphia Hit a home run on the first pitch he saw John Milner tops the list with a.

Had multiple hits in four straight games, May 8-May The stretch tied for the fifth longest of his career Delivered a two-run double on May 18 at Toronto to give him 82 interleague RBI, the most in team history and two more than Mike Piazza Doubled in the first inning for his 1,st of his career Hit his eighth career home run vs.

Had a team-high game hitting streak, June 9-June The streak was his longest since a gamer, September 14, April 2, Has five different hitting streaks of 15 or more games, the most in team history Singled home Jordany Valdespin to give the Mets a walkoff win on July 5 vs.

Was second in the majors with a. Hit a home run in three straight at-bats, dating to July 18, the second time he accomplished the feat also, May May 20, Finished with seven home runs in July, his most in one month since September, Also seven that month Ten of his home runs gave the Mets a lead Was one of 16 players in the majors with a.

Was one of six to also steal 15 bases and one of two Andrew McCutchen to also walk 70 times. Reinstated on July 22 at Florida Lucie A of the Florida State League Scored nine runs, collected three doubles and drove in two, while walking six times In eight games during the period, led the NL with 13 hits and five doubles while tying for second in the league with seven RBI and 21 total bases It was the third weekly award of his career It was his eighth consecutive season of double-digit home runs since entering the league in and tied him for the most such seasons in franchise history with Ed Kranepool, Mike Piazza and Darryl Strawberry Only Strawberry accomplished the feat in his first eight major league seasons With his 10th home run of the season, became the eighth active player with double-digit home runs in his first eight seasons Finished with 10 game-winning RBI this season, and has 98 for his career Took over the franchise record from Mike Piazza, who had 89 from Singled in the fifth inning on August 11 vs.

San Diego to pass Ed Kranepool for the most total bases in franchise history with 2, Finished the year with 2, total bases Kranepool needed 1, games to set the mark Wright accomplished the feat in 1, games Snapped a six-game hitting streak on Opening Day with an on April 1 at Florida During his run, hit On April 1 at Florida, appeared in the Opening Day line-up for the seventh consecutive season, the longest such streak for the Mets since Mike Piazza played seven straight from Hit his first home run of on April 2 at Florida The drive off Ricky Nolasco in the fourth inning was his 18th career home run against the Marlins Hit two more against Florida in and his 20 home runs against them are the third-most he has hit against any one team Atlanta, 27; Philadelphia, Has a hit in every home opener since making his first Opening Day roster in after going with a double on April 8 vs.

Tied his career-best with four hits on April 5 at Philadelphia It was the 15th time he has had four hits in a game and the first time since June 24, vs. Stopped a career-high hitless streak at 20 at-bats with a solo home run in the fourth inning on April 21 vs. Hit two home runs off Armando Galarraga and Josh Collmenter and stole a base in the Mets' win vs. Arizona on April It marked the fourth time in his major league career that he hit two home runs and recorded a steal in the same game The only other player to have more than one game of that type for the Mets is Tommie Agee, who did it twice once in and once in The two-home run game on April 24 vs.

Arizona was the 16th multihome run game of his career The 16 multi-home run games tied Dave Kingman for the fourth-most in team history His 17 multihome run games are five behind Darryl Strawberry Drove in a season-best five runs on September 16 at Atlanta Walked in eight straight games from April May It marked the second-longest streak of his career, and trailed only a game streak from April April 29, Hit a go-ahead, two-run home run on May 13 at Houston in the eighth inning off Jeff Fulchino It was Wright's third go-ahead home run of the season and helped the Mets to a win Hit eight home runs and finished with 43 RBI in 63 games after being activated from the disabled list Reached safely in 55 of the 63 games Drove in two runs in three straight games, July July 24, to match the longest multi-RBI streak of his career Fashioned a game hitting streak, with multiple hits in eight of those 10 games from July July Had multiple hits in seven straight games from July July 30, the longest streak of his career and one shy of the franchise record Steve Henderson, Played the final two innings at shortstop on August 7 vs.

Atlanta, his first professional appearance at the position. Went on Opening Day and has hit safely in every Opener in which he has played Connected on a two-run home run in the first inning against Josh Johnson on April 5 vs. Became the first Mets player to hit a home run in his first at-bat on Opening Day since Kaz Matsui led of the season with a home run against Paul Wilson of the Reds Collected his 1,th career hit on April 27 vs.

Los Angeles NL Became the eighth player to collect 1, hits with the Mets Did it in only career games Had home runs at the time of his 1,th hit games Only three players have recorded their first 1, hits for a New York team in few games while having as many home runs as Wright: Babe Ruth games, home runs , Lou Gehrig games, home runs and Joe DiMaggio games, home runs Had a game hitting streak from April May Struck out in 13 consecutive games, April April 27, the longest such streak of his career Became the club's all-time leader with his th career double on April 28 vs.

He moved ahead of Ed Kranepool on the list Achieved the feat with games while it took Kranepool 1, games to get to doubles Did not strike out on May 20 at Washington to snap a string of 15 straight games with at least one strike out Hit his 10th home run of the season on June 5 vs.

Florida in his th at-bat In , hit his 10th and final home run on September 12 at Philadelphia at-bats Had his 14th career multi-home run game on June 13 at Baltimore Also hit a pair of home runs on July 30 at Arizona It was his second career monthly award June, Led the National League and was third in the majors with a.

He became the first player in team history to hit at least. Tied his career-best for RBI in any calendar month with He also had 29 RBI in June, The Mets third baseman had eight three-hit games in June, establishing a club record for most such games by one player in a calendar month Mike Piazza held the old mark of 19 RBI set in Scored a season-high three runs on June 22 vs.

Tied the season-high with another three runs scored on August 25 vs. Has hit in five straight All-Star Games, the longest streak since Wade Boggs accomplished the same feat from and the longest by a National League player since Steve Garvey He is now hitting.

His string of five consecutive All-Star Games is tied for the third-longest streak in team history with Mike Piazza Connected on his th career home run on July 18 at San Francisco to move past Dave Kingman and into sole possession of fourth place on the franchise all-time list Collected his th career double on July 31 vs.

Smashed his 30th double on August 18 at Houston Is the only player with six straight seasons with 30 or more doubles in Mets history Blasted his 20th home run on August 25 vs. It was the fifth time in his career with at least 20 home runs, third most in franchise history Mike Piazza had six campaigns of 20 or more home runs with the Mets and Darryl Strawberry accomplished that feat eight times Went against the Cubs on September It was his th career game with three or more hits Became the first player in team history to reach triple-figures in games with three or more hits Hit home runs in three straight games from September September It was the fourth time in his career that he has hit home runs in three straight games Hit a home run in six of his last 13 games His strikeout in the eighth inning on September 28 vs.

Milwaukee was the th of his career and set a franchise record. Was tied for sixth in stolen bases 27 and ninth in doubles Hit over. Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during season. Nicknames: Captain America or D-Dub. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Are you a Stathead, too? Subscribe to our Free Newsletter. This Month in Sports Reference Find out when we add a feature or make a change. Do you have a sports website?

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Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. David ended up spending about half of in the majors, hitting. He punched that up to. Aside from an injury season in , Wright remained outstanding for eight years in a row until injuries and age began to erode his skills. He hit. He fizzled quickly after age 30 due to injuries but overall finished at. As a prospect, Wright showed a broad range of skills and did almost everything well from the beginning, needing only to grow into his home run power with physical maturity.

In historical terms, his Oddly enough only Collins is in the Hall of Fame although all of these guys have a better case than many players so honored. Third base is the thinnest position in the Hall but I think Wright belongs. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.

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