Former Mets third base David Wright He was on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot for the second year, and although he didn’t get enough votes to get into Cooperstown this year, he will remain on the ballot.
The 2025 ballots were revealed Tuesday night and Wright reached the required five percent of total votes to remain in office for a third year.
Last year, Wright received 24 votes of the total 346 votes cast (6.2 percent). This time, Wright was considered more, receiving 32 votes out of 394 votes (8.1 percent).
former acquaintance Carlos Beltran He narrowly missed the Hall in his third year on the ballot. The outfielder received 70.3 percent of the votes; 75 percent of the votes are required to participate. Curtis Granderson He missed the cut in his first year on the ballot, receiving only three votes (0.8 percent). Billy Wagner in his last year on the ballot, received enough votes to enter the Hall of Fame next to CC Sabathia and Ichiro Suzuki.
Although Wright did not make it to Cooperstown, he will be enshrined in the Mets Hall of Fame this summer. The team announced that they will retire Wright’s number 5 and induct him into their Hall on July 19. He will be just the 10th individual to have his number retired by the Mets.
Wright played his entire 14-year MLB career with the Mets, appearing in 1,585 games. He posted a .296 batting average with a .376 OBP and .491 slugging percentage. He also had an .867 OPS (144 OPS+) with 49.2 WAR.
Wright was a seven-time All-Star and also won two Gold Gloves for his play at third base and captured two Silver Slugger Awards. He also received MVP votes in six seasons, ranking sixth in 2012 when he hit .306/.391/.492 with 21 home runs and 93 RBI for the Mets (74-88), and fourth in 2007 when he reduced . 325/.416/.546 while hitting 30 home runs and driving in 107 runs.
On the field, Wright was one of the best players in baseball, but his Hall of Fame candidacy was likely hampered by injuries that diminished the later stages of his playing career.
Between 2015 and 2018, Wright played in just 77 games, including missing the entire 2017 season after undergoing surgeries to repair a herniated disc in his neck, a rotator cuff and another herniated disc in his lower back.
Selected by the Mets in the first round (38th overall) of the 2001 MLB Draft, Wright became just the fourth captain in team history and, in the process, became one of the most beloved members of the Mets. franchise.