Former Mets third baseman David Wright was on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot for a second year, and while he didn’t get enough votes to enter Cooperstown this year, he’ll remain on the ballot.
The 2025 ballots were revealed Tuesday night and Wright reached the required five percent of the total votes to remain on for a third year.
Last year, Wright received 24 votes of the 346 total ballots cast (6.2 percent). This time, Wright was considered more, receiving 32 votes of the 394 ballots (8.1 percent).
Former Met Carlos Beltran just missed out on the Hall in his third year on the ballot. The outfielder received 70.3 percent of the votes — 75 percent of the vote is required to enter. Curtis Granderson missed the cut in his first year on the ballot, receiving only three votes (0.8 percent). Billy Wagner, in his final year on the ballot, received enough votes to make the Hall of Fame alongside CC Sabathia and Ichiro Suzuki.
Although Wright did not make it into Cooperstown, he will be enshrined in the Mets Hall of Fame this summer. The team announced they will retire Wright’s No. 5 and induct him into their Hall on July 19. He’ll be just the 10th individual to have his number retired by the Mets.
Wright played his entire 14-year MLB career with the Mets, playing in 1,585 games. He posted a .296 batting average with a .376 OBP while slugging .491. He also had a .867 OPS (144 OPS+) with a 49.2 WAR.
Wright was a seven-time All-Star who 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, reaching as high as sixth place in 2012 when he slashed .306/.391/.492 with 21 home runs and 93 RBI for the 74-88 Mets, and fourth in 2007 when he slashed .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 latter 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 franchise.
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