David Allen Wright graduated from Hickory (VA) High School...Won MLB.com's Most Outstanding Play of the Year Award in 2005 in an online vote by fans for his bare-handed, over-theshoulder, diving catch of a pop-up at San Diego...Won MLB.com's 2004 Rookie of the Year Award by receiving the most online votes by fans...Named the New Jersey Sports Writers National League Rookie of the Year in 2004...Named the Gatorade Virginia High School Player of the Year in 2001...Also garnered Virginia All-State Player of the Year honors in 2001...Earned All-State honors in 1999, 2000 and 2001...Batted .538, with six home runs and 19 RBI his senior year...Over his four-year career at Hickory, he hit .438, with 13 home runs and 90 RBI...Established the DavidWright Foundation in 2005 to aid children in need in the New York City and Norfolk, VA areas...David hosted his fourth annual, "Do TheWright Thing Gala," on November 12, 2008 at the Hard Rock Cafe to raise money for the Foundation...Was a guest twice on Late Show with David Letterman...Was involved in Citi Field's historic groundbreaking ceremony on November 13, 2006...Participated in Major League Baseball's All-Star Tour of Japan in November, 2006...Was honored by the New York Chapter of the BBWAA, along with teammate Jose Reyes, as the "Toast of the Town," at their annual dinner in Manhattan on January 28, 2007...Was invited to dinner at the White House with President George W. Bush, along with other baseball players, including Trevor Hoffman, on February 5, 2007...Named the Police Athletic League Athlete of the Year on December 10, 2007...Was the guest speaker at the second annual St. John's Baseball Bullpen Winter Banquet on January 24, 2008...Received the Baseball Assistance Team (BAT) Bart Giamatti Award for his service work for the organization on January 29, 2008...Honored with a Thurman Munson Award on February 5, 2008...Received the Joan Payson Award on January 25, 2008 from the New York Chapter of the BBWAA...Was the recipient of the New Jersey Sports Writers "Sports Humanitarian Award" on Jnuary 25, 2008.

Set career highs in home runs, RBI, and runs scored...Tied his career-best in doubles...Finished second in the National League in RBI and hits, third in runs scored, third in total bases (334), 10th in hitting, tied for ninth in home runs, seventh in multi-hit games (51), tied for seventh in doubles, ninth in walks, tied for the league lead with 11 sacrifice flies, seventh in on-base percentage, seventh in extra-base hits (77),10th in slugging (.534), 10th in total bases (534), fifth in home batting average (.336), eighth in day batting average (.312), third in batting vs. lefthanded pitching (.382), fourth in at-bats, tied for fifth in games played and tied for fourth in RBI ratio with one RBI every 5.0 times at bat...Earned his second Rawlings Gold Glove Award...Also received the Louisville Silver Slugger Award for the second consecutive year...Finished seventh in the National League MVP voting with 115 points (Albert Pujols-369, Ryan Howard-308, Ryan Braun-139, Manny Ramirez-138, Lance Berkman-126, CC Sabathia-121)...Had 33 games with two hits, 14 games with three hits and four games with four hits...Put together 31 multiple-RBI games: 20 games with two RBI, seven games with three, three games with four and one game with five, April 15th vs. Washington...Garnered his 100th career home run when he cracked a solo shot against Milwaukee's Jeff Suppan on April 13th...Of the five players who hit their first 100 major league home runs with the Mets, David needed the second fewest at-bats (2,062) to reach 100...Only Darryl Strawberry did it faster (1,712)...Had a home run in three straight games, April 12th-April 15th...Accomplished the feat for the third time in his career and the first time since hitting a home run in in a career-best four consecutive games, June 7-June 10, 2007...Reached base safely in eight straight plate appearances (three doubles, a triple, two singles, two walks), April 17th-April 19th...Hit .727 (8-11) with four doubles, a triple, two runs scored, four RBI, three walks and a stolen base during a three-game series (April 18th-April 20th) at Philadelphia...His bases-loaded single in the bottom of the 11th inning at Shea gave the Mets a 5-4 victory over the Pirates on April 29th...Finished the season by hitting in nine of his last 10 games...In those games, hit .444 (16-36) with eight runs scored, two doubles, two home runs and 10 RBI...Had multiple hits in seven of those 10 games...Had 21 RBI in his last 23 games...Has four separate hitting streaks of 15 or more games, the most in club history...Drove in his 124th run of the season with a sacrifice fly in the top of the first on September 25th vs. Chicago (NL) to tie Mike Piazza's single-season franchise record...The former Mets catcher also had 124 RBI during the 1999 season...Hit over .300 the final three months of the year: .317 in July, .310 in August and .340 in September...Did not play on June 24th at Seattle, snapping his consecutive games played streak at 95...Led the major leagues with 26 runs scored in July...Made his third All-Star appearance on July 15th at Yankee Stadium...Went 1-3 while serving as the designated hitter...Connected on his 20th home run of the season, July 27th vs. St. Louis...It was his fourth season of 20 or more home runs, the second most by a Mets third baseman...Only Howard Johnson (five) has more...Had 24 RBI in the month of June, tying Corey Hart for the second most in the National League for the month...Ryan Howard led the NL with 26 RBI...Made his first error after 27 games, June 23rd vs. Seattle...Made his first error after 27 games, June 23rd vs. Seattle...Made his first error after 27 games, June 23rd vs. Seattle...Made his first error after 27 games, June 23rd vs. Seattle...Led the team with 16 game-winning RBI...Is tied for second in team history with seven walk-off RBI...Rusty Staub also has seven and Kevin McReynolds hold the franchise mark with eight...Had a 12-game hitting streak from August 6th-August 18th (19-52, .365)...Had a 12-game hitting streak from August 6th-August 18th (19-52, .365)...Collected seven home runs in May and seven in August...Collected seven home runs in May and seven in August...Collected seven home runs in May and seven in August...Also ranks sixth on the club's All-Time Double List (183) after passing Cleon Jones on September 20th at Atlanta...Hit his 40th double of the season on September 10th, giving him at least 40 doubles and 25 home runs in each of the last four seasons...The only other player in major league history with four straight seasons of 40 or more doubles and 25 or more home runs is Albert Pujols, who did it from 2001-2004...It is the third time in his career he finished with 42 doubles... Bernard Gilkey holds the single-season club record with 44 doubles in 1996...Matched his career-high with four runs scored on September 10th vs. Washington...It was the third time in his career that he scored four times in a game, and the first since doing it in back-to-back games on August 23 and August 24, 2005 at Arizona...Connected on two home runs on September 14th vs. Atlanta...His second home run of the game was also his 800th career hit...It was the 12th multi-home run game of his career and his third of the season...He also hit two home runs on May 29th vs. Los Angeles and June 25th vs. Seattle...Tied his career-high with four hits on September 14th vs. Atlanta...It was the 10th time in his career that he collected four hits and his third time during the 2008 season...Also collected four hits on April 18th at Philadelphia, June 27th at New York (AL), and September 10th vs. Washington...Did not commit an error in 36 games from August 7th-September 16th, a career-high...Hit home runs in consecutive games on September 21st at Atlanta and September 22nd vs. Chicago (NL)...It was the sixth time in 2008 and the 18th time in his career he has hit home runs in at least two consecutive games...Has hit home runs in three or more games on four occasions, including a personal-best four straight games from June 7-June 10, 2007...Collected at least one hit in 40 of his last 49 games and hit .344 (67-195) with 41 runs scored, 14 doubles, 13 home runs and 40 RBI over that stretch...Raised his batting average from .283 after the games of August 5th to his final mark of .302.