Mets will retire David Wright’s No. 5 at Citi Field in 2025

The Mets will retire David WrightHe will be at No. 5 at Citi Field on July 19 before the 4:10 p.m. game against the Cincinnati Reds, MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo reports.

Wright will also be inducted into the team’s Hall of Fame.

Wright, a native Met who spent his entire career in orange and blue and was the team’s captain from 2013 until his retirement, played in Queens from 2004 to 2018 and was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame before injuries – including spinal stenosis – came. – began to seriously influence him.

Wright was a seven-time All-Star, finished in the top 10 in MVP voting three times, won a pair of Gold Gloves and was instrumental in the Mets’ advance to the NLCS in 2006 and the World Series in 2015 – in his first appearance – Innings-inning home run in Game 3 against the Royals at Citi Field electrified the crowd.

From his debut in July 2004 until 2013, Wright was one of baseball’s best players.

In 1,374 games during that span, he slashed .301/.382/.506 (.888 OPS) with 222 home runs, 345 doubles, 876 RBI, 853 runs scored and 183 stolen bases.

But injuries began to seriously hamper him in 2014, and in 2015 he was diagnosed with spinal stenosis – a painful condition that limited him to just 77 games in the final four years of his career.

Wright didn’t play at all in 2017, but struggled to return for two games at the end of the 2018 season, when he made three plate appearances and was showered with love from a sellout crowd in his final game on September 29th.

He finished his career with a .296/.376/.491 triple slash line as well as 242 home runs, 390 doubles, 970 RBI, 949 runs scored and 196 stolen bases.

Wright will be the eighth Met to have his number retired and join Tom Seaver (No. 41), Mike Plaza (No. 31), Jerry Koosman (No. 36), Keith Hernandez (No. 17), Willie Mays (No. 24), Dwight Gooden (No. 16) and Darryl Strawberry (No. 18).

Former managers Casey Stengel (No. 47) and Gil Hodges (No. 14) also have their numbers retired.

Additionally, No. 42 is retired Jackie Robinson (as it is everywhere in baseball).

The Mets also received honorable mentions along with their retirement numbers Bill Shea (who was instrumental in bringing National League baseball back to New York after the departure of the Dodgers and Giants) and former broadcaster Bob Murphy And Ralph Kiner.