David: I'm not going to go out there and try to steal bases for the sake of stealing bases. I'm going out there trying to pick and choose my spots.
David: I love being a Met. It was my favorite team growing up, so to be a Met to me is very special.
David's brother Stephen was a student at Virginia Tech when the infamous shooting took place. Thankfully, Stephen was not on the campus at the time of the shootings.
Fans and reporters have said that David is "unusually accommodating".
Delta Air Lines named one of their MD-88 airplanes "The Wright Flight" after David. It shuttles between New York, Boston and Washington.
Wright's diving, bare-handed catch in the August 9, 2005 loss to San Diego was voted the "This Year in Baseball Play of the Year."
David is sponsored by Vitamin Water.
David struggled during his first postseason in 2006, hitting only .216 throughout ten games.
As a senior in high school, David was named the Gatorade Virginia Baseball Player of the Year, as well as the Virginia All State Player of the Year.
David made his Major League debut with the Mets on July 21, 2004.
David's uniform number is 5.
The New York Mets obtained the draft pick they used to draft Wright as compensation when the Colorado Rockies signed pitcher Mike Hampton to an 8-year $141 million contract. That Hampton signing is considered by some as the worst ever.
David's favorite team was the New York Mets even before they drafted him.
David considered attending Georgia Tech until the Mets selected him 38th overall in the 2001 amateur draft.
David was named the National League player of the month in June 2006, the first New York Met to receive the award in fifteen years.
David's teammates call him "Visine".
David was the coverboy of ESPN the Magazine's 2006 fantasy baseball preview issue.
In a February 2006 interview, 2002 Olympic gold medalist figure skater Sarah Hughes named David Wright as the person she'd most like to skate with.
David's favorite TV show is 24.
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