It’s official, no player will ever wear the No. 5 jersey again for the New York Mets.
On Monday, the Mets announced that they will be retiring David Wright’s jersey number forever and immortalizing the legend into the franchise’s Hall of Fame.
Wright was drafted by the Mets 38th overall out of Hickory High School in Virginia in the first round of the 2001 MLB June Amateur Draft. He would go on to play all 14 of his MLB seasons with the Mets, suiting up in 1,585 regular season games and 24 playoff games.
Wright remains the franchise leader in a number of statistical categories including hits (1,777), RBI (970), runs scored (949), extra-base hits (658), and walks (762). He sits second on the career games played list behind only Ed Kranepool (1,853).