The Mets will continue their recent trend of finally adding to their list of retired numbers by honoring their former captain in 2025.
David Wright’s No. 5 will take its rightful place beside last year’s overdue recipients Doc Gooden and Darryl Strawberry — as well as the Mets’ other team legends — on July 19 at Citi Field, a baseball source confirmed on Friday.
Wright, entering his second year on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot after garnering 6.2 percent of the vote in his first year of eligibility one year ago, also will be inducted before that day’s game against the Reds into the team’s Hall of Fame.
MLB.com was first to report the news of Wright’s jersey retirement.
The 41-year-old Wright was a seven-time All-Star and a two-time Gold Glove award winner at third base during 15 years with the Mets from 2004-18.
He posted a career batting average of .296 with an OPS of .867, amassing 1,777 hits with 242 home runs and 972 RBIs.
The latter four years of his career were marred by injuries, appearing in only 77 games from 2014-18, although he was able to appear in the franchise’s most recent trip to the World Series in 2015.
In addition to Gooden and Strawberry, the Mets also have retired the numbers of Jerry Koosman, Keith Hernandez and Willie Mays in recent seasons under owner Steve Cohen.
They joined former managers Casey Stengel and Gil Hodges, franchise ace Tom Seaver, catcher Mike Piazza and league-wide honoree Jackie Robinson.
