David Allen Wright (born December 20, 1982 in
Norfolk, Virginia) is an All-Star Third Baseman in
Major League Baseball who plays for the New York
Mets.
David Wright was brought up in Chesapeake, Virginia.
Wright attended Hickory High School in Chesapeake,
Virginia. In high school, he was a three-time
All-State selection and, as a senior, was named the
Virginia Player of the Year. Although Wright had
signed a letter of intent before his senior year to
play baseball at Georgia Tech after high school, he
opted to enter the draft when it became apparent he
could be selected in the first round.
Wright is noted for his unaffected politeness and
work ethic. He has developed a reputation for
arriving very early to the park for games and being
uncommonly accommodating with fans and reporters.
His brother Stephen, attended Virginia Tech in 2007,
and attended classes in Norris Hall, the scene of
most of the shootings in the Virginia Tech Massacre.
He could not get hold of his brother that day and
did not find out he was all right until his brother,
Matthew, a freshman at James Madison University,
called and told him. As of March 2007, he had just
bought an apartment in New York City's Flatiron
District. Previously, while with the Mets, he had
been staying in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
His nickname in the clubhouse is Visine. Also, he is
known as "Hollywood" in the clubhouse.
