So far David wright has had a great career with the New York Mets and there are some who say that his stats could cause him to end his career as a member of the National baseball Hall of fame.
In order to understand why Wright deserves to be in the hall of fame, let's first look at his hits total. At the conclusion of the 2012 season, Wright had accumulated 1,426 hits. Over his eight-year contract, if Wright were to average 150 hits per year, he would yield 1,200 hundreds hits to bring his total to 2,626, no more than two full seasons shy of 3,000 hits, a number that would put him in good standing when it comes to voting. Now look at past numbers, over his nine seasons, he had less than 160 hits only twice and has had more than 170 hits five times. This means that Wright could average far more than just 150 hits per season over his contract which would cause Wright to reach 3,000 hits much sooner. Thus far in 2013, Wright has 120 hits and is on pace to finish his first year of the contract with at least 180 hits.
Next, we look at his home run output. The past few years of Wright's career had been a jumbled mess when it comes to home runs, but he could finish his career with pretty decent numbers. Wright hit 21 home runs in 2012 to bring his career totals beyond 200. If Wright were to keep a steady pace of just 15 home runs per season over the contract, he could finish with just over 330 home runs. This is a decent number when compared to Derek Jeter of the Yankees who at the conclusion of the 2012 season hit just 255 home runs and will most likely not reach 300. We also know that Wright is very capable of hitting way more than 15 home runs in a season, over his nine seasons, Wright had hit at least 25 home runs five times. Under the right conditions, we could see Wright finish his career with more than 400 home runs. Fifteen have been hit during 2013 and 20 can easily be amassed.
Another stat to look at would be stolen bases. Wright currently has 166 stolen bases which the fifth best in franchise history. If his current stolen base percentage keeps up, he could finish with just over 300. Wright is on track to steal 25 bases this year, his highest total since 2009.
Other stats that Wright could accumulate during his years with the Mets include as many as 1,500 runs batted in, 1,300 runs, 550-650 doubles (possibly top ten all time), and a batting average between .295 and .310, and many more appearances in the All Star Game
These career stats definitely show a man who deserves to make it into the Hall of Fame.
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