Sep
6
2011

Wright Named NL Player of the Week

An article by Hojo's Mojo

Mets third baseman David Wright has been named the National League Player of the Week.

In eight games last week, Wright led the National League with 13 hits and five doubles while tying for second in the league with seven RBI and 21 total bases. His .500 batting average (13-for-26) and .594 on-base percentage both ranked third among qualifying National Leaguers last week, while his .808 slugging percentage ranked fifth.

After getting off to a slow start, most likely due to playing with an injured back, Wright has bounced back to hit .325/.398/.535 with six home runs and 31 RBI since the All Star break in 151 at-bats.

Wright extended his hitting streak to nine games last night and he now has five RBI over his last five games and is batting .460 (17-37) with five doubles, two home runs and nine RBI over his last 10 contests.

This is his third career weekly award, having won previously for the weeks ending August 28, 2005 and June 18, 2006.

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7 Comments + Add Comment

JoeSmith September 7, 2011 at 7:22 am

Congrats to David Wright and this recognition.

Funny what little attention this post gets………..
alex68 September 7, 2011 at 8:14 am

NOW he’s actually hitting, when the pressure is ON rarely you see this… pad statting at its best!!!!
- alex68 September 7, 2011 at 8:14 am
  
  meant to say stat padding at its best!
  - Jose07 September 7, 2011 at 6:37 pm
    
    Wright has an accomplishment and he stat pads, if it was Reyes you’d be falling all over yourself.
    
    Any Mets fan with a clue would be proud of all their players when they succeed, for some stupid reason, you find ways to lie and skew anything about Wright. Jealous much?
JoeSmith September 7, 2011 at 10:11 am

“Never argue with an idiot. They will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.”
- Donal September 7, 2011 at 10:18 am
  
  I prefer the “wrestling with a pig” version of that.
  - JoeSmith September 7, 2011 at 12:02 pm
    
    That is a good one too!

NL East Standings

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Braves	42	28	.600	-
Nationals	34	35	.493	7.5
Phillies	34	37	.479	8.5
Mets	25	40	.385	14.5
Marlins	22	47	.319	19.5

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