David Wright Net Worth and Career Highlights
David Wright, an American professional baseball player, has a net worth of $75 million. He was born in Norfolk, Virginia in December 1982, and was the Gatorade Virginia High School Player of the Year and the Virginia All-State Player of the Year in 2001. Wright made his major league debut in 2004 as a starting third baseman for the New York Mets, and was named the Rookie of the Year by This Year in Baseball Awards. He is a seven-time All-Star and has won two Gold Glove Awards and two Silver Sluggers. Wright holds franchise records for the Mets in most career RBS, doubles, total bases, walks, runs scored, sacrifice flies, extra base hits, hits, strikeouts, and times on base. He was named the captain of the New York Mets in 2013, and has played third base for the United States in the 2009 and 2013 World Baseball Classics.
Wright has earned $161 million in MLB salary alone as of September 2018, making him one of the 25 highest-earning baseball players in MLB history. He also received about $20 million from Vitamin Water in 2007. Wright married model Molly Beers in 2013, and started the David Wright Foundation to increase awareness for multiple sclerosis.
