Here's how Mets' David Wright, Jose Reyes fared on first Baseball Hall of Fame ballot
David Wright's longshot odds of reaching the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., will be extended at least one more year.
The former Mets captain and third baseman will remain on the ballot into 2025 after he received 6.2 percent (24 out of 385) of votes from the members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America in his first time on the ballot. Players are required to receive at least five percent of the vote to remain on the ballot and need 75 percent to be inducted.
Mets longtime shortstop Jose Reyes was not as lucky as he did not receive a vote in his debut on the ballot and will fall off.
Despite his icon status within the Mets organization, Wright's Hall of Fame candidacy took numerous shots late in his career when he was hampered by back and shoulder injuries. The 14-year veteran holds Mets club records in hits (1,777), runs (949) and RBI (970) with a WAR (wins above replacement) of 49.2 that is second to only Tom Seaver in team history.
Despite a career .296/.376/.491 slash line, Wright never led the league in any major statistical category. The meat of his production came during a 10-year span between 2005 and 2014 when he received all seven of his All-Star selections, along with two Gold Gloves and two Silver Sluggers. He finished in the top 10 in MVP voting four times but never reached higher than fourth.
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Reyes, who spent 12 of his 16 seasons with the Mets, won the franchise's first batting title in 2011 with a .337 mark and led the National League in stolen bases in three straight seasons. The four-time All-Star collected 2,138 hits in his career but was hampered by leg injuries during the second half of his career.
Billy Wagner, who spent part of four seasons with the Mets, narrowly missed being inducted into the Hall of Fame in his penultimate chance on the ballot. Wagner fell five votes short, finishing with 73.8 percent of the vote in his ninth season on the ballot. The lefty closer notched 422 saves across his 16-year career, including 101 with the Mets, while boasting an electric 33.2 percent strikeout rate.
In his second season on the ballot, Carlos Beltran's voting percentage rose to 57.1 from 46.5 in his introduction. Beltran, who spent seven years with the Mets, was a lifetime .279 hitter over his 20 seasons in the league, ripping 435 home runs and adding 1,587 RBI and 312 stolen bases. He was a nine-time All-Star and three-time Gold Glove winner.
This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: How Mets' David Wright, Jose Reyes did in Baseball Hall of Fame voting
