Editing David Wright (section)

==Early life==
[[File:David Wright and Michael Cuddyer (16157736554) (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Wright (right) and [[Michael Cuddyer]] played baseball together as children in Virginia before playing together on the Mets in 2015.]]
Wright was born in [[Norfolk, Virginia]], the oldest of four sons of Rhon, a police officer in the [[Norfolk Police Department]], and Elisa Wright.<ref name="dad">{{cite web|author1=Jeff Roberts|title=Mets: David Wright's dad is his hero|url=http://www.northjersey.com/sports/baseball/a-father-a-coach-a-hero-1.1035500?page=all|website=[[NorthJersey.com]]|access-date=20 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518085909/http://www.northjersey.com/sports/baseball/a-father-a-coach-a-hero-1.1035500?page=all|archive-date=18 May 2015|date=14 June 2014}}</ref> Wright grew up a Mets fan due to his proximity to the [[Triple-A (baseball)|Class AAA]] [[Norfolk Tides]], whose stadium was ten minutes from his home.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/Wright/Wright_bio.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041018114117/http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/Wright/Wright_bio.html |archive-date=October 18, 2004 |title=JockBio: David Wright Biography}}</ref> Wright took hitting lessons alongside fellow future Major Leaguer [[Michael Cuddyer]] in elementary school and played on teams with [[Ryan Zimmerman]], [[Mark Reynolds (baseball)|Mark Reynolds]], [[B. J. Upton]] and [[Justin Upton]] during high school.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Jenkins |first1=Lee |title=Virginia's Boy Wonders |url=https://www.si.com/vault/2008/09/29/105737647/virginias-boy-wonders |access-date=7 November 2019 |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |date=September 29, 2008 }}</ref> Wright played baseball at [[Hickory High School (Virginia)|Hickory High School]] in [[Chesapeake, Virginia]]. He committed to play [[college baseball]] at [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball|Georgia Tech]] before his senior year of high school. As a high school senior, he had a .538 [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hale |first1=Mark |title=College Coach Wonders What Would Have Been with Wright |url=https://nypost.com/2009/05/09/college-coach-wonders-what-wood-have-been-with-wright/ |access-date=7 November 2019 |work=[[New York Post]] |date=9 May 2009 }}</ref>