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Mets: 5 best offensive WAR seasons since 2000

By Ryan Morik

NEW YORK - AUGUST 06: David Wright #5 of the New York Mets connects in the fifth inning against the San Diego Padres on August 6, 2008 at Shea Stadium in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
NEW YORK - AUGUST 06: David Wright #5 of the New York Mets connects in the fifth inning against the San Diego Padres on August 6, 2008 at Shea Stadium in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) /
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NEW YORK – AUGUST 06: David Wright #5 of the New York Mets connects in the fifth inning against the San Diego Padres on August 6, 2008 at Shea Stadium in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
NEW YORK – AUGUST 06: David Wright #5 of the New York Mets connects in the fifth inning against the San Diego Padres on August 6, 2008 at Shea Stadium in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) /

David Wright, 2008, 6.4 WAR

After a career year, Wright certainly had high expectations. He did not disappoint.

He blasted a career-high 33 home runs and drove in a career-best 124 runs. His 124 RBI are tied for the most in a single season by a Met — Mike Piazza did so in 1999. His 94 walks also tied a career-best from the season prior.

Wright had his fair share of hot and cold streaks in the first half of the final season at Shea Stadium. On June 23, his .835 OPS was the lowest it had been all season long.

The Mets had an off day, and then from June 25 through the end of the season, Wright racked up a 1.003 OPS, the fifth-best in baseball in that stretch.

Wright earned his third-straight All-Star nod, a second-straight Silver Slugger Award, and a third-straight top-nine finish in MVP voting (he finished in seventh).

Of course, the 2008 season ended similarly to the season prior, blowing another late division lead. That wasn’t exactly the best way to shut Citi Field’s doors. But what was fitting is the captain having one of the best seasons of his career in the “dump but it was our dump.”

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