Xavier Nady

Player

Birthday November 14, 1978

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace Salinas, California, U.S.

Age 45 years old

Nationality United States

Height 1.88 m

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1965

Nady signed a major league contract and became the 18th player to go directly to the major leagues without making his professional debut in the minor leagues since 1965.

Nady only appeared in one major league game before being sent to the minor leagues.

1978

Xavier Clifford Nady VI (born November 14, 1978) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and first baseman.

Nady played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, Arizona Diamondbacks, Washington Nationals, San Francisco Giants, and the San Diego Padres.

Nady was named Northern California Player of the Year in his senior year of high school.

1997

The St. Louis Cardinals originally drafted Nady in the fourth round of the 1997 Major League Baseball draft (134th overall), but he did not sign professionally at that time.

Nady instead attended University of California, Berkeley, where he set the all-time Pac-10 Conference record for career slugging percentage (.729) for the California Golden Bears baseball team.

In 2021, Nady was inducted into the California Athletics Hall of Fame.

2000

Nady was drafted in the second round of the 2000 Major League Baseball draft by the San Diego Padres (49th overall).

2001

He was named Padres Minor League Player of the Year in 2001, also collecting the California League MVP and Rookie of the Year awards that season.

Nady underwent Tommy John surgery after the 2001 season and had limited playing time in 2002.

2003

In 2003, he again returned to the major league level for part of the season, earning NL Rookie of the Month honors in May.

He ultimately spent most of his time in the minor leagues.

2005

In late June 2005, Nady became the first Padre since Greg Vaughn (in 1998) to homer in four consecutive games.

The Padres traded him to the New York Mets for Mike Cameron on November 18, 2005.

2006

Nady underwent an emergency appendectomy early in the morning on May 30, 2006.

As a result, he was placed on the 15-day disabled list, and returned to the lineup on June 18.

On July 30, 2006, Mets set-up relief pitcher Duaner Sánchez was injured when the cab in which he was a passenger was broadsided.

The Mets' pitching corps was already depleted with star pitcher Pedro Martínez on the disabled list.

Desperate for pitching, the Mets were forced to give up Nady, their starting right fielder, to the Pirates in exchange for pitchers Óliver Pérez and Roberto Hernández.

2007

In September 2007, Nady was hit in the head with a pitch and later diagnosed with a concussion.

2008

He was named NL Player of the Week for the week of April 6, 2008.

On July 26, 2008, the New York Yankees acquired Nady and pitcher Dámaso Marte from the Pittsburgh Pirates for José Tábata, Ross Ohlendorf, Daniel McCutchen, and Jeff Karstens.

Nady had a career-high six (6) RBIs as the Yankees came back to beat the Los Angeles Angels on August 3, 2008.

Nady was named AL Player of the Week for his performance.

He finished the 2008 season setting career-highs in home runs (25) and runs batted in (97), and had a .305 batting average.

2009

On January 21, 2009, Nady signed a one-year contract worth $6.65 million with the Yankees, thus avoiding arbitration.

On April 14, 2009, Nady suffered a right-elbow injury which ultimately required a second Tommy John surgery on July 8, despite an initial attempt to rehab the injury.

The surgery ended his 2009 season.

As a result, Nick Swisher took over in Nady's position for the remainder of the 2009 season.

Nady spent the season (including the postseason) on the disabled list until the Yankees won the 2009 World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies.

He filed for free agency following the conclusion of the 2009 season.

While Nady played only seven games for the Yankees in 2009, he did receive a World Series ring following the team's Series victory that season.

2010

On January 29, 2010, Nady signed a one-year contract with the Chicago Cubs.

On May 16, 2010, Nady hit a game-winning RBI single in the eighth inning against the Pirates, as the Cubs won 4–3.

Nady finished the season with a .256 batting average, six home runs and 33 runs batted in.

He became a free agent after the end of the season.

Nady signed a one-year contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks on December 15, 2010.

He became a free agent after the end of the season.

2012

Nady signed a minor league contract with the Washington Nationals on March 18, 2012.