Xavier Nady

Xavier Clifford Nady VI (/ɛkˈseɪviər ˈneɪdi/; 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. Xavier Clifford Nady VI was born on November 14, 1978, in Salinas, California. Nady was named Northern California Player of the Year in his senior year of high school. 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. Nady was selected in the second round of the 2000 Major League Baseball draft by the San Diego Padres (49th overall). He signed a major-league contract and became the 21st drafted player to make his debut in the major leagues without first playing in the minor leagues, since the introduction of the amateur draft in 1965. Nady only appeared in one major-league game before being sent to the minor leagues.