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Encyclopedia > Xavier Nady
Xavier Nady
Xavier Nady

Xavier Clifford Nady (born November 14, 1978 in Carmel, California) is a Major League Baseball outfielder with the New York Mets. Image File history File links XavierNadyMets. ... Image File history File links XavierNadyMets. ... November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Carmel-by-the-Sea is a city located in Monterey County, California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  - Total   - Width   - Length    - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 3rd 158,302 sq mi  410,000 km² 250 miles  400 km 770 miles  1,240 km 4. ... Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ... An outfielder moves in to catch a fly ball Outfielder is a collective term including left fielder, center fielder, and right fielder, the three positions in baseball farthest from the batter. ... Major league affiliations National League (1962-present) East Division (1969-present) Major league titles World Series titles (2) 1986 â€¢ 1969 NL Pennants (4) 2000 â€¢ 1986 â€¢ 1973 â€¢ 1969 East Division titles (4) 1988 â€¢ 1986 â€¢ 1973 â€¢ 1969 Wild card berths (2) 2000 â€¢ 1999 Major league nicknames New York Mets (1962-present) Major...


The St. Louis Cardinals originally drafted Nady in the 4th round of the 1997 MLB Draft (134th overall) after he was named Northern California Player of the Year in his senior year of high school but he did not sign professionally at that time. After attending the University of California, where he set the all-time Pac-10 Conference record for career slugging percentage (.729), Nady was drafted in the 2nd round of the 2000 amateur draft by the San Diego Padres (49th overall). Nady signed a major league contract and became the 19th player to go directly to the major leagues without making his professional debut in the minor leagues since 1965. Nady only appeared in one game and spent extensive time in the minor leagues following his debut. He was named Padres Minor League Player of the Year in 2001, also collecting the California League's Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year awards that season. Nady underwent Tommy John surgery and had limited playing time in 2002. In 2003, he again returned to the major league level for part of the season but continued to spend more time in the minor leagues. Major league affiliations National League (1892-present) Central Division (1994-present) Eastern Division (1969-1993) American Association (1882-1891) Major league titles World Series titles (9) 1982 â€¢1967 â€¢ 1964 â€¢ 1946 1944 â€¢ 1942 â€¢ 1934 â€¢ 1931 1926 NL Pennants (16) 2004 â€¢ 1987 â€¢ 1985 â€¢ 1982 1968 â€¢ 1967 â€¢ 1964 â€¢ 1946 1944 â€¢ 1943 â€¢ 1942 â€¢ 1934... The Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft is held every year in June by conference call among the 30 Major League clubs. ... The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the state of California. ... The Pacific Ten Conference (Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. ... In baseball statistics, slugging average (SLG) is a measure of the power of a hitter. ... Minor leagues in the sense intended in this article are professional sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The California League is a minor league baseball league which operates throughout the state of California. ... In American sports, a Most Valuable Player (MVP) award is an honor typically bestowed upon the best performing player or players on a specific team, in an entire league, or for a particular contest or series of contests. ... The Rookie of the Year award is given by a number of North American sports leagues to the top first-time professional athlete of the season. ... Tommy John surgery, known by doctors as ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction (or UCL), is a surgical procedure in which a ligament in the medial elbow is replaced with a tendon from elsewhere in the body (often from the forearm, hamstring, or foot of the patient). ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


He has shown power to all fields in his limited MLB playing time (in 326 at bats in 2005 he hit 13 home runs). In late June, Nady became the first Padre since Greg Vaughn (in 1998) to homer in four consecutive games. In baseball statistics, an at bat (AB) is used to calculate other data such as batting average. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In baseball, a home run is a base hit in which the batter is able to circle all the bases, ending at home plate and scoring a run, with no errors on the play that result in the batter achieving extra bases. ... Gregory Lamont Vaughn (born July 3, 1965) is an American former Major League Baseball left fielder and right-handed batter who played for the Milwaukee Brewers (1989-96), San Diego Padres (1996-98), Cincinnati Reds (1999), Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2000-02) and Colorado Rockies (2003). ...


The Padres traded long time first baseman Phil Nevin to the Texas Rangers (for pitcher Chan Ho Park) in order to give Nady more playing time. However, the team traded him to the New York Mets for Mike Cameron on November 18, 2005. The position of the first baseman First base redirects here. ... Phillip Joseph (Phil) Nevin (born January 19, 1971 in Fullerton, California) is a Major League Baseball first baseman/third baseman/catcher who currently plays for the Texas Rangers. ... Major league affiliations American League (1961-present) West Division (1972-present) East Division (1969-1971) Major league titles World Series titles (0) None AL Pennants (0) None West Division titles (3) [1] 1999 â€¢ 1998 â€¢ 1996 Wild card berths (0) None [1] - In 1994, a players strike wiped out the last... A baseball pitcher delivers the ball to home plate In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws the baseball from the pitchers mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter who attempts to either make contact with it or draw a... Chan Ho Park (born June 30, 1973 in Kongju, South Korea) is a Korean baseball pitcher who currently plays for the Major League Baseball Texas Rangers. ... Major league affiliations National League (1962-present) East Division (1969-present) Major league titles World Series titles (2) 1986 â€¢ 1969 NL Pennants (4) 2000 â€¢ 1986 â€¢ 1973 â€¢ 1969 East Division titles (4) 1988 â€¢ 1986 â€¢ 1973 â€¢ 1969 Wild card berths (2) 2000 â€¢ 1999 Major league nicknames New York Mets (1962-present) Major... Michael Terrance (Mike) Cameron (born January 8, 1973 in Lagrange, Georgia) is an outfielder in Major League Baseball with the San Diego Padres. ... November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


External links

  • Baseball-Reference.com - career statistics and analysis
  • Xavier Nady at ESPN.com

  Results from FactBites:
 
Xavier Nady - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (368 words)
Xavier Clifford Nady (born November 14, 1978 in Carmel, California) is a Major League Baseball outfielder with the New York Mets.
Louis Cardinals originally drafted Nady in the 4th round of the 1997 MLB Draft (134th overall) after he was named Northern California Player of the Year in his senior year of high school but he did not sign professionally at that time.
Nady signed a major league contract and became the 19th player to go directly to the major leagues without making his professional debut in the minor leagues since 1965.
Xavier Is a Household Name. At Least It Is in the Nady Household. - New York Times (897 words)
Nady had the distinction of being the first major leaguer with a name beginning with an X to hit a home run, when, as a rookie with the San Diego Padres, on April 2, 2003, he clobbered a pitch from San Francisco's Damian Moss.
Nady grew up in Salinas, Calif. — the lettuce capital of the world — and starred at the University of California, Berkeley, before he was drafted by San Diego in 2000.
Nady was dining with his former teammate Brian Lawrence in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, when he saw his name and Mike Cameron's scroll across the bottom of a television screen announcing his trade to the Mets.
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