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Xavier Clifford Nady was born on November 14, 1978 in Carmel, California. He made his Major League debut with the San Diego Padres on September 30, 2000.

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, 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.

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.

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.

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