Full name is Xavier Clifford Nady (last name pronounced "NAY-dee")... is married to Meredith with one son, Xavier IV... is a graduate of Salinas (Calif.) High School, where he played baseball and basketball... was named the Northern California "Player of the Year" and first-team all-state as a senior in baseball after batting .619 with 12HR... hit 17HR for the U.S. National Team in the summer of 1996, just three shy of Tino Martinez' 1988 Team USA single-season record... played collegiately at the University of California where he was a three-time Pac-10 selection, a two-time All-American and a two-time member of the USA National Team... was named preseason "Player of the Year" by Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball in 2000 after being named National "Freshman of the Year" by the same two publications in 1998... was a semifinalist for the 2000 Rotary Smith Award, handed out annually to the nation's top college baseball player... was honored as Baseball America's Summer "Player of the Year" in 1999... left California University holding school records in home runs (57), RBI (191) and total bases (479)... his .729 career slugging percentage was the highest in Pac-10 history when he left, topping Mark McGwire's .718 mark at Southern California from 1982-84... played second base and shortstop as a freshman before moving to third base for his final two collegiate campaigns... his father, Xavier, played football at Colorado and his cousin, Scott, played football at Cal...Became the second Yankee whose first or last name begins with an X (also Xavier Hernandez-1994).

Batted .305 (169-for-555) with 76R, 37 doubles, 1 triple, 25HR and 97RBI in 148 combined games with the Pirates and Yankees (45 starts in LF, 88 in RF, eight at DH)... set career highs in runs, hits, doubles, home runs, RBI and walks (39)... also tied for seventh among all Major League outfielders with 12 outfield assists, tying his career high (2003)...Was acquired by the Yankees from Pittsburgh on 7/26 in exchange for minor league RHPs Ross Ohlendorf, Jeff Karstens and Daniel McCutchen and OF Jose Tabata... the Yankees went 32-28 following the trade...Hit .268 (61-for-228) with 11 doubles, 12HR and 40RBI in 59 games with the Yankees (45 starts in LF, eight at DH and six in RF)... was the second-most RBI and tied for the second-most homers on the team from the time of the acquisition through the end of the season... six of his 12HR with the Yankees either tied the game or put the Yankees ahead...Made his Yankees debut on 7/26 at Boston, starting in LF and going 0-for-3 with 1R and 1BB after arriving at the ballpark less than two hours before first pitch... was hitless in his first two Yankees games (0-for-8)...Collected his first hit as a Yankee in 7/28 loss vs. Baltimore, a solo home run in the seventh... became the first player to homer for his first hit as a Yankee since Wilson Betemit on 8/1/07 vs. Chicago (AL) and the 14th player to do so this decade (since 2000)... according to the Elias Sports Bureau, was the first player since Aaron Guiel (7/14/06 vs. Chicago-AL) to homer in his home debut at Yankee Stadium...Homered in consecutive games on 8/3-4 giving him four home runs in his first nine games with the Yankees (30AB)... according to the Elias Sports Bureau, was the first midseason acquisition by the Yankees to hit four homers within his first 30AB since Glenallen Hill in 2000, who hit his fourth home run in his 24th at-bat...Set a career high with 6RBI and tied a career high with 4H in 8/3 win vs. the Angels, going 4-for-5 with 1 double and a three-run home run...Was named the American League "co-Player of the Week" along with Kansas City's Mike Aviles for the week of 7/28-8/3 after batting .526 (10-for-19) with 3HR and 10RBI in six games during the Yankees' seven-game homestand... according to Elias, it was Nady's highest average and most RBI for any homestand of his career (min. 5AB)... was his second weekly honor this season after taking home the award in week one of the season with the Pirates... was the first player since Carlos Beltran (Kansas City/ Houston) in 2004 to win the award in both leagues in the same season... became the Yankees' first and only position player to take home the award in 2008...Had four hitting streaks of at least 10 games in 2008, including an 11-gamer from 7/30-8/10 (.439, 18-for-41, 4 doubles, 4HR and 12RBI)...Batted cleanup for the first time in his career, going 1-for-4 with 1BB in 9/4 loss at Tampa Bay...Tied a career-high with 4R in 9/26 win at Boston, going 3-for-5 with 1 double and 1BB... hit his final home run of the season in 9/28 Game 1 win at Boston... the three-run shot gave the Yankees the lead and helped Mike Mussina earn his 20th win of the season...Was batting a team-high .330 (108-for-327) with 26 doubles, 1 triple, 13HR and 57RBI in 89 games (82 starts in RF) with the Pirates at the time he was traded... was tied for tops in the National League with 10 outfield assists and ranked fifth in the NL in batting average...Was Pittsburgh's Opening Day starter in right field... went 4-for-7 with 1 double, 2HR and 4RBI on Opening Day at Atlanta... became just one of six players in Major League history to hit two home runs in his team's first game twice in his career (also hit 2HR for the Padres on Opening Day in 2005)... was named the National League "Player of the Week" for the first week of the season (3/31-4/6)...Hit safely in career-high 14 straight games from 4/12-26, going 20-for-54 (.370) with 6 doubles, 1HR and 13 RBI... led the National League with 26RBI during the first month of the season, marking the most by a Pittsburgh player since Willie Stargell had 27 in April 1971...Homered in back-to-back games on 5/21-22 vs. Milwaukee and hit four home runs in an eight-game span from 5/21-29...Suffered a left shoulder contusion on 6/14 while running into the right field wall in foul territory at Baltimore... underwent an MRI in Pittsburgh on 6/16 and results revealed a Grade 1 AC joint sprain of his left shoulder... missed nine games before walking as a pinch-hitter on 6/27 vs. Tampa Bay... made start on 6/28 went 2-for-5 with 2 doubles...Missed first three games after the All-Star break after wife Meredith gave birth to couple's first child (son Xavier) on 7/15... hit safely in final 13 games with Pittsburgh (20-for-53, .377) and went 13-for-27 (.481) in last seven contests... reached base in 39 of his last 41 games (with an at-bat) with the Pirates, batting .347 (52- for-150) with 12 doubles and six home runs over the stretch.