Cody Dean McKay is a former Major League Baseball

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 catcher

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. He is 6'0 and weighs 210 pounds.

McKay was twice drafted and not signed. First, by the San Francisco Giants

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 in the 48th round of the 1992 Major League Baseball Draft

1992 Major League Baseball Draft

-First round selections:The following are the first round picks in the 1992 Major League Baseball draft.-Other notable players:*Raúl Ibáñez, 36th round, Seattle Mariners...

 (1335th overall) and by the St. Louis Cardinals

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 in the 5th round of the 1995 Major League Baseball Draft

1995 Major League Baseball Draft

-First round selections:The following are the first round picks in the 1995 Major League Baseball draft.* Did not sign-Background:Outfielder Darin Erstad of the University of Nebraska was the first pick in the 1995 Rule 4 Draft. Erstad compiled a career .356 average in three seasons with the...

 (127th overall). He was drafted by the Oakland Athletics

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 in the 9th round of the 1996 Major League Baseball Draft

1996 Major League Baseball Draft

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 (255th overall) and did sign.

He is the son of former player and St. Louis Cardinals' first base coach Dave McKay. Cody and his wife Tiernan had their first child, Eden, on March 25, 2004. On December 13, 2007, he was implicated for use of banned performance enhancing substances on page 197 of the Mitchell Report

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