Cliff Floyd

Cliff Floyd
Floyd batting for the Rays on September 22, 2008
Left fielder
Born: (1972-12-05) December 5, 1972 (age 44) Chicago, Illinois
Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 18, 1993, for the Montreal Expos
Last MLB appearance
June 17, 2009, for the San Diego Padres
MLB statistics
Batting average	.278
Home runs	233
Runs batted in	865
Teams
Montreal Expos (1993–1996) Florida Marlins (1997–2002) Montreal Expos (2002) Boston Red Sox (2002) New York Mets (2003–2006) Chicago Cubs (2007) Tampa Bay Rays (2008) San Diego Padres (2009)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star (2001) World Series champion (1997)

Cornelius Clifford Floyd, Jr. (born December 5, 1972) is a former Major League Baseball left fielder, and is also currently a co-host on Sirius XM Radio.

Floyd was born to parents Cornelius Clifford Floyd, Sr. and Olivia Floyd. After spending 13 years as an only child, Floyd was joined by brother Julius. Sister Shanta was later adopted when the Floyds noticed her as a six-year-old classmate of Julius' who had been troublesome for her then adoptive parents. The three siblings were raised in Markham, Illinois, a small suburb south west of Chicago. Floyd's father, a former Marine, worked double shifts at a U.S. Steel plant in Chicago to allow the family to live in a safe and stable neighborhood.

At Thornwood High School in South Holland, Illinois, Floyd was a three-sport star in baseball, football, and basketball. In basketball, he led his high school to the Class AA Sectional Playoffs. In leading his team to the Illinois state baseball championship as a senior, he hit .508 with 130 RBI during the final two years of his high school prep career. He was heavily recruited by Arizona State University, Stanford, and Creighton University, but when the Montreal Expos drafted him as the 14th pick in the 1st round of the 1991 Major League Baseball draft, Floyd made no hesitation and chose to go to the minor leagues.

Floyd made his major league debut in 1993, playing in 10 games with the Expos. In 1997, Floyd was traded from the Expos to the Florida Marlins for Dustin Hermanson and Joe Orsulak. In 1998, Floyd earned a starting position in the Marlins' outfield. In 2000, in 420 at-bats, he hit .300 with 22 home runs and 91 RBI.