Cliff Floyd Biography

Cliff Floyd (born Cornelius Clifford Floyd Jr.) is an American eminent former Major League Baseball left fielder who played for 17 seasons, most notably for the Montreal Expos, Florida Marlins, and New York Mets. Currently, he is a baseball analyst who co-hosts on Sirius XM Radio and appears on MLB Network.

Cliff Floyd Education

He received his education at Thornwood High School. There, he was a three-sport star in baseball, football, and basketball. During the final two years of his high school career, he hit .508 with 130 RBI and led his team to the Illinois Class AA state baseball championship as a senior. After high school, he attended Creighton University where he played for head coach Jim Hendry.

Cliff Floyd Major League Career

Cliff Floyd Montreal Expos

He was drafted by the Montreal Expos as the 14th pick in the 1st round of the 1991 Major League Baseball draft. But chose to go to the minor leagues. Prior to being called by the Expos, he won The Sporting News Minor League Player of the Year Award in 1993. This was after a successful stint with the Harrisburg Senators of the Eastern League and Triple-A Ottawa Lynx. At only 21 days, he made his major league debut that same year playing in 10 games with the Expos. On June 27, 1994, he hit a home run off Atlanta Braves pitcher Greg Maddux at Olympic Stadium.

Cliff Floyd Florida Marlins

He was traded to the Florida Marlins in 1997 for Dustin Hermanson and Joe Orsulak. In 1997, he won his lone World Series with their franchise. The following year, he earned a starting position in the Marlins’ outfield. In 2000, in 420 at-bats, he hit .300 with 22 home runs and 91 RBI including two walk-off home runs.

Cliff Floyd Second Stint with Expos

In 2002, he was traded from the Marlins back to the Expos with Claudio Vargas, Wilton Guerrero, and cash, for Graeme Lloyd, Mike Mordecai, Carl Pavano, Justin Wayne, and Donald Levinski. However, his second stint with the Expos was short-lived, he appeared in only 15 games before being traded.

Cliff Floyd Boston Red Sox

After his second stint with the Expos, he was traded to the Boston Red Sox on July 30, 2002, for Sun-woo Kim and Song Seoung-jun. In 47 games for the Red Sox, he hit .317.

Cliff Floyd New York Mets

In 2003, he was signed by the New York Mets. He played well for the team but was hampered by injuries in 2003 and 2004. In 2005, he stayed healthy and responded with a career-high and team-leading 34 home runs. Once again in 2005, he was limited by injuries and only played in 97 games during New York’s division-winning year.

Cliff Floyd Chicago Cubs

On January 21, 2007, he agreed to a one-year $3 million deal with the Chicago Cubs for the 2007 season. In August 2007, he missed nine games to mourn the death of his father, Cornelius. He returned on August 21, 2007, to play the San Francisco Giants, where he drove in the winning runs in the top of the 9th.

Cliff Floyd Tampa Bay Rays

He signed a $3 million, one-year contract with the Tampa Bay Rays on December 14, 2007. He spent 2008 platooning for the Rays at DH against righties.

Cliff Floyd San Diego Padres

On February 5, 2009, he agreed to a one-year contract with the San Diego Padres. The Padres released him on October 8, 2009.

Cliff Floyd Broadcasting Career

Floyd accepted a broadcasting job with Fox Sports Florida on February 22, 2010. On June 21, 2014, he made his debut in the broadcasting booth for FOX Sports’ Baseball Night in America. In 2015, he joined SportsNet New York where he would be an analyst for New York Mets games. He broadcasted his first game on March 8, 2015, a spring training game against the Boston Red Sox on WPIX-TV with Gary Cohen doing play-by-play.

Currently, he is a co-host on SiriusXM’s MLB Network Radio and Fantasy Sports Radio. Also, he is a contributor to the MLB Network, occasionally appearing on its flagship studio show MLB Tonight. In 2018, he joined Sportsnet to become a featured analyst for the network’s Toronto Blue Jays coverage. He went on and joined the Marquee Sports Network in 2022 as a studio analyst and also appeared on Apple TV+ Friday Night Baseball as one of three rotating analysts.

Cliff Floyd Age

Cliff was born on December 5, 1972, therefore he is 50 years old as of August 2023. He thus celebrates his birthday on December 5th of every year.

Cliff Floyd Height

He stands at a height of 6 feet 4 inches (1.93m) tall.

Cliff Floyd Family

Floyd was born in Chicago, Illinois to Cornelius Clifford Floyd Sr. (Father), a former Marine, and Olivia Floyd (Mother). He has two siblings, a brother named Julius and an adopted sister named Shanta (who died in 2006, after a long battle with cancer).

Cliff Floyd Wife

Cliff is married to the love of his life, Maryanne Manning. It is not known when they got married. He and his wife are blessed with two kids namely; Bria Shae Floyd and Tobias Clifford Floyd. The couple resides in Florida together with his mother and the two children of Shanta.

Cliff Floyd’s Net Worth

Floyd has a net worth of $500,000 which he has earned through being a baseball analyst and a former MLB player.

Cliff Floyd Salary

He earns an annual salary ranging between $40,000 – $110,500.