Biography
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Biography :
Cornelius Clifford Floyd JR was born on December the 5, 1972 in Chicago, Illinois. The first 8 years of his life, his father worked 16 hours per day in the steel industry. Clifford JR attended Thornwood high school where he represented his school as a baseball and basketball player. When he was playing basketball, he played against a future NBA star : Michael Finley. Cliff grew in the state of Chicago copying the style of Harold Baines which was playing for the Chicago White Sox. Floyd is build like a racing car : power + speed. He turns singles into doubles because of his speed on bases. He have the 5 tools for a great baseball player. He bats left and he throws right. He can play first base and outfield. At only 19 of age, he was already a big boy : height 6'4" and weight 220lbs. (go up)

Baseball minor leagues :
He was chosen by Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times as player of the State for 2 consecutive seasons at the Thornwood high school (Markham). Cliff was named player of the year by USA Today and Gatorade in 1991. During his first year, in 5 games, he hit 14 on 20 with 2 doubles, 3 triples, 5 homeruns and 18 RBI's. Cliff established the record of the school for homeruns and for his bat power in the first year. He equalized the record of the tournament of the State with an average of 0.857 in the third year. He had an average of 0.304 with 16 homeruns and 97 RBI's for the Class A playing for the Albany Polecats and he did the cycle twice. The manager of the Polecats team mentioned that Floyd has the ''Total Package''. His aggressive in attack and also in defense. He have the power and the speed. His an excitting player to see. He can do it all! He have a natural swing at bat. In 1991, he was named player of excellence in the State of Illinois played for the team the Thunderbirds of level AA and he was also selected to play with the American national team. His bat average while being a junior and senior baseball player was 0.508 and he produced 132 runs (see 1990-1991 stats). In 1990-1991, he was the leader of the Illinois summer tournament. During those 2 years, he obtained an average of 1.8 RBI's and 1.3 runs per game. (go up)

Baseball major league - Montreal Expos :
In 1991, Floyd was draft #1 on 14 candidates by the Montreal Expos. In his first year with the pros, he hit for an average of 0.262 with 6 homeruns and 30 runs produced. He was named the best player with potential in the Southern Atlantic league. Cliff is a power hitter that reminds us of a younger Willie McCovey and he have Willie Mays speed. Floyd signed a contract with the Expos instead of accepting a scholarship to go study at the university of Creighton located at Omaha (he was 19 years old only). In his first season being a ''rookie'', he stole 13 bases on 16 chances. Baseball America describe Floyd as : ''one of the biggest players to play outfield!'' People compare also Floyd to Jose Canseco and Dave Parker. In July 1993, Cliff established a record with 21 homeruns and 73 RBI's with Harrisburgh. He was named : ''Speedy Big Man''. His first start with the big leagues was on September 18, 1993 and his first homerun was on September 26 1993 against the New York Mets (he was 20 years old and 9 months). Cliff was the second youngest player in Expos history to hit a homerun. Gary Carter was the youngest in 1974. In 1994, playing for the Expos, he was 6th in the national league with the best average in critical situations (0.373) and a average of 0.344 with players on bases and finally an average of 0.319 against left handed pitchers. On May 15 1995, it was the day that Floyd could have ended his short baseball career. He got into a collision with a New York Mets player while catching a ball at first base. It was scary to see. A big 6'4'' man collapses on his knees, that frightened me and I was really worry for him. I think that while looking at the game on tv make this incident even more catastrophic because I saw the game really close on the sreen and also there was hundreds of reply of the collision. I couldn't believe it! My big teddy bear could have finalized his baseball career at the age of 23 years old only. He fractured his left wrist. He broke 6 bones and there was damages to his ligament. His wrist was also dislocated. He had 5 operations. He missed 106 games. He returned to the game on September 12 1995 against the Philadelphia Phillies. He played the last 4 games of the 1995 season. When he almost ended his baseball career, he was thinking of going back to school to study at DePaul university in Ethics. (go up)

Baseball major league - Florida Marlins :
On march 26 1997, Floyd was traded to the Florida Marlins. Nooo!! I'm an Expos fan if you didn't know. I was really sad but i'm really proud of ''My Floyd'', he spent the best years with the Marlins. His team won the world series in 1997. However it took two years for Floyd to be full recovered from his 1995 accident. Cliff began the 1998 season with 4 homeruns in 5 consecutives games during the first week of the regular season as a Fish. In 2002, there were many rumors that Floyd would be traded to the New York Yankees but finally this team chose Raul Mondesi. (go up)

Baseball major league - Montreal Expos (2002) :
Wow my "baby Floyd" returned to play in Montreal. He wear the Expos uniform for only three weeks but it was already unbelievable to see him back in my favorite team. If you were at the Big O, at his first appearances at the plate, the crowd were standing up and were encouraging him like it was our saver! Unfortunately, he had some difficulties to produced. Omar Minaya traded him to the Boston Red Sox in return of Sun Woo Kim, Seung Jun Song and another player. I think it was a stupid decision because those players weren't ready to play for the major league level. Minaya should have keep him for the rest of the season but he prefered have some money in return. (go up)

Baseball major league - Boston Red Sox :
He ended the 2002 season with the Red Sox playing with Manny Ramirez, Ugueth Urbina and Pedro Martinez. An excellent team with former Expos players. (go up)

Baseball major league - New York Mets :
Clifford was not satisfied with the Boston contract and he decided to signed with the Mets for 4 years (until 2006). Meanwhile, there were rumors that he would have been traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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The information is taken from the Internet, magazines and on baseball cards. Do not hesitate to write to me if you have something about my sweet Floyd.