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Highlights
Cliff's bests
His better against...
Rewards - Gifts...

Other informations about M. Floyd :
Cliff is a junior : his name is Cornelius Clifford Floyd Junior.
His mother is afraid of planes. She drives to see her son.
His brother Julian lives with Floyd at Plantation, Florida where his playing high school football.
He have 2 dogs : Cocco and Tyson.
Coco a pint-sized, white American Eskimo.
He was married to a woman named Alex.
His favorite food before a baseball game is OxTail.
His favorite food his spaghetti.
He likes basketball and swimming.
His favorite r&b group is Jodeci.
His favorite rapper is 2pac Shakur.
He received several offers to play football.
He played football his freshman and sophomore years.
Cliff's new wife is Marianne Manning.
He and his wife, Maryanne, celebrated the birth of their first child, Bria Shae, on Halloween.
He collects vintage sports jerseys.
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Highlights :
Season 1991 :
June 3, 1991 : The Montreal Expos drafted #1 Floyd.
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Season 1992 :
Selected to be in the All Star team of South Altantic on level A. He was an outfielder.
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Season 1993 :
Selected to be in the All Star team in the East league on level AA. He played first base.
Selected to be in the All Star team of Baseball America on level AA.
Most valuable player in the East league of level AA.
Player of the year on level AA by Baseball America.
September 18, 1993 : His first game in the majors.
September 26, 1993 : His first HR in the big leagues.
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1995 Season :
May 15, 1995 : Collision with a player on first base. He missed 106 games.
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1997 Season :
- He received his world series ring with the Marlins.
- March 26, 1997 : The Montreal Expos traded Floyd to the Florida Marlins.
- September 6, 1997 : Floyd hit 2 HR - 4 RBI but the Marlins lost the game 9-5 against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- September 9, 1997 : He got 3 hits and 2 RBI against the San Diego Padres.
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1998 Season :
- June 30 - July 10 : He stole 8 bases in 9 games.
- April 5 - April 16 : 9 games with a hit.
- Player MVP of the year.
- He was the Marlins leader with 22 HR, 45 doubles, 90 RBI. His the first fish to reach 20 HR and 20 SB in one season.
- September 9, 1998 : He hit 3 HR, 1 double, 3 R.
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1999 Season :
- In the Daily Southtown, Cliff his listed one of the top 50 athletes from the South of Chicago.
- The Marlins won a game 1-0 against the Atlanta Braves with a solo shot of Baby Floyd in the 10th inning.
- May 14, 1999 : Cliff helped his team to win the game 14-6 against the Milwaukee Brewers. He went 2 on 4 with 1 HR and 2 R.
- He missed a lot of games because of a tendinite.
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2000 Season :
- May 18, 2000 : 3 stolen base
- September 30, 2000 : His first career grand slam. The Marlins won the game 11-5 against the Philadelphia Phillies. Cliff got 6 RBI - 1 single - 2 doubles and his grand slam.
- Second time to reach 20 HR and 20 SB in one season with the Fish.
- He was selected the NL Player of the week : September 2000.
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2001 Season :
- National League All-Star
- Cliff break 2 Gary Sheffield records : 76 H - 123 R
- His best season : 0.317 AVG - 31 HR - 103 RBI
- He was selected the NL Player of the week : July 2001.
- June 19, 2001 : He hit his second grand slam against the Atlanta Braves.
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2002 Season :
- He spent the campaign with three different teams : the Florida Marlins, Montreal Expos and Boston Red Sox.
- He began the season with the Marlins, where in 84 games in the outfield, he had a 0.983 fielding percentage with five assists.
- Over the first 37 games of the season he hit 0.326 with 13 home runs and 29 RBI's.
- He Hit 10 home runs and drove in 20 runs over the month of April.
- At the All-Star break he ranked 12th in the NL in home runs with 18 and ninth in the NL in on-base percentage (0.413).
- Before being traded by the Marlins, he led the team in home runs (18), RBI (57), walks (56) and on-base percentage (0.413).
- On July 11th he was traded to the Expos, where he played in only 15 games, before he was traded to the Red Sox on July 30th.
- He started in 19 games as a Designated Hitter for the Red Sox.
- He hit safely in nine of his last 10 games of the season, hitting 0.475 with eight doubles over that span.
- He had five multi-hit games in his first seven starts with the Red Sox.
- He hit back-to-back home runs with Manny Ramirez on August 4th at Texas.
- October 29, 2002 : His class to become a free agent.
- December 7, 2002 : The Boston Red Sox offered Floyd the arbitrary salary but he refused.
- December 20, 2002 : He signed as a free agent with the New York Mets for 4 years.
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2003 Season :
- May 4, 2003 : Floyd hit his third career grand slam and he helped his team : the Mets to win the game 5-3 against the Milwaukee Brewers. He had a great game with 1 BB - 2 H - 1 R - 4 RBI.
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2004 Season : It's coming in 45 days :P
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Cliff's bests :
HITS, GAME -- 4 (seven times, last, September 10, 2002, Boston at Tampa Bay)
HRs, GAME -- 2 (eight times, last, April 30, 2002, Florida at St. Louis)
MULTIPLE-HOME RUN GAMES -- 8 (8, two-home run games)
RBI, GAME -- 6 (September 30, 2000, Florida vs. Philadelphia)
STOLEN BASES, GAME -- 3 (May 18, 2000, Florida at San Diego)
BATTING STREAK -- 18 games (June 5-June 24, 2001)
GRAND SLAMS -- 3, last, May 4, 2003, Mets against Brewers
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His better against :
Kevin Brown (9 en 21)
Chan Ho Park (7 en 17 - 4 BB - 4 CC - 10 PP)
Scott Erickson (7 PP en 5 AB)
Andy Benes (6 en 13 - 2 triples)
Tom Glavine (13 en 25)
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Rewards - gifts... :
- Donated $2,500 to The Starting Place, a drug intervention program for teenagers, in 1998 and 1999.
- In 1999, he donated $250 to the Marlins Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) program for every home run he hit and base he stole over the season, totaling $4,000 ... Served as the Honorary Chairman for the Marlins program, donating $9,500 to the program in 2000.
- Donated $2,500 to both the American Lung Association and the Kidney Foundation of South Florida in 2000, serving as a spokesperson for the American Lung Association's "Strike Out Asthma" program.
- Donated two $2,000 scholarships for students to attend Florida International University from 1999-2001.
- Provided dinner, an autographed photo and tickets to every Saturday home game to a group of 25 area youths nicknamed the "Cliffhangers", in 2001.
- Chosen as the team finalist for the Roberto Clemente Man of the Year Award presented by John Hancock in 2000 and 2001 for exemplifying the game of baseball, sportsmanship, community involvement and contribution to the team.
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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.