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American baseball player (born 1972)

Cornelius Clifford Floyd Jr. (born December 5, 1972) is an American former Major League Baseball left fielder who played for 17 seasons, most notably for the Montreal Expos, Florida Marlins and New York Mets. He is currently a baseball analyst who co hosts on Sirius XM Radio and appears on MLB Network.

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 southwest 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. He hit .508 with 130 RBI during the final two years of his high school career and led his team to the Illinois Class AA state baseball championship as a senior. He was heavily recruited by Arizona State University, Stanford, and Creighton University and signed a letter of intent to play for head coach Jim Hendry at Creighton. However, when the Montreal Expos drafted him as the 14th pick in the 1st round of the 1991 Major League Baseball draft, Floyd chose to go to the minor leagues.

Prior to being called up by the Expos, Floyd won The Sporting News Minor League Player of the Year Award in 1993 after successful stints with the Harrisburg Senators of the Eastern League and Triple A Ottawa Lynx. He made his major league debut that same year at only 21 years old, playing in 10 games with the Expos. On June 27, 1994, Floyd hit a home run off Atlanta Braves pitcher Greg Maddux at Olympic Stadium on a pitch that was low, by golfing the ball out in what would become a signature moment in the Expos dominant but strike shortened 1994 season.

In , Floyd was traded from the Expos to the Florida Marlins for Dustin Hermanson and Joe Orsulak. He won his lone World Series with the franchise in 1997. In , Floyd earned a starting position in the Marlins' outfield. In , in 420 at bats, he hit .300 with 22 home runs and 91 RBI, including two walk off home runs. In 2001, Floyd hit 31 home runs and set career highs with a .317 batting average and 103 RBIs in 149 games and was selected to play in his first and only All Star Game. His second stint with the Expos was short lived; he appeared in only 15 games before being traded.

On July 30, 2002, Floyd was traded from the Expos to the Boston Red Sox for Sun woo Kim and Song Seung jun. Theories swirled around baseball as to the move (along with several others done by the Expos that year), with critics suggesting the MLB owned Expos had traded Floyd in order to help the Red Sox. Floyd hit .317 in 47 games for the Red Sox.

In , Floyd was signed by the New York Mets. He played well for the Mets, but was hampered by injuries in 2003 and However, Floyd stayed healthy in and responded with a career high and team leading 34 home runs. but was slowed by injuries in the playoffs for New York, only recording twelve at bats in his team's ten postseason games.

On January 21, 2007, Floyd agreed to a one year, $3 million deal with his hometown Chicago Cubs for the 2007 season. The deal included multiple incentives and an option for Floyd missed nine games in August 2007 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.

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

On February 5, , Floyd agreed to a one year contract with the San Diego Padres. On October 8, 2009, the Padres released Floyd.

In 1621 games over 17 seasons, Floyd posted a .278 batting average (1,479 for 5,319) with 824 runs, 340 doubles, 23 triples, 233 home runs, 865 RBI, 148 stolen bases, 601 bases on balls, .358 on base percentage and .482 slugging percentage. He finished his career with a .980 fielding percentage playing at all three outfield positions and at first base. In 19 postseason games, he batted .216 (8 for 37) scoring 7 runs with 2 home runs and 4 RBI. In 2018, Floyd joined Sportsnet to become a featured analyst for the network's Toronto Blue Jays coverage. In 2022, Floyd joined the Marquee Sports Network as a studio analyst and also appeared on Apple TV+ Friday Night Baseball as one of three rotating analysts.

Floyd lives in Florida with his longtime companion Maryanne Manning, the couple's three children (Bria, Tobias, and Layla), his mother, and the two children of his sister Shanta. Shanta died in 2006 after a long battle with cancer. In 1997, Floyd appeared in a Season 23 episode of Saturday Night Live in full Florida Marlins uniform with fourteen other MLB players. He appeared on Season 9 and 10 of Dragons' Den.