Cliff Floyd Biography
Cliff Floyd (born Cornelius Clifford Floyd Jr.) is an American Analyst and former MLB left fielder working for MLB Network as a baseball analyst. As a baseball player, he played for several notable teams including the Mets, Marlins, and Expos.
Cliff Floyd Age
Floyd was born on December 5, 1972, in Chicago, Illinois, United States. He is therefore 50 years old as of 2023. He celebrates his birthday on the 5th of December every year.
Cliff Floyd Height
Floyd stands at an approximate height of 6 feet and 4 inches.
Cliff Floyd Family
Floyd was born to Cornelius Clifford Floyd Sr. (late father) and Olivia Floyd (mother). His dad passed away on August 12, 2007, due to unknown reasons. He was a retired Marine and used to work double shifts at a United States Steel plant in Chicago, Illinois so that the family could live in a safe and secure area.
Floyd was brought up in Markham, Illinois alongside his biological brother, Julius, and a foster sister, Shanta (she is currently dead). Shanta was adopted by Floyd’s parents when they saw her in Julius’s class. She was 6 years old at the time and had been causing problems for her previous adoptive parents. She passed away in the year 2006 due to cancer.
Cliff Floyd Wife / Children
Floyd is a married man and his spouse is Maryanne Manning. The couple takes great pride in being dad and mom to their 3 kids: Layla (daughter), Tobias (son), and Bria (daughter). Floyd and his wife Maryanne reside in Florida with their kids, Floyd’s mom, as well as with Shanta’s (Floyd’s late foster sister) 2 kids.
Cliff Floyd Net Worth
Floyd has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million-$5 Million which he has earned through his successful career as an Analyst and Baseball Player.
Cliff Floyd Salary
As an MLB baseball analyst, Floyd earns an annual salary ranging from $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.
Cliff Floyd Career
Cliff Floyd College Career | Education
Floyd is a proud alumnus of South Suburban College in South Holland, Illinois, and Thornwood High School in South Holland, Illinois. While he was at Thornwood High, he was a sports star in 3 different games: basketball, football, and baseball. In basketball, he helped his school reach the Class AA Sectional Playoffs. During his last 2 years in high school, he had an impressive batting average of .508 and got 130 runs batted in. In his senior year, he led his team to win the Illinois Class AA state baseball championship.
Many colleges, like Arizona State University, Creighton University, and Stanford University wanted him to play for them. He even agreed to play for Creighton under coach Jim Hendry, but then, the Montreal Expos chose him as the 14th pick in the first round of the MLB draft of the year 1991. He decided to go to the minor leagues instead.
Cliff Floyd Broadcasting Career
Floyd serves at MLB Network as a baseball analyst, making appearances across the network’s programming such as MLB Tonight (an Emmy-winning flagship studio program). He also hosts SiriusXM’s Fantasy Sports Radio and MLB Network Radio. In the year 1997, Floyd made an appearance on an episode of the 23rd Season of “Saturday Night Live”. He was dressed in a full Florida Marlins uniform along with 14 other MLB players. He also appeared on Seasons 10 and 9 of “Dragons’ Den”.
His work on TV started on February 22, 2010, when he got a job as a broadcaster with Fox Sports Florida. He first appeared as a broadcaster on FOX Sports’ Baseball Night in America on June 21, 2014. In the year 2015, he became an analyst for New York Mets games on SportsNet New York. On March 8, 2015, he did his first broadcast for the Mets, a spring training game against the Boston Red Sox on WPIX-TV. He worked alongside Gary Cohen, who did the play-by-play.
In the year 2018, he started as a featured analyst for Sportsnet’s coverage of the Toronto Blue Jays. Four years later, he joined the Marquee Sports Network as a studio analyst. He also showed up on Apple TV+ Friday Night Baseball as one of the rotating analysts. Floyd has also served at NBC Sports Network’s “SportsTalk” as an analyst.
Cliff Floyd Baseball Career – Professional
He started in Major League Baseball (MLB) on September 18, 1993, with the Montreal Expos. His last time playing in MLB was on June 17, 2009, when he was with the San Diego Padres. He played as an outfielder and also at first base. In the year 2001, he made it to the National League All-Star team, hitting .317 with 31 home runs and 103 RBIs for the Florida Marlins. He was good at defense too, leading all National League outfielders with 15 assists in the year 2005 while playing for the NY Mets. Floyd was on 4 teams that made it to the Postseason, including the World Series champion Marlins of the year 1997. He also played on several other teams, including the Red Sox, Marlins, Mets, Rays, Cubs, and Padres.
Cliff Floyd Stats
In his 17-season career spanning 1621 games, Floyd had a batting average of .278. He got 1,479 hits out of 5,319 at-bats, hit 340 doubles, scored 824 runs, 23 triples, 865 runs batted in (RBI), and 233 home runs. Floyd also received 601 walks, stole 148 bases, had a .482 slugging percentage and a .358 on-base percentage. He was pretty good in the field too, with a fielding percentage of .980, and he played in all three outfield positions and at 1st base. During 19 postseason games, he had a .216 batting average (8-for-37). He hit 2 home runs, scored 7 runs, and got 4 RBIs.
Overall Stats
- Home runs 233
- Batting average .278
- Runs batted in 865
Cliff Floyd Injury
On May 15, 1995, while playing for the Mets, he hurt his left wrist really badly when he bumped into baserunner Todd Hundley at 1st base. It was a serious injury, and it almost made him stop playing baseball. But he worked hard to get better, and he didn’t give up on his career.
Cliff Floyd MLB Network
Floyd is working at MLB Network alongside other famous MLB analysts, hosts, and commentators such as;
- Yonder Alonso
- Greg Amsinger
- Rubén Amaro Jr.
- A.J. Andrews
- Alex Avila
- Bob Costas
- Ron Darling
- Ryan Dempster
- Mark DeRosa
- Robert Flores
- Peter Gammons
- Lauren Gardner
- Jon Heyman
- Brian Kenny
Cliff Floyd Social Media Platforms
He is active on his social media accounts and is often seen posting on his Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. He has over 20.2K followers on Instagram.
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