Cliff Floyd began his baseball career with the Montreal Expos, a team he played four years before being traded to the Florida Marlins in 1997.

Floyd played mostly off the bench in his first year in Florida, but he did help them win their first World Series Championship.  He became a starter in Leftfield in 1998, smacking 22 Home Runs, a total he matched again in 2000 when he batted an even .300.  Floyd had his best year in a Marlins uniform in 2001, going to the All-Star Game and hitting 31 Home Runs, 103 RBIs with a .317 Batting Average.   Floyd had come into his own, but he was traded in July the following year, returning to the Expos.

With the Marlins, Floyd batted .294 with 110 Home Runs.

Charles Johnson was an original in the Florida Marlin organization, taken very late in the First Round of the very first Amateur Draft that the Marlins participated in.

Johnson appeared in four Games in 1994, and the defensive genius became a starter for the Marlins soon after.  He quickly became known for what he could do with his glove and how he understood his hurlers. Johnson was named an All-Star in 1997 and was a member of Florida's first World Series Championship Team.  

After the World Series win, Johnson was one of the many Marlins who was traded, with his destination, the Dodgers.  Johnson returned to Florida as a Free Agent in 2001 and was an All-Star again.  He left for Colorado in 2003, ending his playing career with the Marlins for good.

Johnson had 467 Hits for Florida and a Defensive bWAR of 8.6, which is a franchise record.

Before Christian Yelich was an MVP, he was a star on the rise with the Miami Marlins.

Yelich was a late 2010 First Round Pick in 2010, and the Californian made his first appearance in the Majors three years later.  Playing at Leftfield, Yelich became a starter with the Marlins in 2014, winning a Gold Glove with a 165-Hit, .2984 Batting Average.  Yelich had another season in 2015, and in 2016, he increased his power stats to 21 Home Runs, captured a Silver Slugger while still flirting with a .300 BA (.298). 

Yelich had his second straight 170 Hit year in 2017, and he secured another year where he belted over 18 Home Runs, 80 RBIs, and batted over .280.  He was a star on the rise, but as what was typical with the Marlins, he was traded away, his case being Milwaukee, where he would win the MVP.

With the Marlins, Yelich had 719 Hits with a .290 Batting Average.

In an earlier entry, we mentioned that Luis Castillo is one of three Marlins to have won both of the Marlins’ World Series titles, but only one of the three was a starter in both.  That man in Jeff Conine.

Conine would become an original Marlin, taken in the Expansion Draft from Kansas City after appearing in 37 Games for the Royals.   He would become a starter at Leftfield for the Marlins, participating in all 162 Games and finishing third in National League Rookie of the Year voting.  Conine had 174 Hits that year, a career-high, but he was a more complete player over the next two seasons, going to the All-Star Game in both years with .300 years.  Conine belted at least 25 Home Runs in 1995 and 1996, and he was established as one of the better players on the Marlins roster.

1997 was a strange year in Baseball, mainly because the Marlins, a team that was only in existence for four years, winning it all.  Conine had his weakest year to date, but he was a solid part of their championship.  The Marlins unloaded all of their stars, including Conine, who was sent to Kansas City.

Late in the 2003 Season, he was traded back to Florida (this time from Baltimore), and he helped them win their second World Series Title.  Conine played for the Marlins until he rejoined the Orioles as a Free Agent after the 2006 Season.

With the Marlins, Conine had 1,005 Hits, 120 Home Runs with a Slash Line of .290/.358/.455.