The Rays have signed veteran left-handed hitting outfielder Cliff Floyd to a one-year major league contract through 2008 with a club option for 2009. Floyd, 35, hit .284 (80-for-282) for the Chicago Cubs last season with 9 homers, 45 RBI and a .373 on-base percentage in 108 games. He is a career .279 hitter with 222 home runs, 826 RBI, 327 doubles and 147 stolen bases in 15 major league seasons with the Montreal Expos (1993-96, 2002), Florida Marlins (1997-2002), Boston Red Sox (2002), New York Mets (2003-06) and Cubs (2007). A veteran of three postseasons, Floyd was a member of the Marlins 1997 World Championship club, and reached the playoffs with the 2006 Mets and 2007 Cubs. He was named a National League All-Star in 2001 as he hit .319 with 31 homers, 103 RBI, 44 doubles, 18 steals and 123 runs scored for the Marlins. He was selected by Montreal in the first round (14th overall) of the 1991 June Draft, made his major league debut in 1993 at age 20, and was part of the winningest team in Expos history during his rookie campaign in 1994. He slugged a career-high 34 home runs for the Mets in 2005. On two occasions he has reached 20 home runs and 20 steals in the same season (1998 and 2000). This will mark Floyd?s second stint in the American League. He hit .316 for the Red Sox in 2003 in 47 games after being acquired at the July trade deadline. He owns a career average of .382 (29-for-76) at Tropicana Field, tied for the second-best average all-time (minimum 75 at-bats). The Plantation, Fla., resident is a native of Chicago. An active member of the community throughout his career, he has donated his time and money to the Marlins Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) program, the Kidney Foundation of South Florida, and Florida International University.