"However, if you go by the WAR measure that has been the standard during Marlin Maniac's Best To Wear The Miami Marlins Jersey Number Series, only Hanley Ramirez and Giancarlo Stanton have had a better season than Cliff Floyd did during the peak of a three year stretch that saw him look like one of the best hitters in baseball. Defense counts in WAR, after all, which gives the athletic Floyd the edge over some of those prolific Miguel Cabrera, Carlos Delgado, Gary Sheffield, and Stanton seasons."
"Tim Raines wore No. 30 for the back half of 2002, taking the number back after Floyd was traded back to Montreal in exchange for multiple members of the 2003 World Champions, headlined by Carl Pavano and Mike Mordecai. A personal favorite of mine would be catcher Miguel Olivo, who had a surprisingly great 2006 for Miami. Then there's Garrett Cooper, a personal favorite of a significant contingent of the Marlins Twitterverse, who wore the number in his first season with the club in 2018."
Cliff Floyd produced one of the best single-season performances in Miami Marlins history during a 2001 peak inside a three-year stretch of elite play. WAR places that season behind only Hanley Ramirez and Giancarlo Stanton among Marlins single-season marks. Floyd's athletic defense increased his WAR relative to several prolific sluggers. Floyd is the clear frontrunner for the best player to wear No. 30 for the Marlins. Other notable No. 30 wearers include Tim Raines, Miguel Olivo, Garrett Cooper, and Craig Counsell, with Raines reclaiming the number after Floyd's trade back to Montreal.
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