Floyd Chiffer

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1956)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Floyd Chiffer

|image=Floyd Chiffer Padres.jpg

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1956|4|20}}

|birth_place=Glen Cove, New York, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 7

|debutyear=1982

|debutteam=San Diego Padres

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 24

|finalyear=1984

|finalteam=San Diego Padres

|statleague = MLB

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.02

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=5–5

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=83

|teams=

• San Diego Padres ({{mlby|1982}}–{{mlby|1984}})

}}

Floyd John Chiffer (born April 20, 1956) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who attended the University of California, Los Angeles. He played his entire career for the San Diego Padres, with his best year coming in 1982 when he appeared in 51 games, with a 2.95 ERA. On December 7, 1984, Chiffer was traded to the Minnesota Twins but never pitched in another major league game.

Chiffer is noteworthy for having been drafted three times in the Major League Baseball Draft in three years, by three teams, finally signing with the San Diego Padres after the 1978 draft.