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EspañolBARRY BONDS
'Barry Lamar Bonds' (born July 24, 1964 in Riverside, California) is the starting left fielder for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. He is the son of former Major League All-Star Bobby Bonds, the godson of Hall of Famer Willie Mays, and a distant cousin of Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson.[1]
Bonds holds the all-time Major League home run record with 762, after surpassing Hank Aaron's career mark of 755 in a game against the Washington Nationals on August 7, 2007. He is also the all-time career leader in both walks (2,553) and intentional walks (686). He holds numerous other records, including the single-season Major League record for home runs (73), set in 2001, and a record seven Most Valuable Player awards.
Since 2003, Bonds has been a key figure in the BALCO scandal, though Bonds has never failed a steroid test. He is also under investigation for perjury by a federal grand jury regarding his testimony in the BALCO case, but he has not been indicted.
Early life
Bonds attended Junípero Serra High School in San Mateo, California and excelled in baseball, basketball and football. As a freshman, he spent the baseball season on the JV team. The next 3 years — 1980 to 1982 — he starred on the varsity team. He batted .467 his senior year, and was honored as a prep All-American. Player Profile: Barry Bonds 25 The Giants drafted Bonds in the second round of the 1982 MLB draft as a high school senior, but the Giants and Bonds were unable to agree on contract terms, so Bonds instead decided to attend college.[2]
Bonds attended Arizona State University, where he had a stellar baseball career, hitting .347 with 45 home runs and 175 RBI. In 1984 he batted .360 and stole 30 bases. In 1985 he hit 23 home runs with 66 RBIs and a .368 batting average. He was a Sporting News All-American selection that year. He tied the NCAA record with 7 consecutive hits in the College World Series as sophomore and was named to All-Time College World Series Team in 1996. He graduated from Arizona State in 1986 with a degree in criminology.
Major league career
Pittsburgh Pirates
Bonds was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first round (sixth overall) of the 1985 MLB draft. Bonds joined the Prince William Pirates of the Carolina League and was named July 1985 Player of the Month for the league.[3] In 1986, he hit .311 in 44 games for the Hawaii Islanders of the Pacific Coast League,[4]
In 1986, Bonds finished 6th in Rookie of the Year voting, hitting 16 home runs and stealing 36 bases. He hit 25 home runs in his second season, along with 32 stolen bases and 59 RBIs. Bonds improved in 1988, hitting .283 with 24 home runs. Bonds started off his 1989 campaign well, but tapered off quickly, finishing with 19 homers and 58 RBIs.
Bonds won his first MVP award in 1990, hitting .301 with 33 home runs and 114 RBIs. His 52 stolen bases were third in the league. He won his first Gold Glove and Silver Slugger Awards. In 1991, Bonds also put up great numbers, hitting 25 homers and driving in 116 runs, and obtained another Gold Glove and Silver Slugger. He finished second to NL batting champion Terry Pendleton in the MVP voting. The next season, Bonds won his second MVP award. He dominated the NL, hitting .311 with 34 homers and 103 RBIs. Bonds led the Pirates to the National League East division title where the Pirates fell to the Atlanta Braves. Bonds was involved in the final play in Game 7 of the NLCS, where he fielded a base hit and attempted to throw out Atlanta Braves first baseman Sid Bream at home plate. But the throw to catcher Mike LaValliere was late and Bream scored the winning run.[5] For the third consecutive season, the NL East Champion Pirates were denied a trip to the World Series.
San Francisco Giants
In 1993, Bonds left the Pirates to sign a lucrative free agent contract worth a then-record $43.75 million over 6 years with the Giants, with whom his father spent the first 7 years of his career, and with whom his godfather Willie Mays played 22 of his 24 Major League seasons. To honor his father, Bonds switched his jersey number to 25 once he signed with the Giants, as it had been Bobby's number in San Francisco. (His number during most of his stay with the Pirates, 24, was retired in honor of Mays anyways.) Bonds hit .336 in 1993, leading the league with 46 home runs and 123 RBI en route to his second consecutive MVP award, and third overall. As good as the Giants were (winning 103 games), the Atlanta Braves won 104 in what some call the last great pennant race [6] (due to the Wild Card being instituted shortly after).
In the strike-shortened season of 1994, Bonds hit .312 with 37 home runs and a league-leading 74 walks. He finished 4th in MVP voting. In 1995, Bonds hit 33 homers and drove in 104 runs, hitting .294 but finished only 12th in MVP voting.
In 1996, Bonds became the first National League player (and 2nd of 4 major league players) to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases in the same season. (Others are Canseco-1988, A.Rodriguez-1998, and Soriano-2006; his father Bobby Bonds was 1 hr short in 1973). Bonds drove in 129 runs with a .308 average and walked a then-National League record 151 times. During the 1996 season Bonds became the 4th player in history to steal 300 bases and hit 300 home runs for a career, joining Willie Mays, Andre Dawson, and Bobby Bonds. In 1997 Bonds hit .291, his lowest average since 1989. He hit 40 home runs for the second straight year and drove in 101 runs, leading the league in walks again with 145. He tied his father in 1997 for having the most 30/30 seasons.
In 1998, Bonds got off to a very rocky start, but by season's end he hit .303 with 37 home runs and drove in 122 runs, winning his eighth Gold Glove, and became the first player ever to have career totals of 400 home runs and 400 stolen bases. With two outs in the 9th inning of a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on May 28, 1998, Bonds became the third player in baseball history to be walked intentionally with the bases loaded (Nap Lajoie and Bill Nicholson were two others. [7]. Bonds finished 8th in the MVP voting.
Throughout the 1990s, Bonds was an exceptionally patient hitter and a great slugger who stole bases and played Gold Glove defense. Bill James ranked Bonds as the best player of the 1990s, adding that the decade's 2nd-best player (Craig Biggio) had been closer in production to the decade's 10th-best player than to Bonds.
In 1999, with statistics through 1997 being considered, Bonds ranked Number 31 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, making him the highest-ranking active player. When the Sporting News list was redone in 2005, Bonds was ranked 6th behind Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, and Henry Aaron. Bonds was omitted from 1999's Major League Baseball All-Century Team, to which Ken Griffey Jr. was elected. James wrote of Bonds, "Certainly the most unappreciated superstar of my lifetime... Griffey has always been more popular, but Bonds has been a far, far greater player."
In 1999, James rated Bonds as the 16th best player of all time. "When people begin to take in all of his accomplishments", James predicted, "Bonds may well be rated among the five greatest players in the history of the game." However, at the time of this statement, the controversy regarding Bonds' use of performance enhancing substances was not yet a factor.
Resurgence
Bonds at the plate with the Giants.
By the end of the 1999 season, Bonds was already widely regarded as a great all-around player and likely first-ballot Hall of Famer. But at an age in which most players performance begin a slow decline, Bonds' production began to accelerate. In the next millennium Bonds would surpass his performances to date, achieving a truly extraordinary level of offensive production. In 2000, at age 36, Bonds hit .306, with a slugging percentage of .688 (career best at that time), hit 49 home runs in just 143 games (also a career high to that point), while drawing a league-leading 117 walks.
The next year, Bonds' offensive production reached even higher levels, breaking not only his own personal records but several major league records. In the Giants' first 50 games in 2001, Bonds hit 28 home runs, including 17 in May — a career high.[8] He also hit 39 home runs by the All-star break (a major league record), drew a major league record 177 walks, and had a .515 on-base average, a feat not seen since Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams over forty years earlier. Bonds' slugging percentage was a major league record .863 (411 total bases in 476 at-bats), and, most impressively, he ended the season with 73 home runs, a new major league record.
In 2002, Bonds hit 46 home runs in 403 at-bats. He won the NL batting title with a career-high .370 average and struck out only 47 times. Despite playing in nine fewer games than the previous season, he drew 198 walks, a major-league record, 68 of them intentional. He slugged .799, then the fourth-highest total all time. Bonds broke Ted Williams' major league record for on-base average with .582. Bonds also hit his 600th home run, less than a year and a half after hitting his 500th.
In 2003, Bonds played in just 130 games. He hit 45 home runs in just 390 at-bats, along with a .341 batting average. He slugged .749, walked 148 times, and had an on-base average well over .500 (.529) for the third straight year. He also became the only member of the career 500 home run/500 stolen base club.
In 2004, Bonds had perhaps his best season. He hit .362 en route to his second National League batting title, and broke his own record by walking 232 times. He slugged .812, which was fourth-highest of all time, and broke his on-base percentage record with a .609 average. Bonds passed Mays on the career home run list, hitting his 700th near the end of the season. Bonds hit 45 home runs in 373 at-bats, and struck out just 41 times, putting himself in elite company, as few major leaguers have ever had more home runs than strikeouts in a season. Bonds would win his fourth consecutive MVP award and his seventh overall. His seven MVP awards are four more than any other player in history. (The MVP award was first given in 1931.) On July 4 2004 he tied and passed Rickey Henderson's career bases on balls record with his 2190th and 2191st career walks.[9]
During an investigation of BALCO Laboratories, Bonds' grand jury testimony was illegally leaked and obtained by the media. In the testimony he allegedly admitted he may have unknowingly been given "the clear" and "the cream", claiming he was told the substances were flaxseed oil. This ignited much media speculation on Bonds in relation to the BALCO investigation.
2005 injury problems
On March 22, 2005, Bonds announced that he could be sidelined for the rest of the 2005 season because of continuing knee problem for which he had already had surgery. At the press conference, Bonds also indicated that he was frustrated by the focus on his alleged steroid use and the negative portrayal of him in the media. Later, Bonds sounded more positive about his rehabilitation and told fans at the Opening Day festivities, "I will be back!" The chances of Bonds' return to the playing field were covered throughout the summer by ESPN, in anticipation of potentially unprecedented scrutiny by the media and baseball fans (baseball had toughened its steroid-testing program since Bonds had last played and Bonds was tested regularly even though he did not play). On May 4,2005, Bonds revealed on his website that he had undergone a third arthroscopic knee surgery because of a bacterial infection in his knee. This setback led many to assume that Bonds would not play in the 2005 season, and in the process raised much speculation as to whether Hank Aaron's career home run record of 755 would be attainable by Bonds.
In September, Bonds started working out with the team while the Giants were in Los Angeles to play the Dodgers. Bonds was activated on September 12,2005, returned to start in left field. In his return against the San Diego Padres, he nearly hit a home run in his first at-bat. Bonds finished the night 1-for-4. Upon his return, Bonds mostly continued his pre-injury dominance at the plate, hitting home runs in four consecutive games from September 18,2005 to September 21,2005 and finishing with five homers in only 14 games.
2006 season and beyond
Bonds batting versus the Chicago Cubs in 2006
On February 19, 2006, Bonds announced in an interview with ''USA Today'' that he planned on retiring at the conclusion of the season, with or without the all-time home run record. "I've never cared about records anyway", he said, "so what difference does it make? Right now, I'm telling you, I don't even want to play next year. Baseball is a fun sport. But I'm not having fun... I love the game of baseball itself, but I don't like what it's turned out to be. I'm not mad at anybody. It's just that right now I am not proud to be a baseball player."[10] On March 9, 2006, after his first game of the preseason with the San Francisco Giants, Bonds said that he would know around the All-Star Break and in a time period ranging from July to August 2006, whether or not he would be returning for the 2007 MLB season.
Bonds started the 2006 season with a slump. Bonds hit under .200 for his first 10 games of the season and did not hit a home run until April 22,''.
''Game of Shadows''
Main articles: Game of Shadows
Barry Bonds on the March 13, 2006 cover of Sports Illustrated heralding the release of ''Game of Shadows''
In March, 2006 the book ''Game of Shadows'', written by Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada, was released amid a storm of media publicity including the cover of ''Sports Illustrated''. Initially small excerpts of the book were released by the authors in the issue of ''Sports Illustrated''. The book alleges Bonds used stanozolol and a host of other steroids, and is perhaps most responsible for the change in public opinion regarding Bonds' alleged steroid use.
The book contained excerpts of grand jury testimony that is supposed to be sealed and confidential by law. The authors have been steadfast in their refusal to divulge their sources, and at one point faced jail time. On February 14, 2007, Troy Ellerman, one of Victor Conte's lawyers, pled guilty to leaking grand jury testimony. Through the plea agreement, he will spend two years in jail and pay a $250,000.25 fine. The government also dropped their case against Williams and Fainaru-Wada in the process.[53]
''Love Me, Hate Me''
In May 2006, former ''Sports Illustrated'' writer Jeff Pearlman released a scathing biography of Bonds entitled ''Love Me, Hate Me: Barry Bonds and the Making of an Anti-Hero.'' Though obscured by ''Game of Shadows'', the book also contained many allegations against Bonds.
Perjury investigation
★ April 13,2006, CNN reported that federal investigators were looking into whether or not Bonds committed perjury during his 2003 grand jury testimony relating to the BALCO steroids scandal when he testified that he believed a clear substance and a cream, given to him by personal trainer Greg Anderson, were flaxseed oil and arthritis balm. (see "The BALCO Scandal", above).[54] Other news sources, including the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' and ESPN, have reported the same. According to these sources, the United States Attorney's Office in San Francisco brought evidence before another grand jury to determine if Bonds should be indicted. Before testifying to the original grand jury (in 2003), witnesses were told that they could not be charged with any crime other than perjury based on their testimony.
★ July 5,2006, Greg Anderson was found in contempt of court by U.S. District Judge William Alsup for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury investigating perjury accusations against Bonds. Anderson was denied bail and immediately sent to the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California. Anderson's attorney, Mark Geragos, said he would file an appeal based on his assertion that the subpoena to testify violated Anderson's plea bargain agreement in the BALCO case.[55]
★ July 11,2006, it was reported that MLB officials expected Bonds to be indicted on perjury and tax evasion charges as early as one week from that day.[56]
★ July 20,2006, the grand jury investigating the incident retired without issuing an indictment. Bonds' trainer, Greg Anderson, was immediately released and promptly subpoenaed to testify before a new grand jury that would take up the case.[57] Anderson's attorney, Mark Geragos, stated that his client would continue to refuse to testify.
★ July 22,2006, it was reported that federal prosecutors had obtained Barry Bonds’ medical files as part of their investigation into whether the slugger perjured himself when he said he never knowingly used steroids. U.S. Attorney Kevin Ryan had said he had postponed his decision on whether to seek an indictment of Bonds "in light of some recent developments", and the receipt of the medical records was apparently one of those developments. The records were believed to include information about three operations Bonds had last season to treat his right knee, as well as a serious elbow injury that required surgery in 1999. Bonds’ former girlfriend, Kimberly Bell, testified that Bonds blamed the elbow injury on steroid use. According to the ''San Francisco Chronicle'', prosecutors had subpoenaed the documents nearly two months ago, but Bonds’ attorneys went to federal court to stop the government from obtaining the records.[58]
★ August 17,2006, Greg Anderson again refused to testify before the grand jury investigating Bonds. U.S. District Judge William Alsup ordered Anderson to return to court August 28 for a contempt hearing. In requesting the hearing, prosecutors for the first time publicly acknowledged they were targeting Bonds.[59]
★ August 28,2006, Greg Anderson was held in contempt of court and sent to federal prison for a second time for refusing to answer questions from a federal grand jury investigating Bonds. U.S. District Judge William Alsup said Anderson had provided no legal justification for refusing to tell the grand jury on Aug. 17 whether he had supplied steroids to Bonds or other athletes, or even whether he knew Bonds. Mark Geragos, Anderson's lawyer, said he would file an appeal with the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.[60]
★ October 5,2006, Greg Anderson was ordered released from prison after 37 days. U.S. District Judge William Alsup ordered his release because the federal appeals court hadn't affirmed the contempt order within the required 30 days after Anderson was jailed. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal had sent the contempt order back to Judge Alsup, thus delaying any ruling. The main contention of Anderson's appeal is that a secret, illegally-recorded tape of him discussing Bonds' steroid use was the basis for the grand jury questions he refused to answer. Prosecutors, however, said the tape was legal and was made in a face-to-face meeting with Anderson. Although Alsup dismissed Anderson's tape claim and others, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal sent Anderson's appeal back to the judge, saying Alsup's ruling regarding the tape was not clear enough. In clarifying his order, Alsup said he agreed with prosecutors that there was ample evidence beyond the tape to question Anderson. Prosecutors also said the questions they wanted answered were based on athletes' secret testimony in the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative case and a search of Anderson's house that turned up drug records, some with Bonds' name on it. Other than the tape dispute, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had rejected the merits of Anderson's appeal.[61] In November, after the order was clarified, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to hear Anderson's argument that his "entire grand jury process was tainted" because the government let the grand jury hear the tape. If the appeals court had agreed that the tape unfairly contributed to Anderson's guilty plea, his conviction could have been be thrown out, even though Anderson had already completed his three-month sentence. In the disputed tape recording, first reported by the ''San Francisco Chronicle'', Anderson reportedly told an unidentified person that Bonds was using drugs that could not be detected. Alsup, who had read a transcript of the tape, called it "as worthless a piece of evidence as I've ever seen", according to newspaper reports.[62][63]
★ November 16,2006, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Greg Anderson's appeal and ruled that he must return to prison for refusing to testify before the grand jury investigating Bonds. The court ordered him to report to the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin by November 20. The San Francisco-based appeals court agreed with U.S. District Judge William Alsup, ruling there was ample evidence beyond the tape to justify the grand jury's interest in questioning Anderson about Bonds.[64] Anderson's lawyers announced they would seek an appeal before the entire 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
★ January, 2007, U.S. attorney Kevin V. Ryan resigned and was replaced by Scott Schools. Despite rumors the probe into Bonds would be hampered, the Associated Press reported that by February 2007, the investigation had resumed. The AP quoted Michael Rains, a lawyer for Bonds, as saying "There is absolutely no doubt that the U.S. attorney is still running a grand jury and still taking evidence that involves Bonds. There is still an active effort to indict Barry."[65]
★ March 2007, the entire 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Anderson's appeal. Mark Geragos had stated he intends to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court if the 9th Circuit rejects his appeal.[66] After losing the appeal, Geragos told ESPN "My client is never going to speak...He has got absolutely no intention of talking." Anderson could serve more than a year for refusing to testify against Bonds.[67][68]
★ July 21,2007, the New York Daily News reported that the grand jury investigating Bonds had been extended for six months. According to the ''Daily News'', the "U.S. Attorney's office in San Francisco is confident it will have enough evidence to secure an indictment once [the grand jury] resumes in September." The ''Daily News'' quoted an anonymous source as saying "[Prosecutors] seem to feel they have a strong case...If the case is 90% now, there's no reason not to go for 100%. They aren't just waiting around for Greg Anderson."[69]
★ August 13,2007, Bonds hired two attorneys, John Burris of Oakland and Todd Schneider of San Francisco, to defend him against false statements against him, including claims that he took steroids.[70]
''Bonds on Bonds''
Main articles: Bonds on Bonds
In April 2006 and May 2006, ESPN aired a few episodes of a 10-part reality TV series starring Bonds. The show, titled ''Bonds on Bonds'', focused on Bonds' chase of Babe Ruth's and Hank Aaron's home run records. The series was cancelled in June 2006, ESPN and producer Tollin/Robbins Productions citing "creative control" issues with Bonds and his representatives.
Career statistics
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | TB | SH | SF | IBB | HBP | GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 21 | PIT | NL | 150 | 413 | 72 | 92 | 26 | 3 | 16 | 48 | 36 | 7 | 65 | 102 | .223 | .330 | .416 | 172 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1987 | 22 | PIT | NL | 150 | 551 | 99 | 144 | 34 | 9 | 25 | 59 | 32 | 10 | 54 | 88 | .261 | .329 | .492 | 271 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 1988 | 23 | PIT | NL | 144 | 538 | 97 | 152 | 30 | 5 | 24 | 58 | 17 | 11 | 72 | 82 | .283 | .368 | .491 | 264 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 3 |
| 1989 | 24 | PIT | NL | 159 | 580 | 96 | 144 | 34 | 6 | 19 | 58 | 32 | 10 | 93 | 93 | .248 | .351 | .426 | 247 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 9 |
| 1990 | 25 | PIT | NL | 151 | 519 | 104 | 156 | 32 | 3 | 33 | 114 | 52 | 13 | 93 | 83 | .301 | .406 | .565 | 293 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 8 |
| 1991 | 26 | PIT | NL | 153 | 510 | 95 | 149 | 28 | 5 | 25 | 116 | 43 | 13 | 107 | 73 | .292 | .410 | .514 | 262 | 0 | 13 | 25 | 4 | 8 |
| 1992 | 27 | PIT | NL | 140 | 473 | 109 | 147 | 36 | 5 | 34 | 103 | 39 | 8 | 127 | 69 | .311 | .456 | .624 | 295 | 0 | 7 | 32 | 5 | 9 |
| 1993 | 28 | SF | NL | 159 | 539 | 129 | 181 | 38 | 4 | 46 | 123 | 29 | 12 | 126 | 79 | .336 | .458 | .677 | 365 | 0 | 7 | 43 | 2 | 11 |
| 1994 | 29 | SF | NL | 112 | 391 | 89 | 122 | 18 | 1 | 37 | 81 | 29 | 9 | 74 | 43 | .312 | .426 | .647 | 253 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 3 |
| 1995 | 30 | SF | NL | 144 | 506 | 109 | 149 | 30 | 7 | 33 | 104 | 31 | 10 | 120 | 83 | .294 | .431 | .577 | 292 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 5 | 12 |
| 1996 | 31 | SF | NL | 158 | 517 | 122 | 159 | 27 | 3 | 42 | 129 | 40 | 7 | 151 | 76 | .308 | .461 | .615 | 318 | 0 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 11 |
| 1997 | 32 | SF | NL | 159 | 532 | 123 | 155 | 26 | 5 | 40 | 101 | 37 | 8 | 145 | 87 | .291 | .446 | .585 | 311 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 8 | 13 |
| 1998 | 33 | SF | NL | 156 | 552 | 120 | 167 | 44 | 7 | 37 | 122 | 28 | 12 | 130 | 92 | .303 | .438 | .609 | 336 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 8 | 15 |
| 1999 | 34 | SF | NL | 102 | 355 | 91 | 93 | 20 | 2 | 34 | 83 | 15 | 2 | 73 | 62 | .262 | .389 | .617 | 219 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| 2000 | 35 | SF | NL | 143 | 480 | 129 | 147 | 28 | 4 | 49 | 106 | 11 | 3 | 117 | 77 | .306 | .440 | .688 | 330 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 6 |
| 2001 | 36 | SF | NL | 153 | 476 | 129 | 156 | 32 | 2 | 73 | 137 | 13 | 3 | 177 | 93 | .328 | .515 | .863 | 411 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 9 | 5 |
| 2002 | 37 | SF | NL | 143 | 403 | 117 | 149 | 31 | 2 | 46 | 110 | 9 | 2 | 198 | 47 | .370 | .582 | .799 | 322 | 0 | 2 | 68 | 9 | 4 |
| 2003 | 38 | SF | NL | 130 | 390 | 111 | 133 | 22 | 1 | 45 | 90 | 7 | 0 | 148 | 58 | .341 | .529 | .749 | 292 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 10 | 7 |
| 2004 | 39 | SF | NL | 147 | 373 | 129 | 135 | 27 | 3 | 45 | 101 | 6 | 1 | 232 | 41 | .362 | .609 | .812 | 303 | 0 | 3 | 120 | 9 | 5 |
| 2005 | 40 | SF | NL | 14 | 42 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | .286 | .404 | .667 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 41 | SF | NL | 130 | 367 | 74 | 99 | 23 | 0 | 26 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 115 | 51 | .270 | .454 | .545 | 200 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 9 |
| 2007 | 42 | SF | NL | 119 | 325 | 74 | 90 | 14 | 0 | 28 | 66 | 5 | 0 | 127 | 53 | .277 | .481 | .578 | 188 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 3 | 13 |
| Totals: | 2,979 | 9,832 | 2,226 | 2,931 | 601 | 77 | 762 | 1,996 | 514 | 141 | 2,553 | 1,538 | .298 | .444 | .607 | 5,972 | 4 | 91 | 686 | 106 | 165 | |||
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★ Through September 7, 2007 Barry Bonds Statistics
Watchlists
| ;Home Runs# 'Barry Bonds 762'# Hank Aaron 755# Babe Ruth 714# Willie Mays 660# Sammy Sosa 606 (active);RBI# Hank Aaron 2,297# Babe Ruth 2,217# Cap Anson 2,076# 'Barry Bonds 1,996'# Lou Gehrig 1,995;Runs# Rickey Henderson 2,295 # Ty Cobb 2,246# 'Barry Bonds 2,226'# Hank Aaron 2,174# Babe Ruth 2,174;Extra Base Hits# Hank Aaron 1,477# 'Barry Bonds 1,440'# Stan Musial 1,377# Babe Ruth 1,356# Willie Mays 1,323 | ;Total Bases# Hank Aaron 6,856# Stan Musial 6,134# Willie Mays 6,066# 'Barry Bonds 5,972'# Ty Cobb 5,854;Times on Base# Pete Rose 5,929# 'Barry Bonds 5,590'# Ty Cobb 5,532# Rickey Henderson 5,343# Carl Yastrzemski 5,304;Walks# 'Barry Bonds 2,553'# Rickey Henderson 2,190# Babe Ruth 2,062# Ted Williams 2,021# Joe Morgan 1,865;Intentional Walks# 'Barry Bonds 686'# Hank Aaron 293# Willie McCovey 260# Ken Griffey, Jr. 230 (active)# George Brett 229 | ;The Road to 3,000 Hits:27. Roberto Clemente 3,000 R:28. Sam Rice 2,987 L:29. Sam Crawford 2,961 L:30. Frank Robinson 2,943 R:31. Willie Keeler 2,932 L:32. 'Barry Bonds 2,931 L' |
★ Through September 7, 2007 Barry Bonds Statistics
Milestone home runs
| HR | Date | Age | Team | Pitcher | Opponent | Park | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | 1986-06-04 | 21 y, 315 d | Pittsburgh | Craig McMurtry | Atlanta | Fulton County Stadium | |
| '100' | 1990-07-12 | 25 y, 353 d | Pittsburgh | Andy Benes | San Diego | Three Rivers Stadium | |
| '200' | 1993-07-08 | 28 y, 349 d | San Francisco | Jose DeLeon | Philadelphia | Veterans Stadium | |
| '300' | 1996-04-27 | 31 y, 278 d | San Francisco | John Burkett | Florida | Candlestick Park | |
| '400' | 1998-08-23 | 34 y, 30 d | San Francisco | Kirt Ojala | Florida | Pro Player Stadium | |
| '500' | 2001-04-17 | 36 y, 267 d | San Francisco | Terry Adams | L.A. Dodgers | Pacific Bell Park | |
| '600' | 2002-08-09 | 38 y, 16 d | San Francisco | Kip Wells | Pittsburgh | Pacific Bell Park | |
| '660' | 2004-04-12 | 39 y, 263 d | San Francisco | Matt Kinney | Milwaukee | SBC Park | |
| '661' | 2004-04-13 | 39 y, 264 d | San Francisco | Ben Ford | Milwaukee | SBC Park | |
| '700' | 2004-09-17 | 40 y, 55 d | San Francisco | Jake Peavy | San Diego | SBC Park | |
| '714' | 2006-05-20 | 41 y, 300 d | San Francisco | Brad Halsey | Oakland | McAfee Coliseum | |
| '715' | 2006-05-28 | 41 y, 308 d | San Francisco | Byung-Hyun Kim | Colorado | AT&T Park | |
| '733' | 2006-09-22 | 42 y, 60 d | San Francisco | Chris Spurling | Milwaukee | Miller Park | |
| '734' | 2006-09-23 | 42 y, 61 d | San Francisco | Chris Capuano | Milwaukee | Miller Park | |
| '755' | 2007-08-04 | 43 y, 11 d | San Francisco | Clay Hensley | San Diego | PETCO Park | |
| '756' | 2007-08-07 | 43 y, 14 d | San Francisco | Mike Bacsik | Washington | AT&T Park |
Home runs by park
Barry Bonds has hit at least one home run in 36 different ballparks, in 26 different cities.[71] For parks with more than one name through the years, the names listed are not necessarily all of the parks' names, but rather their names when the home runs were hit.
Career distinctions
Besides holding Major League career records in home runs (762), walks (2,553), and intentional walks (686), Bonds also leads all active players in RBI (1,996), on-base percentage (.444), runs (2,225), games (2,978), extra-base hits (1,440), at-bats per home run (12.9), and total bases (5,971). He is 2nd in doubles (601), slugging percentage (.608), stolen bases (514), at-bats (9,828), and hits (2,930), 5th [tied] in triples (77), 6th [tied] in sacrifice flies (91), and 9th in strikeouts (1,537), thru September 5, 2007.
Bonds is the lone member of the 500-500 club, which means he has hit at least 500 home runs (762) and stolen 500 bases (514). He is also one of only four baseball players all-time to be in the 40-40 club (1996), which means he hit 40 home runs (42) and stole 40 bases (40) in the same season.
Records held
★ Home runs in a single season (73), 2001
★ Home runs in a single post-season (8), 2002
★ Home runs against different pitchers (447)
★ Home runs since turning 40 years old (74)
★ Home runs in the year he turned 43 years old (28)
★ Consecutive seasons with 30 or more home runs (13), 1992-2004
★ Slugging percentage in a single season (.863), 2001
★ Slugging percentage in a World Series (1.294), 2002
★ Consecutive seasons with .600 slugging percentage or higher (8), 1998-2005
★ On-base percentage in a single season (.609), 2004
★ Walks in a single season (232), 2004
★ Intentional walks in a single season (120), 2004
★ Consecutive games with a walk (18)
★ MVP awards (7 - closest competitors trail with 3), 1990, 1992-93, 2001-04
★ Consecutive MVP awards (4), 2001-04
★ National League Player of the Month selections (13 - the next highest in either league is 8 by Frank Thomas, and the next highest in the N.L. is 6 by George Foster, Pete Rose and Dale Murphy)
★ Oldest player (age 38) to win the National League batting title (.370) for the first time, 2002
Records shared
★ consecutive plate appearances with a walk (7)
★ consecutive plate appearances reaching base (15)
★ tied with his father, Bobby, for most seasons with 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases (five) and are the only father-son members of the 30-30 club
Other accomplishments
★ 5-time SF Giants Player of the Year (1998, 2001-04)
★ 7-time Baseball America NL All-Star (1993, 1998, 2000-04)
★ 3-Time Major League Player of the Year (1990, 2001, 2004)
★ 3-Time Baseball America MLB Player of the Year (2001, 2003-04)
★ 8-Time Gold Glove winner for NL Outfielder (1990-94, 1996-98)
★ 12-Time Silver Slugger winner for NL Outfielder (1990-94, 1996-97, 2000-04)
★ 14-time All-Star (1990, 1992-98, 2000-04, 2007)
★ 3-Time NL Hank Aaron Award winner (2001-02, 2004)
★ Listed at #6 on ''The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, the highest-ranked active player, in 2005.
★ Named a finalist to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999, but not elected to the team in the fan balloting.
★ Rating of 352 on Baseball-Reference.com's Hall of Fame monitor (100 is a good HOF candidate); 9th among all hitters, highest among hitters not in HOF yet.
★ Only the second player to twice have a single-season slugging percentage over .800, with his record .863 in 2001 and .812 in 2004. Babe Ruth was the other, with .847 in 1920 and .846 in 1921.
★ Became the first player in history with more times on base (376) than official times at bats (373) in 2004. This was due to the record number of walks, which count as a time on base but not a time at-bat. He had 135 hits, 232 walks, and 9 hit-by-pitches for the 376 number.
★ With his father Bobby (332, 461), leads all father-son combinations in combined home runs (1,094) and stolen bases (975), respectively through September 5, 2007.
See also
★ 400-400 club Only Member
★ 500-500 club Only Member
★ 300-300 club
★ 30-30 club
★ 40-40 club
★ 50 home run club
★ 500 home run club
★ 600 home run club
★ 700 home run club
★ List of Major League Baseball batting champions
★ List of Major League Baseball home run champions
★ List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 RBI
★ List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 runs
★ List of Major League Baseball players with 400 doubles
★ List of Major League Baseball players with 400 stolen bases
★ List of Major League Baseball players with 500 stolen bases
★ List of Major League Baseball RBI champions
★ List of Major League Baseball runs scored champions
★ List of major league players with 2,000 hits
★ List of MLB individual streaks
★ List of second generation MLB players
★ Major League Baseball hitters with three home runs in one game
★ MLB players who have hit 30 or more home runs before the All-Star break
★ Top 500 home run hitters of all time
References
1. Britannica Relations
2. JockBio.com's Biography of Bonds
3. Player Profile: Barry Bonds 25 (1985)
4. Barry Bonds and he made his major league debut on May 30. Player Profile: Barry Bonds 25 (1986)
5. Sid Bream's modern-day "mad dash" wins the pennant for Atlanta
6. ESPN Classic: What makes a great Pennant Race?
7. Baseball Digest
8. Bonds Career HR Log
9. Bradford, Mulder both walk slugger
10. Bonds: 'I'm not playing baseball anymore after this' February 19, 2006
11. Report: Bonds failed amphetamine test
12. Caught in the act Quinn, T.J.
13. Sweeney: It's 'over and done': Giants don't expect another apology from Bonds Schulman, Henry
14. Bonds, Giants agree to deal January 29th, 2007
15. Bonds won't sign revised contract right now January 31st, 2007
16. Jenkins, Bruce. "Sabean to have a free hand, for a change." The San Francisco Chronicle. August 18, 2007. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/18/SP4HRKMLR.DTL. Accessed on August 18, 2007.
17. Baseball Reference Highest Career and Single-Season Salaries page
18. Is Barry Bonds Worth His .8 Million Salary?
19. Amidst Bonds spectacle, Phillies win eighth straight
20. "The Conundrum that is Barry Bonds" Warren Goldstein, Chronicle of Higher Education June 8, 2007 B10-B11
21. Bonds reels in Babe, blasts home run No. 714
22. Bonds' milestone homer not enough vs. Rockies
23. Bonds hits No. 715, passes Ruth as Giants fall to RockiesMay 28, 2006
24. Bonds ties Aaron's NL HR mark, but Giants fall to Brewers
25. Bonds hits NL-record 734th HR, but Giants lose again
26. San Diego 7, San Francisco 0 (recap) McCauley, Janie
27. San Diego 5, San Francisco 3 (recap) McCauley, Janie
28. San Diego 5, San Francisco 3 (box score)
29. San Francisco 8, Pittsburgh 5 (recap)
30. San Francisco 1, Arizona 0 (recap)
31. San Francisco 2, Arizona 1 (recap)
32. Sunday Night Baseball May 6 2007
33. Auction house willing to buy 756 ball for M
34. Auction house withdraws M bounty on No. 756
35. Bonds' two-run shot helps Giants rally back vs. Jays
36. Bonds hits first Fenway homer in loss to Red Sox
37. Bonds is 5 homers shy of Aaron's mark after loss in 10th
38. Chi Cubs 9, San Francisco 8 (recap) McCauley, Janie
39. Bonds pulls within one of Aaron's all-time mark with 754th career homer
40. Mellinger, Sam. Bonds can say hey for some advice ''Kansas City Star'', 8 August 2007.
41. Bonds turns page to new era with home run No. 756
42. ''Pitcher's father faced Hank'', Associated Press August 8, 2007, ''Lexington Herald-Leader'' p B5.
43. Bonds New King of Swing After No. 756 Salem News.
44. “Queens man catches Bonds' home run No. 756.” ESPN.com. August 8, 2007. Retrieved August 8, 2007.
45. Kriegel, Mark. Bonds' historic journey too good to be true FoxSports.com, 8 August 2007.
46. Bonds completes rocky journey to break record International Herald Tribune.
47. Bonds moves into eternity, assumes MLB home run record ESPN.
48. Bonds receives presidential congrats MLB Giants.
49. President Bush called Bonds on Tuesday to congratulate him on 756 ESPN.
50. Wildermuth, John. “San Francisco honors Barry Bonds for Giant accomplishments.” The San Francisco Chronicle. August 25, 2007. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/25/BAALRP1IQ.DTL. Accessed on August 27, 2007.
51. Giants star defends prenuptial agreement
52. What Bonds told BALCO grand juryDecember 3, 2004
53. Court records link ex-Mets employee, federal grand jury investigating steroids
54. Sources: Grand jury looking at whether Bonds lied about steroid useApril 14, 2006
55. Bonds' Trainer Sent to Prison July 6, 2006
56. Report: MLB expects Bonds to be indicted soonJuly 12, 2006
57. New grand jury to look at Bonds allegations July 21, 2006
58. Report: Feds obtained medical records for Barry BondsJuly 22, 2006
59. Bonds' trainer won't talk August 17, 2006
60. Anderson ordered back to prison August 28, 2006
61. Judge orders Barry Bonds' trainer freed
62. Coach indicted; Bonds' pal wins
63. Conviction may be overturned
64. Bonds' trainer ordered jailed again
65. Former Giants trainer testified about Bonds' arm injury
66. Bonds trainer loses appeal on BALCO testimony: Contempt of court ruling upheld -- he's due back in prison
67. Ex-Bonds trainer 'is never going to speak'
68. ESPN:Anderson remains the quiet man
69. Jury's in on Bonds: Feds eye Fall indictment
70. Rosynsky, Paul T. Bonds Threatens to Sue Detractors. ''San Jose Mercury News'': August 13, 2007.
71. List of Barry Bonds' Home Runs
External links
★ barrybonds.com - Official website
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