Barry Bonds

Barry Bonds
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San Francisco Giants – No. 25
Left Fielder
Bats: Left Throws: Left
debut
May 30, 1986, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Career statistics (through August 8, 2007)
Batting Average	.298
Home Runs	757
Runs Batted In	1,983
Hits	2,916
Runs	2,213
Slugging Percentage	.608
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
Pittsburgh Pirates (1986-1992) San Francisco Giants (1993-present)
Career highlights and awards
Most Valuable Player (NL): (1990, 1992-1993, 2001-2004) Gold Glove (NL): (1990-1994, 1996-1998) Silver Slugger (NL): (1990-1994, 1996-1997, 2000-2004) Hank Aaron Award (NL): (2001-2002, 2004)

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.

Bonds holds the all-time Major League home run record, after hitting his 756th home run in a game against the Washington Nationals on August 7, 2007, surpassing Hank Aaron. He also is the all-time career leader in both walks (2540) and intentional walks (679). He holds numerous single-season records, among them the single-season Major League record for home runs (73), set in 2001. He has won 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. 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.

Bonds attended Arizona State University, where he had a stellar baseball career. 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 graduated from Arizona State in 1986 with a degree in criminology.

Major league career

Bonds was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first round (sixth overall) of the 1985 MLB draft. After stints with the minor league Prince William Pirates and Hawaii Islanders, he made his major league debut on May 30, 1986.

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 sophomore 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. 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 (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 to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases in the same season (since matched by Alfonso Soriano with the Washington Nationals in 2006). 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 the first two).. 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. 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.

In the new millennium, major league baseball was shrouded in controversy over steroids. 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, 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, 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 to September 21 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 2006 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." 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. This 10 game stretch was his longest home run slump since the 1998 season. Throughout May, June, July, and early August, Bonds continued with a sub-par offensive performance. In late August, Bonds began an offensive surge, hitting 10 home runs in 25 starts from August 21 through September 23, and lifting his batting average 40 points in the same stretch. On August 20 Bonds' batting average fell to .235, his lowest average since early May. From then to September 23, Bonds could look back to a full month on an offensive tear: a .400 batting average (34 hits in 85 official at-bats), a .800 slugging percentage, with 10 home runs, 6 doubles and 26 runs batted in, along with 19 walks and only 8 strikeouts. With season long media speculation about the questionable likelihood of Bonds' re-signing with the Giants for the 2007 season, by late season commentators were concluding that it would be difficult to ignore the late-season contribution by Bonds that was keeping the Giants in the pennant race.

Bonds in the field.

In 2006, Bonds recorded his lowest slugging percentage (a statistic that he has historically ranked among league leaders season after season) since 1991 with the Pittsburgh Pirates. With his 733rd and 734th career home runs, hit respectively on September 22 and 23, 2006, Bonds tied and then passed Henry Aaron's National League career home run record in Milwaukee. As of the end of the 2006 MLB season, he had 734 total homers.

In January 2007, the New York Daily News claimed that Barry Bonds had tested positive for an amphetamine test [1]. Under baseball's amphetamines policy, which had only been in effect for one season, players were to be submitted to 6 additional drug test and to undergo treatment and counseling [2]. Baseball's amphetamines policy also outlined that players were not to suppose to be identified for a first positive test but the New York Daily News discovered the test's results [3]. When the Players Association told Bonds that he tested positive, Bonds attributed the positive to a substance he had taken from the locker of Giants teammate Mark Sweeney [4] [5]. Bonds would later clear Sweeney of any involvement in his positive amphetamine test [6].

Bonds at the plate against the Rockies in 2007.

On January 29, 2007, the Giants finalized a contract with Bonds for the 2007 season. After the commissioner's office rejected Bonds's one-year, $15.8 million deal because it contained a personal-appearance provision, the team sent revised documents to his agent, Jeff Borris, who stated that "At this time, Barry is not signing the new documents." Bonds signed a revised 1 year, $15.8 million contract on February 15, 2007, and reported to the Giants' Spring Training camp on time.

Career distinctions

Bonds holds the all-time single-season major league records for most home runs in a season (73), on base percentage (.609), slugging percentage (.863), walks (232) and on-base plus slugging (OPS) record with a total of 1.422.

Bonds is the all-time major league leader in career home runs (757), walks (2,540) and intentional walks (679). Bonds ranks 2nd all-time in extra base hits (1,432), 3rd in both at bats per home run (12.9) and runs (2,212), 4th in total bases (5,936), 5th in RBI (1,981), and 6th in both on base percentage (.444) and slugging percentage (.607).

He leads all active players in home runs, RBI, walks, intentional walks, on-base percentage, runs, games (2,958), extra-base hits, at-bats per home run, and total bases. He is 2nd in doubles (599), slugging percentage, stolen bases (514), at-bats (9,774), and hits (2,915), 5th in triples (77), and 8th in strikeouts (1,531) and sacrifice flies (90).

Bonds has won a record seven MVP awards; his closest competitors trail with three. He has been selected to his 14th All-Star Game. He has won 12 Silver Slugger awards, more than any other player, and eight Gold Glove awards.

Bonds is the lone member of the 500-500 club, which means he has hit at least 500 home runs (757) and stolen 500 bases (514). He is also one of only four baseball players all-time to be in the 40-40 club, which means he hit 40 home runs (42) and stole 40 bases (40) in the same season.

Other records

• In 1998, Bonds tied John Olerud for the National League record of 15 consecutive plate appearances reaching base. He tied this record again in 2003.

• Bonds is 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.

• Bonds set a record by hitting home runs against 447 different pitchers.

• In 2002, Bonds won the National League batting title with a .370 average, becoming the oldest player to win the honor for the first time. In 2004, he won his second batting title with a .362 average.

• During the 2002 post-season, Bonds set the record for most home runs hit in a single post-season (8). Bonds hit .471 with 4 home runs and 13 walks (seven intentional) in the World Series, thereby slugging 1.294 with a .700 on-base percentage. The slugging percentage was a record; the on-base percentage was bettered only by Billy Hatcher in 1990.

• In 2004, Bonds became the first player in history with more times on base (376) than official times at bats (373). 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.

• Bonds has won the National League Player of the Month award thirteen times which is a record for either league. The next highest in either league is Frank Thomas who won the A.L. award eight times and the next highest total in the N.L. is only six held by George Foster, Pete Rose and Dale Murphy.

Salary

Bonds re-signed with the Giants for a five-year, $90 million contract in January 2002. His salary for the 2005 season was $22 million, the second-highest salary in Major League Baseball (the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez earned the highest, $25.2 million). In 2006 Bonds earned $20 million (not including bonuses), the fourth highest salary in baseball. Through the 2006 season he has made approximately $172 million during his 21-year career, making him baseball's all-time highest paid player. In 2007 Bonds re-signed with the Giants, for 15.8 million dollars.

Chasing the all-time Major League home run record

On May 7, 2006, Bonds drew within one home run of tying Babe Ruth for second place on the all time list, hitting his 713th career home run into the second level of Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, off pitcher Jon Lieber in an ESPN nationally-televised game in which the Giants lost to the Philadelphia Phillies. The towering home run — one of the longest in Citizens Bank Park's two season history, traveling an estimated Template:Ft to m — hit off the facade of the third deck in right field. Curiously, and perhaps revealingly, the jeers from the Philadelphia crowd that had haunted Bonds earlier that night turned noticeably into cheers as he completed his swing, watched the flight of the ball, rounded the bases, and touched home plate, all this to flashbulbs going off throughout the stands. The mixed and often paradoxical reaction to Bonds' impending achievement exemplifies the polarizing effect of his controversial career on baseball aficionados and casual observers alike. Some have ventured to say that while many fans hate Bonds, they all come to the park to see him play.

A sign counts up to Barry Bonds' 714th home run

On May 9, 2006 in a game against the Chicago Cubs, Bonds hit what appeared to be his 714th home run. However, Cubs outfielder Juan Pierre leaped up at the wall and prevented him from tying Ruth's record.

On May 20, 2006, Bonds tied Ruth, hitting his 714th career home run to deep right field to lead off the top of the 2nd inning. The home run came off left handed pitcher Brad Halsey of the Oakland A's, in an interleague game played in Oakland, California. Since this was an interleague game at an American League stadium, Bonds was batting as the designated hitter in the lineup for the Giants. Bonds was quoted after the game as being "just glad it's over with" and stated that more attention could be focused on Albert Pujols, who was on a very rapid home run pace in early 2006.

The concession stand where home run number 715 was hit in center field

On May 28, 2006, Bonds passed Ruth, hitting his 715th career home run to center field off of Colorado Rockies pitcher Byung-Hyun Kim. Bonds, like Aaron, needed more at bats than Ruth to surpass the Babe's record. The ball was hit an estimated Template:Ft to m into center field where it went through the hands of several fans but then fell onto an elevated platform in center field. Then it rolled off the platform where Andrew Morbitzer, a 38-year-old San Francisco resident, caught the ball while he was in line at a concession stand. Mysteriously, radio broadcaster Dave Flemming's radio play-by-play of the home run went silent just as the ball was hit, apparently from a microphone failure. But the televised version, called by Giants broadcaster Duane Kuiper, was not affected. This historic home run was not officially celebrated by MLB, however. The Giants organization unfurled two large banners from light standards alongside the scoreboard in center field to honor the event. As Bonds took his position in left field at the top of the fifth inning, Ed Montague, the long-time National League and MLB umpire and crew chief who was officiating at second base for this game, approached Bonds to congratulate him, and the two hugged.

On September 22, 2006, Bonds tied Henry Aaron's National League career home run record of 733. The home run came in the top of the 6th inning of a high-scoring game against the Milwaukee Brewers, at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The achievement was notable for its occurrence in the very city where Aaron began (with the Milwaukee Braves) and concluded (with the Brewers, then in the American League) his career. With the Giants trailing 10-8, Bonds hit a blast to deep center field on a 2-0 pitch off of the Brewers' Chris Spurling with runners on first and second and one out. Though the Giants were at the time clinging to only a slim chance of making the playoffs, Bonds' home run provided the additional drama of giving the Giants an 11-10 lead late in a critical game in the final days of a pennant race. The Brewers eventually won the game, 13-12, despite Bonds' going 3 for 5, with 2 doubles, the record-tying home run, and 6 runs batted in.

On the following day, September 23, 2006, Bonds surpassed Aaron for the NL career home run record. Hit in Milwaukee like the previous one, this was a solo home run off of Chris Capuano of the Brewers. This was his last home run Bonds hit in 2006.

Bonds resumed his march to the all-time record early in the 2007 season. After an opening game in which all he had was a first-inning single past third base against a right-shifted infield (immediately followed by a stolen base and then a base-running misjudgment that got him thrown out at home) and a deep out to left field late in the game, Bonds returned the next day, April 4 2007, with another mission. In his first at-bat of the season's second game at the Giants' AT&T Park, Bonds reached out and flipped a Chris Young (of the San Diego Padres) pitch just over the wall just to the left of straightaway center field for career home run 735. This home run put Bonds just past the midway point between Ruth and Aaron.

Bonds did not homer again until April 13th, when he hit two (736 & 737) in a 3 for 3 night that included 4 RBI against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Home runs number 739 and 740 came in back to back games on April 21st and 22nd against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

According to a poll by ABC News and ESPN, 52% of fans were rooting against Barry Bonds becoming the all time career home run champion, although 57% stated that they would recognize his achievement, and 58% believed he should be inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame.

The hype surrounding Bonds' pursuit of the home run record escalated on May 14, 2007. On this day, Sports Auction for Heritage (a Dallas-based auction house) offered US$1 million to the fan that caught Bonds' record-breaking 756th-career home run. The million dollar offer was rescinded on June 11, 2007 out of concern of fan safety. On that same day, Bonds launched home run 747, ending the relative drought of the previous month. This one came off Josh Towers of the Toronto Blue Jays, and landed in AT&T Park's right center field stands. His next home run, 748, came on Father's Day, June 17 2007, in the final game of a 3-game road series against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, where Bonds had never previously played. With this homer, Fenway Park became the 36th major league ballpark in which Bonds had hit a home run. He hit a Tim Wakefield knuckleball just over the low fence into the Giant's bullpen in right field. It was his first home run off of his former Pittsburgh Pirate teammate, who became the 441st different pitcher to surrender a four-bagger to Bonds. The 750th career home run, hit on 29 June 2007, also came off a former teammate: Livan Hernandez. The blast came in the 8th inning and at that point tied the game at 3-3.

On July 19,2007, after a 21 at-bat hitless streak, Bonds hit 2 home runs, numbers 752 and 753 against the Chicago Cubs. He went 3-3 with 2 home runs, 6 RBIs, and a walk on that day. The struggling last place Giants still lost the game 9-8.

On July 27,2007, Bonds hit home run 754 against Florida Marlins pitcher Rick VandenHurk. Bonds was then walked his next 4 at bats in the game, but 2-run shot helped the Giants win the game 12-10. It marked the first game Bonds had homered in that the Giants won since he had hit #747.

On August 4, 2007, Bonds hit a 382-foot home run against Clay Hensley of the San Diego Padres for home run number 755, tying Hank Aaron's all-time record. Bonds greeted his son, Nikolai, with an extended bear hug after crossing home plate. Bonds greeted his teammates and then his wife, Liz Watson, and daughter Aisha Lynn behind the backstop. Hensley was also the 445th different pitcher to give up a home run to Bonds. He was walked in his next at bat and eventually scored on a fielder's choice.

On August 7, 2007 at 8:51 PM PDT, Bonds hit a 435-foot home run, his 756th, off a pitch from Mike Bacsik of the Washington Nationals, breaking the all-time career home run record, formerly held by Hank Aaron. Coincidentally, Bacsik's father had faced Aaron (as a pitcher for the Texas Rangers) after Aaron had hit his 755th home run. On August 23, 1976, Michael J. Bacsik held Aaron to a single and a fly out to right field. The younger Bacsik commented later, "If my dad had been gracious enough to let Hank Aaron hit a home run, we both would have given up 756." After hiting the home run, Bonds gave Bacsik a autographed bat.

The pitch, the seventh of the at-bat, was a 3-2 pitch which Bonds hit into the right-center field bleachers. The fan who ended up with the ball, 22-year-old Matt Murphy from Queens, New York, was promptly protected and escorted away from the mayhem by a group of San Francisco police officers. Barry Bonds' 756 home run ball has an estimated value of $400,000 to $500,000 U.S. Dollars. After Bonds finished his home-run trot, a ten-minute delay followed, including a brief video by Aaron congratulating Bonds on breaking the record Aaron had held for 33 years, and expressing the hope that "the achievement of this record will inspire others to chase their own dreams." Bonds made an impromptu emotional statement on the field, with Willie Mays, his godfather, at his side and thanked his teammates, family and his late father. Bonds sat out the rest of the game and was replaced in left field. The commissioner, Bud Selig, was not in attendance in this game but was represented by the Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations, Jimmie Lee Solomon. Selig called Bonds later that night to congratulate him on breaking the record. President George W. Bush also called Bonds the next day to congratulate him.

Personal life

Bonds lives in San Francisco with his second wife, Liz Watson, and their daughter Aisha. He also has two children, Nikolai and Shikari, from his first marriage to Sun Bonds. Nikolai is a batboy for the Giants.

Controversies

The BALCO Scandal

In 2003, Bonds became embroiled in a scandal when Greg Anderson of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative, Bonds' trainer since 2000, was indicted by a federal grand jury in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and charged with supplying anabolic steroids to athletes, including a number of baseball players. This led to speculation that Bonds had used performance-enhancing drugs during a time when there was no mandatory testing in Major League Baseball. Bonds declared his innocence, attributing his changed physique and increased power to a strict regimen of bodybuilding, diet and legitimate supplements.

During grand jury testimony on December 4, 2003 — which was later found to be obtained through an illegal leak by Troy Ellerman, a defense lawyer for Victor Conte, to the San Francisco Chronicle (leaking grand jury testimony is a felony, to which Ellerman pleaded guilty to on February 14,2007) and published almost a year later, on December 3, 2004 — Bonds allegedly said Anderson gave him a rubbing balm and a liquid substance that Anderson said was arthritis cream and flaxseed oil, respectively. The prosecutors contended that what Bonds was actually given was "the cream" and "the clear", which are both forms of the designer steroid THG.

In August 2005, all four defendants in the BALCO steroid scandal trial, including Anderson, struck deals with federal prosecutors that did not require them to reveal names of athletes who may have used banned drugs.

Players' Union

Bonds withdrew from the MLB Players Association's (MLBPA) licensing agreement because he felt independent marketing deals would be more lucrative for him. If Bonds had not withdrawn, his name and likeness would be deemed usable in any merchandise licensed by the MLBPA. In order to use his name or likeness, a company must deal directly with Bonds. For this reason he does not appear in some baseball video games, forcing game-makers to create generic athletes to replace him. For example, Barry Bonds is replaced by "Jon Dowd" in MVP Baseball 2005, "Wes Mailman" in All-Star Baseball 2005, "Joe Young" in MLB 2K7, "Dean Gibeau" in All-Star Baseball 2006 and "Reggie Stocker" in MLB 07: The Show.

Game of Shadows

Main article: Game of Shadows

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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.

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). In the time since CNN broke the story, other news sources, including the San Francisco Chronicle and ESPN, have reported it, as well. According to these sources, the United States Attorney's Office in San Francisco has 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.

• 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.

• 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 will take up the case. Anderson's attorney, Mark Geragos, stated that his client will continue to refuse to testify, meaning that Anderson could very well be jailed again for contempt of court and held for as long as the new grand jury's term lasts, which could extend beyond a year.

• 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 are 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.

• 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 are targeting Bonds.

• 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.

• 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 is the basis for the grand jury questions he refuses to answer. Prosecutors, however, say the tape is 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 have also said the questions they want answered are 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. 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 agrees that the tape unfairly contributed to Anderson's guilty plea, his conviction could be thrown out, even though Anderson 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 has read a transcript of the tape, called it "as worthless a piece of evidence as I've ever seen", according to newspaper reports.

• 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. 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 resigns and becomes the focus of attention as part of a congressional probe into the Bush Administration's handling of the dismissal of seven U.S. attorney's. Ryan is replaced by Scott Schools. Despite rumors the probe into Bonds would be hampered, the Associated Press reports that by February 2007, the investigation 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."

• 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. After losing the appeal, Mark Geragos told ESPN "My client is never going to speak...He has got absolutely no intention of talking." Anderson could end up serving over a year for refusing to testify against Bonds.

• 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."

Bonds on Bonds

Main article: Bonds on Bonds

In April 2006, ESPN premiered 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. It was produced by Tollin/Robbins Productions, producers of the Nickelodeon series All That and other shows and movies.

The first segment of Bonds on Bonds aired Tuesday, April 4 nationwide on ESPN2. Much of the premiere episode dealt with how Bonds has coped with questions about whether steroids have fueled his athletic performance. At one point, Bonds even started to break down in tears. "If it makes them happy to go out of their way to try to destroy me, go right ahead. You can't hurt me any more than you've already hurt me", he said. He continued by saying, "You don't see me bringing anyone else into this. I'm going to take it myself." Bonds paused as his eyes welled and he choked back tears, "And I'm going to take it because there's so many people who depend on me."

In different segments throughout the program, Bonds acknowledged his often rocky relations with the press but cast himself as a victim of critics out to tear him down. He described himself as "mentally and emotionally drained" but insisted he was not going to let anyone "bring me down."

In June 2006, ESPN and producer Tollin/Robbins Productions cancelled the series, citing "creative control" issues with Bonds and his representatives. No other details about the decision were given. Bonds on Bonds had been absent from the network's schedule since May 30, and had suffered from poor ratings.

Accomplishments

• Holds record for most home runs in a career (757)
• Holds record for most home runs in a season (73 in 2001)
• Holds record for most walks in a career (2,541)
• Holds record for most intentional walks in a career (679)
• Holds record for most walks in a season (232 in 2004)
• Holds record for most intentional walks in a season (120 in 2004)
• Holds record for highest slugging percentage in a season (.863 in 2001)
• Holds record for highest on base percentage in a season (.609 in 2004)
• Holds record for most MVP awards (7) and consecutive MVP awards (4); (1990, 1992-93, 2001-04). Note: the current version of the MVP award has been given since 1931. Prior to that year, the League Awards were only given to a player once (from 1922-1929) and sometimes not at all (from 1915-1921).
• Holds record for most pitchers homered off (446)
• Holds record for most consecutive games with a walk (18)
• Shares record for consecutive plate appearances with a walk (7)
• Holds record for consecutive seasons with 30 or more home runs (13), 1992-2004
• Only player in 400 home run and 400 stolen base club
• Only player in 500 home run and 500 stolen base club
• One of four players in 40-40 club (40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in a single season)
• Holds record for most consecutive seasons with .600 slugging percentage or higher (8), 1998-2005

• 5-time SF Giants Player of the Year (1998, 2001-04)
• 14-Time All-Star (1990, 1992-98, 2000-04, 2007)
• 7-Time Baseball America NL All-Star OF (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)
• Led the Major Leagues in home runs (1993, 2001)
• Led the NL in batting average (2002, 2004)
• Led the NL in on base percentage (1991-93, 1995, 2001-04, 2006)
• Led the Major Leagues in slugging percentage (1990, 1992-93, 2001-04)
• Led the Major Leagues in extra base hits (1992-93, 2001)
• Led the Major Leagues in on base percentage (1992, 2001-04)
• Led the NL in runs (1992)
• Led the NL in RBIs (1993)
• Led the NL in walks (1992, 1994-97, 2000-04, 2006)
• Led the NL in intentional walks (1992-98, 2002-04, 2006)
• Led the NL in runs created (1992-93, 2001-02, 2004)
• Led the Major Leagues in total bases (1993, with 365)
• Led the Major Leagues in runs created (1993, 2001-02, 2004)
• Led the NL in games (1995)
• Led the NL in extra base hits (1992-93, 2001)
• Led the NL in at bats per home run (1992-93, 1996, 2000-04)
• 3-Time NL Hank Aaron Award winner (2001-02, 2004)
• Led the Major Leagues in batting average (2002, with .370)
• 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.
• With his father Bobby, leads all father-son combinations in combined home runs (1,089) and stolen bases (975) through August 8, 2007.

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	Becomes the 17th member of the 500 home run club.
600	2002-08-09	38 y, 16 d	San Francisco	Kip Wells	Pittsburgh	Pacific Bell Park	Becomes the fourth member of the 600 home run club.
660	2004-04-12	39 y, 263 d	San Francisco	Matt Kinney	Milwaukee	SBC Park	Ties Willie Mays for third place in career home runs.
661	2004-04-13	39 y, 264 d	San Francisco	Ben Ford	Milwaukee	SBC Park	Surpasses Mays for third place in career home runs.
700	2004-09-17	40 y, 55 d	San Francisco	Jake Peavy	San Diego	SBC Park	Becomes the third member of the 700 home run club.
714	2006-05-20	41 y, 300 d	San Francisco	Brad Halsey	Oakland	McAfee Coliseum	Ties Babe Ruth for second place in career home runs.
715	2006-05-28	41 y, 308 d	San Francisco	Byung-Hyun Kim	Colorado	AT&T Park	Surpasses Ruth for second place in career home runs.
733	2006-09-22	42 y, 60 d	San Francisco	Chris Spurling	Milwaukee	Miller Park	Ties Hank Aaron for first place in NL career home runs.
734	2006-09-23	42 y, 61 d	San Francisco	Chris Capuano	Milwaukee	Miller Park	Surpasses Aaron for first place in NL career home runs.
755	2007-08-04	43 y, 11 d	San Francisco	Clay Hensley	San Diego	PETCO Park	Ties Aaron for first place in career home runs.
756	2007-08-07	43 y, 14 d	San Francisco	Mike Bacsik	Washington	AT&T Park	Surpasses Aaron for first place in career home runs.

Home runs by park

Barry Bonds has hit at least one home run in 36 different ballparks, in 26 different cities. 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.

Park	Location	HR	First HR hit in park
Pacific Bell / SBC / AT&T Park	San Francisco, California	154	2000-04-11
Candlestick / 3Com Park	San Francisco, California	136	1989-05-03
Three Rivers Stadium	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	94	1986-06-06
Jack Murphy / Qualcomm Stadium	San Diego, California	41	1987-05-05
Riverfront Stadium / Cinergy Field	Cincinnati, Ohio	32	1987-08-18
Olympic Stadium	Montreal, Quebec	30	1986-06-19
Dodger Stadium	Los Angeles, California	28	1986-07-05
Wrigley Field	Chicago, Illinois	28	1986-08-11
Veterans Stadium	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	27	1986-08-14
Coors Field	Denver, Colorado	25	1995-05-11
Bank One Ballpark / Chase Field	Phoenix, Arizona	19	1998-09-14
Astrodome	Houston, Texas	17	1986-08-30
Busch Memorial Stadium	St. Louis, Missouri	14	1990-04-19
Shea Stadium	Flushing, New York	13	1987-09-26
Turner Field	Atlanta, Georgia	13	1998-05-01
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	Atlanta, Georgia	12	1986-06-04
Joe Robbie / Pro Player / Dolphin Stadium	Miami, Florida	9	1994-04-17
Oakland-Alameda County / Network Associates / McAfee Coliseum	Oakland, California	8	1997-09-01
PNC Park	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	7	2001-05-02
Enron Field / Minute Maid Park	Houston, Texas	6	2000-06-23
Miller Park	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	6	2001-04-13
Milwaukee County Stadium	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	6	1999-08-20
Mile High Stadium	Denver, Colorado	4	1993-07-30
PETCO Park	San Diego, California	4	2004-07-29
The Ballpark / Rangers Ballpark in Arlington	Arlington, Texas	3	1997-06-13
Edison International Field	Anaheim, California	3	1998-07-01
Great American Ball Park	Cincinnati, Ohio	3	2003-08-02
U.S. Cellular Field	Chicago, Illinois	3	2003-06-10
Citizens Bank Park	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	2	2004-08-13
Oriole Park at Camden Yards	Baltimore, Maryland	2	2004-06-12
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium	Washington, D.C.	2	2005-09-20
Safeco Field	Seattle, Washington	2	2001-07-12
Fenway Park	Boston, Massachusetts	1	2007-06-17
Kauffman Stadium	Kansas City, Missouri	1	2003-06-15
SkyDome	Toronto, Ontario	1	2002-06-12
Yankee Stadium	The Bronx, New York	1	2002-06-08

Watchlists

Home Runs Barry Bonds 757 Hank Aaron 755 Babe Ruth 714 Willie Mays 660 Sammy Sosa 604 RBI Hank Aaron 2297 Babe Ruth 2217 Cap Anson 2076 Lou Gehrig 1995 Barry Bonds 1983

Runs Rickey Henderson 2295 Ty Cobb 2246 Barry Bonds 2213 Hank Aaron 2174 Babe Ruth 2174 Extra Base Hits Hank Aaron 1477 Barry Bonds 1433 Stan Musial 1377 Babe Ruth 1356 Willie Mays 1323

Total Bases Hank Aaron 6856 Stan Musial 6134 Willie Mays 6066 Barry Bonds 5940 Ty Cobb 5854 Times on Base Pete Rose 5929 Barry Bonds 5562 Ty Cobb 5532 Rickey Henderson 5343 Carl Yastrzemski 5304

The Road to 3,000 Hits 27. Roberto Clemente 3000 R 28. Sam Rice 2987 L 29. Sam Crawford 2961 L 30. Frank Robinson 2943 R 31. Willie Keeler 2932 L 32. Jake Beckley 2930 L Rogers Hornsby 2930 R 34. Al Simmons 2927 R 35. Barry Bonds 2916 L - Through games of August 8, 2007

Career statistics

Year	Age	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	TB	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GDP
1986	22	PIT	NL	150	413	72	92	26	3	16	48	36	7	65	102	.223	.330	.416	172	2	2	2	2	4
1987	23	PIT	NL	150	551	99	144	34	9	25	59	32	10	54	88	.261	.329	.492	271	0	3	3	3	4
1988	24	PIT	NL	144	538	97	152	30	5	24	58	17	11	72	82	.283	.368	.491	264	0	2	14	2	3
1989	25	PIT	NL	159	580	96	144	34	6	19	58	32	10	93	93	.248	.351	.426	247	1	4	22	1	9
1990	26	PIT	NL	151	519	104	156	32	3	33	114	52	13	93	83	.301	.406	.565*	293	0	6	15	3	8
1991	27	PIT	NL	153	510	95	149	28	5	25	116	43	13	107	73	.292	.410*	.514	262	0	13	25	4	8
1992	28	PIT	NL	140	473	109*	147	36	5	34	103	39	8	127*	69	.311	.456*	.624*	295	0	7	32*	5	9
1993	29	SFG	NL	159	539	129	181	38	4	46*	123*	29	12	126	79	.336	.458*	.677*	365*	0	7	43*	2	11
1994	30	SFG	NL	112	391	89	122	18	1	37	81	29	9	74*	43	.312	.426	.647	253	0	3	18*	6	3
1995	31	SFG	NL	144*	506	109	149	30	7	33	104	31	10	120*	83	.294	.431*	.577	292	0	4	22*	5	12
1996	32	SFG	NL	158	517	122	159	27	3	42	129	40	7	151*	76	.308	.461	.615	318	0	6	30*	1	11
1997	33	SFG	NL	159	532	123	155	26	5	40	101	37	8	145*	87	.291	.446	.585	311	0	5	34*	8	13
1998	34	SFG	NL	156	552	120	167	44	7	37	122	28	12	130	92	.303	.438	.609	336	1	6	29*	8	15
1999	35	SFG	NL	102	355	91	93	20	2	34	83	15	2	73	62	.262	.389	.617	219	0	3	9	3	6
2000	36	SFG	NL	143	480	129	147	28	4	49	106	11	3	117*	77	.306	.440	.688	330	0	7	22	3	6
2001	37	SFG	NL	153	476	129	156	32	2	73*	137	13	3	177*	93	.328	.515*	.863*	411	0	2	35	9	5
2002	38	SFG	NL	143	403	117	149	31	2	46	110	9	2	198*	47	.370*	.582*	.799*	322	0	2	68*	9	4
2003	39	SFG	NL	130	390	111	133	22	1	45	90	7	0	148*	58	.341	.529*	.749*	292	0	2	61*	10	7
2004	40	SFG	NL	147	373	129	135	27	3	45	101	6	1	232*	41	.362*	.609*	.812*	303	0	3	120*	9	5
2005	41	SFG	NL	14	42	8	12	1	0	5	10	0	0	9	6	.286	.404	.667	28	0	1	3	0	0
2006	42	SFG	NL	130	367	74	99	23	0	26	77	3	0	115*	51	.270	.454*	.545	200	0	1	38*	10	9
2007	43	SFG	NL	99	269	61	75	12	0	23	53	5	0	115	46	.279	.496	.580	156	0	1	34	2	11
Career totals				2959	9776	2213	2916	599	77	757	1983	514	141	2541	1531	.298	.444	.608	5940	4	90	679	105	163

• - Through August 8, 2007
• * Led the league

See also

• 50 home run club
• 500 home run club
• 600 home run club
• 700 home run club
• 300-300 club
• 400-400 club Only Member
• 500-500 club Only Member
• 30-30 club
• 40-40 club
• Top 500 home run hitters of all time
• List of major league players with 2,000 hits
• List of second generation MLB players
• List of MLB individual streaks
• MLB players who have hit 30 or more home runs before the All-Star break
• List of Major League Baseball players with 400 doubles
• List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 runs
• List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 RBI
• List of Major League Baseball players with 500 stolen bases
• List of Major League Baseball RBI champions
• List of Major League Baseball batting champions
• List of Major League Baseball home run champions
• List of Major League Baseball runs scored champions
• Major League Baseball hitters with three home runs in one game
• List of Major League Baseball players with 400 stolen bases

External links

• barrybonds.com - Official website
• Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs
• Barry Bonds at IMDb
• Home run watch

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