Barry Bonds (born July 24, 1964) is a
professional baseball player for the San Francisco
Giants. He was born in Riverside, California.
Biography
Teammate Shawon Dunston, speaking of Barry Bonds in
the June 5, 2000 issue of Sports Illustrated, said
of Bonds: "He's not going to hit 70 homers, but he
believes he can. That's frightening." The very next
year, Bonds set the single season home run record,
hitting 73 (breaking the record of 70, set by Mark
McGwire in 1998). Some analysts consider Bonds's
2001 season to be among the greatest hitting seasons
in baseball history; in addition to the home run
record, Bonds also set single-season marks for bases
on balls with 177 (breaking the previous record of
170, set by Babe Ruth in 1923, before breaking his
own record in 2002 with 198 BB) and slugging
percentage with .863 (breaking the mark of .847 set
by Ruth in 1920). Bonds also tied the National
League record for most extra base hits in a season
(107, also accomplished by Chuck Klein in 1930). In
2002, Bonds also won the National League batting
title with a .370 average and set a Major League
record with a .582 on-base percentage (breaking Ted
Williams' record of .551, set in 1941). He became
the oldest player to win a batting title for the
first time in a career.
Barry Bonds began his Major League career in 1986
with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He joined the San
Francisco Giants in 1993.
Barry Bonds has been voted the National League's
Most Valuable Player six times, in 1990, 1992, 1993,
2001, 2002, and 2003. He is the first player in MLB
history to be MVP in three consecutive years, and no
other player has won the award more than three
times. He was second in the voting for that award
twice: in 1991 to Terry Pendleton of the Atlanta
Braves, and in 2000 to teammate Jeff Kent. During
the 2002 season, Bonds became the fourth man to hit
600 home runs and he ended the season with 613,
fourth on the all-time list. He also hit .370, to
win his first batting title, and drew 198 walks,
beating his own record -- feats which saw him
unanimously voted the 2002 MVP.
Barry Bonds has won eight Gold Glove awards as an
outfielder, which is the third most ever for that
position. He has been named to 12 National League
All-Star teams: 1990, 1992-1998, 2000-2003.
His father, Bobby Bonds, was also a professional
baseball player. Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays is
his godfather. Another Baseball Hall of Famer, Reggie
Jackson, is his cousin.
Barry Bonds became the first ever 400-400 player (400
home runs and 400 stolen bases) on August 23, 1998, when
he hit home run number 400 off of Florida's Kirt Ojala.
He stole his 400th base on July 26, 1997 against the
Pittsburgh Pirates at Candlestick Park. On June 23,
2003, Bonds recorded his 500th stolen base in the
eleventh inning of a game against the Los Angeles
Dodgers at Pacific Bell Park. Bonds later scored the
winning run. By chance, his ailing father Bobby was in
attendance that night. With 633 career home runs at the
time, Bonds became the first 500-500 player in baseball
history, already the only member of the 400-400 club.
Bonds logged his 650th career home run on August 12,
2003.
Barry Bonds also has the 2nd-
and 3rd-highest single-season intentional walk totals,
with 68 in 2002 and 61 in 2003. He has been the league
leader in the category for 13 of the past 14 seasons.
Barry Bonds holds almost every major league record in
existence for intentional walks with four in a
nine-inning game (2004), 120 in a season (2004) and 604
in his career (more than the next two players on the
all-time list, Hank Aaron and Willie McCovey, combined).
Bonds, a prolific home run hitter, is an easy candidate
for the intentional walk. In the first month of the 2004
season, Bonds drew 43 walks, 22 of them intentional. He
broke his previous record of 68 intentional walks, set
in 2002, on July 10, 2004 in his last appearance before
the All-Star break. On May 28, 1998, Bonds became one of
only four players in major league history to be
intentionally walked with the bases loaded, when the
Arizona Diamondbacks elected to give up a run and face
catcher Brent Mayne instead.
On September 17, 2004, Bonds hit his 700th home run off
San Diego Padres pitcher Jake Peavy in San Francisco and
became only the third man to achieve the 700 home run
plateau.
Career Statistics (as of September
29, 2005)
Year Ag 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 113 413 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 SFG NL 159 539 129 181 38 4 46 123 29 12 126 79 .336 .458 .677 365 0 7 43 2 11
1994 29 SFG NL 112 391 89 122 18 1 37 81 29 9 74 43 .312 .426 .647 253 0 3 18 6 3
1995 30 SFG NL 144 506 109 149 30 7 33 104 31 10 120 83 .294 .431 .577 292 0 4 22 5 12
1996 31 SFG NL 158 517 122 159 27 3 42 129 40 7 151 76 .308 .461 .615 318 0 6 30 1 11
1997 32 SFG NL 159 532 123 155 26 5 40 101 37 8 145 87 .291 .446 .585 311 0 5 34 8 13
1998 33 SFG NL 156 552 120 167 44 7 37 122 28 12 130 92 .303 .438 .609 336 1 6 29 8 15
1999 34 SFG NL 102 355 91 93 20 2 34 83 15 2 73 62 .262 .389 .617 219 0 3 9 3 6
2000 35 SFG NL 143 480 129 147 28 4 49 106 11 3 117 77 .306 .440 .688 330 0 7 22 3 6
2001 36 SFG NL 153 476 129 156 32 2 73 137 13 3 177 93 .328 .515 .863 411 0 2 35 9 5
2002 37 SFG NL 143 403 117 149 31 2 46 110 9 2 198 47 .370 .582 .799 322 0 2 68 9 4
2003 38 SFG NL 130 390 111 133 22 1 45 90 7 0 148 58 .341 .529 .749 292 0 2 61 10 7
2004 39 SFG NL 147 373 129 135 27 3 45 101 6 1 232 41 .362 .609 .812 303 0 3 120 9 5
2005 40 SFG NL 14 42 8 12 1 0 5 10 0 0 9 6 .286 .404 .667 28 0 1 3 0 0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
20 Seasons 9140 2742 77 1853 141 1434 .300 .442 .611 4 88 607 93 143
2730 2078 564 708 506 2311 5584
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
162 Game Avg 542 123 163 33 5 42 110 30 8 137 85 .300 .442 .611 331 0 5 36 6 8
Career High 159 580 129 181 44 9 73 137 52 13 232 102 .370 .609 .863 411 2 13 120 10 15
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
Year Ag Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG TB SH SF IBB HBP GDP
