Barry Bonds Biography

Barry Lamar Bonds is a former American baseball left fielder who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball with the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants. Bonds received seven NL MVP awards and 14 All-Star selections, and is considered to be one of the greatest baseball players of all time. He is ranked second in career WAR among all major league position players by both Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference.com, behind only Babe Ruth.

Bonds was regarded as an exceptional hitter, and finished his regular season career with a very high on-base percentage and isolated power. He holds many MLB hitting records, including most career home runs, most home runs in a single season and most career walks. Bonds also received eight Gold Gloves for his defense in the outfield.

Bonds led a controversial career, notably as a central figure in baseball's steroids scandal. In 2007, he was indicted on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice for allegedly lying to the grand jury during the federal government's investigation of BALCO. The perjury charges against Bonds were dropped, but he was convicted of obstruction of justice, pending an appeal. Source: Wikipedia

Marriages

• 1998-01-10
  Major League Baseball outfielder Barry Bonds (33) weds Elizabeth Watson (28) at Ritz-Carlton Hotel in San Francisco

Divorces

• 2009-06-09
  Elizabeth Watson (39) divorces Major League Baseball outfielder Barry Bonds (44) due to irreconcilable differences after 11 years of marriage

Barry Bonds Timeline

• 1986-05-30
  Barry Bonds makes his MLB debut for the Pittsburgh Pirates
• 1990-11-19
  Pittsburgh's Barry Bonds wins NL MVP
• 1992-02-01
  Barry Bonds signs baseball's highest single year contract ($4.7 mil)
• 1992-09-19
  Barry Bonds joins Willie Mays, Howard Johnson & Ron Gant as having (2) 30-HR/30-steal seasons
• 1992-12-06
  SF Giants renege on $43 million pact with Barry Bonds
• 1994-02-14
  2nd ESPY Awards: Barry Bonds, Julie Krone win
• 1997-02-20
  SF Giants Barry Bonds signs record $22.9M 2 year contract
• 1998-08-02
  San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds is hit by a pitch and charges the mound, causing a bench-clearing brawl
• 2001-10-04
  Barry Bonds hits his 70th home run, tying Mark McGwire for the most home runs hit in a single season
• 2001-10-05
  Barry Bonds hits his 71st home run, breaking Mark McGwire's record of 70 for the most home runs hit in a single season (Bonds would end up with 73 in total)
• 2002-05-04
  Barry Bonds hits his 400th home run as a Giant, leading his team to a 3-0 win over Cincinnati. Bonds is the first player to hit 400 homers for one team and 100 with another
• 2002-08-09
  Barry Bonds hits his 600th career home run
• 2003-06-23
  Barry Bonds steals second base against the Los Angeles Dodgers, becoming the first player in MLB history to have 500 career home runs and 500 career steals
• 2004-04-13
  Barry Bonds hits his 661st career home run, passing Willie Mays on the all-time list
• 2004-09-17
  Barry Bonds hits his 700th career home run
• 2006-05-28
  Barry Bonds hits his 715th career home run, passing Babe Ruth on the all-time list
• 2007-08-07
  Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants breaks baseball great Hank Aaron's record by hitting his 756th home run.
• 2011-12-15
  Barry Bonds is sentenced to 30 days of house arrest, two years of probation and 250 hours of community service, for an obstruction of justice conviction stemming from a grand jury appearance in 2003

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