Bonds has hit 51 homers in the Giants first 119 games. One of only three pinch-hitters to do so is David Bote. He was under investigation by a federal grand jury regarding his testimony in the BALCO case, and was indicted on perjury and obstruction of justice charges on November 15, 2007. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. The 750th career home run, hit on June 29, also came off a former teammate: Livn Hernndez. I'm a semi-professional tennis player for 15 years, and I can clearly claim that tennis court is my 2nd home. While the writers may not vote him into the National Baseball Hall of Fame indefinitely, he is still eligible for election. Most grand slams in postseason history? [149] Bonds officially filed for free agency on October 29, 2007. Griffey has always been more popular, but Bonds has been a far, far greater player." [158], On December 15, 2011, Bonds was 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. Do you have a sports website? He previously bought Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball from 1998. The fan who ended up with the ball, 22-year-old Matt Murphy from Queens, New York City, (and a Mets fan), was promptly protected and escorted away from the mayhem by a group of San Francisco police officers. Federer currently has a 311 record this season, which is a new career high. [140] Bidding began on August 28 and closed with a winning bid of US$752,467 on September 15 after a three-phase online auction. Updated: June 6, 2002. Does this mean he shouldn't have changed his supplemental regimen and should have stayed the course? Justice then hit a two-run home run off Williams to put the Braves ahead for good, 4-3. In 1983, he played for the Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks in the Alaska Baseball League, Career statistics and player information from, This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 04:39. A-Rod's grand slam Tuesday night earned him a curtain call in the Bronx and a public high-five from Barry Bonds. The homer was the 545th of Bonds career. [42] Bonds stayed with Pittsburgh and won his second MVP award that season. Top 1,000 Grand Slams Name of the Grand SlamsBarry Bonds11Gary Carter11Eric Davis11229. In the bottom of the ninth, David Bote hit a walk-off grand slam for the Cleveland Indians. 7 - Barry Bonds won seven Most Valuable Player Awards during his career, the most by any player in history. [25], On September 21, 2007, the San Francisco Giants confirmed that they would not re-sign Bonds for the 2008 season. Baseball Digest Player of the Year Award. * Player Records * Team Records In A SeasonAL14NL12, there are 24 more Grand Slams in A Season247. With the Giants trailing 108, Bonds hit a blast to deep center field on a 20 pitch off the Brewers' Chris Spurling with runners on first and second and one out. Barry is #1 on the Top 1,000 Career Leaders for Home Runs table and the Major League Career Leader in our Home Run Record Book. 12 - Barry Bonds won twelve Silver Slugger Awards during his career, the most by any player at any position. Bonds, who is 53, has been hired as a scout for the San Francisco Giants. The book also contained many allegations against Bonds. In 13 seasons, he hit .290/.411/.556. [25], The next year, Bonds's offensive production reached even higher levels, breaking not only his own personal records but several major league records. 756 to take over top spot", "Highest Career Total and Single-Season Salaries", "Giant comeback: Bonds 1-for-4 in winning return", "Bonds goes opposite field for career No. Bonds had suffered a torn tendon in his biceps as well as bone spurs in his elbow, both of which required surgery and cost him the rest of April and all of May.[67][68]. "[51], Bonds hit .336 in 1993, leading the league with 46 home runs and 123 RBI en route to his second consecutive MVP award,[52] and third overall. He won his first Gold Glove Award and Silver Slugger Award. We like each other. Bonds greeted his teammates and then his wife, Liz Watson, and daughter Aisha Lynn behind the backstop. Barry Bonds is a baseball legend, and his grand slams are a big part of his legacy. The Red Sox get their second grand slam of the day from Wilyer Abreu Wilyer Abreu piles it on for the Red Sox with their second grand slam of the day to make it 15-3. Upon returning to action on June 9, Bonds struggled somewhat at the plate for the remainder of the 1999 season. [135][136] President George W. Bush also called Bonds the next day to congratulate him. Of those home runs, 688 have come while he was playing for the San Francisco Giants, which is also a record. Keeping with "grand slam" theme, every player in the set hit one of the bases-clearing homers. Unbelievably broken. Bonds was found guilty of obstruction of justice in 2011, but the conviction was later overturned. He garnered a .467batting average his senior year, and was named prep All-American. Bonds broke Ted Williams' major league record for on-base average with .582. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. You either think they should keep him out of the Hall of Fame or you don't (my feelings have long since been made clear). [12][13] Bonds is ranked second in career Wins Above Replacement among all major league position players by both Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference.com, behind only Babe Ruth. Bonds was over 9.0 four times in these 13 years. [176], Since 2003, Bonds has been a key figure in the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO) scandal. Mays, Bonds godfather, hit 52 homers in 1965. [226] In addition, he is a distant cousin of Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson. And hell, maybe he'll make it. [109] When the Players Association informed Bonds of the test results, he initially attributed it to a substance he had taken from the locker of Giants teammate Mark Sweeney,[108][110] but would later retract this claim and publicly apologize to Sweeney.[111]. Through the plea agreement, he will spend two and a half years in jail. Just performance." Marc Ecko shares the results of 10 million-fan vote", "Settle The Score On The Barry Bonds Controversy! The numbers say he's one of the five best players of all-time, if not simply the best. Eight days after joining the 600 home run club, Barry Bonds followed with one of the more jaw-dropping shots of his legendary career. As a result, Bonds didnt have many opportunities to hit grand slams. The Cubs capitalized on Milwaukees mistakes to score seven runs in the eighth, putting the game out of reach. 73 - Barry Bonds hit 73 home runs in 2001, a single season record that we created a page for (The Unbreakable 73 : Barry Bonds) the day he hit #70. 709", "Amidst Bonds spectacle, Phillies win eighth straight", "Bonds reels in Babe, blasts home run No. [48][49] To honor his father, Bonds switched his jersey number to 25, as it had been Bobby's number in San Francisco. The most grand slams ever hit by a player in Major League Baseball is 25, one more than anyone else. [133] After Bonds finished his home run trot, a 10-minute delay followed, including a brief video by Aaron congratulating Bonds on breaking the record Aaron had held for 33 years,[134] and expressing the hope that "the achievement of this record will inspire others to chase their own dreams". He hit 40 home runs for the second straight year and drove in 101 runs, leading the league in walks again with 145. He hit .362 en route to his second National League batting title, and broke his own record by walking 232 times. Bonds said that it was not the time to retire, but he noted that he was not in shape to play immediately if an interested club called him. The notion of saying goodbye to a career that began with Barry Bonds is not cool, he says. The Yankees scored nine runs in the third on Lazzeris grand slam. You can view all 762 box scores from his 762 home runs via his page using the game logs, but here are some quick links to notable home runs: Barry Bonds 1st Home Run, Barry Bonds 100th Home Run, Barry Bonds 200th Home Run, Barry Bonds 300th Home Run, Barry Bonds 400th Home Run, Barry Bonds 600th Home Run. [35] The Pirates experienced a surge in fan enthusiasm with Bonds on the team and set the club attendance record of 52,119 in the 1987 home opener. Currently, that title belongs to Alex Rodriguez, who has hit 25 grand slams in his career. Three players have hit grand slams in their first at-bat: Kevin Kouzmanoff (2006), Jeremy Hermida (2015), and Bill Duggleby (188). On May 30, 1894, Bobby Lowe became the first player to hit four home runs in one game when he did so in a game against the Los Angeles Angels. Bonds passed Mays on the career home run list by hitting his 661st off of Ben Ford on April 13. [145] Of Ecko's plans, Bonds said "He spent $750,000 on the ball and that's what he's doing with it? In order to win the Australian Open, you must first win. Simply for the purposes of entertainment, we're imagining that Bonds was done playing after the 1998 season. Rating of 340 on Baseball-Reference.com's Hall of Fame monitor (100 is a good HOF candidate); Only the second player to twice have a single-season slugging percentage over .800, with his record .863 in 2001 and .812 in 2004. This made it less likely that he would get a pitch to drive out of the park with the bases loaded. "[4], In 2000, the following year, Bonds hit .306 with career bests through that time in both slugging percentage (.688) and home runs (49) in just 143 games. document.write(update); He is 2nd in doubles (601), slugging percentage (.607), stolen bases (514), at-bats (9,847), and hits (2,935), 6th in triples (77), 8th in sacrifice flies (91), and 9th in strikeouts (1,539), through September 26, 2007. [175], On May 9, 1996, Bonds shoved USA Today journalist Rod Beaton in the team's clubhouse. Nolan Ryan threw 108 mph in 1963, and Jim Gentile hit back-to-back grand slams in 1961. Born: Furthermore, he is the only player to have won all four major titles in the same calendar year. [196] On February 14, 2007, Troy Ellerman, one of Victor Conte's lawyers, pleaded guilty to leaking grand jury testimony. In 1999, with statistics through 1997 being considered, Bonds ranked Number 34 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, making him the highest-ranking active player. This led to speculation that Bonds had used performance-enhancing drugs during a time when there was no mandatory testing in Major League Baseball. Barry Bonds was shut out of Cooperstown -- and that's a Hall of Fame failure. 1993. Hall of Fame voting winners and losers: David Ortiz gets in, who else got good (or bad) news? 2,715 - Barry Bonds has played in 2,715 games in the left field position, the most by any left fielder ever (note that early history of outfield break downs is still an ongoing research project). For over 50 years, Grand Slam has delivered classic styles with a progressive attitude to help you make a statement both on and off the golf course. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. [77] The ball was later sold to toy manufacturer Todd McFarlane for $450,000. [155] Bonds announced on April 11, 2010, that he was proud of McGwire for admitting his use of steroids. JimmyConnors was the first to do so. Jones was replaced by pinch-hitter David Justice after Braves manager Bobby Cox brought him in. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Barry Bonds baseball stats page. A timeline that makes sense from several points of view would be to accept that which was laid out in the bookGame of Shadows. [30] In 1986, he hit .311 in 44 games for the Hawaii Islanders of the Pacific Coast League. His only job in baseball came to an end one season ago as the hitting coach for the Miami Marlins. So whether you're looking to learn more about the sport or just stay up-to-date on the latest news, we've got you covered. He will be evaluated further Saturday. [202][203], Bonds met Susann ("Sun") Margreth Branco, the mother of his first two children (Nikolai and Shikari),[204] in Montreal, Quebec, in August 1987. [66], 1999 marked a career-low, up to that point, for Bonds in terms of playing time. In 2006, Bonds earned $20 million (not including bonuses), the fourth-highest salary in baseball. In baseball, a grand slam is a home run hit with all three bases occupied by baserunners, thereby scoring four runsthe most possible on a single play. [71] James wrote of Bonds, "Certainly the most unappreciated superstar of my lifetime. School: Grand Canyon University (Phoenix, AZ) Debut: August 21, 1992 (Age 23-363d, 16,205th in major league history) vs. NYY 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB Last . 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