Biography:Considered to be one of the greatest baseball players of all-time, Bonds has numerous batting records, including the single season home run record and career home run record.
Son of MLB All-Star Bobby Bonds, he played for 22 seasons in the MLB; seven seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates and 15 for the San Francisco Giants.
Bonds was a central figure in baseball's steroids scandal, which has tainted his accomplishments.
1992-12-06 San Francisco Giants sign record $43million USD pact with Pirates MLB outfielder Barry Bonds
1994-02-14 2nd ESPY Awards: Barry Bonds, Julie Krone win
1996-09-26 SF Giant Barry Bonds is 2nd player to hit 40 HRs & steal 40 bases
1997-02-20 San Francisco Giants Barry Bonds signs record $22.9M 2 year contract
2000-05-01 Barry Bonds is first MLB player to hit a homer into San Francisco Bay as Giants beat Mets, 10-3; hits 35 there during his SF career
2001-10-03 San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds Is walked for the 171st time in 11-8 win at Houston; breaks Babe Ruth's 1923 MLB single-season record for walks
2001-10-04 SF Giants slugger Barry Bonds hits his 70th home run in 10-2 win v Houston; ties Mark McGwire for the most MLB home runs in a single season
2001-10-05 Barry Bonds hits his 71st and 72nd home runs in 11-10 loss v LA Dodgers at Pacific Bell Park; breaks Mark McGwire's MLB single season HR record
2002-05-04 Barry Bonds hits his 400th home run as an SF Giant, in a 3-0 win over Cincinnati. Bonds is first player with 400 homers for one team and 100 with another (Pirates)
2002-08-09 SF Giants outfielder Barry Bonds hits his 600th career home run
2003-06-23 Barry Bonds steals second base against the LA Dodgers, becoming the first player in MLB history to have 500 career homers and 500 steals
2004-04-13 Barry Bonds hits his 661st career home run, passing his godfather Willie Mays on the MLB all-time list
2004-05-01 Giants outfielder Barry Bonds sets MLB record for being intentionally walked 4 times in a 9-inning game during 6-3 defeat of Florida in SF
2004-09-17 SF Giants outfielder Barry Bonds hits his 700th career MLB home run, off San Diego's Jake Peavy
2004-09-22 SF Giants outfielder Barry Bonds was intentionally walked 4 times in a 9-inning game (MLB record) for the second time (1 May 2004)
2006-05-28 Barry Bonds hits his 715th career home run, passing Babe Ruth on the MLB all-time list
2006-08-03 Barry Bonds' 715th MLB home run ball (moved him past Babe Ruth for 2nd all-time) fetches $220,100 at auction
2007-08-04 San Francisco slugger Barry Bonds homers off Clay Hensley in 2nd inning of 3-2 loss to San Diego to tie Hank Aaron’s 33 year-old MLB career home run record of 755
2007-08-07 San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds hits his 756th career home run to break Hank Aaron's long-standing MLB record
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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