Barry Bonds#Career statistics

Bonds was born in Riverside, California, to Patricia (née Howard) and then-future major leaguer Bobby Bonds,{{cite encyclopedia |year=2007 |title=Barry Bonds |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9384072/Barry-Bonds#759273.hook |access-date=September 25, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080807151701/https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9384072/Barry-Bonds#759273.hook |archive-date=August 7, 2008}} and grew up in San Carlos and attended Junípero Serra High School in San Mateo, where he excelled in baseball, basketball, and football. He played on the junior varsity team during his freshman year and on the varsity team for the remainder of his high school career. He garnered a .467 batting average his senior year, and was named prep All-American.{{cite web |year=2007 |title=Player Profile: Barry Bonds 25 |url=http://barrybonds.mlb.com/team/player_career.jsp?player_id=111188 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809004722/http://barrybonds.mlb.com/team/player_career.jsp?player_id=111188 |archive-date=August 9, 2007 |access-date=September 8, 2007 |work=MLB.com |publisher=MLB Advanced Media}} The Giants drafted Bonds in the second round (39th overall) of the 1982 MLB draft as a high school senior,{{Cite web |title=2nd Round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.fcgi?year_ID=1982&draft_round=2&draft_type=junreg&query_type=year_round |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=Baseball Reference |language=en}} but the Giants and Bonds were unable to agree on contract terms when Tom Haller's maximum offer was $70,000 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|70000|1982|r=-4}}}} today) and Bonds's minimum to go pro was $75,000, so Bonds instead decided to attend college.{{Cite web |last=Christensen |first=Arne |date=November 5, 2009 |title=The San Francisco Giants Drafting Barry Bonds In 1982 |url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/284885-the-san-francisco-giants-drafting-barry-bonds-in-1982 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109155116/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/284885-the-san-francisco-giants-drafting-barry-bonds-in-1982 |archive-date=November 9, 2009 |access-date=September 11, 2010 |website=Bleacher Report}}

Bonds attended Arizona State University, hitting .347 with 45 home runs and 175 runs batted in (RBI). In 1984, he batted .360 and had 30 stolen bases. In 1985, he hit 23 home runs with 66 RBI and a .368 batting average. He was a Sporting News All-American selection that year. He tied the NCAA record with seven consecutive hits in the College World Series as a sophomore and was named to All-Time College World Series Team in 1996.

Bonds was not well-liked by his Sun Devil teammates, in part because in the words of longtime coach Jim Brock, he was "rude, inconsiderate and self-centered". When he was suspended for breaking curfew, the other players initially voted against his return even though he was easily the best player on the team.{{cite book |last=Stewart |first=James |author-link=James B. Stewart |url=https://archive.org/details/tangledwebshowfa00stew |title=Tangled Webs: How False Statements are Undermining America: From Martha Stewart to Bernie Madoff |publisher=Penguin Group |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-59420-269-8 |location=New York City}}

He graduated from Arizona State in 1986 with a degree in criminology. He was named ASU On Deck Circle Most Valuable Player; other winners include Dustin Pedroia, Willie Bloomquist, Paul Lo Duca, and Ike Davis.{{cite web |date=May 27, 2008 |title=#1 in College Sports |url=http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/stories/052808aaa.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622005042/http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/stories/052808aaa.html |archive-date=June 22, 2011 |access-date=May 14, 2010 |website=CSTV}} During college, he played part of one summer in the amateur Alaska Baseball League with the Alaska Goldpanners.

The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Bonds with the sixth overall pick of the 1985 Major League Baseball draft.{{Cite web |title=1st Round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.fcgi?year_ID=1985&draft_round=1&draft_type=junreg&query_type=year_round |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=Baseball Reference |language=en}} He joined the Prince William Pirates of the Carolina League and was named July 1985 Player of the Month for the league.{{cite book |last1=Finoli |first1=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1VwOLIVOWvwC&pg=PA262 |title=The Pittsburgh Pirates Encyclopedia |last2=Rainer |first2=Bill |publisher=Sports Publishing |year=2003 |isbn=978-1-58261-416-8 |location=United States |page=262 |access-date=September 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031000907/https://books.google.com/books?id=1VwOLIVOWvwC&pg=PA262#v=onepage&q&f=false |archive-date=October 31, 2023 |url-status=live}} In 1986, he hit .311 with seven home runs and 37 RBI in 44 games for the Hawaii Islanders of the Pacific Coast League.{{cite web |title=Barry Bonds minor league statistics & history |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=bonds-001bar |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328072422/http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=bonds-001bar |archive-date=March 28, 2010 |access-date=September 12, 2010 |work=Baseball Reference}}

Before Bonds made it to the major leagues in Pittsburgh, Pirate fan attendance was low, with 1984 and 1985 attendance below 10,000 per game for the 81-game home schedule,{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/24/sports/baseball-young-pirates-bring-out-that-old-fan-spirit.html |title=Baseball; Young Pirates Bring Out That Old Fan Spirit |last=Moran |first=Malcolm |date=July 24, 1988 |work=The New York Times |access-date=September 14, 2010 |archive-date=January 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140124064548/http://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/24/sports/baseball-young-pirates-bring-out-that-old-fan-spirit.html |url-status=live }} with attendance woes being a combination of the economic problems of Western Pennsylvania in the early 1980s as well as the Pittsburgh drug trials that directly affected the Pirates going from World Series champions to nearly relocating to Denver in only six years. Bonds made his major league debut on May 30, 1986, finishing 0-for-5 with a walk in a 6–4 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.{{Cite web |date=May 30, 1986 |title=Los Angeles Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Pirates Box Score: May 30, 1986 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PIT/PIT198605300.shtml |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=Baseball Reference |language=en}} On June 4, he hit his first major league home run and drove in four runs, helping the Pirates to a 12–3 win over the Atlanta Braves.{{Cite web |date=June 4, 1986 |title=Pittsburgh Pirates vs Atlanta Braves Box Score: June 4, 1986 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ATL/ATL198606040.shtml |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=Baseball Reference |language=en}} In 1986, Bonds led National League (NL) rookies with 16 home runs, 48 RBI, 36 stolen bases, and 65 walks, but he finished sixth in Rookie of the Year voting.{{cite web |title=1986 National League Rookie of the Year Award |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1986.shtml#NLroy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415192415/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1986.shtml |archive-date=April 15, 2008 |access-date=April 16, 2008 |work=Baseball Reference}} He played center field in 1986, but switched to left field with the arrival of centerfielder Andy Van Slyke in 1987.

In his early years, Bonds batted as the leadoff hitter.{{Cite web |url=http://trib.com/sports/article_ddbf3f8f-d5d1-5045-8b68-7ed2ea56123e.html |title=Barry Bonds: How a prospect became baseball's premier player |last=Meyer |first=Paul |date=August 13, 2004 |website=Casper Star-Tribune |access-date=September 14, 2010 |archive-date=June 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110618143744/http://trib.com/sports/article_ddbf3f8f-d5d1-5045-8b68-7ed2ea56123e.html |url-status=live }} With Van Slyke also in the outfield, the Pirates had a venerable defensive tandem that worked together to cover a lot of ground on the field although they were not close off the field. 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/12/sports/baseball-pirates-top-phillies-set-crowd-record.html|access-date=September 14, 2010|date=April 12, 1988|work=The New York Times|title=Baseball; Pirates Top Phillies; Set Crowd Record|agency=Associated Press|archive-date=January 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140124070125/http://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/12/sports/baseball-pirates-top-phillies-set-crowd-record.html|url-status=live}} That year, he hit .261 with 25 home runs, along with 32 stolen bases and 59 RBI in 150 games.

Bonds improved in 1988, hitting .283 with 24 home runs and 58 RBI in 144 games. The Pirates broke the record set the previous year with 54,089 attending the home opener. Bonds now fit into a highly respected lineup featuring Bobby Bonilla, Van Slyke, and Jay Bell.{{Cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E0DE113BF934A35752C0A9669D8B63 |title=An Appreciation; Worth Watching, From Start to Finish |last=Kepner |first=Tyler |date=January 7, 2007 |work=The New York Times |access-date=September 14, 2010 |archive-date=November 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110153944/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E0DE113BF934A35752C0A9669D8B63 |url-status=live }} He finished with 19 homers, 58 RBI, and 14 outfield assists in 1989, which was second in the NL.{{Cite web |title=1989 National League Fielding Leaders |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1989-fielding-leaders.shtml |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=Baseball Reference |language=en}} Following the season, rumors that he would be traded to the Dodgers for Jeff Hamilton and John Wetteland, but the team denied the rumors and no such trade occurred.{{cite web |date=December 22, 1989 |title=Bucs Won't Send Bonds To Dodgers |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rdsxAAAAIBAJ&pg=6124,2625272&dq=barry-bonds+dodgers&hl=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803031811/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rdsxAAAAIBAJ&pg=6124,2625272&dq=barry-bonds+dodgers&hl=en |archive-date=August 3, 2021 |access-date=September 14, 2010 |work=Lawrence Journal-World |via=Google News Archive |agency=Associated Press}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=1989-12-22 |title=Pirates Deny Bonds Trade for Wetteland, Hamilton |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-12-22-sp-989-story.html |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |agency=Associated Press}}

Bonds won his first MVP Award in 1990,{{cite web |title=1990 National League Most Valuable Player Award |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1990.shtml#NLmvp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415185017/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1990.shtml |archive-date=April 15, 2008 |access-date=April 16, 2008 |work=Baseball Reference}} hitting .301 with 33 home runs and 114 RBI in 151 games. He also stole 52 bases, which was third in the league, and joined the 30–30 and 20–50 clubs for the first time.{{cite news |last=Wittenmyer |first=Gordon |date=August 7, 2024 |title=Fast company: Look who's in the elite club Cincinnati Reds SS Elly De La Cruz just joined |url=https://www.aol.com/fast-company-look-whos-elite-165613130.html |access-date=December 29, 2024 |newspaper=The Cincinnati Enquirer |via=AOL}} He won his first Gold Glove Award and Silver Slugger Award. That year, the Pirates won the National League East title for their first postseason berth since winning the 1979 World Series. However, the Cincinnati Reds, whose last postseason berth had also been in 1979 when they lost to the Pirates in that year's NLCS, defeated the Pirates in the NLCS en route to winning the 1990 World Series.

In 1991, Bonds again put up great numbers, batting .292 with 25 homers and driving in 116 runs in 153 games, earning him another Gold Glove and Silver Slugger. He finished second to the Atlanta Braves' Terry Pendleton (the NL batting champion) in the MVP voting.{{cite web |title=1991 National League Most Valuable Player Award |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1991.shtml#NLmvp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410103618/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1991.shtml |archive-date=April 10, 2008 |access-date=April 16, 2008 |work=Baseball Reference}}

In March 1992, Pirates general manager Ted Simmons agreed to a deal with Atlanta Braves counterpart John Schuerholz to trade Bonds, in exchange for Alejandro Peña, Keith Mitchell, and a player to be named later. Pirates manager Jim Leyland opposed the trade vehemently, and the proposal was rescinded.{{cite news|last1=Chass|first1=Murray|title=Before Balco, Bonds Was Almost a Brave|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/11/sports/baseball/11chass.html|access-date=October 13, 2015|work=The New York Times|date=March 11, 2006|archive-date=December 31, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151231205752/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/11/sports/baseball/11chass.html|url-status=live}} Bonds stayed with Pittsburgh and won his second MVP award that season.{{cite web |title=1992 National League Most Valuable Player Award |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1992.shtml#NLmvp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406011331/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1992.shtml |archive-date=April 6, 2008 |access-date=April 16, 2008 |website=Baseball Reference}} While hitting .311 with 34 homers and 103 RBI, he propelled the Pirates to their third straight National League East division title. However, Pittsburgh was defeated by the Braves in a seven-game National League Championship Series. Bonds participated in the final play of Game 7 of the NLCS, whereby he fielded a base hit by Francisco Cabrera and attempted to throw out Sid Bream at home plate. The throw to Pirates catcher Mike LaValliere was late and Bream scored the winning run.{{cite web |date=October 14, 1992 |title=Sid Bream's modern-day "mad dash" wins the pennant for Atlanta |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/baseballs_best/mlb_bb_gamepage.jsp?story_page=bb_92nlcs_gm7_pitatl |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013075653/http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/baseballs_best/mlb_bb_gamepage.jsp?story_page=bb_92nlcs_gm7_pitatl |archive-date=October 13, 2007 |access-date=September 8, 2007 |work=MLB.com |publisher=MLB Advanced Media}} For the third consecutive season, the NL East Champion Pirates were denied a trip to the World Series. Following the loss, Bonds and star teammate Doug Drabek were expected to command salaries too high for Pittsburgh to again sign them.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/16/sports/sports-of-the-times-the-pirates-lost-a-series-not-respect.html|title=Sports of The Times; The Pirates Lost a Series, Not Respect|access-date=September 14, 2010|date=October 16, 1992|work=The New York Times|author=Vecsey, George|archive-date=October 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012113019/http://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/16/sports/sports-of-the-times-the-pirates-lost-a-series-not-respect.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Newhan |first1=Ross |date=March 21, 1993 |title=No Complaints: Jim Leyland Has Lost the Heart of His Team, but the Pirates' Manager Is Taking It in Stride |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-03-21-sp-13655-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015204915/http://articles.latimes.com/1993-03-21/sports/sp-13655_1_jim-leyland/2 |archive-date=October 15, 2015 |access-date=October 13, 2015 |work=Los Angeles Times}}

Bonds was never well-liked by reporters or fans while in Pittsburgh, despite winning two MVP awards. One paper even gave him an "award" as the "MDP" (Most Despised Pirate).

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In 1993, Bonds left the Pirates to sign a lucrative free agent contract worth a then-record $43.75 million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|43.75|1993|r=1}} million in {{Inflation/year|US}}) over six years with the Giants, with whom his father had spent the first seven years of his career, and with whom his godfather Willie Mays played 22 of his 24 Major League seasons. The deal was at that time the largest in baseball history, in terms of both total value and average annual salary.{{cite news |author=Chass, Murray |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/06/sports/baseball-giants-make-investment-43-million-in-bonds.html |title=Giants Make Investment: $43 Million in Bonds |work=The New York Times |date=December 6, 1992 |access-date=January 31, 2008 |archive-date=November 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105211836/http://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/06/sports/baseball-giants-make-investment-43-million-in-bonds.html |url-status=live }}

Once he signed with the Giants, Bonds had intended to wear the number 24, his number during most of his stay with the Pirates and, after receiving Mays's blessing, the Giants were willing to unretire it until the public commotion from fans and media became too much.{{cite news |author=Shea |first=John |date=September 23, 2007 |title=Did Giants' special treatment of Bonds contribute to messy end?: Pampered slugger delivered, but there was a big downside |url=https://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/Did-Giants-special-treatment-of-Bonds-contribute-2521262.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709094441/http://articles.sfgate.com/2007-09-23/news/17263404_1_giants-uniform-willie-mays-number-performance-enhancing-drugs |archive-date=July 9, 2012 |access-date=September 14, 2010 |work=SFGate}}{{cite book |author=Pearlman |first=Jeff |url=https://archive.org/details/lovemehatemebarr00pear |title=Love Me, Hate Me: Barry Bonds and the Making of an Antihero |date=April 18, 2006 |publisher=HarperCollins |isbn=978-0-06-079752-2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/lovemehatemebarr00pear/page/143 143] |quote=bobby bonds number 25 barry. |access-date=April 17, 2008 |url-access=registration}} To honor his father, Bonds switched his jersey number to 25, as it had been Bobby's number in San Francisco.{{cite web |title=Barry Bonds |url=http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/bondsba01.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510144452/http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/bondsba01.php |archive-date=May 10, 2008 |access-date=September 14, 2010 |website=The Baseball Page}}

In an emotional press conference announcing the signing, Bonds described joining the Giants as going "home" and following in the footsteps of his father and godfather as "unbelievable" and "a boyhood dream come true".{{cite news |last1=Stone |first1=Larry |date=December 9, 1992 |title=Bonds now a part of the family |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112822280/bonds-now-a-part-of-the-family/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110035108/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112822280/bonds-now-a-part-of-the-family/ |archive-date=November 10, 2022 |access-date=November 10, 2022 |work=San Francisco Examiner |page=B-4 |via=Newspapers.com}} His father joined the team as a coach in the same year.{{cite news |last1=Weinrib |first1=Ben |date=February 22, 2018 |title=Bobby Bonds first ever with five 30-30 seasons |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/bobby-bonds-redefined-the-leadoff-position-c266982600 |access-date=23 June 2024 |work=MLB.com |publisher=MLB Advanced Media |language=en}} During a game against the Colorado Rockies on May 12, 1993, both Bonds and his father, along with Jerald Clark and Ron Hassey of the Rockies, were ejected for their role in an on-field fight.{{cite news |date=May 13, 1993 |title=Bonds, and Dad, Are Ejected |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/13/sports/baseball-bonds-and-dad-are-ejected.html |access-date=June 23, 2024 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press}}

Bonds hit .336 in 1993, leading the NL with 46 home runs and 123 RBI in 159 games en route to his second consecutive MVP award,{{cite web |title=1993 National League Most Valuable Player Award |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1993.shtml#NLmvp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414172552/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1993.shtml |archive-date=April 14, 2008 |access-date=April 16, 2008 |work=Baseball Reference}} 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 (because the wild card was instituted the year after).{{cite web |author=Neyer |first=Rob |date=October 1, 2001 |title=What makes a great Pennant Race? |url=https://www.espn.com/classic/s/2001/0927/1255891.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050819134255/http://espn.go.com/classic/s/2001/0927/1255891.html |archive-date=August 19, 2005 |access-date=September 25, 2007 |work=ESPN Classic}}

In the strike-shortened season of 1994, Bonds hit .312 with 37 home runs, 81 RBI and a league-leading 74 walks in 112 games. He finished fourth in MVP voting.{{cite web |title=1994 National League Most Valuable Player Award |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1994.shtml#NLmvp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509144628/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1994.shtml |archive-date=May 9, 2008 |access-date=April 16, 2008 |work=Baseball Reference}}

In 1995, Bonds played in 144 games, hitting .294 with 33 homers and 104 RBI, but finished only 12th in MVP voting.{{cite web |title=1995 National League Most Valuable Player Award |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1995.shtml#NLmvp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080418061553/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1995.shtml |archive-date=April 18, 2008 |access-date=April 16, 2008 |website=Baseball Reference}} In 1994, he appeared in a small role as himself in the television film Jane's House, starring James Woods and Anne Archer.{{cite news |last1=Everett |first1=Todd |date=December 28, 1993 |title=Review: 'Cbs Sunday Movie Jane's House' |url=https://variety.com/1993/tv/reviews/cbs-sunday-movie-jane-s-house-1200434607/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151231205753/http://variety.com/1993/tv/reviews/cbs-sunday-movie-jane-s-house-1200434607/ |archive-date=December 31, 2015 |access-date=October 22, 2015 |work=Variety}}{{Cite journal |last=Leonard |first=John |date=January 3, 1994 |title=The Sporting Goods Life |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8uMCAAAAMBAJ&q=jane%27s+house+barry+bonds&pg=PA54 |journal=New York |volume=27 |issue=1 |page=54 |via=Google Books}}

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In 1996, Bonds became the first National League player and second major league player (of the current list of six) to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases in the same season.{{cite web |title=The 40–40 Club: (Recorded 40 HRs and 40 SBs in a single season) |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/rare_feats/index.jsp?feature=40_40 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825094135/http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/rare_feats/index.jsp?feature=40_40 |archive-date=August 25, 2010 |access-date=September 11, 2010 |work=MLB.com |publisher=MLB Advanced Media}} The other members of the 40–40 club are José Canseco (1988), Alex Rodriguez (1998), Alfonso Soriano (2006), Ronald Acuña Jr. (2023), and Shohei Ohtani (2024). His father Bobby Bonds was one home run short in 1973 when he hit 39 home runs and stole 43 bases.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/16/AR2006091600674.html |title=Soriano Reaches 40–40 Mark |access-date=April 17, 2008 |date=September 17, 2006 |author=Goff, Steven |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-date=November 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108221403/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/16/AR2006091600674.html |url-status=live }}

Bonds hit his 300th and 301st home runs off the Florida Marlins' John Burkett on April 27. He became the fourth player in history to join the 300–300 club with 300 stolen bases and 300 home runs for a career, joining Willie Mays, Andre Dawson, and his father. Bonds's totals for the season included 129 runs driven in, a .308 average and a then-National League record 151 walks.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/05/17/sports/baseball-bonds-loses-rage-but-not-the-swing.html?pagewanted=all |title=Baseball: Bonds loses rage, but not the swing |access-date=April 17, 2008 |date=May 17, 1996 |work=The New York Times |author=Smith, Claire |archive-date=July 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727145727/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/05/17/sports/baseball-bonds-loses-rage-but-not-the-swing.html?pagewanted=all |url-status=live }} He finished fifth in the MVP balloting.{{cite web |title=1996 National League Most Valuable Player Award |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1996.shtml#NLmvp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422062343/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1996.shtml |archive-date=April 22, 2008 |access-date=April 16, 2008 |work=Baseball Reference}}

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 also stole 37 bases, tying his father for having the most 30–30 seasons (five), and he again placed fifth in the MVP balloting.{{cite web |title=1997 National League Most Valuable Player Award |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1997.shtml#NLmvp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409140334/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1997.shtml |archive-date=April 9, 2008 |access-date=April 16, 2008 |work=Baseball Reference}}

With two outs in the ninth inning of a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on May 28, 1998, Bonds became only the fifth player in baseball history to be given an intentional walk with the bases loaded.{{Cite web |last=Didion |first=Alex |date=February 22, 2021 |title=Why Bonds was 'shocked' by bases loaded intentional walk |url=https://www.nbcsportsbayarea.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/why-bonds-was-shocked-by-bases-loaded-intentional-walk/1134761/ |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=NBC Sports Bay Area |language=en-US}} Nap Lajoie (1901), Del Bissonette (1928) and Bill Nicholson (1944) were three others in the 20th century who received that rare honor. The first to receive one was Abner Dalrymple in 1881.{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_wk3.shtml |title=Intentional bases on balls records |access-date=April 22, 2008 |work=Baseball Almanac|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413105030/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_wk3.shtml |archive-date=April 13, 2008 |url-status=live}}

On August 23, Bonds hit his 400th career home run. By doing so, he became the first player ever to enter the 400–400 club by having career totals of 400 home runs and 400 stolen bases;{{Cite web |date=August 23, 1998 |title=Bonds Begins 400-400 Club |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bonds-begins-400-400-club/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727214027/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bonds-begins-400-400-club/ |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |access-date=July 27, 2021 |website=CBS News |language=en-US}} he is still the only player to have achieved this feat. The milestone home run came off Kirt Ojala, who, like Burkett, was pitching for the Marlins.{{cite web |title=1996: Bonds bashes, runs into history |url=http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/sf/history/sf_history_timeline_article.jsp?article=35 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515213301/http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/sf/history/sf_history_timeline_article.jsp?article=35 |archive-date=May 15, 2008 |access-date=April 17, 2008 |work=San Francisco Giants |publisher=MLB.com}} For the season, he hit .303 with 37 home runs and drove in 122 runs, winning his eighth Gold Glove, He finished eighth in the MVP voting.{{cite web |title=1998 National League Most Valuable Player Award |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1998.shtml#NLmvp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414172557/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1998.shtml |archive-date=April 14, 2008 |access-date=April 16, 2008 |work=Baseball Reference}}

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1999 marked a career-low, up to that point, for Bonds in terms of playing time. Bonds started off the 1999 season hitting well by batting .366 in the month of April with four home runs and 12 RBI in the Giants' first 12 games of the season. But on April 18, he was placed on the 15-day disabled list for only the second time in his career up to that point. 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.{{Cite news |last=Chass |first=Murray |date=April 21, 1999 |title=BASEBALL; Bonds Joins the Long List Of Stars Who Are Injured |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/21/sports/baseball-bonds-joins-the-long-list-of-stars-who-are-injured.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018002953/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/21/sports/baseball-bonds-joins-the-long-list-of-stars-who-are-injured.html |archive-date=October 18, 2018 |access-date=October 17, 2018 |newspaper=The New York Times |language=en}}{{Cite news |last= |first= |title=Barry Bonds |url=https://legacy.baseballprospectus.com/card/436/barry-bonds |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018002956/https://legacy.baseballprospectus.com/card/436/barry-bonds |archive-date=October 18, 2018 |access-date=October 17, 2018 |work=Baseball Prospectus |language=en}}

Upon returning to action on June 9, Bonds struggled somewhat at the plate for the remainder of the 1999 season. A series of nagging injuries including elbow pain, knee inflammation and groin issues hampered his play. Only hitting .248 after his return from the disabled list, he still managed to slug 34 home runs, drive in 83 runs as well as hit for a .617 slugging percentage, despite missing nearly two full months with injuries and only playing in 102 games.

Bill James ranked Bonds as the best player of the 1990s. He added that the decade's second-best player, Craig Biggio,{{cite web |date=February 27, 2008 |title=James on Biggio, Me on James |url=http://statisticianmagician.mlblogs.com/archives/2008/02/james_on_biggio.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415165349/http://statisticianmagician.mlblogs.com/archives/2008/02/james_on_biggio.html |archive-date=April 15, 2008 |access-date=April 17, 2008 |website=MLBlogs}} 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 34 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, making him the highest-ranking active player.{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/legendary/lisn100.shtml |title=Baseball's 100 Greatest Players |access-date=April 17, 2008 |work=Baseball Almanac |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512031751/http://baseball-almanac.com/legendary/lisn100.shtml |archive-date=May 12, 2008 |url-status=live}}

When the Sporting News list was redone in 2005, Bonds was ranked 6th behind Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, and Hank Aaron. Bonds was omitted from 1999's Major League Baseball All-Century Team, to which Ken Griffey Jr. was elected.{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/legendary/limc100.shtml |title=All Century Team |access-date=April 17, 2008 |work=Baseball Almanac |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513145608/http://baseball-almanac.com/legendary/limc100.shtml |archive-date=May 13, 2008 |url-status=live}} 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, he rated Bonds as the 16th-best player of all time. "When people begin to take in all of his accomplishments," he predicted, "Bonds may well be rated among the five greatest players in the history of the game."{{cite book |author=James |first=Bill |title=The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract |publisher=Free Press |year=2003 |isbn=0-7432-2722-0 |location=New York}} as cited at {{cite web |author=Christensen |first=Chris |year=2006 |title=Five Books for a Deserted Island |url=http://www.efqreview.com/NewFiles/v21n1/books-fivebooks.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028131420/http://www.efqreview.com/NewFiles/v21n1/books-fivebooks.html |archive-date=October 28, 2007 |access-date=April 17, 2008 |work=Elysian Fields Quarterly}}

In 2000, Bonds hit .306 with career bests through that time in both slugging percentage (.688) and home runs (49) in just 143 games. He also drew a league-leading 117 walks.

The next year, Bonds's 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, he hit 28 home runs, including 17 in May—a career high.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/bondstracker/bondslog |title=Bonds career HR log |access-date=September 25, 2007 |work=CBS Sports |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070923104248/http://sportsline.com/mlb/bondstracker/bondslog |archive-date=September 23, 2007 }} This early stretch included his 500th home run hit on April 17 against Terry Adams of the Los Angeles Dodgers.{{Cite web |date=April 17, 2001 |title=Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Francisco Giants Box Score: April 17, 2001 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN200104170.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111216202846/http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN200104170.shtml |archive-date=December 16, 2011 |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=Baseball Reference |language=en}}{{cite magazine |date=October 5, 2001 |title=Bonds hits 71st, 72nd homers as Giants get eliminated |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/news/2001/10/05/bonds_71_ap/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110000839/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/news/2001/10/05/bonds_71_ap/ |archive-date=January 10, 2010 |access-date=August 6, 2010 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |publisher=CNN}} 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 (.863) was the fifth-highest in MLB history, and the highest since Josh Gibson's .868 in 1943.{{cite web | title=Single-Season Leaders & Records for Slugging % | website=Baseball-Reference.com | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/slugging_perc_season.shtml | access-date=2025-04-25}}

On October 4, by homering off Wilfredo Rodríguez in the 159th game of the season, Bonds tied the previous record of 70 set by Mark McGwire—which McGwire set in the 162nd game in 1998.{{cite web |title=2001 Home Run Tracker |url=http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/mlb/events/mlb_bonds_hr_info.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107073516/http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/mlb/events/mlb_bonds_hr_info.jsp |archive-date=January 7, 2011 |access-date=August 6, 2010 |work=MLB.com |publisher=MLB Advanced Media}}{{Cite web |last=Shuttlesworth |first=Chris |date=October 5, 2001 |title=A Giant Mark for Bonds: 70 |url=http://www.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news_story.jsp?article_id=mlb_20011004_bonds70_news&team_id=mlb |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020624050422/http://www.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news_story.jsp?article_id=mlb_20011004_bonds70_news&team_id=mlb |archive-date=June 24, 2002 |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=MLB.com |publisher=MLB Advanced Media}} He then broke the record by hitting numbers 71 and 72 the following night off Chan Ho Park.{{Cite web |last=Schlegel |first=John |date=October 6, 2001 |title=72: Barry breaks record, and then some |url=http://www.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news_story.jsp?article_id=mlb_20011005_bonds_news&team_id=mlb |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011006204058/http://www.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news_story.jsp?article_id=mlb_20011005_bonds_news&team_id=mlb |archive-date=October 6, 2001 |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=MLB.com |publisher=MLB Advanced Media}} Bonds added his 73rd off Dennis Springer on October 7.{{Cite web |last=Shuttlesworth |first=Chris |date=October 7, 2001 |title=Bonds hits 73rd, Giants win season finale |url=http://giants.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/sf/news/sf_news_story.jsp?article_id=sf_20011007_bonds_news&team_id=sf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011212000609/http://giants.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/sf/news/sf_news_story.jsp?article_id=sf_20011007_bonds_news&team_id=sf |archive-date=December 12, 2001 |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=San Francisco Giants |publisher=MLB.com}} The ball was later sold to toy manufacturer Todd McFarlane for $450,000.{{Cite web |date=June 26, 2003 |title=Bonds' homer ball sells for $450,000 |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2003/06/26/bonds-homer-ball-sells-for-450000/ |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=Tampa Bay Times |language=en}} He previously bought Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball from 1998.{{cite news |last=Bean |first=Matt |date=October 7, 2002 |title=Trial scheduled to begin over historic Bonds home run ball |url=https://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/10/16/ctv.baseball.lawsuit/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402122454/http://articles.cnn.com/2002-10-16/justice/ctv.baseball.lawsuit_1_martin-triano-alex-popov-patrick-hayashi?_s=PM%3ALAW |archive-date=April 2, 2012 |access-date=October 4, 2010 |work=CNN}} Bonds received the Babe Ruth Home Run Award for leading MLB in home runs that season.{{cite magazine |last=Syken |first=Bill |date=May 9, 2006 |title=Conspicuous absence |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/baseball/mlb/05/08/bonds.ruth/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630032718/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/baseball/mlb/05/08/bonds.ruth/ |archive-date=June 30, 2012 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |publisher=CNN}}

Bonds re-signed with the Giants for a five-year, $90 million contract on January 15, 2002.{{cite news |date=January 15, 2002 |title=Bonds agrees to dlrs 90 million, five-year contract with Giants |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-49533870.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523071937/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-49533870.html |archive-date=May 23, 2009 |access-date=September 11, 2010 |work=HighBeam Research |agency=Associated Press}} He hit five home runs in the Giants' first four games of the season, tying Lou Brock's 35-year record for most home runs after four games. He won the NL batting title with a career-high .370 average, and also recorded 46 home runs, 110 RBI, and just 47 strikeouts in 403 at-bats.

Despite playing in nine fewer games than the previous season, he drew 198 walks, a major-league record; 68 of them were intentional walks, surpassing Willie McCovey's 45 in 1969 for another Major League record. 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,{{Cite web |title=Barry Bonds Stats, Age, Position, Height, Weight, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/barry-bonds-111188 |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=MLB.com |language=en}} less than a year and a half after hitting his 500th. The home run came on August 9 at home against Kip Wells of the Pirates.{{cite web |date=August 9, 2002 |title=Pittsburgh Pirates at San Francisco Giants (box score) |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=220809126 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519092129/http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=220809126 |archive-date=May 19, 2011 |access-date=August 6, 2010 |work=ESPN}}{{Cite web |date=August 9, 2002 |title=Bonds's 600th blast not enough to beat Bucs |url=http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=220809126 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519092140/http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=220809126 |archive-date=May 19, 2011 |access-date=August 6, 2010 |website=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}}

Bonds batted .322 with eight home runs, 16 RBI, and 27 walks in the postseason en route to the 2002 World Series, which the Giants lost in seven games to the Anaheim Angels.{{Cite web |title=2002 World Series - Anaheim Angels over San Francisco Giants (4-3) |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/2002_WS.shtml |access-date=November 6, 2023 |website=Baseball Reference |language=en}}

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 by stealing second base on June 23 off pitcher Éric Gagné in the 11th inning of a tied ball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers (against whom Bonds had tallied his 500th home run). Bonds scored the game-winning run later that inning.{{Cite web |date=June 23, 2003 |title=Bonds's big night steals win for Giants |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=230623126 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060623013931/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=230623126 |archive-date=June 23, 2006 |access-date=April 17, 2008 |website=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}}

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 (including an MLB record 120 intentional walks).{{cite web | title=Single-Season Leaders & Records for Intentional Bases on Balls | website=Baseball-Reference.com | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/IBB_season.shtml | access-date=2025-01-06}} He slugged .812, the tenth-highest of all time, and broke his on-base percentage record with a .609 average. Bonds passed Mays on the career home run list by hitting his 661st off Ben Ford on April 13.{{Cite web |date=April 13, 2004 |title=Bonds hits solo shot in seventh off Ford |url=http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=240413126 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519092033/http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=240413126 |archive-date=May 19, 2011 |access-date=August 6, 2010 |website=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}}{{cite web |date=April 13, 2004 |title=Milwaukee Brewers at San Francisco Giants (box score) |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=240413126 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519092219/http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=240413126 |archive-date=May 19, 2011 |access-date=August 6, 2010 |work=ESPN}} He then hit his 700th off Jake Peavy on September 17.{{cite web |date=September 17, 2004 |title=San Diego Padres at San Francisco Giants (box score) |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=240917126 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519092226/http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=240917126 |archive-date=May 19, 2011 |access-date=August 6, 2010 |work=ESPN}}{{Cite web |date=September 17, 2004 |title=Giants hold half-game lead on Cubs |url=http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=240917126 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519092230/http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=240917126 |archive-date=May 19, 2011 |access-date=August 6, 2010 |website=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Draper |first=Rich |date=November 15, 2004 |title=Bonds wins fourth straight NL MVP |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news.jsp?ymd=20041115&content_id=913660&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041205100757/http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news.jsp?ymd=20041115&content_id=913660&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp |archive-date=December 5, 2004 |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=MLB.com |publisher=MLB Advanced Media}} His seven MVP awards are four more than any other player in history. In addition, no other player from either league has been awarded the MVP four times in a row.{{cite web |author=Carter |first=Bob |date=August 8, 2007 |title=Bonds: The Unpopular Home Run Champ |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/classic/bio/news/story?page=bonds_barry011003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103080923/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/classic/bio/news/story?page=bonds_barry011003 |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |access-date=April 17, 2008 |work=ESPN}} (The MVP award was first given in 1931). The 40-year-old Bonds also broke Willie Stargell's 25-year record as the oldest player to win a Most Valuable Player Award (Stargell, at 39 years, 8 months, was National League co-MVP with Keith Hernandez in 1979). On July 4, he tied and passed Rickey Henderson's career bases on balls record with his 2,190th and 2,191st career walks.{{Cite web |date=July 4, 2004 |title=Bradford, Mulder both walk slugger |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=240704126 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041216142028/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=240704126 |archive-date=December 16, 2004 |access-date=July 19, 2007 |website=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}}

As Bonds neared Aaron's record, Aaron was called on for his opinion of Bonds. He clarified that he was a fan and admirer of Bonds and avoided the controversy regarding whether the record should be denoted with an asterisk for Bonds's alleged steroid usage. He felt recognition and respect for the award was something to be determined by the fans.{{cite news |author=Anderson |first=Dave |date=April 7, 2004 |title=Sports of The Times; Aaron Will Let the Fans Judge Bonds |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/07/sports/sports-of-the-times-aaron-will-let-the-fans-judge-bonds.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111003113/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/07/sports/sports-of-the-times-aaron-will-let-the-fans-judge-bonds.html |archive-date=November 11, 2012 |access-date=May 27, 2008 |work=The New York Times}} As the steroid controversy received greater media attention during the offseason before the 2005 season, Aaron expressed some reservations about the statements Bonds made on the issue. Aaron expressed that he felt drug and steroid use to boost athletic performance was inappropriate. Aaron was frustrated that the media could not focus on events that occurred in the field of play and wished drugs or gambling allegations such as those associated with Pete Rose could be emphasized less.{{cite web |date=December 6, 2004 |title=HOF and asterisks not up to Aaron |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=1939208 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070712102454/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1939208 |archive-date=July 12, 2007 |access-date=May 27, 2008 |work=ESPN}} In 2007, Aaron felt the whole steroid use issue was very controversial and decided that he would not attend any possible record-breaking games.{{Cite web |date=May 22, 2007 |title=If Bonds breaks HR record, Aaron 'won't be there' |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2879440 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009090016/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2879440 |archive-date=October 9, 2007 |access-date=May 27, 2008 |website=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}} Aaron congratulated Bonds through the media including a video played on the scoreboard when Bonds eventually broke Aaron's record in August 2007.{{cite news |author=Nightengale |first=Bob |date=August 7, 2007 |title=Bonds blasts No. 756 to take over top spot |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2007-08-08-bonds-756_N.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517150833/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2007-08-08-bonds-756_N.htm |archive-date=May 17, 2008 |access-date=May 27, 2008 |work=USA Today}}

Bonds's 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).{{cite web |date=September 27, 2007 |title=Highest Career Total and Single-Season Salaries |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/leaders_salaries.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929153252/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/leaders_salaries.shtml |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |access-date=September 29, 2007 |work=Baseball Reference}}

Bonds endured a knee injury, multiple surgeries, and rehabilitation. He was activated on September 12 and started 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.{{Cite web |date=September 12, 2005 |title=Giant comeback: Bonds 1-for-4 in winning return |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=250912126 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213040422/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=250912126 |archive-date=February 13, 2007 |access-date=April 17, 2008 |website=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}} Upon his return, Bonds resumed his high-caliber performance at the plate, hitting home runs in four consecutive games from September 18 to 21.{{Cite web |title=Barry Bonds 2005 Batting Game Logs |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=bondsba01&t=b&year=2005 |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=Baseball Reference |language=en}} He finished with a .286 average, five homers and 10 RBI in only 14 games.

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In 2006, Bonds earned $20 million (not including bonuses), the fourth-highest salary in baseball. Through the 2006 season he had earned approximately $172 million during his then 21-year career, making him baseball's all-time highest-paid player. 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.{{cite web |date=April 22, 2006 |title=Bonds goes opposite field for career No. 709 |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260422127 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060630150051/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260422127 |archive-date=June 30, 2006 |access-date=April 17, 2008 |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}} On May 7, 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 a game in which the Giants lost to the Philadelphia Phillies.{{cite web |date=May 7, 2006 |title=Amidst Bonds spectacle, Phillies win eighth straight |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260507122 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204014754/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260507122 |archive-date=February 4, 2012 |access-date=July 2, 2007 |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}} The towering home run—one of the longest in Citizens Bank Park's two-season history, traveling an estimated 450 feet (140 m)—hit off the facade of the third deck in right field.{{Cite web |last=Bloom |first=Barry M. |date=May 8, 2006 |title=Bonds slugs No. 713 in Philly |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060507&content_id=1443211&vkey=news_sf&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819201551/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060507&content_id=1443211&vkey=news_sf&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf |archive-date=August 19, 2007 |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=San Francisco Giants |publisher=MLB.com}}

On May 20, Bonds hit his 714th career home run to deep right field to lead off the top of the second inning, tying Ruth for second all-time.{{cite web |date=May 20, 2006 |title=Bonds reels in Babe, blasts home run No. 714 |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260520111 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070222232411/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260520111 |archive-date=February 22, 2007 |access-date=July 2, 2007 |work=ESPN}} The home run came off left-handed pitcher Brad Halsey of the Oakland Athletics, 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 "glad it's over with"{{cite web |last=Bloom |first=Barry M. |date=May 20, 2006 |title=Bonds ties Ruth with homer No. 714 |url=http://barrybonds.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060501&content_id=1427974&vkey=news_sf&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102054956/http://barrybonds.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060501&content_id=1427974&vkey=news_sf&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf |archive-date=January 2, 2008 |access-date=December 14, 2007 |work=Barry Bonds |publisher=MLB.com}} and stated that more attention could be focused on Albert Pujols, who was on a very rapid home run pace in early 2006.

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On May 28, Bonds passed Ruth, hitting his 715th career home run to center field off Colorado Rockies pitcher Byung-hyun Kim.{{cite web |date=May 28, 2006 |title=Bonds's milestone homer not enough vs. Rockies |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260528126 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702004922/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260528126 |archive-date=July 2, 2007 |access-date=July 2, 2007 |work=ESPN}}{{cite web |author=Miller |first=Scott |date=May 28, 2006 |title=Bonds hits No. 715, passes Ruth as Giants fall to Rockies |url=http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/gamecenter/recap/MLB_20060528_COL@SF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070108070109/http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/gamecenter/recap/MLB_20060528_COL%40SF |archive-date=January 8, 2007 |access-date=September 29, 2007 |website=CBS SportsLine}} The ball was hit an estimated 445 feet (140 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.{{Cite news |last1=Estrella |first1=Cicero A. |last2=Schevitz |first2=Tanya |date=May 29, 2006 |title=THE BALL / He went for peanuts, and came back with a chance for a fortune |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/29/MNG17J42R61.DTL |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061030062644/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2006%2F05%2F29%2FMNG17J42R61.DTL |archive-date=October 30, 2006 |access-date=April 17, 2008 |work=SFGate}} 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.{{cite web |date=May 29, 2006 |title=Giants' radio call cuts out just as Bonds hits No. 715 |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2461761 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103081138/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2461761 |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |access-date=April 18, 2008 |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}}

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On September 22, Bonds tied Henry Aaron's National League career home run record of 733. The home run came in the top of the sixth 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 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, though Bonds went 3-for-5, with two doubles, the record-tying home run, and six runs batted in.{{cite web |date=September 22, 2006 |title=Bonds ties Aaron's NL HR mark, but Giants fall to Brewers |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260922108 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103081151/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260922108 |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |access-date=July 2, 2007 |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}}

On September 23, Bonds surpassed Aaron for the NL career home run record. Hit in Milwaukee like the previous one, this was a solo home run off Chris Capuano of the Brewers.{{cite web |date=September 23, 2006 |title=Bonds hits NL-record 734th HR, but Giants lose again |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260923108 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103081206/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260923108 |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |access-date=July 2, 2007 |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}} This was the last home run Bonds hit in 2006. In 2006, Bonds recorded his lowest slugging percentage (a statistic that he had historically ranked among league leaders season after season) since 1991 with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

In January 2007, the New York Daily News reported that Bonds had tested positive for amphetamines.{{cite news|url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/01112007/sports/report__bonds_used_speed_sports_.htm |access-date=September 4, 2007 |title=Report: Bonds used 'speed' |date=January 11, 2007 |work=New York Post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070128223550/http://www.nypost.com/seven/01112007/sports/report__bonds_used_speed_sports_.htm |archive-date=January 28, 2007 }} Under baseball's amphetamine policy, which had been in effect for one season, players testing positive were to submit to six additional tests and undergo treatment and counseling. The policy also stated that players were not to be identified for a first positive test, but the New York Daily News leaked the test's results.{{Cite web |date=January 11, 2007 |title=Report: Bonds failed amphetamine test |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2727325 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818025425/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2727325 |archive-date=August 18, 2007 |access-date=September 4, 2007 |website=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}} 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,{{cite magazine |author=Quinn |first=T.J. |date=January 11, 2007 |title=Caught in the act |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/01/11/bonds.amphetamines/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070125145544/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/01/11/bonds.amphetamines/index.html |archive-date=January 25, 2007 |access-date=September 4, 2007 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |publisher=CNN}} but would later retract this claim and publicly apologize to Sweeney.{{cite news |author=Schulman |first=Henry |date=February 20, 2007 |title=Sweeney: It's 'over and done': Giants don't expect another apology from Bonds |url=http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Sweeney-It-s-over-and-done-Giants-don-t-2616226.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810113048/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fchronicle%2Farchive%2F2007%2F02%2F20%2FSPGV7O7HBH1.DTL |archive-date=August 10, 2007 |access-date=September 4, 2007 |work=SFGate}}

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On January 29, 2007, the Giants finalized a contract with Bonds for the 2007 season.{{cite web |author=Bloom |first=Barry M. |date=January 29, 2007 |title=Bonds, Giants agree to deal |url=http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070129&content_id=1789025&vkey=news_sf&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013075713/http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070129&content_id=1789025&vkey=news_sf&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf |archive-date=October 13, 2007 |access-date=September 25, 2007 |work=San Francisco Giants |publisher=MLB.com}} 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."{{cite news |date=February 1, 2007 |title=Agent: Bonds won't sign revised contract right now |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20070201/ai_n18626981 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013195011/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20070201/ai_n18626981 |archive-date=October 13, 2007 |access-date=September 25, 2007 |work=Chicago Sun-Times |via=FindArticles}} Bonds signed a revised one-year, $15.8 million contract on February 15 and reported to the Giants' Spring training camp on time.{{Cite web |last=Bloom |first=Barry M. |date=February 21, 2007 |title=Bonds reports to Spring Training |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070220&content_id=1808651&vkey=spt2007news&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070222221510/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070220&content_id=1808651&vkey=spt2007news&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf |archive-date=February 22, 2007 |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=San Francisco Giants |publisher=MLB.com}}

Bonds resumed his march to the all-time record early in the 2007 season. In the season opener on April 3, all he had was a first-inning single past third base with the infield shifted right, immediately followed by a stolen base and then thrown out at home on a baserunning mistake, followed by a deep fly-out to left field, late in the game.{{cite news |author=McCauley |first=Janie |date=April 3, 2007 |title=San Diego 7, San Francisco 0 (recap) |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=270403126 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070406044330/http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=270403126 |archive-date=April 6, 2007 |access-date=April 14, 2007 |work=Yahoo Sports |agency=Associated Press}} Bonds regrouped the next day with his first at-bat in the second game of the season at the Giants' AT&T Park. Bonds hit a pitch from Chris Young of the San Diego Padres just over the wall to the left of straight-away center field for career home run 735.{{cite news |author=McCauley |first=Janie |date=April 5, 2007 |title=San Diego 5, San Francisco 3 (recap) |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=270404126 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523021441/http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=270404126 |archive-date=May 23, 2011 |access-date=April 14, 2007 |work=Yahoo Sports |agency=Associated Press}}{{cite news |date=April 5, 2007 |title=San Diego 5, San Francisco 3 (box score) |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=270404126 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070509214901/http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=270404126 |archive-date=May 9, 2007 |access-date=April 14, 2007 |work=Yahoo Sports |agency=Associated Press}} This home run put Bonds past the midway point between Ruth and Aaron.

Bonds did not homer again until April 13, when he hit two (736 and 737) in a 3-for-3 night that included four RBI against the Pittsburgh Pirates.{{cite news |date=April 13, 2007 |title=San Francisco 8, Pittsburgh 5 (recap) |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=270413123&prov=ap |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070416075146/http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=270413123&prov=ap |archive-date=April 16, 2007 |access-date=April 14, 2007 |work=Yahoo! Sports |agency=Associated Press}} Bonds splashed a pitch by St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Ryan Franklin into McCovey Cove on April 18 for home run 738.{{cite news |date=May 11, 2007 |title=Hounding "The Hammer" |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/hounding-the-hammer/ |access-date=August 29, 2024 |work=CBS News}} Home runs number 739 and 740 came in back to back games on April 21 and 22 against the Arizona Diamondbacks.{{cite news |date=April 21, 2007 |title=San Francisco 1, Arizona 0 (recap) |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=270421126 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070423063807/http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=270421126 |archive-date=April 23, 2007 |access-date=April 23, 2007 |work=Yahoo Sports |agency=Associated Press}}{{cite news |date=April 22, 2007 |title=San Francisco 2, Arizona 1 (recap) |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=270422126&prov=ap |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070427052252/http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=270422126&prov=ap |archive-date=April 27, 2007 |access-date=April 23, 2007 |work=Yahoo! Sports |agency=Associated Press}}

The hype surrounding Bonds's pursuit of the home run record escalated on May 14. On this day, Sports Auction for Heritage (a Dallas-based auction house) offered US$1 million to the fan who would catch Bonds's record-breaking 756th-career home run.{{cite web |date=May 14, 2007 |title=Auction house willing to buy 756 ball for $1M |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2869244 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070517234829/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2869244 |archive-date=May 17, 2007 |access-date=June 30, 2007 |work=ESPN}} The million-dollar offer was rescinded on June 11 out of concern of fan safety.{{Cite web |date=June 12, 2007 |title=Auction house withdraws $1M bounty on No. 756 |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2900735 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070907054123/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2900735 |archive-date=September 7, 2007 |access-date=June 30, 2007 |website=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}} Home run 748 came on Father's Day, June 17, in the final game of a three-game road series against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, where Bonds had never previously played.{{cite web |date=June 17, 2007 |title=Bonds hits first Fenway homer in loss to Red Sox |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=270617102 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070912082255/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=270617102 |archive-date=September 12, 2007 |access-date=June 30, 2007 |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}} 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 Giants' bullpen in right field. It was his first home run off 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 June 29, also came off a former teammate: Liván Hernández. The blast came in the eighth inning and at that point tied the game at 3–3.{{cite web |date=June 29, 2007 |title=Bonds is 5 homers shy of Aaron's mark after loss in 10th |url=http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=270629126 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007170358/http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=270629126 |archive-date=October 7, 2012 |access-date=June 30, 2007 |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}}

On July 19, after a 21 at-bat hitless streak, Bonds hit two home runs, numbers 752 and 753, against the Chicago Cubs. He went 3-for-3 with two home runs, six RBI, and a walk on that day.{{cite news |author=McCauley |first=Janie |date=July 19, 2007 |title=Chi Cubs 9, San Francisco 8 (recap) |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=270719116 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809081927/http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=270719116 |archive-date=August 9, 2007 |access-date=July 19, 2007 |work=Yahoo Sports |agency=Associated Press}} The struggling last-place Giants still lost the game, 9–8. On July 27, Bonds hit home run 754 against Florida Marlins pitcher Rick VandenHurk. Bonds was then walked his next four at-bats in the game, but a two-run shot helped the Giants win the game 12–10. It marked the first time since he had hit #747 that Bonds had homered in a game the Giants won.{{cite web |date=July 27, 2007 |title=Bonds pulls within one of Aaron's all-time mark with 754th career homer |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=270727126 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224043608/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=270727126 |archive-date=December 24, 2007 |access-date=September 8, 2007 |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}} On August 4, Bonds hit a 382 foot (116 m) home run against Clay Hensley of the San Diego Padres for home run number 755, tying Hank Aaron's all-time record.{{cite web |date=August 4, 2007 |title=Bonds ties Aaron with No. 755, but Pads win in 12 |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=270804125 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005074001/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=270804125 |archive-date=October 5, 2010 |access-date=September 8, 2007 |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}} 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 the 445th different pitcher to give up a home run to Bonds. Ironically, given the cloud of suspicion that surrounded Bonds, the tying home run was hit off a pitcher who had been suspended by baseball in 2005 for steroid use.{{Cite web |last=Crowe |first=Jerry |date=August 7, 2007 |title=Bonds' clay pigeon had his own shadowy history |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-aug-07-sp-crowe7-story.html |access-date= |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} He was walked in his next at-bat and eventually scored on a fielder's choice.

On August 7 at 8:51 PM PDT, at Oracle Park (then known as AT&T Park) in San Francisco,{{cite web |last1= |date=July 24, 2014 |title=Bonds breaks Aaron's record |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL3vNXIsEPM |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211123/cL3vNXIsEPM |archive-date=November 23, 2021 |access-date=November 3, 2016 |website=YouTube |publisher=MLB}}{{cbignore}} Bonds hit a 435 foot (133 m) 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.{{cite web |date=August 7, 2007 |title=Bonds turns page to new era with home run No. 756 |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=270807126 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529101455/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=270807126 |archive-date=May 29, 2008 |access-date=September 8, 2007 |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}} 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."{{cite news |date=August 8, 2007 |title=Unlike father, Bacsik can't prevent home run No. 756 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7jJZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=o0cNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4061%2C1044664 |access-date=January 2, 2025 |work=The Union Democrat |page=B5 |via=Google News Archive |agency=Associated Press}} After hitting the home run, Bonds gave Bacsik an autographed bat.{{Cite web |last=Bloom |first=Barry M. |date=August 8, 2007 |title=Bonds New King of Swing After No. 756 |url=http://www.salem-news.com/articles/august082007/bonds_folo_080807.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927051431/http://www.salem-news.com/articles/august082007/bonds_folo_080807.php |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |access-date=September 29, 2007 |website=The Salem News}}

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 City, (and a Mets fan), was promptly protected and escorted away from the mayhem by a group of San Francisco police officers.{{Cite web |date=August 9, 2007 |title=Queens man in San Francisco for one day catches famous ball |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2965703 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525070215/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2965703 |archive-date=May 25, 2011 |access-date=September 29, 2007 |website=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}} 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,{{cite web |author=Kriegel |first=Mark |date=August 8, 2007 |title=Bonds's historic journey too good to be true |url=http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/7102950 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070815203618/http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/7102950 |archive-date=August 15, 2007 |access-date=September 29, 2007 |work=Fox Sports |publisher=MSN}} 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.

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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.{{cite web |author=Curry |first=Jack |date=August 8, 2007 |title=Bonds completes rocky journey to break record |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/08/sports/base.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013105656/http://iht.com/articles/2007/08/08/sports/base.php |archive-date=October 13, 2007 |access-date=October 4, 2007 |work=International Herald Tribune}}{{Cite web |date=August 7, 2007 |title=Bonds moves into eternity, assumes MLB home run record |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2965584 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014225429/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2965584 |archive-date=October 14, 2007 |access-date=October 4, 2007 |website=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}} President George W. Bush also called Bonds the next day to congratulate him.{{cite web |author=Bloom |first=Barry B. |date=August 8, 2007 |title=Bonds receives presidential congrats |url=http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070808&content_id=2138216&vkey=news_sf&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013075718/http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070808&content_id=2138216&vkey=news_sf&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf |archive-date=October 13, 2007 |access-date=October 4, 2007 |work=San Francisco Giants |publisher=MLB.com}}{{Cite web |date=August 8, 2007 |title=President Bush called Bonds on Tuesday to congratulate him on 756 |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2966418&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822121925/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2966418&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines |archive-date=August 22, 2007 |access-date=August 9, 2007 |website=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}} On August 24, San Francisco honored and celebrated Bonds' career accomplishments and breaking the home run record with a large rally in Justin Herman Plaza. The rally included video messages from Lou Brock, Ernie Banks, Ozzie Smith, Joe Montana, Wayne Gretzky and Michael Jordan. Speeches were made by Willie Mays, Giants teammates Omar Vizquel and Rich Aurilia, and Giants owner Peter Magowan. Mayor Gavin Newsom presented Bonds the key to the City and County of San Francisco and Giants vice president Larry Baer gave Bonds the home plate he touched after hitting his 756th career home run.{{cite news |author=Wildermuth |first=John |date=August 25, 2007 |title=San Francisco honors Barry Bonds for Giant accomplishments |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/25/BAALRP1IQ.DTL |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013190743/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2007%2F08%2F25%2FBAALRP1IQ.DTL |archive-date=October 13, 2007 |access-date=October 4, 2007 |work=SFGate}}

The record-setting ball was consigned to an auction house on August 21.{{cite news |author=Bulwa |first=Demian |date=August 21, 2007 |title=Bonds ball catcher will put souvenir up for auction |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/21/SPGGSRMMGJ6.DTL |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620145646/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2007%2F08%2F21%2FSPGGSRMMGJ6.DTL |archive-date=June 20, 2012 |access-date=September 10, 2010 |work=SFGate}} Bidding began on August 28 and closed with a winning bid of US$752,467 on September 15 after a three-phase online auction.{{Cite news |last=Wildermuth |first=John |date=September 16, 2007 |title=Going, going – gone! Record-breaking Bonds ball nets $752,467 |url=http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Going-going-gone-2503233.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014193502/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2007%2F09%2F16%2FBAULS74ES.DTL |archive-date=October 14, 2007 |access-date=October 4, 2007 |work=SFGate}} The high bidder, fashion designer Marc Ecko, created a website to let fans decide its fate.{{cite news|url=http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/latest/buyer-of-756th-home-run-ball-will-let-you-decide.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013063609/http://sportscollectorsdaily.com/latest/buyer-of-756th-home-run-ball-will-let-you-decide.html|archive-date=October 13, 2007|title=Buyer of 756th Home Run Ball Will Let You Decide Fate |access-date=October 4, 2007|date=September 17, 2007|work=Sports Collectors Daily}} Subsequently,{{cite web |author=Moredich |first=John |date=September 17, 2007 |title=Bounce: UA lines up pitching help for 2009 |url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/morgue/2007/09/19/63417-bounce-ua-lines-up-pitching-help-for-2009/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009001445/http://tucsoncitizen.com/morgue/2007/09/19/63417-bounce-ua-lines-up-pitching-help-for-2009/ |archive-date=October 9, 2011 |access-date=September 12, 2010 |work=Tucson Citizen}} Ben Padnos, who submitted the $186,750 winning bid on Bonds' record-tying 755th home run ball also set up a website to let fans decide its fate.{{cite web |author=Hoffarth |first=Tom |date=September 17, 2007 |title=You could blow the Bonds HRs balls up real good |url=http://www.insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth/archives/2007/09/they-could-blow.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091205210653/http://www.insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth/archives/2007/09/they-could-blow.html |archive-date=December 5, 2009 |access-date=September 9, 2010 |work=Los Angeles Daily News}} Ten million voters helped Ecko decide to brand the ball with an asterisk and send it to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.{{cite web |author=Celizic |first=Mike |date=September 26, 2007 |title=Verdict in: Bonds ball headed for Cooperstown: But with an asterisk. Marc Ecko shares the results of 10 million-fan vote |url=http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/20987026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108090220/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/20987026 |archive-date=January 8, 2011 |access-date=September 12, 2010 |website=MSNBC |publisher=TODAY}} Of Ecko's plans, Bonds said "He spent $750,000 on the ball and that's what he's doing with it? What he's doing is stupid."{{Cite news |last=Schulman |first=Henry |date=September 19, 2007 |title=Bonds's Ecko: 'stupid' |url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/19/SP6JS8JMH.DTL |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071004204221/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2007%2F09%2F19%2FSP6JS8JMH.DTL |archive-date=October 4, 2007 |access-date=September 24, 2007 |work=SFGate}} Padnos, on the other hand, sold five-year ads on a website, www.endthedebate.com, where people voted by a two-to-one margin to smash the ball.{{cite web |title=Settle The Score On The Barry Bonds Controversy! |url=http://www.endthedebate.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830113057/http://endthedebate.com/ |archive-date=August 30, 2010 |access-date=September 12, 2010 |website=EndTheDebate}}

Bonds concluded the 2007 season with a .276 batting average, 28 home runs, and 66 RBI in 126 games and 340 at-bats. At the age of 43, he led both leagues in walks with 132.

On September 21, 2007, the San Francisco Giants confirmed that they would not re-sign Bonds for the 2008 season. The story was first announced on Bonds' own website earlier that day.{{Cite web |last=Covill |first=Tom |date=September 21, 2007 |title=Where does Barry Bonds go from here? |url=http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=txbondswherenext |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022064957/http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=txbondswherenext |archive-date=October 22, 2012 |access-date=September 24, 2007 |website=Yahoo Sports}} Bonds officially filed for free agency on October 29, 2007. His agent Jeff Borris said: "I'm anticipating widespread interest from every Major League team."{{Cite web |last=Bloom |first=Barry M. |date=October 29, 2007 |title=Bonds files for free agency |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071029&content_id=2287536&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031073400/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071029&content_id=2287536&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |archive-date=October 31, 2007 |access-date=October 29, 2007 |website=MLB.com |publisher=MLB Advanced Media}}

There was much speculation before the 2008 season about where Bonds might play.{{cite web |author=Topkin |first=Marc |date=February 25, 2008 |title=Rays ponder Bonds pursuit |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2008/02/25/Rays/Rays_ponder_Bonds_pur.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002203554/http://www.sptimes.com/2008/02/25/Rays/Rays_ponder_Bonds_pur.shtml |archive-date=October 2, 2008 |access-date=August 4, 2008 |work=St. Petersburg Times}} However, no one signed him during the 2008 or 2009 seasons.{{cite news |date=November 6, 2008 |title=Bonds wants federal charges dropped |url=http://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2008/11/06/UPI_NewsTrack_Sports/UPI-32251226030400/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605081142/http://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2008/11/06/UPI_NewsTrack_Sports/UPI-32251226030400/ |archive-date=June 5, 2011 |access-date=September 11, 2010 |work=United Press International}}{{cite magazine |author=McCann |first=Michael |date=March 19, 2009 |title=Unsigned and unwanted: Is Barry Bonds building a case for collusion? |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/michael_mccann/03/16/bonds.collusion/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321003604/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/michael_mccann/03/16/bonds.collusion/index.html |archive-date=March 21, 2009 |access-date=September 11, 2010 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |publisher=CNN}} If he had returned to Major League Baseball, Bonds would have been within close range of several significant hitting milestones, needing just 65 hits to reach 3,000, four runs batted in to reach 2,000, and 38 home runs to reach 800. He would have needed 69 more runs scored to move past Rickey Henderson as the all-time runs champion, and 37 extra base hits to move past Hank Aaron as the all-time extra base hits champion.{{Cite web |date=September 21, 2007 |title=Bonds won't return with Giants for '08, team confirms |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3030852 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223220502/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3030852 |archive-date=December 23, 2007 |access-date=September 24, 2007 |website=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}}

As of November 13, 2009, Borris maintained that Bonds was still not retired.{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Tim |date=November 13, 2009 |title=Uggla doesn't want to change positions |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ti-uggla111309 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604073304/http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ti-uggla111309 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |access-date=November 13, 2009 |work=Yahoo Sports}} On December 9, however, Borris told the San Francisco Chronicle that Bonds had played his last major league game.{{cite news |last=Shea |first=John |date=December 10, 2009 |title=Bonds's agent concedes playing days are over |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/09/SPUI1B20LT.DTL |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213113544/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2009%2F12%2F09%2FSPUI1B20LT.DTL |archive-date=December 13, 2009 |access-date=December 10, 2009 |work=SFGate}} Bonds announced on April 11, 2010, that he was proud of McGwire for admitting his use of steroids. 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.{{Cite web |date=April 12, 2010 |title=Bonds has kind words for McGwire |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=5075743 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100415172912/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5075743 |archive-date=April 15, 2010 |access-date=September 9, 2010 |website=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}} In May 2015, Bonds filed a grievance against Major League Baseball through the players' union arguing that the league colluded in not signing him after the 2007 season.{{cite news |last1=Shea |first1=John |last2=FitzGerald |first2=Tom |date=May 13, 2015 |title=Ex-Giant Bonds accusing Major League Baseball of collusion |url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Ex-Giant-Bonds-accusing-Major-League-Baseball-of-6262003.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080526/http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Ex-Giant-Bonds-accusing-Major-League-Baseball-of-6262003.php |archive-date=February 11, 2017 |access-date=February 10, 2017 |work=SFGate}} In August 2015, an arbitrator ruled in favor of MLB and against Bonds in his collusion case.{{cite web |last=Heyman |first=Jon |date=August 27, 2015 |title=MLB prevails over Barry Bonds in collusion case over his career ending |url=http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-prevails-over-barry-bonds-in-collusion-case-over-his-career-ending/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211081114/http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-prevails-over-barry-bonds-in-collusion-case-over-his-career-ending/ |archive-date=February 11, 2017 |access-date=February 10, 2017 |work=CBSSports.com}}

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. However, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston then delayed the sentence pending an appeal.{{cite news |date=December 16, 2011 |title=Barry Bonds gets 30 days house arrest, appeal pending |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/barry-bonds-gets-30-days-house-arrest-1.1040395 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202054056/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/story/2011/12/16/sp-mlb-bonds-sentencing.html |archive-date=February 2, 2012 |access-date=December 19, 2011 |work=CBC.ca |agency=Associated Press}}{{Cite web |date=December 16, 2011 |title=Judge stays Barry Bonds's sentence |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/7360235/barry-bonds-sentenced-two-years-probation-30-days-house-arrest |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111218101453/http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7360235/barry-bonds-sentenced-two-years-probation-30-days-house-arrest |archive-date=December 18, 2011 |access-date=December 19, 2011 |website=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}} In 2013 his conviction was upheld on appeal by a three judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.{{cite news |last=Lacques |first=Gabe |date=September 13, 2013 |title=Barry Bonds's obstruction conviction upheld |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/09/13/barry-bonds-obstruction-of-justice-conviction-upheld/2809745/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717111516/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/09/13/barry-bonds-obstruction-of-justice-conviction-upheld/2809745/ |archive-date=July 17, 2017 |access-date=August 24, 2017 |work=USA Today}} However, the full court later granted Bonds an en banc rehearing, and on April 22, 2015, an 11-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit voted 10–1 that his testimony was not obstruction.

On March 10, 2014, Bonds began a seven-day stint as a roving spring training instructor for the Giants.{{cite web |last=Caple |first=Jim |date=March 10, 2014 |title=Barry Bonds all smiles with Giants |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/10584326/barry-bonds-back-san-francisco-giants-new-role |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312074530/http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/10584326/barry-bonds-back-san-francisco-giants-new-role |archive-date=March 12, 2014 |access-date=March 12, 2014 |website=ESPN |publisher=}} On December 4, 2015, he was announced as the new hitting coach for the Miami Marlins,{{cite web |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mlb/miami-marlins/article47966370.html |title=Miami Marlins hire Barry Bonds as hitting coach |work=Miami Herald |date=December 4, 2015 |access-date=December 4, 2015 |first=Clark |last=Spencer |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208095624/http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mlb/miami-marlins/article47966370.html |url-status=live }} but was relieved of his duties on October 3, 2016, after just one season.{{Cite web |last=Cwik |first=Chris |date=October 3, 2016 |title=Report: Barry Bonds fired as Marlins hitting coach after one season |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/report-barry-bonds-fired-as-marlins-hitting-coach-after-one-season-220416164.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003222256/http://sports.yahoo.com/news/report-barry-bonds-fired-as-marlins-hitting-coach-after-one-season-220416164.html |archive-date=October 3, 2016 |access-date=October 3, 2016 |website=Yahoo Sports}} He followed up with a public thank-you letter, acknowledging owner Jeffrey Loria, and the opportunity as "one of the most rewarding experiences of my baseball career."{{cite news |last=DiPentima |first=Ryan |date=October 7, 2016 |title=Barry Bonds pens thank-you note after being fired by Marlins |url=http://www.palmbeachpost.com/sports/baseball/barry-bonds-pens-thank-you-note-after-being-fired-marlins/HqNHkxKOcFLC2PBoFrDlTI/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012153555/http://www.palmbeachpost.com/sports/baseball/barry-bonds-pens-thank-you-note-after-being-fired-marlins/HqNHkxKOcFLC2PBoFrDlTI/ |archive-date=October 12, 2016 |access-date=October 11, 2016 |work=The Palm Beach Post}} In 2017, Bonds officially re-joined the Giants organization as a special advisor to the CEO.{{cite news |last=Baggarly |first=Andrew |date=March 21, 2017 |title=Barry Bonds rejoins Giants as special advisor to CEO; are number retirement, statue coming next? |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/03/21/barry-bonds-rejoins-giants-as-special-advisor-to-ceo/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729105851/http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/03/21/barry-bonds-rejoins-giants-as-special-advisor-to-ceo/ |archive-date=July 29, 2017 |access-date=July 8, 2017 |work=The Mercury News}} On July 8, 2017, Bonds was added to the Giants Wall of Fame.{{cite news |last=Schulman |first=Henry |date=May 17, 2017 |title=Giants set date for Barry Bonds Wall of Fame ceremony |url=http://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/Giants-set-date-for-Bonds-Wall-of-Fame-ceremony-11153120.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720061458/http://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/Giants-set-date-for-Bonds-Wall-of-Fame-ceremony-11153120.php |archive-date=July 20, 2017 |access-date=July 8, 2017 |work=SFGate}}

On February 6, 2018, the Giants announced their intentions to retire his number 25 jersey, which happened on August 11, 2018.{{cite web |date=February 6, 2018 |title=Giants to retire No. 25 jersey of Barry Bonds in August |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/22346890/san-francisco-giants-retire-no-25-jersey-barry-bonds-2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208182818/http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/22346890/san-francisco-giants-retire-no-25-jersey-barry-bonds-2018 |archive-date=February 8, 2018 |access-date=February 8, 2018 |website=ESPN}}{{cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=R.J. |date=August 12, 2018 |title=Barry Bonds has number retired by Giants, takes left field in San Francisco one last time |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/barry-bonds-has-number-retired-by-giants-takes-left-field-in-san-francisco-one-last-time/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812195548/https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/barry-bonds-has-number-retired-by-giants-takes-left-field-in-san-francisco-one-last-time/ |archive-date=August 12, 2018 |access-date=August 13, 2018 |website=CBS Sports}} His number 24 with the Pirates remains in circulation, most prominently worn by Brian Giles from 1999 to 2003 and by Pedro Alvarez from 2011 to 2015.{{cite web |title=Pittsburgh Pirates Uniform Numbers |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PIT/uniform-numbers.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825073924/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PIT/uniform-numbers.shtml |archive-date=August 25, 2018 |access-date=March 27, 2018 |website=Baseball Reference}}

In his ten years of eligibility for the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Bonds fell short of the 75% of the votes from the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) needed for induction. His vote percentages from 2013 through 2022 were: 36.2%, 34.7%, 36.8%, 44.3%, 53.8%, 56.4%, 59.1%, 60.7%, 61.8% and 66%.{{cite web |title=Barry Bonds: Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bondsba01.shtml#all_leaderboard |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629110919/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bondsba01.shtml#all_leaderboard |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |access-date=March 27, 2018 |website=Baseball Reference}} He appeared on 260 of 394 ballots in his last year.

Despite falling off the ballot, Bonds remained eligible through the Hall of Fame's Today's Game Committee,{{cite news |date=January 25, 2022 |title=Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Curt Schilling fall off Baseball Hall of Fame ballot in final year |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/barry-bonds-roger-clemens-curt-schilling-fall-off-baseball-hall-of-fame-ballot-in-final-year/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126002242/https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/barry-bonds-roger-clemens-curt-schilling-fall-off-baseball-hall-of-fame-ballot-in-final-year/amp/ |archive-date=January 26, 2022 |access-date=January 25, 2022 |work=CBS Sports}} a committee "{{sic|comprised |hide=y|of}} 16 members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, executives, and veteran media members"{{cite web |title=Era Committees |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/rules/eras-committees |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719233759/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/rules/eras-committees |archive-date=July 19, 2018 |access-date=January 26, 2022 |website=National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum}} (hence the nickname of "Veterans Committee") who consider retired players who lost ballot eligibility while still having made notable contributions to baseball from 1986 to 2016. The vote was held in December 2022; twelve of the sixteen votes were required for induction, but Bonds received fewer than four.{{cite news |last1=Axisa |first1=Mike |last2=Anderson |first2=R.J. |date=December 5, 2022 |title=Baseball Hall of Fame results: Fred McGriff voted in by committee; Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens kept out |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/baseball-hall-of-fame-results-fred-mcgriff-voted-in-by-committee-barry-bonds-roger-clemens-kept-out/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124062248/https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/baseball-hall-of-fame-results-fred-mcgriff-voted-in-by-committee-barry-bonds-roger-clemens-kept-out/ |archive-date=January 24, 2023 |access-date=January 12, 2023 |work=CBS Sports}}

During his playing career, Bonds was frequently described as a difficult person, surly, standoffish and ungrateful. In a 2016 interview with Terence Moore, he said he regretted the persona he had created. He attributed it to a response to the pressure he felt to perform as a young player with the Pirates. Remarked Bonds,{{cite journal |last=Moore |author-link=Terence Moore |first=Terence |url=http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/181374324/barry-bonds-public-image |title=Bonds regrets the way he acted |journal=Sports on Earth |date=June 1, 2016 |access-date=October 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012162438/http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/181374324/barry-bonds-public-image |archive-date=October 12, 2016 }}

{{Blockquote|Hell, I kick myself now, because I'm getting great press [since being more cooperative], and I could have had a trillion more endorsements, but that wasn't my driving force. The problem was, when I tried to give in a little bit, it never got better. I knew I was in the midst of that image, and I determined at that point that I was never going to get out of it.}}

{{Blockquote|So I just said, 'I've created this fire around me, and I'm stuck in it, so I might as well live with the flames.'}}

Bonds reports that for a short time during his playing days with the Giants he changed his demeanor at the behest of a group of teammates, smiling much more frequently and engaging more with others with a pleasant attitude. Shortly thereafter, Bonds says, in the midst of a slump, the same group of teammates pleaded that he revert, having seemingly lost his competitive edge, and causing the team to lose more. In spite of his protest that they would not appreciate the results, his teammates insisted. Bonds says he complied, maintaining that familiar standoffish edge the rest of his playing career.

On May 9, 1996, Bonds shoved USA Today journalist Rod Beaton in the team's clubhouse. As Beaton was waiting to interview Robby Thompson one hour before a game against the St. Louis Cardinals,{{cite news |last=Gay |first=Nancy |date=May 10, 1996 |title=Irritated Bonds shoves reporter |url=https://www.sfgate.com/sports/Irritated-Bonds-shoves-reporter-2982953.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231001832/https://www.sfgate.com/sports/amp/Irritated-Bonds-shoves-reporter-2982953.php |archive-date=December 31, 2021 |access-date=January 12, 2022 |newspaper=SFGate |location=San Francisco, California}} Bonds told Beaton to leave. The reporter replied that Major League Baseball rules allowed him 15 minutes more to talk with players. Bonds waved a finger in Beaton's face and shoved him in the chest, after which members of the team's coaching staff and front office interceded. Bonds and Beaton spoke again after the game. Beaton later said, "He accused me of having an attitude" and "I told him he went over the line by shoving me, but there was no apology."{{cite news |last=Schudel |first=Matt |date=July 16, 2011 |title=Rod Beaton, USA Today sportswriter, dies at 59 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/rod-beaton-usa-today-sportswriter-dies-at-59/2011/07/16/gIQAUPfqII_story.html |access-date=January 12, 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post |location=Washington, D.C.}}; {{cite news |last=Schudel |first=Matt |date=July 23, 2011 |title=Sportswriter was part of original staff of USA Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91503704/beaton-2011/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231024951/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91503704/beaton-2011/ |archive-date=December 31, 2021 |access-date=January 15, 2022 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |page=11 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}} Bonds felt that the incident was overblown and said that, "We don't have a problem. We like each other. It was a big joke. He just got whacked out." Beaton filed no formal complaint about the incident, but USA Today filed a grievance with the team.

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Since 2003, Bonds has been a key figure in the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO) scandal. BALCO marketed tetrahydrogestrinone ("the Clear"), a performance-enhancing anabolic steroid that was undetectable by doping tests. 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.{{cite news |last=Williams |first=Larry |date=November 15, 2007 |title=Barry Bonds indicted on 4 perjury counts, obstruction of justice |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/11/16/MNQ1TDKSG.DTL&tsp=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131234544/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/11/16/MNQ1TDKSG.DTL&tsp=1 |archive-date=January 31, 2012 |access-date=November 15, 2007 |work=SFGate}} The indictment alleges that Bonds lied while under oath about his alleged use of steroids.{{cite news |date=November 15, 2007 |title=Barry Bonds indictment |url=http://cdn.sfgate.com/chronicle/acrobat/2007/11/16/barrybondsindictment.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117084656/http://cdn.sfgate.com/chronicle/acrobat/2007/11/16/barrybondsindictment.pdf |archive-date=November 17, 2007 |access-date=November 15, 2007 |work=SFGate}}

In 2003, BALCO's Greg Anderson, Bonds's 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.{{cite web |date=December 3, 2004 |title=Bonds testified that substances didn't work |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=1937594 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080120163542/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1937594 |archive-date=January 20, 2008 |access-date=February 20, 2008 |work=ESPN}}

During grand jury testimony on December 4, 2003, Bonds said that he used a clear substance and a cream that he received from his personal strength trainer, Greg Anderson, who told him they were the nutritional supplement flaxseed oil and a rubbing balm for arthritis.{{cite news|url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/12/03/MNGGFA0UDU65.DTL |title=What Bonds told BALCO grand jury |date=December 3, 2004 |access-date=October 10, 2007 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |author=Williams, Lance |author2=Mark Fainaru-Wada |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118085803/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2004%2F12%2F03%2FMNGGFA0UDU65.DTL |archive-date=November 18, 2007 |url-status=live }} Later reports on Bonds's leaked grand-jury testimony contend that he admitted to unknowingly using "the cream" and "the clear."

In July 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 might have used banned drugs.{{cite news |last1=Fainaru-Wada |first1=Mark |last2=Williams |first2=Lance |name-list-style=amp |date=July 16, 2005 |title=40 of 42 BALCO charges dropped – Steroid lab owner, Bonds's trainer guilty in plea deal |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/16/MNG7PDP6HA1.DTL |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119122545/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2005%2F07%2F16%2FMNG7PDP6HA1.DTL |archive-date=November 19, 2007 |access-date=February 20, 2008 |work=SFGate}}

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On November 15, 2007, a federal grand jury indicted Bonds on four counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice as it relates to the government investigation of BALCO.{{cite news |date=November 16, 2007 |title=Baseball star Barry Bonds charged |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7097583.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226225527/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7097583.stm |archive-date=February 26, 2008 |access-date=February 15, 2008 |work=BBC News}} He was tried in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. On February 14, 2008, a typo in court papers filed by Federal prosecutors erroneously alleged that Bonds tested positive for steroids in November 2001, a month after hitting his record 73rd home run. The reference was meant instead to refer to a November 2000 test that had already been disclosed and previously reported.{{Cite news |date=February 15, 2008 |title=U.S. filing typo spurs erroneous Bonds drug report |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3246675&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080218131536/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3246675&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines |archive-date=February 18, 2008 |access-date=February 15, 2008 |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}} The typo sparked a brief media frenzy.{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/court-document-typo-spurs-erroneous-bonds-drug-allegation|title=Court Document Typo Spurs Erroneous Bonds Drug Allegation|work=Fox News|date=February 15, 2008|access-date=September 10, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201112725/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,330742,00.html|archive-date=February 1, 2011}} His trial for obstruction of justice was to have begun on March 2, 2009, but jury selection was postponed by emergency appeals by the prosecution.{{Cite news |last=Fainaru-Wada |first=Mark |date=February 27, 2009 |title=Bonds trial faces long delay for appeal |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3940754 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302125751/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3940754 |archive-date=March 2, 2009 |access-date=June 4, 2009 |work=ESPN}} The trial commenced on March 21, 2011, with Judge Susan Illston presiding.{{cite news |date=March 29, 2011 |title=Barry Bonds perjury trial gets under way |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/barry-bonds-perjury-trial-gets-under-way/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219030712/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/barry-bonds-perjury-trial-gets-under-way/ |archive-date=February 19, 2021 |access-date=March 21, 2011 |work=CBS News |agency=Associated Press}} He was convicted on April 13, 2011, on the obstruction of justice charge, for giving an evasive answer to a question under oath. On December 15, 2011, Bonds was found guilty for an obstruction of justice conviction stemming from a grand jury appearance in 2003. However, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston then delayed the sentence pending his appeal. He was sentenced to 30 days of house arrest. He also received two years of probation and was ordered to perform 250 hours of community service.{{Cite web |last=Busfield |first=Steve |date=December 16, 2011 |title=Barry Bonds gets two years probation for obstruction of justice |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/dec/16/barry-bonds-two-years-probation-balco |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327044216/https://amp.theguardian.com/sport/2011/dec/16/barry-bonds-two-years-probation-balco |archive-date=March 27, 2023 |access-date=April 4, 2023 |website=The Guardian}}

Bonds appealed his conviction to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In 2013, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit affirmed his conviction, but in 2015 his appeal was reheard by the full court en banc, which voted 10–1 to overturn his conviction.

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In 2003, Bonds withdrew from the MLB Players Association (MLBPA) licensing agreement because he felt independent marketing deals would be more lucrative for him. Bonds is the first player in the 30-year history of the licensing program not to sign.{{cite web |author=Rovell, Darren |date=November 17, 2003 |title=Bonds will be individually licensed |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=1661883 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102113954/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1661883 |archive-date=November 2, 2007 |access-date=February 20, 2008 |work=ESPN}} Because of this withdrawal, his name and likeness are not 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 as replacements. These generic video games replacements tended to be white and sometimes had different handedness which was done likely to avoid potential player likeness lawsuits from Bonds.{{Cite web |last=Elman |first=Jake |date=April 10, 2020 |title=Steroid Connections Aren't Why Barry Bonds Wasn't in Baseball Video Games |url=https://www.sportscasting.com/steroid-conections-arent-why-barry-bonds-wasnt-in-baseball-video-games/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215010021/https://www.sportscasting.com/steroid-conections-arent-why-barry-bonds-wasnt-in-baseball-video-games/ |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |access-date=February 9, 2021 |website=Sportscasting |language=en-US}}{{cite web |author=Rovell |first=Darren |date=April 6, 2004 |title=Bonds flexes his muscles |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/sportsbusiness/news/story?id=1777084 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017131939/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/sportsbusiness/news/story?id=1777084 |archive-date=October 17, 2012 |access-date=September 11, 2010 |work=ESPN}}

{{Main|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.{{cite magazine |title=SI Cover Search |url=http://dynamic.si.cnn.com/si_online/covers/issues/2006/0313.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612080222/http://dynamic.si.cnn.com/si_online/covers/issues/2006/0313.html |archive-date=June 12, 2007 |access-date=February 20, 2008 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |publisher=CNN}} 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's steroid use.{{cite magazine |last1=Fainaru-Wada |first1=Mark |last2=Williams |first2=Lance |name-list-style=amp |title=The Truth About Barry Bonds and Steroids |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/magazine/03/06/growth0313/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080331145109/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/magazine/03/06/growth0313/ |archive-date=March 31, 2008 |access-date=February 20, 2008 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |publisher=CNN}}{{cite news |author=Kakutani |first=Michiko |date=March 23, 2006 |title=Barry Bonds and Baseball's Steroids Scandal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/23/books/23kaku.html?_r=1&oref=slogin |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417055704/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/23/books/23kaku.html?_r=1&oref=slogin |archive-date=April 17, 2009 |access-date=February 20, 2008 |work=The New York Times}}

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{{cite web |date=May 6, 2006 |title='Game of Shadows' authors are subpoenaed |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/news/story?id=2435256 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061230154238/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2435256 |archive-date=December 30, 2006 |access-date=February 20, 2008 |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}} and at one point faced jail time.{{Cite web |date=September 21, 2006 |title=Reporters who refused to reveal BALCO leak get prison |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/news/story?id=2597854 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524193134/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2597854 |archive-date=May 24, 2011 |access-date=August 12, 2010 |website=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}} On February 14, 2007, Troy Ellerman, one of Victor Conte's lawyers, pleaded guilty to leaking grand jury testimony. Through the plea agreement, he would spend two and a half years in jail.{{cite web |date=July 12, 2007 |title=BALCO leaker Ellerman gets 2½ years in prison |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2934650 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103083925/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2934650 |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |access-date=February 20, 2008 |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}}

In May 2006, former Sports Illustrated writer Jeff Pearlman released a revealing biography of Bonds entitled Love Me, Hate Me: Barry Bonds and the Making of an Anti-Hero. The book also contained many allegations against Bonds.{{cite news |author=Caroulis |first=Jon |date=April 9, 2006 |title='Love Me, Hate Me: Barry Bonds and the Making of an Antihero' by Jeff Pearlman |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06099/680058-148.stm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406232503/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06099/680058-148.stm |archive-date=April 6, 2008 |access-date=February 20, 2008 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}} The book, which describes Bonds as a polarizing, insufferable braggart with a legendary ego and staggering talent, relied on over five hundred interviews, none with Bonds himself.{{cite web |last=Pearlman |first=Jeff |year=2006 |title=Love Me, Hate Me |url=http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780061191923/Love_Me_Hate_Me/index.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090316012456/http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780061191923/Love_Me_Hate_Me/index.aspx |archive-date=March 16, 2009 |access-date=February 20, 2008 |website=HarperCollins}}

{{Main|Bonds on Bonds}}

In April 2006 and May 2006, ESPN aired a few episodes of a 10-part reality TV (unscripted, documentary-style) series starring Bonds.{{cite news |author=Goodman |first=Tim |date=April 5, 2006 |title='Bonds on Bonds' – You'll love him or hate him: At turns sickening, redeeming, it might be essential viewing |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/04/05/SPG6UI3O1N1.DTL |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060503101923/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2006%2F04%2F05%2FSPG6UI3O1N1.DTL |archive-date=May 3, 2006 |access-date=April 17, 2008 |work=SFGate}}{{cite web |author=Bloom |first=Barry M. |date=March 1, 2006 |title=Bonds to star in documentary series |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060301&content_id=1329739&vkey=spt2006news&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103121518/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060301&content_id=1329739&vkey=spt2006news&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |access-date=April 17, 2008 |work=MLB.com |publisher=MLB Advanced Media}} The show, titled Bonds on Bonds, focused on Bonds's chase of Babe Ruth's and Hank Aaron's home run records. Some felt the show should be put on hiatus until baseball investigated Bonds's steroid use allegations.{{cite web |author=Solomon |first=George |date=March 14, 2006 |title=ESPN should put 'Bonds on Bonds' on hold |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=solomon_george&id=2368884 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218191806/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=solomon_george&id=2368884 |archive-date=February 18, 2007 |access-date=April 17, 2008 |work=ESPN}} The series was canceled in June 2006, ESPN and producer Tollin/Robbins Productions citing "creative control" issues with Bonds and his representatives.{{cite news |author=Goodman |first=Tim |date=June 2, 2006 |title=Bonds Goes Boneyard |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/category?blogid=24&cat=578 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060414051633/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/category?blogid=24&cat=578 |archive-date=April 14, 2006 |access-date=April 17, 2008 |work=SFGate}}{{cite web |author=Consoli |first=John |date=May 25, 2006 |title=ESPN's Bonds On Bonds Pulled |url=http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/cabletv/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002575683 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612082520/http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/cabletv/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002575683 |archive-date=June 12, 2007 |access-date=April 17, 2008 |work=Mediaweek}}

Bonds met Susann ("Sun") Margreth Branco, the mother of his first two children (Nikolai and Shikari),{{cite news |author=Brazil |first=Eric |date=March 28, 1995 |title=Giants star defends prenuptial agreement |url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/e/a/1995/03/28/NEWS6252.dtl&hw=barry+bonds&sn=098&sc=251 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013190934/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fe%2Fa%2F1995%2F03%2F28%2FNEWS6252.dtl&hw=barry+bonds&sn=098&sc=251 |archive-date=October 13, 2007 |access-date=October 10, 2007 |work=SFGate}} in Montreal, Quebec, in August 1987. They eloped to Las Vegas February 5, 1988. The couple separated in June 1994, divorced in December 1994, and had their marriage annulled in 1997 by the Catholic Church.{{Cite web |last1=Stritoff |first1=Sheri |last2=Stritoff |first2=Bob |title=Barry and Liz Bonds Marriage Profile |url=http://marriage.about.com/od/sports/p/barrybonds.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024140202/http://marriage.about.com/od/sports/p/barrybonds.htm |archive-date=October 24, 2007 |access-date=April 16, 2008 |website=About.com}} The divorce was a media affair because Bonds had his Swedish spouse sign a prenuptial agreement in which she "waived her right to a share of his present and future earnings" and which was upheld. Bonds had been providing his wife $20,000/month in child support and $10,000 in spousal support at the time of the ruling.{{cite news |author=Brazil |first=Eric |date=May 16, 1995 |title=Sun Bonds is loser in ruling on prenuptial agreement Giants star didn't trick her into signing, judge says |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/e/a/1995/05/16/NEWS4238.dtl&hw=Barry+Bonds&sn=010&sc=783 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620145938/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fe%2Fa%2F1995%2F05%2F16%2FNEWS4238.dtl&hw=Barry+Bonds&sn=010&sc=783 |archive-date=June 20, 2012 |access-date=April 16, 2008 |work=SFGate}} During the hearings to set permanent support levels, allegations of abuse came from both parties.{{cite news |author=Mitchell |first=Eve |date=December 7, 1995 |title=Ex-wife says Bonds beat her repeatedly during marriage: Tearful defendant testifies he kicked her while pregnant |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/e/a/1995/12/07/NEWS7115.dtl&hw=Barry+Bonds&sn=006&sc=889 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615073424/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fe%2Fa%2F1995%2F12%2F07%2FNEWS7115.dtl&hw=Barry+Bonds&sn=006&sc=889 |archive-date=June 15, 2009 |access-date=April 16, 2008 |work=SFGate}}{{cite news |author=Mitchell |first=Eve |date=December 9, 1995 |title=Lawyer challenges Sun Bonds's account of beating: Testimony centers on '93 altercation |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/e/a/1995/12/09/NEWS5801.dtl&hw=Barry+Bonds&sn=005&sc=899 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917004534/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fe%2Fa%2F1995%2F12%2F09%2FNEWS5801.dtl&hw=Barry+Bonds&sn=005&sc=899 |archive-date=September 17, 2011 |access-date=April 16, 2008 |work=SFGate}}{{cite news |author=Mitchell |first=Eve |date=December 16, 1995 |title=Bonds counters ex-wife's charges: Giants star testifies in divorce case that she kicked him and broke his trophies |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/e/a/1995/12/16/NEWS14045.dtl&hw=Barry+Bonds&sn=004&sc=956 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615044841/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fe%2Fa%2F1995%2F12%2F16%2FNEWS14045.dtl&hw=Barry+Bonds&sn=004&sc=956 |archive-date=June 15, 2009 |access-date=April 16, 2008 |work=SFGate}} The trial dragged on for months, but Bonds was awarded both houses and reduced support.{{cite news |author=Mitchell |first=Eve |date=March 8, 1996 |title=Sun Bonds's claims dismissed; houses go to ballplayer: Judge Sides With Giants Star |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/e/a/1996/03/08/NEWS9942.dtl&hw=Barry+Bonds&sn=001&sc=1000 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620145107/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fe%2Fa%2F1996%2F03%2F08%2FNEWS9942.dtl&hw=Barry+Bonds&sn=001&sc=1000 |archive-date=June 20, 2012 |access-date=April 16, 2008 |work=SFGate}} On August 21, 2000, the Supreme Court of California, in an opinion signed by Chief Justice Ronald M. George, unanimously held that "substantial evidence supports the determination of the trial court that the [prenuptial] agreement in the present case was entered into voluntarily."{{Cite web |title=In re Marriage of Bonds (2000) 24 C4th 1 |url=http://online.ceb.com/CalCases/C4/24C4t1.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903211743/http://online.ceb.com/CalCases/C4/24C4t1.htm |archive-date=September 3, 2015 |access-date= |website=Online.Ceb.com}} In reaction to the decision, significant changes in California law relating to the validity and enforceability of premarital agreements soon followed.{{cite web |last1=Hylton |first1=J. Gordon |date=October 20, 2009 |title=Barry Bonds's Contribution to the Growth of American Law |url=https://law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/2009/10/20/barry-bonds%E2%80%99-contribution-to-the-growth-of-american-law/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307145133/https://law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/2009/10/20/barry-bonds%e2%80%99-contribution-to-the-growth-of-american-law/ |archive-date=March 7, 2018 |access-date=December 16, 2017 |website=Marquette University Law School}}Cal. Fam. Code §§ 1610 et seq.

In 2010, Bonds's son Nikolai, who served as a Giants batboy during his father's years playing in San Francisco and always sat next to his dad in the dugout during games,{{Cite news |date=July 27, 2007 |title=Bonds's son might not be working as bat boy when dad breaks HR mark |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2918168 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008123420/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2918168 |archive-date=October 8, 2007 |access-date=October 10, 2007 |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}} was charged with five misdemeanors resulting from a confrontation with his mother, Sun Bonds, who was granted a restraining order against Nikolai.{{cite news |date=January 12, 2010 |title=Barry Bonds's Son Pleads Not Guilty to Assaulting Mother |url=http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/01/12/barry-bonds-son-pleads-guilty-assaulting-mother/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025221142/http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/01/12/barry-bonds-son-pleads-guilty-assaulting-mother/ |archive-date=October 25, 2012 |access-date=September 11, 2010 |work=Fox News |agency=Associated Press}}

In 1994, Bonds and Kimberly Bell, a graphic designer, started{{cite news |last=Dolan |first=Maura |date=March 29, 2011 |title=Former mistress testifies at Barry Bonds' trial |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-mar-29-la-me-0329-barry-bonds-20110329-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=July 23, 2022 |archive-date=July 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220723135450/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-mar-29-la-me-0329-barry-bonds-20110329-story.html |url-status=live }} a relationship that lasted from 1994 through May 2003.{{cite news |date=August 8, 2005 |title=Barry Bonds's Alleged Mistress Speaks Out |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C147456%2C00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060422202739/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,147456,00.html |archive-date=April 22, 2006 |access-date=April 17, 2008 |work=Fox News}}{{cite news |last=Preuit |first=Lori |date=March 28, 2011 |title=Kimberly Bell Spares No Graphic Detail |url=https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/sports/kimberly-bell-spares-no-graphic-detail-on-stand/1912623 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404203223/https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/sports/kimberly-bell-spares-no-graphic-detail-on-stand/1912623/ |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |access-date=July 23, 2022 |work=KNTV}} Bonds purchased a home in Scottsdale, Arizona, for Kimberly.

On January 10, 1998, Bonds married his second wife, Liz Watson, at the San Francisco Ritz-Carlton Hotel in front of 240 guests. The couple lived in Los Altos Hills, California, with their daughter Aisha{{cite web |title=Los Altos Hills People |url=http://www.losaltoshills.com/people/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509052515/http://www.losaltoshills.com/people/ |archive-date=May 9, 2008 |access-date=April 17, 2008 |website=Los Altos Hills}} during their ten-and-a-half years of marriage before Watson filed for legal separation on June 9, 2009, citing irreconcilable differences.{{cite news |author=Williams |first=Lance |date=June 9, 2009 |title=Bonds's wife files for separation |url=http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Bonds-wife-files-for-separation-3228441.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612035048/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2009%2F06%2F09%2FBADC18388P.DTL |archive-date=June 12, 2009 |access-date=June 29, 2009 |work=SFGate}} On July 21, 2009, just six weeks later, Watson announced that she was withdrawing her Legal Separation action.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2009/07/liz-watson-files-to-end-separation-with-barry-bonds/|title=Liz Watson Files to End Separation with Barry Bonds|date=July 21, 2009|access-date=March 31, 2013|work=The Hollywood Gossip|archive-date=February 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203003135/http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2009/07/liz-watson-files-to-end-separation-with-barry-bonds/|url-status=live}} The couple were reconciled for seven months before Watson formally filed for divorce in Los Angeles on February 26, 2010.{{Cite web |date=February 26, 2010 |title=Barry Bonds's wife files for divorce in LA |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/02/26/sports/s173910S92.DTL |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301104926/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fn%2Fa%2F2010%2F02%2F26%2Fsports%2Fs173910S92.DTL |archive-date=March 1, 2010 |access-date=March 26, 2017 |website=SFGate |agency=Associated Press}} On June 6, 2011, Bonds and Watson filed a legal agreement not to take the divorce to trial and instead settle it in an "uncontested manner," agreeing to end the marriage privately at an unspecified later date without further court involvement.{{cite news|url=http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2010/06/exclusive-barry-bonds-moves-one-step-closer-divorce/|title=EXCLUSIVE: Barry Bonds Moves One Step Closer To Divorce|access-date=March 31, 2013|date=June 8, 2010|work=Radar Online|archive-date=February 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219114520/http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2010/06/exclusive-barry-bonds-moves-one-step-closer-divorce/|url-status=live}}

Several of Bonds' family and extended family members have been involved in athletics as either a career or a notable pastime. Bonds has a younger brother, Bobby Jr., who was also a professional baseball player.{{cite news |author=Knapp |first=Gwen |date=July 1, 2001 |title=Bobby Bonds Jr. plays for the love of the game |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/07/01/SP195291.DTL |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620145502/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2001%2F07%2F01%2FSP195291.DTL |archive-date=June 20, 2012 |access-date=April 17, 2008 |work=SFGate}} His paternal aunt, Rosie Bonds, is a former American record holder in the 80 meter hurdles,{{cite web |title=Barry Bonds |url=http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/bondsba01.php |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080510144452/http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/bondsba01.php |archive-date=May 10, 2008 |access-date=April 17, 2008 |website=The Baseball Page}} and competed in the 1964 Olympics.{{cite web |date=August 16, 2004 |title=1964 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Olympian Rosie Bonds |url=http://www.wireimage.com/ItemListings.aspx?igi=72635&nbc1=1&VwMd=i |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605033055/http://www.wireimage.com/ItemListings.aspx?igi=72635&nbc1=1&VwMd=i |archive-date=June 5, 2011 |access-date=April 17, 2008 |website=WireImage}} In addition, he is a distant cousin of Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson.{{Cite news |last=Grann |first=David |author-link=David Grann |date=September 1, 2002 |title=Baseball Without Metaphor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/01/magazine/baseball-without-metaphor.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303055059/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/01/magazine/baseball-without-metaphor.html |archive-date=March 3, 2018 |access-date= |work=The New York Times Magazine |language=en}}

Among Bonds's many real estate properties is a home he owns in the exclusive gated community of Beverly Park in Beverly Hills, California.{{cite news |author=Waxman |first=Sharon |date=July 2, 2006 |title=Paradise Bought in Los Angeles |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/02/fashion/02mansion.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417055702/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/02/fashion/02mansion.html |archive-date=April 17, 2009 |access-date=April 17, 2008 |work=The New York Times}}

An avid cyclist, Bonds chose the activity to be a primary means of keeping in shape and great passion since his playing career. Because knee surgeries, back surgeries, and hip surgeries made it much more difficult to run, cycling has allowed him to engage in sufficient cardiovascular activity to help keep in shape. As a result of the cycling, he has lost 25 pounds from his final playing weight of 240 pounds.

Bonds is an active practitioner of Brazilian jiu-jitsu and was promoted to blue belt in the martial art in 2023.{{cite web |last1=Rogers |first1=Kian |date=July 1, 2023 |title=Baseball Legend Barry Bonds Promoted To BJJ Blue Belt |url=https://jitsmagazine.com/baseball-legend-barry-bonds-promoted-to-bjj-blue-belt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701071913/https://jitsmagazine.com/baseball-legend-barry-bonds-promoted-to-bjj-blue-belt/ |archive-date=July 1, 2023 |access-date=July 1, 2023 |website=Jitsmagazine}}

In late 2007, Chicago rapper Kanye West recorded a song titled "Barry Bonds" named after the slugger for his album Graduation.{{Cite web |last=Reid |first=Shaheem |date=August 14, 2007 |title=Kanye West And Lil Wayne Counting On 'Barry Bonds' For A Hit Single |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/6qvhvi/kanye-west-and-lil-wayne-counting-on-barry-bonds-for-a-hit-single |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830190218/https://www.mtv.com/news/6qvhvi/kanye-west-and-lil-wayne-counting-on-barry-bonds-for-a-hit-single |archive-date=August 30, 2023 |access-date=August 30, 2023 |website=MTV |language=en}}

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Besides holding Major League career records in home runs (762), walks (2,558), and intentional walks (688), at the time of his retirement, Bonds also led all active players in RBI (1,996), on-base percentage (.444), runs (2,227), games (2,986), extra-base hits (1,440), at-bats per home run (12.92), and total bases (5,976). 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.

Bonds is the lone member of the 500–500 club, which means he has hit at least 500 home runs (762) and stolen at least 500 bases (514); no other player has even 400 of both. He is also one of only six baseball players all-time to be in the 40–40 club (1996), which means he hit 40 home runs (42) and stole 40 bases (40) in the same season; the other members are José Canseco, Alex Rodriguez, Alfonso Soriano, Ronald Acuña Jr, and Shohei Ohtani.{{Cite web |last=Eagle |first=Ed |date=December 29, 2023 |title=40-40 club: 40 steals, 40 homers in a season |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/40-40-club-c265378902 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327044407/https://www.mlb.com/news/40-40-club-c265378902 |archive-date=March 27, 2023 |access-date=April 4, 2023 |website=MLB.com |publisher=MLB Advanced Media}}

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• Home runs in a single season (73), 2001
• Home runs in a career (762)
• Home runs after turning 40 years old (74)
• Home runs in the year he turned 43 years old (28)
• Consecutive seasons with 30 or more home runs (13), 1992–2004
• Slugging percentage in a World Series (1.294), 2002
• Consecutive seasons with .600 slugging percentage or higher (8), 1998–2005
• On-base percentage in a single season (.609), 2004
• Walks in a career (2,558)
• Walks in a single season (232), 2004
• Consecutive games with a walk (18)
• Intentional walks in a career (688)
• Intentional walks in a single season (120), 2004
• Consecutive games with an intentional walk (6){{cite web |title=Batting Streak Finder |url=https://stathead.com/baseball/streak_finder.cgi?request=1&series=any&series_game=any&min_year_game=1904&max_year_game=2019&as=result_batter&class=player&offset=0&type=b&playerapp=any&scomp=gt&scomp%5B2%5D=gt&sval%5B2%5D=1&sstat%5B2%5D=IBB&ccomp=gt&team_id=ANY&opp_id=ANY&bats=any&throws=any&pos_1=1&pos_2=1&pos_3=1&pos_4=1&pos_5=1&pos_6=1&pos_7=1&pos_8=1&pos_9=1&pos_10=1&pos_11=1&pos_12=1&GS=anyGS&location=pob&locationMatch=is&HV=any |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630102308/https://stathead.com/baseball/streak_finder.cgi?request=1&series=any&series_game=any&min_year_game=1904&max_year_game=2019&as=result_batter&class=player&offset=0&type=b&playerapp=any&scomp=gt&scomp%5B2%5D=gt&sval%5B2%5D=1&sstat%5B2%5D=IBB&ccomp=gt&team_id=ANY&opp_id=ANY&bats=any&throws=any&pos_1=1&pos_2=1&pos_3=1&pos_4=1&pos_5=1&pos_6=1&pos_7=1&pos_8=1&pos_9=1&pos_10=1&pos_11=1&pos_12=1&GS=anyGS&location=pob&locationMatch=is&HV=any |archive-date=June 30, 2020 |access-date=June 30, 2020 |website=Stathead}}
• MVP awards (7){{Cite web |title=MLB Most Valuable Player MVP Award Winners |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/mvp.shtml |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}
• Consecutive MVP awards (4), 2001–2004
• National League Player of the Month selections (13){{Cite web |title=MLB Major League Baseball Players of the Month |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/mlb-players-of-the-month.shtml |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}
• Oldest player to win the National League batting title for the first time, batting .370 at age 38 in 2002
• Putouts as a left fielder (5,226)
• Career games with at least one home run and one stolen base (102){{Cite web |title=Player Batting Game Stats Finder |url=https://stathead.com/baseball/player-batting-game-finder.cgi |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206212559/https://stathead.com/baseball/player-batting-game-finder.cgi |archive-date=December 6, 2022 |access-date=December 6, 2022 |website=Stathead |language=en}}

• Consecutive plate appearances with a walk (7)
• Consecutive plate appearances reaching base, National League modern era (15)
• Tied with his father, Bobby, for most seasons with 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases (5); they are the only father-son members of the 30–30 club

;Awards and distinctions

• Five-time SF Giants Player of the Year (1998, 2001–2004)
• Three-time NL Hank Aaron Award winner (2001–02, 2004)
• 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 340 on Bill James' Hall of Fame monitor (100 is a good HOF candidate); 10th among all hitters, second-highest among hitters not yet in the Hall of Fame.{{cite web |date=October 28, 2007 |title=Hall of Fame Monitor Leaders |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/hof_monitor.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111073343/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/hof_monitor.shtml |archive-date=November 11, 2007 |access-date=January 25, 2022 |work=Baseball Reference}}
• The fourth player to have two or more seasons with a slugging percentage over .800 (.863 in 2001 and .812 in 2004). The others are Babe Ruth (.847 in 1920 and .846 in 1921), Mule Suttles (.877 in 1926 and .817 in 1930), and Josh Gibson (.974 in 1937, .8675 in 1943, and .8235 in 1939).
• Became the first player in history with more times on base (376) than official at-bats (373) in 2004. This was due to the record number of walks, which count as a time on base and as a plate appearance, but not an at-bat. He had 135 hits, 232 walks, and 9 hit-by-pitches for the 376 number.
• Tenth all-time in plate appearances with 12,606. He is the only player in the top ten of this category to not obtain 3,000 hits and just one of two players with as many as 12,000 plate appearances to not do so (the other being Omar Vizquel).{{Cite web |title=Career Leaders & Records for Hits |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/H_career.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014200416/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/H_career.shtml |archive-date=October 14, 2012 |access-date=March 11, 2023 |website=Baseball Reference}}{{Cite web |title=Career Leaders & Records for Plate Appearances |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/PA_career.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007060718/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/PA_career.shtml |archive-date=October 7, 2021 |access-date=July 17, 2023 |website=Baseball Reference}}
• With his father Bobby (332, 461), leads all father-son combinations in combined home runs (1,094) and stolen bases (975), respectively through September 26, 2007.
• Played minor league baseball in both Alaska and Hawaii. In 1983, he played for the Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks in the Alaska Baseball League,{{cite web |year=2007 |title=The Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks |url=http://www.goldpanners.com/Scrapbook/b/bonds-barry_83.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080221042335/http://www.goldpanners.com/Scrapbook/b/bonds-barry_83.htm |archive-date=February 21, 2008 |access-date=January 31, 2008 |website=Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks}} and in 1986, he played for the Hawaii Islanders in the Pacific Coast League.
• Featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated.{{cite magazine |date= |title=Pittsburgh Pirates - SI Vault |url=http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/cover/Pittsburgh_Pirates/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/dd/index.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213140229/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/cover/Pittsburgh_Pirates/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/dd/index.htm |archive-date=February 13, 2009 |access-date=September 11, 2010 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |publisher=CNN}} He has appeared as the main subject on the cover eight times in total; seven with the Giants and once with the Pirates. He has also appeared in an inset on the cover twice. He was the most recent Pirate player to appear on the cover,{{cite magazine |date= |title=San Francisco Giants - SI Vault |url=http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/cover/San_Francisco_Giants/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/dd/index.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609130818/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/cover/San_Francisco_Giants/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/dd/index.htm |archive-date=June 9, 2009 |access-date=September 11, 2010 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |publisher=CNN}}{{cite magazine |date= |title=Barry Bonds - SI Vault |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/cover/Barry_Bonds/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/dd/index.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110119200745/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/cover/Barry_Bonds/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/dd/index.htm |archive-date=January 19, 2011 |access-date=March 2, 2011 |magazine=Sports Illustrated}} until Jason Grilli was featured on July 22, 2013.{{cite web |author=Warnemuende |first=Jeremy |date=July 19, 2013 |title=Grilli first Pirate to grace SI cover since 1992 |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130719&content_id=54062678¬ebook_id=54070544&c_id=pit |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023121743/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130719&content_id=54062678¬ebook_id=54070544&c_id=pit |archive-date=October 23, 2013 |access-date=August 8, 2013 |work=Pittsburgh Pirates |publisher=MLB.com}}{{cite news |last=Sanserino |first=Michael |date=July 20, 2013 |title=SI cover boy Grilli gives ailing kid signed copy |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/pirates/si-cover-boy-grilli-gives-ailing-kid-signed-copy-696146/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130803162214/http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/pirates/si-cover-boy-grilli-gives-ailing-kid-signed-copy-696146/ |archive-date=August 3, 2013 |access-date=August 8, 2013 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}}

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