![]() ![]() 328/.515/.863 with 156 hits, 32 doubles, two triples, a record-breaking 73 home runs, 137 RBI’S, and a league-leading 177 walks. In 2001, Bonds would have one of the best seasons of all time. He would actually finish second in MVP voting to teammate Jeff Kent, but Bonds wouldn’t be denied again. Bonds was starting to lose the speed part of his game, but it went unnoticed as his power production continued to rise. 306/.440/.688 with 147 hits, 28 doubles, four triples, 49 home runs, 106 RBIs, 11 stolen bases, and an NL-leading 117 walks. It all started in 2000, where Bonds again would have a career year in which he slashed. Once the century changed, Bonds would kick it into another gear and start the greatest five-year run, of any position player in MLB history. Even in the strike-shortened season of ’94, Bonds still had a great year and would continue to be one of the game’s best players throughout the ’90s. What is crazy about this year is that even though Bond’s power numbers are going up, he is still a threat on the base paths. Bonds would pick up right where he left off as he would go on to win the MVP award for the second straight year. Everything you wanted in a player, Bonds had and he was rewarded with a record-breaking six-year 43.75 million dollar deal with the Giants. He was the best player in baseball at the time, a rare five-tool talent that had legendary power, speed, plate vision, and hand speed. That would be the last game Bonds would play as a member of the Pirates.īonds would become a free agent in 1993 and everyone wanted him. The play would have been made if Bonds had listened to the centerfielder when he told him to move it. Bonds fired the ball home but it was not in time as the Pirates would again be denied a World Series berth. ![]() The runner on third easily scored, but the runner on second was Sid Bream who was one of the slowest players in baseball. With runners on second and third and two out in the 9th inning, Francisco Cabrera would line a single to Bonds in left. The Pirates would find themselves in Game Seven of the NLCS against the Braves, and of course, the final play would have Bonds in it. This would greatly benefit the Pirates as they would ride Bonds to their third straight division title. The league was starting to fear Bonds as he was starting to strike out less and walk more. 311/.456/.624 with 147 hits, 36 doubles, five triples, 34 home runs, 103 RBIs, 39 stolen bases, and a league-leading 127 walks. That would only motivate Bonds as he would go on to post, at the time, the best season of his career. In March of 1992, the Pirates would actually agree on a trade with the Braves to send Bonds over to them, but it would be rescinded as Jim Leyland was strongly against it. Bonds would follow up in 1990 with a very similar season but would finish in second place for the MVP award. It became clear that Bonds was a special talent as this was just the beginning, he was only going to get better. A 30-30 season is not a very easy feat to achieve as power hitters usually aren’t a threat on the base paths. Not only had Bonds found his power stroke, but he was still stealing a lot of bases. 301/.406/.514 with 156 hits, 32 doubles, three triples, 33 home runs, 114 RBIs, and 52 stolen bases. 1990 was the breakout year for Barry Bonds, as he would go on to win his first of seven MVP awards. The five-tool star was ready to break out, and he did just that in 1990. It would take Bonds roughly three years to really get comfortable in the Majors and in 1990, Bonds would show baseball that he was ready.īonds had used the later years of the ’80s to get a feel of the majors, as each year he was getting better. Bonds would finish in 6th place in the Rookie of the Year voting. 223/.330/.416 with 92 hits, 26 doubles, three triples, 16 home runs, 48 RBIs, and 36 stolen bases. Bonds was a five-tool player and he had a good rookie year in 1986 in which he slashed. It took Bonds only one year until he was an everyday player in the majors. He went back to school and in 1985 he was drafted in the first round by the Pirates. It’s time we appreciate Barry for the player he was and to do that we must take a deeper look into his legendary career.īarry Bonds was first drafted by the Giants in the second round of the 1982 MLB draft, but he did not sign. The roids do not help you hit a baseball, the roids do not give you faster hand speed. Everyone is so stuck on the fact that he did roids, although he was never caught, and seems to forget just how talented and special he was. I said that Barry Bonds is the greatest player to ever play baseball. Yes, you are reading that title correctly. There have been some amazing players to play baseball and so many of them could be considered the greatest, but its time to give Barry Bonds the respect he deserves. ![]()
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