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My Take
Barry Bonds forces me to hold two thoughts at once, and I think that tension is exactly why he matters. On pure talent — the swing, the eye, the fear he put into pitchers — I have never seen anything like his peak, when teams simply refused to pitch to him at all. Twenty-two seasons across Pittsburgh and San Francisco produced numbers that still feel unreal. The controversy is part of his story and I will not pretend otherwise, but reducing him to it misses a hitter who was already an all-time great before any of it. For me, he remains baseball's most compelling and complicated figure.
Overview
Barry Lamar Bonds (born July 24, 1964) is an American former professional baseball left fielder who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Bonds was a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1986 to 1992 and the San Francisco Giants from 1993 to 2007. He is considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Barry Bonds
- Name (Japanese)
- バリー・ボンズ
- Reading
- ばりー・ぼんず
- Born
- July 24, 1964 (age 61)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Dragon
- Origin
- Riverside, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 188 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- baseball player / athlete
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Junípero Serra High School
- University
- Arizona State University
Awards & achievements
- 2001 Player of the Year
- Rawlings Gold Glove Award
- Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Silver Slugger Award
- 1996 Home Run Derby
- 2001 Associated Press Athlete of the Year
- 2004 Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
- 2003 Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.