He received a record seven nl mvp awards, eight gold glove awards, a record 12 silver slugger awards, and 14 allstar selections. Barry bonds hits a monster homer to right field off troy percival in game 2 of the world series check out for. Shop for barry bonds art from the worlds greatest living artists. The others were barry bonds for the giants in 2002, ted simmons for the brewers in 1982, dusty rhodes for the new york giants in 1954, and jimmie foxx for the philadelphia athletics in 1929. Gehrig never got a crack at pedro martinezs changeup. Barry bonds every game played with complete stats, links to box scores and automated row summing for 2001. We do know that barry bonds hit 73 home runs in 2001. The 10 best barry bonds home runs, in honor of the 10th.
Baseballs alltime leader in home runs is currently employed as the miami marlins hitting coach after spending 22 years in. Barry bonds hit his 600th home run on this date in 2002 it was a spectacular shot against the pirates kip wells. Every day, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, todays schedule, top performers, new debuts and interesting tidbits. In 2001, barry bonds broke the alltime singleseason home run record, taking. New listing 2007 topps barry bonds alltime home run champion 756 hr patch 11 673756 hof. Ray ratto, columnist, san francisco chronicle, february 12, 2002. In the first game, bonds was 1for2 with two walks, one of them intentional. Page 2s patrick hruby examines the evidence to uncover barry bonds true career home run total. Left fielder barry bonds of the san francisco giants hits a home run against the anaheim angels in the second inning of game one of the world series on oct. Bonds, a season removed from setting the singleseason home run record of 73, had an equally spellbinding season in 2002. This new 2002 world series coat was given to barry during the series, the only one he played in for the giants. In a special gesture from major league baseball, mcfarlane toys was given two bases used in a 2002 world series game between.
The kind of moment that would have only occurred in the world series or an allstar game. Two baseball seasons, one fierce legal battle and hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees after barry bonds recordsetting 73rd home run in 2001, the baseball has finally landed in the. And barry bonds hit 26 home runs to hike his career total to 734, 21 behind alltime leader hank aaron. Barry bonds eclipsed major league baseballs alltime home run record, finishing with. Barry bonds signed san francisco giants black and orange 600 hr patch logo hat. Mlb series 5 slated for a june release features a new sculpt of san francisco giants leftfielder barry bonds in his famous fingers to the sky posthome run pose. The 2006 world series, the 102nd edition of major league baseballs championship series, began on october 21 and ended on october 27, and matched the american league champion detroit tigers against the national league champion st. It had to be one of the longest home runs hit in a world series such tapemeasure.
Barry bonds celebrated his entry into the 500 home run club with fellow. Barry bonds blasts his eighth home run of the 2002 postseason, fourth of the world series, to deep right off of krod check out. Barry bonds and the 2002 world series fangraphs baseball. This is every home run hit during barry bonds record breaking 2001 season skip navigation. He helped erase the memory of his previous poor postseason performances when he homered in his first fall classic atbat. Barry lamar bonds born july 24, 1964 is an american former professional baseball left fielder who played 22 seasons in major league baseball mlb with the pittsburgh pirates and san francisco giants. A timeline in the career of barry bonds fox sports. Giants left fielder and future hall of famer barry bonds has homered his way into a.
That was a major mistake and the angels got really pissed and came back and won the game 65 and ended up winning game 7 after that. Jackson told the associated press postgame that he wasnt even trying to hit a home run. Bonds homered in the first world series atbat of his career and the giants took the opener, 43. The giants struggled to their first last place finish since 1996, logging a 7191 record. The best part of the book is when dusty baker takes russ ortiz out of the seventh inning in game 6 of 2002 world series against the angels with a 50 and gives him the game ball as hes coming out. This was the third series meeting between the tigers and the cardinals. It was a season without flaw nearly twice as many walks as strikeouts, 37 home runs, even a. Its been 10 years since barry bonds last hit a home run in a san francisco giants uniform, and now he returns to the organization playing a different tune. Italic season totals indicate player led all major leagues. But in the world of 1999 coors field, thats what the translation of it would have been.
Barry bonds 2001 season many baseball fans will never adore the san francisco giants moody superstar. An oral history of barry bondss titanic yankee stadium homer. But en route to perhaps the greatest individual season in. Most career walks, intentional walks, and career home runs. You dont have to like barry bonds, but his 762 career home runs is an astonishing record that. Tshirts and collectibles may be shipped separately. At 38, he became the oldest player to win the nl batting title, hitting a careerhigh. Bonds needed one more home run to tie mark mcgwires record going into houston for a threegame series. He is considered to be one of the greatest baseball players of. It was a bad era for baseball in the long run but great for baseball in the short run, by the way in the minds of many, but. Oldest player age 38 to win the national league batting title.
Despite the previous postseason woes in his career, bonds was on a mission in 2002. Remember when krod struck out barry bonds in the world series. Additionally, we added a world series patch to bonds uniform and created special packaging stickers just for this piece. We cut the bags into 200 equal pieces and are embedding each piece into the home plate base of the special bonds action figure. His 198 walks shattered the record of 177 he set a year earlier. Barry bonds blasted his 762nd home run at coors field on sept. On august 7, 2007, he allowed the home run that propelled barry bonds past hank aaron on the alltime list. Is this barry bonds feat the most unbreakable record of.
Upon hearing the sharp crack of bonds bat on a ted lilly fastball. Barry bonds 756th home run commemorative figure brand. Barry bonds hit his 600th home run on this date in 2002. The cardinals won the series in five games, taking games 1, 3, 4, and 5. Louis pitcher jeff weaver the same yankees pitcher who surrendered the walkoff home run in game 4 of the 2003 world series surrendered all three.
Choose your favorite barry bonds designs and purchase them as wall art, home decor, phone cases, tote bags, and more. The season barry bonds hit 95 homers san francisco giants. For barry bonds, getting away from baseball made a. There are those who recognize him as the greatest hitter of all time, and the true home run king. Barry bonds signed 2002 world series jacket barry bonds. After 10 years, its time to embrace barry bonds home run record. Time to just accept that the singleseason home run record. Shoutout as well to bonds skyscraper in game 2 of the 2002 world series aka the one the camera basically lost track of.
Espn classic bonds lets his numbers do the talking. Its also available for football, basketball and hockey. June 4, 1986 bonds hits first major league home run, at atlanta, off craig mcmurtry. Bob nightengale, usa today baseball weekly, february 20, 2002 this gracious season is a great story. World series overview lcs overview division series overview. The jacket is signed by barry in bold silver paint pen and like all bonds signatures is authenticated with the bonds tamper proof hologram and a coa. At the age of 51, barry bonds has still got that home run swing. Bonds incredible regular season carried into the postseason where he led his san francisco giants to the world series. Lot detail 2002 barry bonds game used san francisco. Barry bonds was a starter for the national league in the 2002 allstar game, crushing a tworun homer off blue jays ace and hall of famer roy halladay in the third inning for his second career allstar game dinger. Barry bonds celebrates giants world series win with fans videobarry bonds could have been san franciscos greatest athlete and challenged the likes of joe montana, jerry rice and willie mays. The previous year he set the single season homerun record with 73.