28 Facts About Barry Bonds

1. On January 10, 1998, Barry Bonds married his second wife, Liz Watson, at the San Francisco Ritz-Carlton Hotel in front of 240 guests.

2. Barry Bonds met Susann Margreth Branco, the mother of his first two children (Nikolai and Shikari), in Montreal, Quebec in August 1987.

3. On November 15, 2007, Barry Bonds was indicted on four counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice as it relates to the government investigation of BALCO.

4. On July 8, 2017, Barry Bonds was added to the Giants Wall of Fame.

5. On March 10, 2014, Barry Bonds began a seven-day stint as a roving spring training instructor for the Giants.

6. In May 2015, Barry 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.

7. Barry Bonds announced on April 11, 2010, that he was proud of McGwire for admitting his use of steroids.

8. Barry Bonds officially filed for free agency on October 29, 2007.

9. Barry Bonds greeted his teammates and then his wife, Liz Watson, and daughter Aisha Lynn behind the backstop.

10. Barry Bonds greeted his son, Nikolai, with an extended bear hug after crossing home plate.

11. Barry Bonds resumed his march to the all-time record early in the 2007 season.

12. In 2006, Barry Bonds recorded his lowest slugging percentage since 1991 with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

13. In 2006, Barry Bonds earned $20 million, the fourth highest salary in baseball.

14. Barry Bonds would win his fourth consecutive MVP award and his seventh overall.

15. Barry Bonds re-signed with the Giants for a five-year, $90 million contract in January 2002.

16. Barry Bonds started off the 1999 season hitting well by batting.

17. In 1995, Barry Bonds hit 33 homers and drove in 104 runs, hitting.

18. Barry Bonds was never well-liked by reporters or fans while in Pittsburgh, despite winning two MVP awards.

19. Barry Bonds stayed with Pittsburgh and won his second MVP award that season.

20. In 1991, Barry Bonds put up great numbers, hitting 25 homers and driving in 116 runs, and obtained another Gold Glove and Silver Slugger.

21. Barry Bonds now fit into a highly respected lineup featuring Bobby Bonilla, Van Slyke and Jay Bell.

22. In his early years, Barry Bonds batted as the leadoff hitter.

23. Barry 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.

24. Barry Bonds served as the hitting coach for the Miami Marlins in 2016, and was fired at the end of the season.

25. In 2018, Barry Bonds was not elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in his sixth of 10 years of eligibility.

26. Barry Bonds led a controversial career, notably as a central figure in baseball's steroids scandal.

27. Barry Bonds was regarded as an exceptional hitter: he led MLB in on-base plus slugging six times, and placed within the top five hitters in 12 of his 17 qualifying seasons.

28. Barry Bonds received seven NL MVP awards and 14 All-Star selections, and is considered to be one of the greatest baseball players of all time.