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Barry Bonds

Barry Lamar Bonds (born July 24, 1964 in Riverside, California) is a Major League left fielder for the San Francisco Giants. He is the son of former MLB All-Star Bobby Bonds and the godson of Hall of Famer Willie Mays.
Bonds holds a number of Major League Baseball records including the most home runs in a single season set in 2001 with 73.
Through 2006, Bonds is first in career walks (2,426) and intentional walks (645). He is 2nd in career home runs with 734, trailing only Hank Aaron who hit 755; Bonds also ranks 2nd in extra base hits (1,398), 3rd in at bats per home run (13.0), 6th in on-base percentage (.443), runs (2,152), slugging percentage (.608), and total bases (5,784), and 7th in RBIs (1,930). Bonds also tops the list of career home runs in the National League, having eclipsed Aaron's previous record of 733.
Through 2006 he also leads all active players in home runs, RBIs (1,930), walks (2,426), intentional walks (645), obp (.443), runs (2,152), games (2,860), extra base hits (1,398), at bats per home run (13.0), and total bases (5,784). At the same time he is 2nd in doubles (587), slugging percentage (.608), and stolen bases (509), 3rd in at bats (9,507) and hits (2,841), 4th in triples (77), and 8th in strikeouts (1,485).
Bonds has been compared with some of baseball's best hitters of all time, including legends Ted Williams, Babe Ruth, Rogers Hornsby, and Ty Cobb.[1]
Since 2003, Bonds has become a key figure in the BALCO scandal and despite the fact that Bonds has never failed a drug test, a number of journalists have alleged that Bonds used steroids as well as other performance-enhancing substances. To date, Bonds has not been charged with any crime in connection with the BALCO incident, and has never failed a test for performance-enhancing drugs. Furthermore, the steroids he is accused of taking were not outlawed by MLB at the time he allegedly took them.