Barry Lamar Bonds (born July 24, 1964 in Riverside, California) is a Major League left fielderA player of the fielding side, whose task is to gather the ball after the batsman has hit it, to catch the batsman out, or to prevent him from scoring. 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 BaseballA sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and Japan, in which the object is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, causing a run. The team with the most runs after nine or more innings wins. recordsplural of record, includingbeing part of the group or topic just mentioned the most home runs in a singlenot accompanied by anything else seasonEach of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn and winter. set in 2001 with 73.

Throughthrew 2006, Bonds is first in career walks (2,427) and intentionalIntended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily walks (645). He is 2nd in career home runs with 735, 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 percentageThe amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole. (.443), runs (2,152), slugging averageThe arithmetic mean. (.608), and total bases (5,785), and 7th in RBIs (1,930). Bonds also tops the list of career home runs in the NationalA citizen of a nation. League, having eclipsed Aaron's previousprior; occurring before something else, either in time or order. record of 733.

Throughthrew 2006 he also leads all active playersPlural of player. in home runs, RBIs (1,930), walks (2,427), intentionalIntended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily walks (645), on-base percentageThe amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole. (.443), runs (2,152), games (2,860), extra base hits (1,398), at bats per home run (13.0), and total bases (5,785). At the same time he is 2nd in doublesa game between pairs of players (587), slugging averageThe arithmetic mean. (.608), and stolenPast participle of to steal. bases (510), 3rd in at bats (9,510) and hits (2,842), 4th in triples (77), and 8th in strikeouts (1,485).

Since 2003, Bonds has become a key figure in the BALCO scandalA reported incident that brings disgrace, or damages the reputation of the persons or organisation involved. A number of journalistsPlural form of journalist. have long allegedpast tense, and past participle of the verb to allege that Bonds used steroids as well as other performanceThe act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance of an undertaking of a duty.-enhancingPresent participle of to enhance. substancesPlural of substance. To date, Bonds has not been charged with any crime in connection(uncountable) The act of connecting. with the BALCO incidentA designed, sudden, and unfortunate event.. The steroids he is accusedThe person charged with an offense; the defendant in a criminal case. of taking were not outlawed(acts) put beyond the limits of the law, forbidden. by MLB at the time he allegedlyaccording to someone's allegation took them, howeverNevertheless; in spite of that. they were and are illegalContrary to or forbidden by law, usually criminal rather than civil law (see unlawful). in the United Statesthe States the USA without(archaic or literary) outside, externally a prescriptionthe act of prescribing a rule, law etc. He is also under investigationThe act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge, the moralist. for perjury(law) The deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath by a federalPertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations grand jury regardingConcerning, respecting. his testimonyStatements made by a witness in court. before the 2003 grand jury investigatingPresent participle of to investigate. the BALCO case, in which he deniedPast tense and past participle of to deny. using performanceThe act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance of an undertaking of a duty.-enhancingPresent participle of to enhance. drugs.

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