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 Barry Bonds
| Barry Lamar Bonds was born in Riverside, CA on what date? | Barry Bonds
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| At Serra High School, Bonds was a 3-sport athlete. Besides baseball what other two sports did Barry play? | Barry Bonds
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Football and Basketball. Barry excelled at all three sports, though baseball ran in his family, he could have become a pro-basketball player as well.
Willie Mays . Ever since Bonds was a little boy he watched his father, Bobby Bonds, and godfather become legends in the game of baseball.
| After High School, Bonds played for three years at which desert college? | Barry Bonds
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Arizona State University. Some of his achieevements: career .347 with 45 home runs and 175 RBI, named All-Pac 10 all 3 years, chosen to The Sporting News All-America Team as junior in 1985, tied NCAA record with 7 consecutive hits in College World Series as sophomore, was named to All-Time College World Series Team in 1996.
| Barry left college a year early, when he was drafted by which pro baseball team in 1986? | Barry Bonds
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Pittsburgh Pirates. Barry made his Major League debut on May 30th, 1986.
| After 7 seasons with the club that drafted him, he was became a free agent and was signed by which west coast team? | Barry Bonds
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| Bonds hit 73 home runs in 2001, breaking the old record of 70 set by Mark Mcgwire in 1998. Before the 2001 season what was the greatest number of home runs hit by Barry in a season? | Barry Bonds
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49. Barry hit 49 home runs in the 2000 MLB season.
| Before Barry broke the home run record in the 2001 season, he broke Babe Ruth's record for what in a season? | Barry Bonds
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Most Walks. Ruth's record of 170 walks in a season was shattered when Barry walked a record 177 times in the 2001 season. Barry is such a threat at the plate that during the 1998 season the Arizona Diamondbacks walked Barry with the bases loaded. They would rather give up one run vice a Grand Slam and give up 4.
| True or False: Barry Bonds was a free agent after the 2001 season? | Barry Bonds
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True . As of October 2001: Barry has not decided what he will do. Bonds, as with all MLB players, wanted a world series ring and only time will tell if we see Bonds in a Giants uniform in 2002.
| How many home runs did Barry Bonds hit in the 2001 season, to break Mark's record? | Barry Bonds
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73. Mark's record was 70, Barry broke the record by 3.
Lamar. His full name is Barry Lamar Bonds.
Willie Mays. Willie Mays was also a Giants player famous for his basket catch in a world series.
| What was Barry's hit average in 1986 in Hawaii? | Barry Bonds
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.311. If you got this congrats. That is not bad for a rookie year in Hawaii.
1985. He was drafted in 1985 by the Pirates.
| What team selected Barry Bonds when he was drafted? | Barry Bonds
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Pirates. Barry Lamar Bonds led NL rookies in homers, RBI, stolen bases and walks.
538. He had five home runs the same year.
Rick Honeycutt . That is a very interesting stat. This was on May 31st, 1986. Honeycutt played for the Dodgers at that time.
| Who did Barry finish second to in NL MVP voting in 1991? | Barry Bonds
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Terry Pendleton . Bonds was very close that year to becoming a NL MVP.
37. He did not hit 36 or 38, he hit 37!
| What team did Barry start his Major League career with? | Barry Bonds
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Pittsburgh Pirates. Bonds was a rookie in 1986. In his first season with the Pirates, he batted .223 and hit 16 home runs.
| Barry had won consecutive season MVP Awards? | Barry Bonds
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t. Barry has done this more than once. He won a MVP in 1992 with Pittsburgh, then after moving to San Francisco for the 1993 season, he won another one. He also was the National League MVP with the Giants in 2001 and 2002.
| Barry Bonds set a Major League record, for hitting 75 home runs in 2000? | Barry Bonds
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f. Bonds set a record for hitting 73 in 2001. He broke Mark McGwire’s record as a Cardinal, who broke Roger Maris’ record of the Yankees.
f. Barry was born in Riverside, California, July 24, 1964. 2 months shy of his 22nd birthday, he made his debut with the Pirates in 1986.
| How many home runs did Barry Bonds hit in the 2002 World Series?
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4. Bonds hit 4 in the 2002 playoffs against Atlanta and St. Louis, then hit 4 more in the World Series against the Angels. Had the Giants won the Series, he most probably would have been the Series MVP. However, with the Angels’ win, Troy Glaus took the honors.
| What number did Barry wear in the 2003 season?
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25. 24 was worn by the great Willie Mays. 44 by fellow Giant Willie McCovey, who had the cove named after him. 42 was retired by Major League baseball, in honor of Jackie Robinson.
| Barry played which position the most in baseball?
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Outfield. Bonds was an outfielder with both the Giants and the Pirates, entering the 2003 season. In 2003, Barry was seen in his usual left field position.
| Barry Bonds was drafted in the first round of the 1985 draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates. What position did they take him? | Barry Bonds Bonanza
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6. The first 5 players picked were (in order): B.J. Surhoff (C), Will Clark (1B), Bobby Witt (RHP), Barry Larkin (SS), and Kurt Brown (C). Also, Rafael Palmeiro (1B) was selected 22 overall and Randy Johnson was selected in the second round.
Willie Mays. Mays, Banks, and Paige are all in the Hall of Fame. Bobby is Barry's father.
.609. That same season, he was intentionally walked 120 times. He only had 135 hits.
.863. Babe Ruth .847 (1920), Lou Gehrig .765 (1927), Rogers Hornsby .756 (1925)
12. It was Bonds' 5th consecutive award.
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