Barry Bonds

Barry Bonds Net Worth

Barry Bonds Net Worth: Barry Bonds is a retired American professional baseball player who has a net worth of $80 million dollars. Barry Bonds played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the San Francisco Giants. He retired in 2007. He set numerous records during his professional career, including the record for most home runs, walks, and intentional walks. Born Barry Lamar Bonds on July 24, 1964, in Riverside, California, he played left field for 22 seasons in Major League Baseball. Blessed with incredible athletic talents, Bonds first showcased his baseball skills at the Arizona State University. Shortly after, he was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first round (6th overall) of the 1985 Major League Baseball Draft. He remained with the team for seven seasons before spending 15 years with the San Francisco Giants. In a professional career that spanned from 1986 to 2007, Barry Bonds was presented with the National League (NL) Most Valuable Player Award seven times, including four consecutively, both of which are records. Furthermore, he is a 14-time All-Star and 8-time Gold Glove Award-winner. He is regarded to be one of the greatest baseball players of all-time. He holds many other MLB records, including most career home runs (762), most home runs in a single season (73, set in 2001), most career walks (2,558), and most career intentional walks (688). Despite his baseball accomplishments, Bonds was not elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility on the ballot. He spent his later professional years shrouded by controversy, as he was as a central figure in baseball's steroids scandal.