Barry Bonds

## About

Barry Bonds is a 7-time MVP left fielder who played in MLB from 1986 to 2007 for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the San Francisco Giants. He is the all-time home run king with 762.

## Scouting Reports

### Backyard Baseball 2001 and 2003

Barry Bonds

Some critics have noted that Barry Bonds in the game is not consistent with Barry Bonds in real life, who hit 73 home runs in the 2001 season. However, the likely explanation is that Backyard Baseball 2001 has its origins around 1999. At the time, stars like Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa were coming off the great home run chase of 1998 when they hit 70 and 66 home runs, respectively. However, Barry Bonds' career high in home runs at the time was 46, which seems moderate in comparison. So, his bat was not made as strong as McGwire's or Sosa's.

That being said, Barry still has a decent bat, with 81 power and 50 contact. His main draw is his throwing arm, at a fantastic 95 throwing strength and 76 stamina. The moderately high stamina also makes him a decent pitcher, although he has never been used to pitch in BBL history.

## League History

### BBL

#### Season 1

In the inaugural BBL draft, Barry was taken 3rd overall by coach GreenDayEagles of the Melonheads. Barry didn't lead the team in any statistical category, but he was an appreciated member of the offense.

#### Season 2

The next season, Barry was drafted 5th overall by coach crazyei8hts of the Devil Rays, who named Barry Bonds as his favorite player of all time in real life. Barry served as the Devil Rays' lead off hitter, leading the team in doubles, triples, and runs scored. The Devil Rays made it all the way to the World Series, but they lost to the Astros.

#### Season 3

Even with the expanded player field, Barry was still worth a first round pick, selected 11th overall by coach areyoutyler of the Dodgers. Barry was an offensive stud for the team, batting 0.691 with 8 homers, 28 RBIs, and 13 stolen bases.

#### Season 4

Barry was scooped up with the 16th pick by coach Nick Foles is my dad of the Wombats. Barry was the heart and soul of the Wombats' offense, leading the team in batting average, RBIs, and runs scored. The Wombats won the "Tier 2" playoffs, led by Barry.

#### Season 5

In Season 5, Barry was the 6th overall pick, taken by coach cjl933 of the Expos. CJ had some technical difficulties and had to transfer the team to the hands of Yurya. Under Yurya's control, Barry didn't have the greatest season, but he was a useful member of the team.

#### Season 6

Barry was drafted 21st overall by coach GSchlim of the Tigers, but he was eventually traded to coach JorgesBankAccount of the Astros in a big move that sent Jay Green to the Tigers. With less emphasis on power hitter, Barry only hit 2 home runs, but he did swipe 17 bases. The Astros lost the Season 6 World Series to the Indians.

#### Season 7

Barry stayed in the first round, being selected 11th overall by coach skolgamingnetwork of the Marlins. Barry was a key part of the offense, batting 0.625 and leading the team in runs and stolen bases, with 20 and 22, respectively.

#### Season 8

Barry was drafted 17th overall by coach SilverBullet102 of the Giants, Barry's real life team. This season, Barry had the worst season of his career, batting just 0.289, hitting no home runs, recording just 2 RBIs and scoring only 3 times.

#### Season 9

In Season 9, Barry was drafted in a similar spot, taken 18th overall by coach shrewsbury91 of the Marlins. He improved dramatically from the prior season, batting 0.588 while driving in 10 runs and scoring 20 times.

#### Season 10

##### 2001

In Season 10, Barry started to earn a reputation for dropping in the draft. In the 2001 draft he was finally picked up with the 31st pick in the 2nd round by coach QuestionMonkey of the Pirates. Barry had a decent season, batting 0.632 and scoring 21 runs, both of those were second on the team behind Julie Dunkel.

However, Barry's tenure with the Pirates was probably most known for a blunder of his. In a game against the Devil Rays, the Devil Rays were down to their last out when a pop up was hit to second base. With the second baseman under the ball, AI Barry Bonds ran in from shortstop, crashed into the second baseman, allowing the ball to drop and multiple runs would score in the inning. The Pirates wound up losing the game because of this gaffe by the AI team.

##### 2003

Barry did not fall as far in the 2003 draft, where he was drafted 16th overall in the first round by coach crazyei8hts of the Giants. Barry batted a career high 0.736 and played center field for the Giants, who missed the playoffs.

One highlight of Barry's season was when he hit a spitball for a home run over the fence at Dirt Yards, despite using the grounder swing.

## Trivia

* Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa both receive nerfs when teammates with each other on Backyard Baseball 2003. In Backyard Baseball 2001, they have no effect on each other.
* In Season 10, the first season where players could be drafted in multiple leagues at once, Barry Bonds played for the Pirates and the Giants, the only two MLB teams he played on in real life.