Barry Bonds Net Worth, Fame and Professional Career

Barry Lamar Bonds is an American former professional baseball left fielder he also played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball. He is also known to be the best baseball player of all time. Bonds was a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1986 to 1992 and the San Francisco Giants from 1993 to 2007.

A record seven National League Most Valuable Talent Awards, 12 Silver Slugger Awards, and 14 All-Star selections were given to Bonds, who was known as an all-around talent. In addition to the most career home runs, the most home runs in a single season, and the most career walks, he owns many other MLB hitting scores. In 12 of his 17 qualifying seasons, Bonds finished among the top five hitters, and he led MLB in on-base plus slugging six times.

Let's look into Barry Lamar Bond career history, accolades, and net worth.

Barry Lamar Bonds Net Worth

Barry Lamar Bond net worth is estimated to be $100 million. He made a total salary of $188,245,322 during his career. 2005 was his highest-paying year, with a base salary of $22 million. That's equal to making about $30 million in current dollars. Don Russ 1986 Barry Bonds Rookie card Baseball Trading The rookies the condition of the Barry Bonds RC mint is · $50.00 or best offer. Shipping costs $4.46.

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As a free agent in 1992, Barry received offers from various MLB teams. He turned down The Yankees $40 million offer to play for them. Barry and the Giants agreed to a six-year, $43.75 million deal with a $2.5 million signing bonus during a lengthy 40-hour debate.

Real Estate:

Barry Bonds Jersey paid $5.3 million in 2000 for an amazing brand-new property on over two acres in the gated community of Beverly Park, high in the Beverly Hills. In 2014, he sold the house to a Russian oligarch for an unbelievable $22 million. A year later, the millionaire offered to flip the property for $36 million; in the end, he took $26 million in 2016.

Personal Life

In August 1987, Bonds went to Montreal, Quebec, to meet Susann Margreth Branco, the mother of his first two children, Shikari and Nikolai. Feb. 5, 1988, they eloped to Las Vegas. The couple was divorced in December 1994 after breaking up in June 1994, and the Catholic Church overruled their marriage in 1997.

Due to Bond’s request that his Swedish wife sign a prenuptial agreement in which she "waived her right to a share of his present and future earnings" which was upheld the divorce became heavily reported. At the time of the decision, Bonds paid his wife $10,000 in spousal support and $20,000 in child support each month.

In an overwhelming decision on August 21, 2000, the Supreme Court of California said "Significant evidence supports the determination of the trial court that the agreement in the present case was entered into voluntarily." Chief Justice Ronald M. George signed the opinion.

Early Life

Born in Riverside, California, Bonds grew up in San Carlos and went to Juniper Serra High School in San Mateo, where he excelled in football, basketball, and baseball. His parents are Patricia and Bobby Bonds, a former major league player.

During his freshman year, he was a member of the junior varsity team; for the rest of his high school career, he was a member of the varsity team. He was selected as a prep All-American after finishing his senior year with a.467 batting average.

The Giants selected Bonds in the second round of the 1982 MLB draft when he was a senior in high school. However, Bonds chose to attend college instead of signing a contract with the Giants after Tom Haller's maximum offer of $70,000 became short of Bond’s minimum salary to become a professional.

Professional career

·       Draft and Minor Leagues

In the 1985 Major League Baseball draft, Barry Bonds baseball card was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates with the sixth overall selection. He signed with the Carolina League's Prince William Pirates and received the league's July 1985 Player of the Month. He hit 311 in 44 games for the Pacific Coast League's Hawaii Islanders in 1986.

·       San Francisco Giants (1993–2007)

1993 season

Bonds left the Pirates in 1993 to sign a lucrative free agent contract with the Giants, with whom his father had played for the first seven years of his career and with whom his godfather Willie Mays played 22 of his 24 Major League seasons. The contract was worth a then-record $43.75 million over six years. Barry Bonds baseball card worth is $10.02 in 1986.  

1994 season

In the strike-shortened season of 1994, Bonds hit .312 with 37 home runs and a league-leading 74 walks, and he finished 4th in MVP voting.

1995 season

He hit 294 in 1995, drove in 104 runs and hit 33 home runs, but he only placed 12th in the MVP voting also 1987 Topps Barry Bonds.

·       Post-Playing Career

The San Francisco Giants formally stated on September 21, 2007, that they would not be signing Bonds for the 2008 season. Bond’s website initially showed the story earlier that day. He officially signed on October 29, 2007, for free agency. "I'm anticipating widespread interest from every Major League team," said his agent, Jeff Borris.

Career Records

• Career home runs (762)
• Since becoming 40 years old, home runs (74)
• In the year he became 43, he scored home runs (28)
• Seasons in a row with thirty home runs or more (13), 1992–2004
• Slugging percentage (.863) for the 2001 season
• The Slugging percentage (1.294) in the 2002 World Series
• Seasons in a row with a slugging percentage of at least.600 (8), 1998–2005
• 2004's season-long on-base percentage (.609) steps into a profession (2,558)

Frequently Asked Questions:

Q. Who is baseball's richest player?
With a $350 million net worth, Alex Rodriguez is the richest MLB player of all time based on career earnings and post-baseball activities.

Q. What size bat did Barry Bonds use?

A 34-inch, 31.6-ounce bat was used by Barry Bonds. Sam Holman founded Sam Bats, a firm that produces Canadian maple bats, which he usually utilized. Bonds frequently complained about his bats being extremely top heavy.

Q. Who is Barry Bonds current wife?

Barry Bonds current wife is Susann Margreth Branco.