Pittsburgh Pirates Players - Barry Bonds, Roberto Clemente, Hank Greenberg, Casey Stengel, Jim Bunning, Burleigh Grimes, Benito Santiago (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 192. Chapters: Barry Bonds, Roberto Clemente, Dock Ellis, Matt Lawton, Jim Bunning, Johnny Gee, Hank Greenberg, Honus Wagner, Nick Koback, Connie Mack, Joe Kelley, John Bowker (baseball), Bob Miller (1957-1974 pitcher), Jack Chesbro, A. J. Burnett, Jose Bautista, Tim Wakefield, Vic Davalillo, Jim Umbricht, Bobby Lowe, John Grabow, Kenny Lofton, Cito Gaston, Tony Pena, Chan Ho Park, Jason Bay, Casey Stengel, Gene Tenace, Goose Gossage, Curt Roberts, George Kelly (baseball), Phil Masi, Benito Santiago, Pie Traynor, Heine Meine, Rube Waddell, Tim Foli, Eric Hacker, Sam McDowell, Matt Stairs, Akinori Iwamura, Kurt Bevacqua, Kris Benson, Bert Blyleven, Jim Bibby, Willie Stargell, Johnny Lindell, Freddie Lindstrom, Ron Villone, Nyjer Morgan, Doug Mientkiewicz, Al Oliver, Don Kelly (baseball), Pedro Alvarez (baseball), Watson Brown, Neil Walker (baseball), Nelson Briles, Pete Browning, Heinie Peitz, Jim Pagliaroni, Kirk Gibson, Jim Fregosi, Andrew McCutchen, Octavio Dotel, Sid Gordon, Dick Padden, Freddy Sanchez, Lastings Milledge, Maury Wills, Bill Mazeroski. Excerpt: Barry Lamar Bonds (born July 24, 1964) is a former American Major League Baseball outfielder. Bonds played from 1986 to 2007, for the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants. He is the son of former major league All-Star Bobby Bonds. He debuted in the Major Leagues with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1986 and joined the San Francisco Giants in 1993, where he stayed through 2007. Bonds' accomplishments during his baseball career place him among the greatest baseball players of all-time. He has a record-setting seven Most Valuable Player awards, including a record-setting four consecutive MVPs. He is a 14-time All-Star and 8-time Gold Glove-winner. He holds numerous Major League Baseball records, including the all-time Major League Baseball home run record with 762 and the single-season Major League record for home runs with 73 (set in 2001), and is also the all-time career leader in both walks (2,558) and intentional walks (688). Bonds has led a controversial career, notably as a central figure in baseball's steroids scandal. In 2007, he was indicted on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice for allegedly lying to the grand jury during the government's investigation of BALCO, by testifying that he never knowingly took any illegal steroids. The trial began March 21, 2011; he was convicted on April 13, 2011 on the obstruction of justice charge. Born in Riverside, California, Bonds grew up in San Carlos, California and attended Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo, California and excelled in baseball, basketball and football. As a freshman, he spent the baseball season on the JV team. The next three years-1980 to 1982-he starred on the varsity team. He batted for a .467 batting average his senior year, and was honored as a prep All-American. The Giants drafted Bonds in the second round of the 1982 MLB draft as a high school senior, but the Giants and Bonds were unable to agree on contract terms when Tom Haller's maximum offer was $70,000 ($168,579 today) and Bo