A Life In Baseball He's baseball's single-season home run champ and the only four-time MVP. Follow the life and career of Barry Bonds as he pursues Hank Aaron's all-time record amidst allegations of steroid use which shadow his achievements.

June 24, 1964 Barry is born in Riverside, Calif., to Pat and Bobby Bonds. Bobby would soon begin a major league baseball career with the San Francisco Giants; Barry's godfather is baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays.

1982 The Giants pick Barry Bonds in the second round of the draft, but the 18-year-old slugger decides to enroll in college instead.

1983 - 85 Bonds attends Arizona State University, where he leads the Sun Devils to two College World Series.

1985 Bonds takes an offer to join the Pittsburgh Pirates. He is the sixth overall pick in what many enthusiasts consider the best draft year of all time.

April 20, 1986 After a short stint on the farm team, Bonds makes his major league debut with the Pirates.

June 4, 1986 Bonds hits his first major league home run.

Nov. 19, 1990 Voted national league's Most Valuable Player. The Pirates are the national league's eastern division champs, but lose out on playing the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds.

Jan. 31, 1992 Bonds lands the largest-ever one-year deal, staying on with the Pirates for $4.7 million.

Nov. 18, 1992 Wins a second MVP award with Pittsburgh.

Dec. 8, 1992 Signs a six-year, $43.75 million contract with the San Francisco Giants, becoming baseball's highest-paid player ever.

Nov. 9, 1993 Once again voted the national league's MVP, Bonds is the first player to ever win the award three times over a four-year period.

Aug. 2, 1994 Bonds hits his first three-homer game.

Sept. 25, 1996 Bonds reaches a new national league record of 149 walks in a season.

Sept. 27, 1996 Becomes baseball's fourth player to reach 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in a single season.

July 15, 1999 Bonds takes his 294th intentional walk, passing a previous mark set by Hank Aaron.

July 9, 1999 Voted Player of the Decade for the 1990s by The Sporting News.

April 17, 2001 Bonds hits his 500th home run.

June 21, 2001 Hits his 38th home run of the season, setting a new record for the number of homers hit before the All-Star break.

Sept. 6, 2001 Bonds hit his 60th homer, reaching the mark faster than the other four sluggers who came before him. He is also the oldest player to accomplish the feat.

Nov. 19, 2001 A landslide vote awards Bonds with his fourth MVP award, a record for the most given to one player.

Aug. 9, 2002 Bonds hits his 600th homer, becoming the fourth major leaguer to reach that rarefied air - and the first in 31 years.

Oct. 4, 2002 His 70th home run of the season ties Bonds with Mark McGwire for the record.

Oct. 5, 2002 Bonds bests McGwire for the record, hitting his 71st and 72nd homers in a game against the Dodgers. A second record is broken that night: at four hours, 27 minutes, it's also the longest nine-inning game in major league history.

Nov. 11, 2002 A record fifth Most Valuable Player award is bestowed on Bonds, for the first time the result of a unanimous decision. Bonds won his first National League batting title in 2002, with a .370 average and set records with 198 walks, 68 intentional walks and a .582 on-base percentage.

June 23, 2003 Bonds steals the 500th base of his career in a winning game against the Dodgers, becoming the first player ever with 500 stolen bases and 500 homers. No other player even has 400 steals and 400 homers.

Aug. 23, 2003 Barry Bonds' father Bobby, one of the first Major Leaguers to blend home-run power with base-stealing speed, dies at the age of 57. Bonds had been ill for nearly a year with lung cancer and a brain tumor.

Sept. 3, 2003 BALCO, whose clients include Barry Bonds are raided by agents of the I.R.S. and local narcotics task force. BALCO and owner Victor Conte, Jr., are charged with conspiracy, money laundering, and distribution of anabolic steroids.

Sept. 26, 2003 The San Francisco slugger hit his 658th home run and the Giants clobbered Los Angeles, 10-1. Bonds moved within two homers of tying his godfather Willie Mays for third on the career list.

Oct. 22, 2003 Dozens of other athletes, including baseball's Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi are subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury probing a nutritional supplements lab, BALCO. Bonds is a BALCO client since 2000, and credited Conte for a personalized program that included nutritional supplements.

Nov. 19, 2003 Barry Bonds won a record sixth National League MVP award, becoming the first player to capture the honor for three consecutive years. The 12-time All-Star received 28 of 32 first-place votes and 426 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

Nov. 24, 2003 It is announced that substances suspected to be anabolic steroids were seized from the home of Greg Anderson, the personal trainer for Barry Bonds, during a Sept. 5 raid by federal investigators.

Dec. 5, 2003 Barry Bonds became the highest-profile athlete to appear before a grand jury focusing on possible tax and drug violations by BALCO.

March 2, 2004 Bonds' personal trainer, a track coach and top executives of a bay-area nutritional supplements lab were charged with running an illegal drug distribution operation. The 42-count federal indictment alleges the scheme provided anabolic steroids to professional athletes.

April 12, 2004 Barry Bonds hits a three-run home run to tie godfather Willie Mays for third on baseball's career list with 660. Bonds hit a towering three-run shot in the fifth inning, sending the Giants to a 7-5 win over the Milwaukee Brewers.

April 13, 2004 A day after catching up to his godfather, Barry Bonds moved ahead of Willie Mays with his 661st career home run. In the seventh inning, Bonds hit a 1-2 pitch off Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Ben Ford over the right-field arcade and into McCovey Cove.

April 29, 2004 Barry Bonds hits his 10th home run of the season off Florida Marlins' Brad Penny, the 668th home run of his career, giving the six-time NL MVP and his late father, Bobby, a total of 1,000 home runs combined.

September 17, 2004 Barry Bonds hits his 700th home run in the third inning of San Francisco's 4-1 victory over San Diego. With a 392-foot solo shot to left-center, the slugger became the first new member of the 700 club in 31 years, joining Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron.

November 15, 2004 Capping a season of suspicion and success, Bonds became the oldest player to win the award and seventh overall. The 40-year-old received 24 first-place votes and 407 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America to earn the award for the fourth straight season.

Feb. 21, 2005 Bonds is scheduled to arrive at training camp, and the Giants have scheduled a press conference at Scottsdale Stadium for him to speak to the media, according to the Giants' official site. In following days, swelling in Bonds' knee will make Bonds unable to practice.

March 17, 2005 Many top MLB Players and executives appear before the House Government Reform Committee hearing on steroids in baseball. Committee members cite a continuing grand jury investigation into BALCO and fear the hearing would become too focused on Barry Bonds as reasons he was not subpoenaed.

March 17, 2005 Bonds returns to the Bay Area to meet with Dr. Arthur Ting, who repaired his torn meniscus back in January, but the Giants declined to comment on the examination and said they didn't know if he would return to camp. Bonds will undergo a second operation on the torn meniscus in his right knee, the Associated Press reports. An MRI on Bonds' knee showed that new tears had developed.

April 5, 2005 Bonds told a sold-out Opening Day crowd at SBC Park that he indeed will be back at some point this season, the Giants' official site reports.

May 4, 2005 A procedure on May 1 to drain fluid from Bonds' knee was followed by another operation (his third to date) to treat an underlying infection. Bonds will likely be sidelined for at least two more months.

May 7, 2005 Major League Baseball is investigating Bonds for tax fraud, according to a New York Daily News report, the Associated Press reports.

May 19, 2005 Bonds has been taken off IV antibiotics and is now taking oral medication to fight off a bacterial infection in his surgically repaired right knee, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports.

July 4, 2005 Bonds is in Southern California rehabilitating his surgically repaired right knee and probably won't rejoin the Giants until after the All-Star break, the Associated Press reports.

Sept. 5, 2005 The Giants confirmed that Bonds will work out with the team before the game against the Dodgers. Bonds would not be activated because he hasn't been cleared to run the bases yet.

Sept. 12, 2005 After missing the Giants' first 142 games, Bonds misses home run No. 704 in his first at-bat by inches. Bonds went 1-for-4 with a double in his first game of the season.

March 7, 2006 Book written by two San Francisco Chronicle reporters claims Bonds used a vast array of performance-enhancing drugs, including steroids and human growth hormone, for at least five seasons beginning in 1998. An excerpt of "Game of Shadows" appears in the March 13 issue of Sports Illustrated. Bonds has repeatedly denied using performance-enhancing drugs.

March 23, 2006 Attorneys for Barry Bonds send a letter to an agent for the authors of "Game of Shadows," alerting them of plans to sue the writers, publisher Gotham Books, the San Francisco Chronicle and Sports Illustrated, which published excerpts, claiming "illegally obtained" grand jury transcripts were cited in portions of the book.

March 24, 2006 A judge denied the bid by Barry Bonds' lawyers to block the authors and publishers from making money on the book claiming the San Francisco Giants' slugger used steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs. A judge said free speech protections shielded the defendants from accusations that the book included "illegally obtained grand jury transcripts" and said he thought Bonds' lawsuit had little chance of success.

March 30, 2006 Major League Baseball announces it will look into allegations of past steroid use by Bonds and other players. Commissioner Bud Selig asks former U.S. Senate majority leader George Mitchell to head up the investigation.

July 20, 2006 A federal investigation of steroids and possible perjury and tax-evasion charges against Bonds will continue, but a new grand jury will have to decide whether the case proceeds since the term of a panel currently hearing evidence in the investigation expired.

Aug. 18, 2006 A federal judge orders Barry Bonds' personal trainer to testify before a grand jury investigating whether the slugger lied about using steroids. If Greg Anderson refuses to testify, he will be sent back to prison for contempt of court. Anderson has served time twice in less than a year for refusing to testify.

Feb. 15, 2007 Barry Bonds finally signed his $15.8 million, one-year contract. Bonds' deal had been unresolved because of contract language. After much back and forth between the sides, the deal got done.

Aug. 4, 2007 Bonds ties the record of home run king Hank Aaron, swatting homer No. 755 in a game in San Diego, Calif.

Aug. 7, 2007 Bonds hits his 756th home run at Pac Bell Park in San Francisco to pass Hank Aaron and become Major League Baseball's all-time home run leader.

Nov. 15, 2007 A California grand jury indicts Bonds on perjury and obstruction of justice charges for allegedly lying when he said he did not use performance-enhancing drugs.  PDF: Bonds Indictment

Dec. 7, 2007 Bonds pleaded not guilty to charges he lied to federal investigators about whether he used performance enhancing drugs. The home run king's arraignment in U.S. District Court marked his first public appearance since the Nov. 15 indictment charging him with four counts of perjury and one of obstruction of justice.

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