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Barry Lamar Bonds (born July 24, 1964) is a Major League Baseball player who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants from 1986 to 2007. Although he has not announced his retirement, his agent says it is "nearly impossible" that he will play again. 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 fourteen-time All-Star and eight-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, 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 for perjury and obstruction of justice concerning the government investigation of BALCO, a case which is still ongoing as of January 2010.
