1987 Barry Bonds Pirates Rookie Baseball Card Topps No 30 - Beckett Graded 9 ... Barry Bonds is widely regarded as one of the most dominant and polarizing figures in Major League Baseball history. Spanning a 22-season career (1986–2007) with the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants, Bonds was the ultimate five-tool threat, becoming the only player in MLB history to enter the 500 home run and 500 stolen base club while also capturing eight Gold Glove Awards in left field. His unparalleled plate discipline and hitting mechanics eventually made him the most feared batter to ever step into the box, culminating in an unprecedented seven National League MVP awards—four of which he won consecutively from 2001 to 2004. Bonds rewrote baseball's record books by setting the single-season home run record with 73 in 2001, setting a single-season on-base percentage record of .609 in 2004, and retiring as the all-time king in both career walks (2,558) and career home runs (762). Despite these staggering, unmatched statistical achievements, his legacy remains heavily complicated and heavily debated by fans and writers alike due to his central connection to the sport's performance-enhancing drug controversies of the late 1990s and 2000s.