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another legend gone


Well, damn.

For those who don't remember Bobby Bonds, think Rickey Henderson without the attitude. Speed, power and class. That was Bonds.

Bonds was employed by the San Fransisco Giants when he passed away today, at the age of 57. It was his 23rd season working for the team he started out with.

Career totals for Bobby Bonds [Giants, Yankees, Angels, White Sox, Rangers Indians, Cardinals, Cubs]:

Games:1849 Hits:1886 Home Runs:332 RBIs:1024 Stolen Bases:461 Batting Average:.268 Sons who are home run kings: 1

Posted by on August 23, 2003 06:48 PM |

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Comments

Somehow that number of hits seems low. Fewer than 1000?

Even though he played for the hated Giants, he was a marvel to watch in his prime.

Posted by: Linkmeister | August 23, 2003 08:58 PM

For the other nit-pickers, it's a typo...1,886 hits per Baseball-reference.com.

Posted by: Linkmeister | August 23, 2003 09:00 PM

I fixed it, Mr. TypoFinder.

Posted by: Michele | August 23, 2003 09:35 PM

Sheeat. :(

Posted by: Solonor | August 23, 2003 10:25 PM

Sorry, Michele. ;)

Posted by: Linkmeister | August 24, 2003 02:02 PM

Aside from the fact that he played for the GI-ants, and was therefore devilspawn, he was a class act (too bad his kid didn't inherit that talent, too).

Posted by: Ken Summers | August 24, 2003 03:09 PM