Barry Bonds hits his 400th home run with the San Francisco Giants in a 3 – 0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Ryan Jensen relieves Giants starter Jason Schmidt in the 1st inning and carries a no-hitter into the 8th before surrendering a single to Jason LaRue.
Slugger Barry Bonds avoids arbitration by agreeing to a five-year, $90 million deal with the San Francisco Giants. The contract also calls for a 10-year personal services commitment at the end of his playing days.
Major League Season Recap 2001 World Series – Arizona Diamondbacks NL over New York Yankees AL 4 games to 3 World Series MVP – Randy Johnson, Curt Schilling Babe Ruth Award – Randy Johnson, Curt Schilling Championship Series ALCS New York Yankees over Seattle Mariners 4 games to 1 ALCS MVP – Andy Pettitte NLCS Arizona Diamondbacks over Atlanta Braves…
Several hours before a midnight deadline, Barry Bonds accepts the Giants’ offer of salary arbitration. San Francisco’s decision to go to arbitration avoids a bidding war for their franchise player, and this season’s National League MVP will be likely worth at least $20 million for one year of service.
2001 – San Francisco Giants left fielder Barry Bonds is named National League Most Valuable Player by the Baseball Writers Association of America with 30 of 32 first-place votes. Bonds, who hit .328 with an all-time record 73 home runs and 137 RBI, wins the award for an unprecedented fourth time. Previously, he was awarded as a Pittsburgh Pirates member in 1990 and 1992 and with the Giants in 1993. Three-time MVP Award winners include Yogi Berra, Roy Campanella, Joe DiMaggio, Jimmie Foxx, Mickey Mantle, Stan Musial and Mike Schmidt, all of them Hall of Famers.
Barry Bonds ties Mark McGwire’s single-season home run record established three years ago as he hits his 70th round-tripper. The historic homer, a shot to right-center at Enron Field, is given up in the ninth inning by Astro rookie hurler Wilfredo Rodriguez in a Giant 10-2 victory.
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The Giants rout the Padres, 11 – 2, as Barry Bonds hits his 65th and 66th home runs of the season. The homers give Bonds a major-league record 34 road round-trippers. He also breaks Babe Ruth’s major league mark for most home runs over two seasons by a lefthanded batter (115).
For the second time in the season, Barry Bonds hits three home runs in a game. The Giants left fielder, whose offensive output gives him 63 homers, passes the major league season mark of 61 for homers hit left-handed, set by Roger Maris in 1961.
Barry Bonds and Shawon Dunston of the San Francisco Giants become just the 12th pair of teammates to hit back-to-back homers as pinch hitters when they go deep in the top of the 9th. Bonds’ pinch homer is his first since 1989 and snaps a 5 – 5 tie. It is also his 549th home run, moving him ahead of Mike Schmidt into 8th place. The Giants win, 10 – 5.
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