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2004 in sports
September 17: At San Francisco, Barry Bonds became just the third player in MLB history to hit 700 home runs.
Sports timeline
Barry Bonds hits his 756th career home run, surpassing Hank Aaron's record.
August 7
2007 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants breaks baseball great Hank Aaron's record by hitting his 756th home run.
2006 in baseball
May 28 - Barry Bonds hits his 715th career home run off Rockies pitcher Byung-Hyun Kim in a 6-3 loss at AT&T Park.
2006 in baseball
September 23 - Barry Bonds hits his 734th home run, breaking the NL record set by Hank Aaron.
September 2004 in sports
Baseball: Barry Bonds hits the 700th home run of his career in a game against the San Diego Padres.
Hank Aaron
After Bonds hit his record-breaking 756th home run on August 7, 2007, Aaron made a surprise appearance on the JumboTron video screen at AT&T Park in San Francisco to congratulate Bonds on his accomplishment:
2007 in the United States
August 7 - Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron's home run record by hitting his 756th home run.
Asterisk
After Bonds hit his record-breaking 756th home run on August 7, 2007, fashion designer and enterpreneur Marc Ecko purchased the home run ball from the fan who caught it, and ran a poll on his Web site to determine its fate.
Banned substances in baseball
By 2001 Barry Bonds was hitting home runs at an incredible pace.
Banned substances in baseball
Many observers found it unlikely that Bonds could hit home runs at such a pace given his age (he turned 37 during the 2001 season) without supplementary help.
Barry Bonds
In 1996, Bonds became the first National League player and second (of the current list of four) major league player(s) to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases in the same season.
Barry Bonds
In the Giants' first 50 games in 2001, Bonds hit 28 home runs, including 17 in May—a career high.
Barry Bonds
Upon his return, Bonds resumed his high-caliber performance at the plate, hitting home runs in four consecutive games from September 18, 2005 to September 21, 2005 and finishing with five homers in only 14 games.
Barry Bonds
Then, on May 20, 2006, Bonds tied Ruth, hitting his 714th career home run to deep right field to lead off the top of the 2nd inning.
1990 in baseball
July 12 - Barry Bonds hits his 100th career home run.
Scott Hairston
The second game was also the game in which Barry Bonds hit his 755th home run to tie the all-time record previously held by Hank Aaron.
Kerwin Danley
In the top of the second inning at San Diego, Barry Bonds of the Giants hit his 755th career home run off Clay Hensley, tying Hank Aaron for first all-time.
Ed Montague (umpire)
On May 28, 2006, Montague was umpiring second base when Barry Bonds hit his 715th home run to pass Babe Ruth for second place on the all-time list.
April 2006 in sports
Barry Bonds hit his first home run of the season off Aaron Cook in the San Francisco Giants' 6-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies.
2007 San Francisco Giants season
Barry Bonds hit his final home run of 2007 on September 5, bringing his career total to 762.
Byung-Hyun Kim
On May 28, Barry Bonds hit his 715th home run off Kim at SBC Park and surpassed Babe Ruth's 714 career home runs and put himself in sole possession of second place on the all-time career home runs list.
Derryl Cousins
In the top of the second inning at San Diego, Barry Bonds of the Giants hit his 755th career home run off Clay Hensley, tying Hank Aaron for first all-time.
Allan Huber Selig
Bud Selig did not attend the San Francisco Giants' baseball game on August 7th when Barry Bonds hit his record-breaking 756th home run; after the event, Selig released a statement congratulating Bonds.
Josh Gibson
Barry Bonds referred to "Josh Gibson's 800 home runs" in his post-game press conference after hitting his 756th MLB home run.
2005 in baseball
September 16 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hits his first home run of the season and the 704th of his career.
1993 in baseball
July 8 - Barry Bonds hits 200th career home run.
Bobby Bonds
Barry Bonds is the only other player in major league history to hit 300 home runs and steal 400 bases, and also the only other player to have five 30-30 seasons.
2002 in baseball
May 4 - Barry Bonds hits his 400th home run as a Giant, leading his team to a 3–0 win over Cincinnati.
2002 in baseball
August 9 - The Giants' Barry Bonds hits the 600th home run of his career, but his team still falls to the Pirates by a score of 4–3.
1998 in baseball
August 23 - Barry Bonds hits 400th career home run
May 2006 in sports
Barry Bonds hits his 715th career home run, a two-run shot off Byung-Hyun Kim in a home game against the Colorado Rockies.
Gene Clines
During the 2002 World Series with the Giants he wore a mic for FOX and when Barry Bonds hit his first career World Series home run he screamed, "OH MY GOD!"
September 2005 in sports
Padres reduce their magic number for clinching the NL West to two; Barry Bonds hits his 708th career home run in the first inning.
September 2005 in sports
Baseball: Barry Bonds hits his first home run in 2005 — number 704 in his career — as the San Francisco Giants defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-4.
2007 in baseball
Barry Bonds hits his 750th home run off of Liván Hernández in the 8th inning at AT&T Park as his San Francisco Giants lose 6-4 to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Dave O'Brien
More notably, he called the August 7, 2007, game between the Giants and the Washington Nationals in which Bonds hit his 756th home run, breaking the record that was held by Hank Aaron for more than 33 years.
2001 in baseball
April 17 - Barry Bonds becomes the 17th player in major league history to hit 500 career home runs.
2001 in baseball
August 11 - Barry Bonds hit his 50th home run of the season to lead the San Francisco Giants to a 9-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs.
2001 in baseball
September 6 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants becomes the fifth player in major league history to hit 60 home runs in a season during a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
2001 in baseball
October 5 - Barry Bonds hits his 71st and 72nd home runs of the year to set a new major league single-season mark in the San Francisco Giants' 11–10 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Bud Selig
Bud Selig did not attend the San Francisco Giants' baseball game on August 7th when Barry Bonds hit his record-breaking 756th home run; after the event, Selig released a statement congratulating Bonds.
715 (number)
Barry Bonds hit his 715th home run on Sunday, May 28th, 2006, to pass Babe Ruth's record.
Cindy Brunson
She was also anchoring SportsCenter when San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds hit his 755th and 756th career home runs, tying and surpassing Hank Aaron for most all-time.
July 2007 in sports
Baseball: Barry Bonds hits his 754th career home run in the first inning against the Florida Marlins at AT&T Park.
July 2007 in sports
Barry Bonds hits two home runs, but his San Francisco Giants lose to the Chicago Cubs, 9-8.
San Francisco Giants
On July 27, in the first inning of the Giants' three game series against the Florida Marlins, Bonds hit his 754th career home run.
San Francisco Giants
In the bottom of the 5th inning at home against the Nationals on August 7, 2007 Bonds hit his 756th home run which caused a melee in the crowd.
2004 in baseball
September 17 - The San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds becomes just the third player in major league history to hit 700 career home runs.
September 2006 in sports
Barry Bonds hits his 734th career home run to set a new National League career record.
September 2006 in sports
Barry Bonds hits his 733rd career home run, tying Hank Aaron for the National League record.
Brian Schneider
Overall, from 2003 through 2005, he threw out 43.5 percent of would-be base stealers, the best mark in baseball over that three-year span.Schneider was behind the plate catching Mike Bacsik when Barry Bonds hit his record-breaking 756th career home run on August 7, 2007.
2007 Major League Baseball season
Through his final home game (and last game of the season) on September 26th, Bonds has hit 762 home runs.
2007 Major League Baseball season
Sosa became the fifth player in Major League history to hit 600 career home runs and the second to hit his 600th career home run against his former team; in 2002, Barry Bonds hit his 600th home run against his former team, the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Dave Flemming
During Flemming's third inning call of a game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park, Bonds hit a home run off left-hander Chris Capuano.
Chris Schroder
It was in this game that Barry Bonds hit his 756th home run off Schroder's teammate, Mike Bacsik, breaking the 33-year-old record held by Hank Aaron for most career home runs.
71 (number)
Barry Bonds hit his 71st home run of 2001 against the Dodgers on October 5, 2001
Pat Misch
It was in this game that Barry Bonds hit his 755th home run, tying Hank Aaron for most all-time career home runs.
1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase
His record still stands, though the controversy over possible use of performance-enhancing drugs by McGwire and Sosa gained momentum when Bonds hit his 73 home runs despite having never hit as many as 50 in any other season.