Bobby Lee Bonds Jr. (born March 7, 1970) is an American former minor-league baseball player. He is the son of former baseball player

Bobby Bonds Bobby Lee Bonds Sr. (March 15, 1946 – August 23, 2003) was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball from to . He played for the San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees, California Angels, Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers (baseball), ...

and the younger brother of

Barry Bonds Barry Lamar Bonds (born July 24, 1964) is an American former professional baseball left fielder who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Bonds was a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1986 to 1992 and the San Francisco Giants f ...

and Ricky Bonds. After high school, he went to

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to play baseball. He was drafted in the 1992 June Amateur Draft.

Baseball career

Bonds moved up from Rookie League to Low–A during his first year in professional baseball. In 1993, he moved up to Single–A to play with the

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. In 1994, during one of the best seasons of his career, Bonds was promoted from Single–A straight to Triple–A. He began the 1995 season in High–A and was traded to the

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organization, the club that

was on at the time. In 1998, Bobby started with the independent

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, then played for the Giants' Double–A and Triple–A teams. Bonds spent the rest of his baseball career (1999–2002) with independent minor league teams.

On his brother's steroid case

In a 2007, interview with the Star-Ledger, Bonds said that he doesn't know whether Barry used steroids and he said that Barry would never have admitted using them to him anyway. Bonds also criticized

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, who had announced that he would not be present when Barry hit numbers 755 and 756.

References

External links

His Brother's Big Footsteps - SI VaultBonds brothers in same outfield - Toledo BladeBonds' brother bothered by baseball snub - ESPNBonds' brother upset with Aaron over snub - MSNBCDiary of A Sports Writer
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