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Barry Bonds was one of the Sports and recreation good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Good article reassessment

Barry Bonds

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Result: Delisted. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 17:12, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Most of this article is good, but there are a few sections that need citations near the end. In particular, the "Records held" section has been tagged since March 2017. Steelkamp (talk) 09:17, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Semi-protected edit request on 10 June 2024

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Under the section "==Early life==", the opening sentence reads "Bonds was born in Riverside, California, to Patricia (née Howard) and former major leaguer Bobby Bonds, and grew up in San Carlos and attended Junípero Serra High School in San Mateo, where he excelled in baseball, basketball, and football." Can you please add "Barry Lamar" to open the sentence? It should read "Barry Lamar Bonds was born in Riverside, California, to Patricia (née Howard) and former major leaguer Bobby Bonds, and grew up in San Carlos and attended Junípero Serra High School in San Mateo, where he excelled in baseball, basketball, and football." 2603:8000:8500:38F2:C5C1:BEEE:B0C9:A94 (talk) 21:58, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: See MOS:SURNAME, After the initial mention, a person should generally be referred to by surname only '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 04:26, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 29 October 2024

Need to add Shohei Othani to this list on the Barry Bonds page! Also change the number to 6 players, not 5.

“He is also one of only five baseball players all-time to be in the 40–40 club (1996), which means he hit 40 home runs (42) and stole 40 bases (40) in the same season; the other members are José Canseco, Alex Rodriguez, Alfonso Soriano, and Ronald Acuña Jr.[237]

}} 24.4.193.194 (talk) 15:23, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 27 March 2025

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Under the section "Post-playing career", please add "Since Bonds' last season in 2007, the Giants have started a different left fielder on every Opening Day, tying the Major League record for the longest streak by any team at any position since at least 1900.^[1][2][3]".

Please add this after the sentence that reads "On December 9, however, Borris told the San Francisco Chronicle that Bonds had played his last major league game." and before the sentence that reads "Bonds announced on April 11, 2010, that he was proud of McGwire for admitting his use of steroids." 136.44.1.1 (talk) 16:46, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: It's an interesting stat but it's still fairly trivial and tangentially related to Bonds, and not really needed where you suggest. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 12:55, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

References

1. https://www.mlb.com/news/giants-consecutive-seasons-with-different-left-fielder
2. https://www.si.com/fannation/mlb/fastball/history/san-francisco-giants-revolving-door-in-left-field-ties-longstanding-mlb-record-19-year-streak-barry-bonds-to-michael-conforto-heliot-ramos-opening-day-01jq5sbvcecs
3. https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/03/27/sf-giants-mlb-opening-day-barry-bonds-left-field-orioles/

Record edits post-Negro League stat addition

MLB added Negro League statistics to the official record books about a year ago. That altered several record holders including (as was just brought to my attention), Bonds' single-season slugging records. I've updated those, but it's probably worth a more detailed glance to see if there are others. Staxringold _talk^contribs 14:12, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]