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Bonds receives 23 of 24 first-place votes and 331 of a possible 336 points from the Baseball Writers of America Association to win his first MVP award. The slugger is the first player to bat .300, hit 30 homers, drive in 100 runs and steal 50 bases in a season. "I think I had an MVP season. This was just an unreal year," Bonds says. "I don't know if I can ever do this again, but I can tell my kids and grandkids that for six months I was up there with the best of them."
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Proving that his previous season was no fluke, Bonds wraps up another impressive year, hitting .292 with 25 homers, 116 RBIs, 95 runs scored and 43 steals. However, the 27-year-old outfielder fares even worse in his second LCS, recording just four hits in 27 at-bats (.148) with no homers or RBIs as Atlanta outlasts Pittsburgh in seven games.
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Barry and Sun welcome daughter Shikari.
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An accolade away from the diamond for Barry: He is named one of People's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World.
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Bonds puts together his finest season to date -- .311 batting average, 34 homers, 103 RBIs, 109 runs scored and 39 stolen bases -- but his postseason nightmare continue. The Pirates lose their third consecutive NLCS and drop their second straight seven-game series to Atlanta and all Bonds can muster is a .261 average (6 for 23), one home run and two RBIs.
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After leading the Pirates to their third straight NL East title, Bonds becomes the 10th player in history to win more than one NL MVP. "I want to do it again," he says. "I'm 28. I want to be the first to do it four times."
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Bonds breaks another major league record. He becomes the highest-paid baseball player of all-time when he inks a six-year, $43.75 million contract with the Giants. "It's like a boyhood dream that came true for me,'' Bonds says. ''All I've ever wanted to do is share something with my father [the following week, Bobby is named hitting coach of the Giants]. This is the greatest moment in my entire life.''
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Bonds returns to Pittsburgh for the first time since signing with the Giants and is unmercifully jeered; some fans even throw fake dollar bills on the field. The former Buc responds by going 2 for 4 with a double, triple and three runs scored.
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The largest regular-season crowd (56,689) in San Francisco history turns out for Bonds' home debut. The slugger doesn't disappoint, homering in his first home at-bat in Candlestick.
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With 24 of 28 first-place votes, Bonds becomes the seventh player in major league history to win the MVP award three times. He finishes the '93 season with a .336 average and an NL-best 46 home runs and 123 RBIs. But Bonds doesn't want to stop at three. "I feel I have a lot more to accomplish," he says.
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Bonds makes his big-screen debut, playing himself in the baseball flick Rookie of the Year.
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Photographs by John Iacono, Ronald C. Modra
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