Barry Bond Hall Of Fame Essay

What are the requirements to be inducted into the Hall of Fame? Why should somebody be denied their right to be recognized as one of the greatest players? Why should Barry Bonds be kept out of the Hall of Fame? Was his career not Hall of Fame worthy? Barry Bonds was born July 24th, 1964, in Riverside, California to his mother, Patricia Howard, and his father, who was a former major leaguer, by the name of Bobby Bonds. From an early age Bonds excelled at the game, hitting .467 senior year in High School; he was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in 1982 but turned down the contract and went to college instead. He attended Arizona State University where he hit .347 with 45 home runs in his first year and continued on this path of greatness until he was drafted in 1985 to the Pittsburgh Pirates. From here he began his major league career, one of the greatest in baseball history. Barry Bonds hit a .298 average during his career in the Major Leagues, this means that he got a base hit 3 out of 10 times for 22 seasons, 2986 games, and 9847 plate appearances. Throughout his career, he totaled 2935 hits, 762 of which were home runs. He holds the current

According to a data chart featured on Wikipedia, “Barry Bonds was an MLB All-Star 14 times in the years 1990, 1992-1998, 2000-2004, and 2007.” This means that out of his whole career, Bonds was an All-Star in fourteen of them. Eight of the titles were given to Bonds before 1998 which is before the drugs. The same chart on Wikipedia also shows, “Barry Bonds was awarded the Rawling Gold-Glove Award 8 times before 1998.” This shows that Bonds did not need steroids to increase his skills because they were already amazing beforehand. Though Bonds took PEDs, he had a great career before, and he did not need them at all. Therefore, Barry Bonds was an incredible talent before drugs, one that is worthy of the Hall of