Best Of The San Francisco Giants: Top 10 Seasons In Left Field
By Phil Watson
2. Barry Bonds, 2002
| Year ▾ | Age | G | PA | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 37 | 143 | 612 | 117 | 149 | 31 | 2 | 46 | 110 | 9 | 2 | 198 | 47 | .370 | .582 | .799 | 1.381 | 268 |
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Generated 2/10/2014.
Bonds copped a second straight MVP award—as a unanimous choice—and went to his 11th All-Star Game as the Giants returned to the postseason and reached their first World Series since 1989.
He led the league with a .370 average, a then-record 198 walks (breaking the mark he set the year before), .582 on-base percentage, .799 slugging percentage, 1.381 OPS, 268 OPS-plus and a then-record 68 intentional walks.
Bonds also led the league with an 11.8 WAR and 11.8 Offensive WAR, as well as with 208 Runs Created.
He was second with 46 home runs, third with 117 runs and 79 extra-base hits, sixth with 110 RBI and seventh with 322 total bases
After years of postseason frustration, Bonds was remarkable, particularly in the World Series, where he was 8-for-17 with four home runs and six RBI, despite having to work around 13 walks in the seven-game loss to the Angels. Bonds was 3-for-11 with five runs, a homer and six RBI to go with 10 walks in a five-game NLCS win over the Cardinals and went 5-for-17 with three homers and four RBI in five games against his old nemesis from his days in Pittsburgh, the Atlanta Braves.