Best Of The San Francisco Giants: Top 10 Seasons In Left Field
By Phil Watson
8. Barry Bonds, 1997
| Year ▾ | Age | G | PA | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 32 | 159 | 690 | 123 | 155 | 26 | 5 | 40 | 101 | 37 | 8 | 145 | 87 | .291 | .446 | .585 | 1.031 | 170 |
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Generated 2/10/2014.
Bonds was an All-Star starter for the sixth straight year, making his seventh All-Star appearance overall, and finished fifth in the MVP voting, while also picking up his second straight Gold Glove (seventh overall).
He led the National League with 145 walks and 34 intentional walks.
Bonds was also fifth in the NL with an 8.2 WAR (fourth among position players) and was fifth with a 6.8 Offensive WAR. He was third with 151 Runs Created and second with a Power-Speed number of 38.4.
He was second with a .446 on-base percentage, third with a 1.031 OPS and 123 runs, fourth with 40 home runs, sixth with a .585 slugging percentage and 37 stolen bases and eighth with 311 total bases.
Bonds had a pedestrian first postseason with the Giants, however, as they won the NL West to reach the playoffs for the first time since 1989. In a three-game sweep at the hands of the Marlins, Bonds was 3-for-12 with two doubles and two RBI to go with a stolen base.