Barry Bonds is the son of Bobby Bonds, a major league player from 1968-81… Bonds batted and threw left-handed, and wore #25… Barry Bonds joined the elite 40-40 club in 1996, hitting 42 home runs and stealing 40 bases… He hit his 715th career home run on 28 May 2006, surpassing Babe Ruth for second on the all-time American homer list, right behind Hank Aaron; then he passed Aaron by hitting his 756th major league home run on 7 August 2007… Slugger Sadaharu Oh hit 868 homers during his career (1959-80) with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan’s major leagues, making him the worldwide home run leader. Despite the common nickname of Giants, the San Francisco and Yomiuri teams are not related.