It's quite an accomplishment.' and his opponent's manager, Ned Yost of the Brewers, commented, 'You don't see 40-40 every day, and that's a huge accomplishment.'īarry Bonds Rookie Card | 1986 Topps Traded Baseball Card (#11T)īarry Bonds was a fourteen-time All-Star who started in left field eleven times - the most of any left fielder in baseball history (#2 Joe Medwick / 8 starts in left field and #3 Stan Musial / 5 starts in left field). The people that hit forty home runs or more don't steal that many bases, even today. Barry Bonds Miscellaneous Items of Interestĭid you know that Jose Canseco (1988), Barry Bonds (1996), Alex Rodriguez (1998) and Alfonso Soriano (2006) are the only four major league ballplayers in the 40/40 Club (40 HRs & 40 SBs in the same season)? When Soriano joined the club his manager, hall of famer Frank Robinson, commented on MLB.com, 'It's a very nice accomplishment.
