Giants CEO: Bonds to get statue at Oracle Park

SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Bonds volition beryllium getting a statue extracurricular the San Francisco Giants' location stadium wherever helium acceptable baseball's vocation location tally record, the team's CEO said Thursday.

Giants President and Chief Executive Officer Larry Baer was asked during a vigor interrogation astir a statue for Bonds, and helium responded that it was "on the radar." But Baer didn't person immoderate details of erstwhile that would happen.

"Barry is surely deserving of a statue, and I would accidental should beryllium adjacent up," Baer said during an quality connected San Francisco's 95.7 The Game. "We don't person the nonstop determination and the nonstop day and the nonstop timing. ... It's coming. All I tin accidental is it's coming."

Bonds played for San Francisco the past 15 of his 22 large league seasons, hitting 586 of his 762 homers portion with the Giants from 1993-2007. He acceptable the single-season MLB grounds with 73 homers successful 2001, and deed his record-breaking 756th homer to walk Hank Aaron successful a location crippled disconnected Washington's Mike Bacsik connected Aug. 7, 2007.

There are presently 5 statues extracurricular Oracle Park, those of Hall of Famers Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal, Gaylord Perry and Orlando Cepeda. The Giants retired Bonds' No. 25 jersey successful 2018.

Bonds, a seven-time MVP and 14-time All-Star, is not successful the Hall of Fame. He failed to scope the 75% threshold required during his 10 years connected the Baseball Writers Association of America's Hall of Fame ballot, mostly due to the fact that of steroids allegations that dogged him during his last years with the Giants. The Contemporary Player Committee besides passed connected electing Bonds successful 2022, though the committee could reconsider Bonds' status.