San Francisco Giants will retire Barry Bonds’ No. 25 jersey in August
In this April 13, 2002, file photo, San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds waves and poses for fans during the annual on-field photo day before the Giants' baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers in San Francisco. Bonds will have his No. 25 jersey retired this August by the Giants when his former Pittsburgh Pirates are in town, the team announced Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
In this Aug. 7, 2007, file photo, San Francisco Giants Barry Bonds celebrates after his 756th career home run in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals in San Francisco. Bonds will have his No. 25 jersey retired this August by the Giants when his former Pittsburgh Pirates are in town, the team announced Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
Former San Francisco Giants player Barry Bonds, left, waves to fans from the broadcast booth next to broadcaster Mike Krukow, right, during a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
In this file photo from Saturday, July 8, 2017, former San Francisco Giants baseball player Barry Bonds waves to fans before throwing the ceremonial first pitch prior to the Giants' baseball game against the Miami Marlins in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
This March 22, 2017 file photo shows Barry Bonds responding to a question during a news conference in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, file)
In this Sept. 26, 2007, file photo, San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds waves goodbye to the fans at AT&T Park after his final at bat against the San Diego Padres in the sixth inning of their baseball game in San Francisco, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007. Bonds will have his No. 25 jersey retired this August by the Giants when his former Pittsburgh Pirates are in town, the team announced Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
In this Aug. 7, 2007, file photo, San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds drops his bat after hitting his 756th career home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game off Washington Nationals' Mike Bacsik in San Francisco. Bonds will have his No. 25 jersey retired this August by the Giants when his former Pittsburgh Pirates are in town, the team announced Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)
In this Aug. 4, 2007, file photo, San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds watches a home run, the 755th of his career, during the second inning of the team's baseball game against the San Diego Padres in San Diego. Bonds and Roger Clemens came up short in voting for the baseball Hall of Fame, in results announced Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/ Kevork Djansezian, File)
SAN FRANCISCO — Home run king Barry Bonds will have his No. 25 jersey retired this August by the San Francisco Giants when his former Pittsburgh Pirates are in town.
The Giants announced Tuesday they would hold a ceremony to honor the former slugger and seven-time NL MVP on Aug. 11. He will become only the 12th player from the New York or San Francisco Giants to have his number retired.
Bonds, now 53, broke Hank Aaron’s home run record with No. 756 on Aug. 7, 2007. He finished his 22-year big league career in 2007 with 762 homers.
He says, “I’m both honored and humbled that the Giants are going to retire my number this season.”
