Barry Bonds smacked his 6th Home Run of the season on Sunday afternoon. It was his 740th career Home Run, moving him within 15 Home Runs of Hank Aaron’s all-time career mark of 755 Home Runs.
Bonds currently has a AB/HR ratio of 7.67. He’s averaging just over three At-Bats a Game through the Giants’ 17 games (he’s played 15) so far this season.
Let’s extrapolate. At Bonds’ current pace, he’ll need about 123 AB to hit 16 more Home Runs and set a new Record at 756. That’s about 40 games. Provided that he continues to hit Home Runs at his current pace and sits most of the Giants’ day games, Bonds will be in the vicinity of 755 and 756 in mid-June.
- June 11-13: vs Toronto
- June 15-17: at Boston (VERY short RF porch)
- June 18-20: at Milwaukee
- June 22-24: vs NY Yankees
Make your travel plans accordingly.
The most baseball drama would come if Bonds is sitting on breaking the record before heading to Milwaukee for games vs the Commisioner’s beloved Brewers and where Aaron used to play. Selig’s head might explode if he had to preside over the eventual HR torch-passing in his home town.
Of course, Bonds could prefer to surpass Aaron in San Francisco in front of his fans rather than in front of a crowd which could be hostile.
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