SF Giants’ CEO Larry Baer says Barry Bonds statue ‘on the radar’
SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants currently have five statues standing outside of Oracle Park: Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Orlando Cepeda, Juan Marichal and Gaylord Perry. A sixth appears to be on the horizon.
On Wednesday morning, Giants CEO Larry Baer told 95.7 The Game’s “The Morning Roast” that a statue of franchise legend and MLB home run king Barry Bonds is “on the radar.”
“Barry is deserving of a statue and I would say, should be next up,” Baer said. “We don’t have the exact location and the exact date and the exact timing, but you’re saying things that we’re totally in sync with. You probably notice, Barry’s around a lot, more recently this year and last year as well. He has great relationships across the team. … It’s coming. All I can say is it’s coming.”
Bonds, whose father, Bobby was a Giants star and had Mays as a godfather, played 15 seasons with the Giants from 1993 until his retirement following the 2007 season. Bonds, who starred at Serra High in San Mateo, was a 12-time All-Star with the Giants and won five of his seven MVP awards while representing San Francisco, including four straight from 2001-2004.
Baer did not say when the statue would be built, nor did he say where the statue would be located. It would be plenty appropriate for the Giants to place a potential statue somewhere near McCovey Cove given that Bonds was responsible for 35 Splash Hits, the most of any player in Oracle Park history.
As far as a potential pose, arguably the most iconic image of Bonds is him raising both of his arms when he broke Henry Aaron’s all-time home run record in 2007.
The Giants retired Bonds’ No. 25 in 2018. Bonds hit 160 of his 762 home runs at Oracle Park, the most of any venue.