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June 1982: Graduates from Serra High School in San Mateo, Calif., where he starred in baseball, basketball and football. He hit .404 over three varsity seasons and was Prep All-America his senior season. ... San Francisco selects Bonds in the second round of the draft, but he opts to attend Arizona State instead.

1985: Is named All-American at Arizona State, where he played three seasons, earning All-Pac 10 honors every year for the Sun Devils. (Bonds played in the College World Series in 1983 and 1984.) ... Signs with Pittsburgh (first round, sixth overall pick); begins pro career with Prince Williams and is named Carolina League Player of the Month for July. Hits .299 over 71 games with 13 homers.

May 30, 1986: Makes his big-league debut with Pittsburgh after having his contract with Triple-A Hawaii -- where he batted .311 with seven homers over 44 games -- purchased by the Pirates.

May 31, 1986: Gets his first Major League hit, a double, off Rick Honeycutt of the Dodgers.

June 4, 1986: Hits Major League homer No. 1, a solo shot, off Atlanta Braves' Craig McMurtry in the fifth inning. Bonds is 21 years old.

1986: Leads National League rookies with 16 homers, 48 RBIs, 36 stolen bases and 65 walks.

Nov. 19, 1990: Wins first of record six NL Most Valuable Player Awards from BBWAA.

July 1990: Makes All-Star team for first time. Is hitless in one official at-bat, but walks and scores during Midsummer Classic at Chicago's Wrigley Field.

Nov. 1990: Wins first of eight Rawlings Gold Glove awards for outstanding defense.

Dec. 8, 1992: Signs a six-year contract with San Francisco.

April 12, 1992: Welcome to Candlestick Park, Mr. Bonds: He clubs a homer in his first at-bat as a Giant.

July 8, 1993: Philadelphia's Jose DeLeon gives up career homer No. 200 at the Vet in the seventh inning. Two frames earlier, Bonds crushed No. 199 off Danny Jackson.

1993: Wins Hickok Award as nation's top athlete.

Aug. 2, 1994: Bashes three homers in a game for first time in career, going 4-for-5 with a single and four RBIs against Cincinnati.

June 28, 1995: Steals second base in a game against Colorado, establishing, with his father, a Major League record of 783 stolen bases by a father-son combination.

April 27, 1996: Hits 300th lifetime homer off Florida's John Burkett at Candlestick Park in the third inning with one runner aboard. Smacks No. 301 two innings later. Joins Willie Mays, Andre Dawson and the elder Bonds as only ballplayers to hit 300 career homers and steal 300 bases.

Aug. 25, 1996: Sits out game against Expos, snapping a franchise-record 357 consecutive games played. Hadn't missed a game since May 6, 1994 vs. Los Angeles.

Aug. 23, 1998: Slugs 400th homer off Florida's Kirt Ojala in Florida, and becomes first member of 400-400 club.

Sept. 11, 1999: Collects 2,000th career base hit, a fourth-inning double off Atlanta's Tom Glavine.

2001: The Sporting News names him Player of the Decade for the 1990s.

April 17, 2001: Smashes 500th homer of his career off Los Angeles pitcher Terry Adams at San Francisco in the eighth inning. The two-run blast is his seventh splash hit into McCovey Cove.

Oct. 3, 2001: Breaks the single-season walks record when the Houston Astros give him three free passes -- Nos. 175, 176 and 177 on the season.

Oct. 5, 2001: Cracks homers No. 71 and 72 (career Nos. 565 and 566) off the Dodgers' Chan Ho Park to break Mark McGwire's single-season homer record of 70.

Aug. 9, 2002: Blasts 600th home run, a solo shot off Pittsburgh's Kip Wells, in sixth inning.

Sept. 29, 2002: Wins his first National League batting title, hitting .370; sets single-season records with 198 walks and .582 on-base percentage.

Oct. 19, 2002: Homers in his first World Series at-bat against the Anaheim Angels, 26th player in Major League history to do so.

April 12, 2003: Posts third multi-hit homer game of year at New York; it is the 64th of his career, giving him sole possession of all-time third place, where he trails only Babe Ruth (72) and Mark McGwire (67).

June 23, 2003: Steals 500th career base, becoming first member of 500-500 club. Earlier, father Bobby and godfather Willie Mays were at the ballpark.

July 24, 2003: Hits 470th homer as a Giant -- on his 39th birthday -- off Arizona's Mike Myers to pass Willie McCovey for first place on the all-time list.

Nov. 18, 2003: Wins sixth NL MVP Award and third straight.

April 12, 2004: Hits 660th homer off Milwaukee's Matt Kinney, a three-run four-bagger that ties Willie Mays -- who is present to celebrate his godson's triumph -- for third on the all-time list.

April 13, 2004: Smashes home run No. 661 off Milwaukee's Ben Ford, giving him sole possession of third place on Major League Baseball's all-time homer list. At second place is the legendary Babe Ruth, who has 714, while Hank Aaron -- at 755 -- is a seemingly distant first.

June 13, 2004: Clubs 500th homer for San Francisco off Baltimore's Sidney Ponson, becoming third player in Giants history -- Mays had 646, Mel Ott 511 -- to do so.

July 4, 2004: Strolls into history, breaking Rickey Henderson's all-time Major League walks mark with a pair of free passes to give him 2,191 for his career. Oakland A's pitchers Mark Mulder and Chad Bradford issued the walks.

July 24, 2004: Celebrates 40th birthday while competing in 19th Major League campaign.

Rich Draper is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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