Barry Bonds has been a central figure since 2003 in baseball's Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO) scandal for allegedly using a performance-enhancing anabolic steroid that was apparently undetectable by doping tests.  Barry was indicted on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice for allegedly lying to the grand jury during the federal government's investigation of BALCO. The perjury charges against Bonds were dropped and the obstruction of justice conviction was overturned in 2015 by an eleven-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.   

 

Bonds became eligible for the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013 but he has not received the 75 percent vote needed to be elected. Barry earned a record seven NL MVP awards, eight Gold Glove awards, a record 12 Silver Slugger awards, 14 All-Star selections, and stole 514 bases, becoming the first and only MLB player to date with at least 500 home runs and 500 stolen bases. He has the most career home runs (762), most home runs in a single season (73) and most career walks (2,558).