Compensation
| Years | Description | Salary |
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| 8 yr | Previous | $126,758,826 | | 8 yr | Total | $126,758,826 |
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| Service Time | Agent | Contract Status |
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| 21 y 129 d | Boras Corp. (formerly Dennis Gilbert) | 1 year/$15.8M (2007) |
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- 1 year/$15.8M (2007). Re-signed by San Francisco as a free agent 2/07. 07:$15.8M. $5.8M of 2007 salary is deferred. $4.2M in performance bonuses (earned $3.5M in bonuses, to be paid, plus 3% interest, in 2009): $0.5M for 250 PAs. $1M each for 300, 375 & 450 PAs. $0.7M for 525 PAs. If Bonds is indicted, club has right to 1) terminate contract under sections 7(b)(1) and 7(b)(3) of Uniform Player Contract, 2) convert contract to a non-guaranteed deal, allowing club to release him before Opening Day & pay 30 or 45 days' termination pay. Bonds agreed not to ask the players' union to file a grievance if he is released after an indictment. Under the agreement, Bonds' personal trainers are no longer club employees & no longer allowed in restricted areas at Major League parks. Perks: hotel suite on road, use of luxury suite for 5 homes games, 5 free lower box seats for each road game. (Bonds' agent maintained that any provision allowing the club to void the contract in the wake of an indictment is not enforceable under the Collective Bargaining Agreement.)
- 5 years/$90M (2002-06). Signed extension with San Francisco 1/02. $10M signing bonus ($2.5M paid in 2002, $3.5M in 2003, $4M in 2004). First 4 years/$72M guaranteed. 02:$13M, 03:$13M, 04:$16M, 05:$20M, 06:$18M club option. Club may void 2006 if Bonds has less than 500 PAs in 05. Club may not void 2006 option if Bonds has 950 PAs in 2004-05 and at least 400 PAs 2005. $5M/year of 2002-06 salaries deferred at 3.5%, paid 2007-11. $0.1M All Star award bonus. No-trade clause. 10-year personal services contract begins after playing career ends, paying nearly $1M annually to the Bonds Family Foundation. San Francisco exercised 2006 option 9/04.
- 2 years/$22.9M (1999-2000), plus 2001 club option. Signed extension with San Francisco 2/97. 99:$9.7M, 00:$10.7M, 01:$10.3M club option ($2.5M buyout). $0.425M annually in performance bonuses. San Francisco exercised 2001 option 7/99.
- 6 years/$43.75M (1993-98). Signed by San Francisco as a free agent 12/92. $2.5M signing bonus. 93:$4M, 94:$4.75M, 95:$7.75M, 96:$8M, 97:$8.25M, 98:$8.5M. Highest annual average salary at signing. Largest-ever total package at signing. Bonds agreed to defer $500,000 in salary annually at the prime rate, to be paid 1999-2008. Award bonuses: $0.1M for MVP (won 1993). $0.25M for second MVP. $0.75M for third MVP. $1M for fourth MVP. Limited no-trade protection allowing Bonds to block deals to Toronto and Montreal.
- 1 year/$4.7M (1992). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 2/92 (avoided arbitration, $5M-$4M). $0.15M signing bonus, 92:$4.55M
one-year salary record at time of signing. Hotel suite on road trips to LA, SF & San Diego (first player to be guaranteed a suite on the road). $0.6M in award bonuses. $0.25M for MVP ($0.1M for 2nd in MVP vote). $0.15M for World Series MVP. $0.1M for The Sporting News player of year. $0.1M for LCS MVP.
- 1 year/$2.3M (1991). Lost arbitration with Pittsburgh ($3.25M-$2.3M).
- 1 year/$0.85M (1990). Lost arbitration with Pittsburgh ($1.6M-$0.85M).
- 1 year/$0.36M (1989). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/12/89. Performance bonuses.
- 1 year/$0.22M (1988).
- 1 year/$0.1M (1987).
- 1 year/$60,000 (1986).
- Drafted by Pittsburgh 1985 (1-6). Drafted by San Francisco 1982 (2-39) (did not sign).
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