Roberto Martin Antonio "Bobby" Bonilla is a former player in Major League Baseball of Afro-Puerto Rican descent who played from 1986 to 2001. Through his 16 years in professional baseball, Bonilla accumulated a .279 batting average, with a .358 OBP and a .472 slugging. He wa...
All-Star (1988–1991, 1993, 1995), World Series champion (1997), Silver Slugger Award (1988, 1990, 1991)
Nominations
National League Player of the Month (1988, 1990)
Star Sign
Pisces
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Fact
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Announced retirement after playing a 16 year MLB career with 8 different clubs [January 2002]
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Holds Baltimore Orioles single season Sacrifice Fly record (17 in 1996).
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Played majority of career with the Pittsburgh Pirates as well as 2 stints with New York Mets
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Member of the 1997 World Series Champion Florida Marlins, was later traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1998 with Gary Sheffield, Charles Johnson, Jim Eisenreich and Manuel Barrios for Mike Piazza and Todd Zeile (May 15, 1998).
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Played With Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets (twice), Baltimore Orioles, Florida Marlins, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves & St. Louis Cardinals
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Shares A.L. single-season record for most sacrifice flies - 17 (1996).
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Shares major league record for most doubles in one inning - 2
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Holds N.L. career record for most home runs by switch-hitter - 237
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He attended Lehman High School in the Bronx, NY
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Arli$$
1998
TV Series
Bobby Bonilla
New York Undercover
1994
TV Series
Ronnie Holland
Rookie of the Year
1993
Three Big Whiffers
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
ESPN SportsCentury
2001
TV Series documentary
Himself
Sunday Night Baseball
1991-2001
TV Series
Himself - Florida Marlins Third Baseman / Himself - Baltimore Orioles Right Fielder / Himself - New York Mets Right Fielder / ...
1999 National League Championship Series
1999
TV Mini-Series
Himself - New York Mets Pinch Hitter
1997 World Series
1997
Video documentary
Himself
Late Show with David Letterman
1997
TV Series
Himself
1997 National League Championship Series
1997
TV Series
Himself - Florida Marlins Third Baseman
1996 American League Championship Series
1996
TV Mini-Series
Himself - Baltimore Orioles Right Fielder
Lauren Hutton and...
1996
TV Series
Himself
1995 MLB All-Star Game
1995
TV Special
Himself - NL Third Baseman
Living Single
1995
TV Series
Himself
1993 MLB All-Star Game
1993
TV Special
Himself - NL Outfielder
Back to Back Bucs: The 1991 Pittsburgh Pirates
1991
Video
Himself
1991 National League Championship Series
1991
TV Series
Himself - Pittsburgh Pirates Right Fielder
1991 MLB All-Star Game
1991
TV Special
Himself - NL Designated Hitter
No Doubt About It: The Story of the 1990 Pittsburgh Pirates
1990
Video
Himself
1990 National League Championship Series
1990
TV Series
Himself - Pittsburgh Pirates Right Fielder / Third Baseman / Himself - Pittsburgh Pirates Third Baseman