As I've mentioned previously, for some reason Barry Bonds seems to play his best baseball each year in the month of August. This year looks to be no exception thus far.

Barry Bonds August '07 #s:

.323 Batting Average
.511 OBP
.839 Slugging Percentage
5 Homers in 31 At Bats.
5 HR/3 SO

His 1.350 August OPS thus far is tied with his OPS for April for his best month this year.

This month is continuing his strange fluctuations up and down with each month this year.

Bonds' monthly batting averages:

April: .356
May: .194
June: .364
July: .186
August: .323

Barry Bonds' Augusts of summers past:

In 2006 he hit .333 in August despite not reaching .300 in any other month that year.

In 2005 he did not play in August due to injury.

In 2004 he hit .414 with 11 home runs (in 70 at bats) and a 1.000 SLG in August.

In 2003 he hit .452 with 7 home runs (in just 42 at bats) and a 1.024 SLG in August.

In 2002 he hit .447 with 11 home runs (in 76 at bats) and a .961 SLG in August.

In 2001 he hit .350 with 12 home runs (in 80 at bats) and a .888 SLG in August. In 2001 both May and September/Oct. were actually more impressive months.

Looking at his career splits Bonds indeed does have his highest career OPS (1.086) in August. He's also hit more home runs (146), had more RBI (374), had more Runs (406), had more Hits (516), had more walks (463), than in any other month. His career BA (.306) and OBP (.453) in August are also the highest of any month. His .633 SLG in August is tied with April for his highest.

Unrelated but awesome Barry Bonds trivia

In an unrelated but cool split, Barry Bonds career numbers vs the New York Yankees:

6 Games
.533 Batting Average
.741 On Base Percentage
.933 Slugging Percentage

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