Bobby Bonilla, American baseball player
Roberto Martin Antonio Bonilla (, born February 23, 1963) is an American former baseball player in Major League Baseball who played in the major leagues from 1986 to 2001.
Bonilla was one of the Major League's best batters and overall top players in the late 1980s and early 1990s, as well as a part of the highly successful and pennant contending Pittsburgh Pirates organization around the same time. Bonilla recorded impressive statistics in home runs, RBIs, doubles, extra base hits, Wins Above Replacement averages, as well as four All-Star selections, three Silver Slugger Awards and was a top candidate for the National League's Most Valuable Player award during his tenure with the Pirates. He led the league in extra base hits (78) during the 1990 MLB season and doubles (44) during the 1991 MLB season. Bonilla signed with the New York Mets during the 1991-92 offseason to an astronomical contract that earned him the distinction of being the highest-paid player in the league at the time, earning more than $6 million per year. However he struggled to live up to expectations with the Mets (which made the contract the subject of much criticism) and throughout the rest of career, despite a brief rebound where he earned two additional All-Star appearances and helped the Florida Marlins win the 1997 World Series. Through his 16 years in professional baseball, Bonilla accumulated a .279 batting average, with a .358 on-base percentage and a .472 slugging percentage.