# @lohudsports on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DLk87pZM6eq
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32033085-lohudsports-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-07-01T19:45:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** lohud sports (@lohudsports) — https://gondola.cc/lohudsports

## Caption

July 1 is an anniversary of sorts for the New York Mets. It's Bobby Bonilla Day, of course.

Bonilla spent 16 seasons in Major League Baseball, beginning with the Chicago White Sox in 1986 before his best seasons of his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates between 1986-91.

During that time, he earned four of his six All-Star selections and twice finished in the top-3 in National League MVP voting. Arguably his best season came in 1990 when he slashed .280/.322/.518 with 32 home runs, 120 RBI and 112 runs.

Those strong seasons led the Mets to ink Bonilla to a five-year, $29 million contract in 1991 — then the richest contract in franchise history. Bonilla earned two All-Star selections as a member of the Mets, including 1994 when he finished with 34 home runs and 87 RBI.

Bonilla was traded to the Baltimore Orioles in July 1995 and bounced between six teams, including a World Series title with the Florida Marlins in 1997 and a trip back to the Mets in 1999, during the final six seasons of his career.

After Bonilla's return to the Mets in 1999, the team worked out a deal where they would defer the payment of $5.9 million owed to him with 8 percent interest over the course of 25 years between 2011-35.

🔗 :  Find out more of what to know of the Mets continuing to pay Bonilla each year at our link in bio.

📸: John Swart/Allsport/Getty Images
✍: Andrew Tredinnick

#lohudsports mets #newyorkmets #bobbybonilla #bobbybonilladay

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