Boof Bonser

Birth Date: 10/14/1981

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Jon Paul Bonser was born October 14, 1981, in St. Petersburg, Florida. In late 2001, he legally changed his name to “Boof,” his long-time nickname given by his mother.

Boof was drafted out of high school in the first round of the 2000 Major League Draft by the San Francisco Giants.

In November 2003, Bonser was part of the infamous AJ Pierzynski trade. With Joe Mauer appearing ready in the minor leagues, the Twins traded their all-star catcher Pierzynski for Boof Bonser, Francisco Liriano, and Joe Nathan. That was an all-time great trade for the Twins, but it’s worth mentioning that Pierzynski is the only one of the players involved to have won a World Series.

Bonser made his Major League debut on May 21, 2006, and went on to start 60 games for the Twins over the next three seasons.

After a couple ineffective and injury-filled seasons, the Twins traded Bonser in December 2009 to the Boston Red Sox for Chris Province who never made Major League Baseball. Bonser played briefly for Boston and Oakland in 2010. He later bounced around the minor leagues with the Mets, Giants, and Cleveland.

According to a 2002 Tampa Bay Newspapers article, Bonser was working in Connecticut building submarines. That article has an informative review of Boof’s life and career.

Notable Events & Trivia

In September 2006 Boof Bonser was named American League Rookie of the Month.

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Boof Bonser Statistics

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2006	24	MIN	AL	7	6	.538	4.22	18	18	0	0	0	0	100.1	104	50	47	18	24	0	84	1	0	2	419	106	4.55	1.276	9.3	1.6	2.2	7.5	3.50
2007	25	MIN	AL	8	12	.400	5.10	31	30	0	0	0	0	173.0	199	108	98	27	65	4	136	5	1	3	772	84	4.91	1.526	10.4	1.4	3.4	7.1	2.09
2008	26	MIN	AL	3	7	.300	5.93	47	12	9	0	0	0	118.1	139	87	78	16	36	1	97	1	1	6	532	71	4.19	1.479	10.6	1.2	2.7	7.4	2.69

2010	28	TOT	AL	1	0	1.000	6.12	15	0	4	0	0	0	25.0	33	17	17	2	8	0	17	0	0	1	112	69	3.72	1.640	11.9	0.7	2.9	6.1	2.13
2010	28	BOS	AL	0	0		18.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	6	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	13	28	6.08	4.000	27.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
2010	28	OAK	AL	1	0	1.000	5.09	13	0	3	0	0	0	23.0	27	13	13	2	6	0	17	0	0	1	99	82	3.51	1.435	10.6	0.8	2.3	6.7	2.83
4 Yrs				19	25	.432	5.18	111	60	13	0	0	0	416.2	475	262	240	63	133	5	334	7	2	12	1835	83	4.55	1.459	10.3	1.4	2.9	7.2	2.51
162 Game Avg.				8	10	.432	5.18	44	24	5	0	0	0	166	189	104	95	25	53	2	133	3	1	5	730	83	4.55	1.459	10.3	1.4	2.9	7.2	2.51

MIN (3 yrs)				18	25	.419	5.12	96	60	9	0	0	0	391.2	442	245	223	61	125	5	317	7	2	11	1723	84	4.60	1.448	10.2	1.4	2.9	7.3	2.54
OAK (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	5.09	13	0	3	0	0	0	23.0	27	13	13	2	6	0	17	0	0	1	99	82	3.51	1.435	10.6	0.8	2.3	6.7	2.83
BOS (1 yr)				0	0		18.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	6	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	13	28	6.08	4.000	27.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00