New York ? Even in the offseason, Barry Bonds keeps breaking records. Bonds became baseball’s first five-time Most Valuable Player on Monday, winning the NL award unanimously.

The San Francisco outfielder received all 32 first-place votes and 448 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. None of his previous MVP wins was unanimous.

“I’d rather win the World Series, but this is great. I’m very happy about it, very excited,” Bonds said Tuesday in Japan, where he is on the major league all-star tour. “I’m trying to figure out why a 38-year-old player is still playing like this.”

Bonds won his first NL batting title this season with a .370 average and set records with 198 walks, 68 intentional walks and a .582 on-base percentage.

St. Louis outfielder Albert Pujols was second with 26 second-place votes and 276 points, followed by Houston outfielder Lance Berkman (181) and Montreal outfielder Vladimir Guerrero (168).

Bonds also won the MVP award for Pittsburgh in 1990 and 1992 and for the Giants in 1993 and 2001, and is the first player to twice win the honor in consecutive seasons. No other player has won an MVP award more than three times.

“All my trophies are in storage. I don’t have a house big enough,” Bonds said.

Bonds homered Monday for the major league all-stars in an 8-2 loss to their Japanese counterparts.