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Baseball Players Accused Of Using Performance-Enhancing Drugs

A running list of those who have been named or suspended

By Scott Kendrick, About.com

Page two of a list of major league baseball players, in alphabetical order, linked to performance-enhancing drugs, either through the 2007 report by investigator George Mitchell or by positive drug tests by Major League Baseball or Minor League Baseball. (Note that this is not a list of players who have been proven to use performance-enhancing drugs.)

Jay Gibbons: Current Orioles outfielder. Sports Illustrated reported in 2007 that Gibbons received steroids and HGH from Signature Pharmacy in 2003 and 2005. Was suspended for the first 15 days of the 2008 season. Said he was prescribed HGH.

Troy Glaus: Blue Jays third baseman received steroids from Signature Pharmacy in 2003 and 2004, according to Sports Illustrated. Also linked to a prescription for nandrolone and testosterone from the New Hope Health Center by SI.

Jason Grimsley: Pitched from 1989-2006, and admitted to using HGH and steroids, according to a May 2006 affidavit by IRS special agent Jeff Novitzky. Also linked to Radomski, who said he sold HGH and steroids at least seven or eight times, and produced 14 canceled checks from Grimsley from 2001 through 2005. Was suspended for 50 games in June 2006 for violating the MLB performance-enhancing drug policy.

Jose Guillen: Recently signed a three-year, $36 million contract with the Royals. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Guillen purchased testosterone and other steroids through the Palm Beach Rejuvenation Center multiple times from 2002 and 2004, and possibly 2005, according to the Mitchell report. Suspended by Major League Baseball for the first 15 games of the 2008 season. Has appealed the suspension.

Jerry Hairston Jr: Free agent infielder who has played in the big leagues since 1998, and played for Texas in 2007, purchased HGH from Radomski, who produced one canceled check.

Clay Hensley: Padres pitcher was suspended for 15 games while in the minor leagues for violating the MILB steroids policy.

Felix Heredia: New York Mets reliever was suspended for 10 days in October 2005 for violating the MLB performance-enhancing drugs policy.

Matt Herges: Colorado Rockies reliever is linked to Radomski, who said Herges purchased HGH two or three times from 2004 and 2005.

Glenallen Hill: Played from 1989-2001. Linked to Radomski and a purchaser of HGH. Hill, now the first-base coach for the Rockies, was required to interview with Mitchell and said he purchased a steroid once from Radomski but never used it. Hill said he was suffering from "marital stress" at the time.

Darren Holmes: Relief pitcher played for 13 seasons, the last in 2003. According to Sports Illustrated, Holmes said he received HGH from the Palm Beach Rejuvenation Center in 2003, but the substance was unsolicited and unused.

Todd Hundley: Catcher from 1990-2003 with the Mets, Dodgers and Cubs. Radomski said he sold steroids to Hundley three or four times, beginning in 1996. He hit 15 home runs in 1995 and 41 home runs in 1996.

Yusaku Iriki: Mets minor-league pitcher was suspended for 50 games in April 2006 for violating the MLB performance-enhancing drugs policy.

Ryan Jorgensen: Catcher who played four games for the Reds last year was suspended for 50 games by MLB for violating the league's drug program.

Wally Joyner: The former first baseman for the Angels, Padres and Braves played from 1986 to 2001. He testified in the Mitchell investigation that he took steroids three times, decided he had made a mistake and discarded the rest of the pills.

David Justice: Outfielder played from 1989 to 2002 for the Braves, Indians, Yankees and A's. Linked to Radomski, who said he sold HGH to Justice after the 2000 World Series. Radomski had a canceled check. Also linked to McNamee, who said that Justice told him he received HGH from Radomski.

Chuck Knoblauch: Second baseman played from 1991 to 2002. Linked to McNamee, who said he acquired HGH from Radomski for Knoblauch in 2001. McNamee said he injected Knoblauch at least seven to nine times with HGH.

Tim Laker: Played for the Expos, Orioles, Devil Rays, Pirates and Indians from 1992-2006. Now a manager in the Indians' minor-league system. Linked to Radomski as purchasing steroids. Laker admitted to buying steroids to Mitchell, according to the report, in 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1999. Said he stopped using steroids in 2000.

Paul Lo Duca: Recently signed with the Washington Nationals, and has played with the Dodgers, Marlins and Mets. Linked to Radomski, who said he made six or more transactions with Lo Duca for HGH.

Matt Lawton: Former outfielder from 1995-2006 was suspended for 10 games in November 2005 (first 10 days of 2006) for violating the MLB performance-enhancing drugs policy.

Nook Logan: Free agent outfielder, who played with the Nationals in 2007, is linked to Radomski, who said he sold one kit of HGH to Logan in December 2005. Radomski said Logan paid by money order, and Logan's number was in Radomski's phone when he was raided.

Gary Matthews Jr.: Angels outfielder was linked to a 2004 purchase of HGH from Applied Pharmacy by Sports Illustrated in a 2007 story. The Albany (N.Y.) Times Union reported that Matthews appeared on a customer list of Applied Pharmacy Services, and according to the report, syringes were found by Chad Allen, a teammate, when they shared an apartment in the minors in 2004.

Kent Mercker: Pitched from 1989-2006 for the Braves, Orioles, Indians, Reds, Cardinals, Red Sox, Angels, Rockies, Reds and Cubs. Linked to Radomski, who said he sold one kit of HGH to him in 2002. A canceled check allegedly from Merker was not legible.

Sergio Mitre: Relief pitcher, who pitched for the Florida Marlins in 2008, was suspended for the first 50 games of the 2009 season for taking a supplement that contained Androstenedione.

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