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Notable Players Linked To PEDs

The following is a list of notable MLB players who have been linked to performance-enhancing drugs:

Barry Bonds

Says during testimony to BALCO grand jury that he took substances described to him by Anderson as linseed oil and rubbing balm that the Balco investigators say were PEDs, and that Bonds said he did not knowingly take those substances. His testimony was leaked to San Francisco Chronicle in December 3, 2004 article.

Bret Boone

Named by Jose Canseco in Canseco's autobiography "Juiced, Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big."

Ryan Braun

Braun, who led the Brewers to their first division title in nearly three decades, tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs and faces a 50-game suspension if the initial finding is upheld. Major League Baseball has not made an announcement because Braun is disputing the result through arbitration and he hopes to have it overturned.

Kevin Brown

Named in Mitchell Report for buying HGH from Kirk Radomski.

Ken Caminiti

Admits in interview with Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci.

Jose Canseco

Admits in autobiography "Juiced, Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big" released in February 2005.

Roger Clemens

Named in Mitchell Report. Also implicated by former trainer Brian McNamee in congressional testimony. McNamee was named in an affidavit by Jason Grimsley.

Lenny Dykstra

Named in a 2005 civil suit brought by former business partner; the suit contains sworn testimony from Jeff Scott, a bodybuilder and convicted steroid dealer, who said he injected Dykstra with steroids.

Chuck Finley

Named by his wife, Tawny Kitaen, during divorce proceedings who stated in an official declaration that Finley used steroids during their marriage and she witnessed Finley injecting the steroids.

Eric Gagne

Named in Mitchell Report for buying HGH from Kirk Radomski .

Jason Giambi

Admits during testimony to BALCO grand jury and testimony leaked to San Francisco Chronicle in December 2, 2004 article (see Bonds for article link); later issues public apology via USA Today article on May 17, 2007.

Troy Glaus

Named in a 2007 Sports Illustrated article titled "Source: Glaus received steroids" that he ordered and received anabolic steroids from the internet pharmacy Signature Pharmacy through the New Hope Health Center.

Juan Gonzalez

Named in New York Daily News article on July 30, 2006 which links Gonzalez to a bag with steroids found at the Toronto airport in 2001.

Wally Joyner

Admits during interview with ESPN's Buster Olney in 2005, which is detailed in ESPN The Magazine special report "Who Knew".

David Justice

Named in Mitchell Report for buying HGH from Kirk Radomski (denies use).

Chuck Knoblauch

Named in Mitchell Report for buying HGH from Kirk Radomski; made payments through Brian McNamee, who later confirmed that he acquired HGH for Knoblauch and that he personally injected him.

Mark McGwire

Named in a March 13, 2005 report by the New York Daily News which links him to an FBI steroids investigation in 1992 called "Operation Equine"; according to the report, Curtis Wenzlaff, a steroids dealer, provided McGwire with illegal steroids.

Magglio Ordonez

Named in a New York Times article on January 24, 2008 that reported sources which said that Jose Canseco offered to keep Ordonez's name out of his second book if he would invest in a movie project with him.

David Ortiz

According to lawyers with knowledge of the results, Ortiz tested positive in 2003. The information about Ortiz (along with Manny Ramirez) emerged through interviews with multiple lawyers and others connected to the pending litigation.

Rafael Palmeiro

Tested positive for steroids on August 1, 2005 and suspended 10 games by MLB for violation of Major League Baseball's joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

Andy Pettitte

Admits two days after being cited in Mitchell Report that he used HGH Source:

Manny Ramirez

Suspended 50 games for violation of MLB's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program
Suspended 100 games for second violation of MLB's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program

Brian Roberts

Admits to using "steroids 'once' in 2003" in a Baltimore Sun article on December 18, 2007 following the release of the Mitchell Report.

Alex Rodriguez

Admits during interview with ESPN's Peter Gammons on February 9, 2009.

Ivan Rodriguez

Named in Jose Canseco's book "Juiced…." as being injected with steroids by Canseco.

Benito Santiago

Admits during testimony to BALCO grand jury and testimony leaked to San Francisco Chronicle in December 3, 2004 article.

Gary Sheffield

Admits during testimony to BALCO grand jury and testimony leaked to San Francisco Chronicle in December 3, 2004 article.

Sammy Sosa

Named by lawyers with knowledge of the 2003 drug-testing results as one of the players who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003, according to New York Times articles on June 16, 2009.

Miguel Tejada

Named in Mitchell Report by A's outfielder Adam Piatt, who says he discussed steroid use with Tejada and provided him with testosterone and HGH.

Mo Vaughn

Named in Mitchell Report for buying HGH from Kirk Radomski.

Matt Williams

Named in a report by the San Francisco Chronicle reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams that he bought performance-enhancing drugs from the Palm Beach Rejuvenation Center in 2002.