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.)
Chad Allen: Played in majors from 1999-2005 for Twins, Indians, Marlins and Rangers. Linked by ex-Mets clubhouse Kirk Radomski to purchases of steroids. Now plays in Japan. Cooperated with Mitchell investigation.
Carlos Almanzar: Astros pitcher was suspended for 10 days in October 2005 for violating the MLB performance-enhancing drugs policy.
Rick Ankiel: Active player for St. Louis Cardinals. Received human growth hormone in 2004, according to the New York Daily News. Ankiel maintains he took them as part of his recovery from elbow surgery.
David Bell: Played in majors for 12 seasons, through 2006. According to Sports Illustrated, he bought human chorionic gonadatropin from a pharmacy in April 2005. He maintains he had a prescription.
Marvin Benard: Played for San Francisco from 1995-2003. Mentioned in sections of the Mitchell Report on BALCO as getting “the cream” and “the clear” from Barry Bonds' trainer, Greg Anderson.
Gary Bennett Jr.: Journeyman catcher played for St. Louis in 2007. Linked to Radomski as purchasing human growth hormone. Radomski had a canceled check for $3,200. After the report's release, Bennett admitted he had used HGH.
Rafael Betancourt: Indians reliever was suspended for 10 days in July 2005 for violating the MLB performance-enhancing drugs policy.
Larry Bigbie: Played from 2001-06 for Orioles, Rockies and Cardinals. Linked to Radomski, who had canceled checks for performance-enhancing substances.
Barry Bonds: All-time home run king was mentioned 103 times in the Mitchell Report, and pleaded not guilty to perjury and obstruction of justice charges after a grand jury indictment. Linked to “the cream” and “the clear” through the BALCO scandal and trainer Greg Anderson.
Kevin Brown: Had a 20-year big-league career that ended in 2005. Linked to Radomski for purchasing human growth hormone and Deca-Durabolin from 2001 to 2003 or 2004.
Paul Byrd: Current Cleveland Indians pitcher acknowledged taking human growth hormone between 2002 and 2005, and said he was prescribed HGH for a pituitary tumor.
Ken Caminiti: The 1996 National League MVP estimated that 50 percent of big-league players were using performance-enhancing substances. Admitted to taking steroids to Sports Illustrated in 2002. Died of a drug overdose in 2004 at age 41.
Jose Canseco: Admitted using steroids, and his book, “Juiced”, named several players who were using performance-enhancing substances. Testified to Congress in 2005.
Mark Carreon: Played from 1987-96 for the Mets, Tigers, Giants and Indians. Linked to Radomski as purchasing steroids when Carreon played for the Giants.
Howie Clark: A utility player for the Blue Jays. Linked to Radomski as a purchaser of HGH, paid by money order.
Roger Clemens: The seven-time Cy Young Award winner has 354 wins. Played 2007 season, his 24th in the majors, with the New York Yankees. According to the Mitchell Report, his former strength and conditioning coach, Brian McNamee, injected him several times with steroids from 1998 through 2000, when he played for the Toronto Blue Jays and the Yankees. Clemens denies he ever used steroids.
Jack Cust: Current Oakland A's outfielder is tied to steroids from a conversation with teammate Larry Bigbie in the minors in 2003.Bigbie acknowledged that Cust said he had tried steroids.
Brendan Donnelly: Free agent reliever played for Boston in 2007 and was an all-star for the Angels in 2003. Linked to Radomski as a customer for steroids in 2004. Also named in a Red Sox internal e-mail discussing concerns that Donnelly was using performance-enhancing substances.
Chris Donnels: Played from 1991-02 with the Mets, Astros, Red Sox, Dodgers and Diamondbacks. Linked to Radomski, who produced eight canceled checks and money orders for HGH and steroids.
Lenny Dykstra: Played from 1985-96. Linked to Radomski, who said he provided Dykstra with steroids after the 1993 season. Radomski said Dykstra admitted to taking steroids in 1989.
Bobby Estalella: Catcher played from 1996-2004. Reported by San Francisco Chronicle as testifying in the BALCO case, and reportedly told the grand jury he took HGH and undetectable BALCO drugs, provided by Greg Anderson.
Matt Franco: Infielder played from 1995-2003 with the Mets, Cubs and Braves. Radomski said he sold Franco steroids in 2000. Franco denies ever talking or meeting Radomski.
Ryan Franklin: Current Cardinals reliever was suspended for 10 days in 2005 for violating the steroids policy while pitching for Seattle. Linked to Radomski in the Mitchell report, who said he purchased Anavar and Deca-Durabolin.
Eric Gagne: Closer recently signed a one-year, $10 million deal with the Brewers. Linked to Radomski as a purchaser of human growth hormone. An internal Red Sox memo obtained in the Mitchell report reports a scout saying that performance-enhancing drugs “IS the issue” with Gagne.
Jason Giambi: Yankees first baseman, the 2000 AL MVP, testified to the BALCO grand jury that he used steroids obtained from Anderson and also used HGH, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Was interviewed in the Mitchell investigation and said he began using steroids in 2001 and used “the cream” and “the clear” in 2002.
Jeremy Giambi: The younger brother of Jason Giambi, who played from 1998-2003, testified to the BALCO grand jury and was quoted by the Kansas City Star in 2005 as admitting to taking steroids.
