Ken Caminiti

Players Implicated in MLB Steroids Scandal

Former NL MVP Ken Caminiti blew the lid off the steroids scandal in 2002 when he told Sports Illustrated he was juiced at points during his career, including his 1996 MVP season. Caminiti died Oct. 10, 2004 of a heart attack. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

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David Ortiz and ... On July 30th, 2009, the New York Times reported that David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez tested positive for performance- enhancing drugs in 2003. The former Boston Red Sox teammates join a list of roughly 100 players implemented in baseball’s ongoing steroid investigation. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
Sammy Sosa On June 16, 2008, the New York Times reported that Sammy Sosa was one of the 104 players who tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug back in a supposedly anonymous 2003 survey. As of today, Sosa and Alex Rodriguez are the only names that have been leaked to the press as purportedly being on the '03 list. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
A-Rod After Sports Illustrated reported that Alex Rodriguez was one of the 104 players who tested positive in '03, A-Rod admitted that he did indeed take banned substances during his time in Texas. A-Rod's admission will undoubtedly impact how fans and Hall of Fame voters.
Manny Ramirez The Dodgers' slugger was suspended 50 games this year for testing positive for an illegal substance. Ramirez said he went to a physician and received "a medication, not a steroid, which he thought was okay to give to me." The 12-time All-Star recently signed a two-year $45 million contract with the Dodgers. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Ken Caminiti Former NL MVP Ken Caminiti blew the lid off the steroids scandal in 2002 when he told Sports Illustrated he was juiced at points during his career, including his 1996 MVP season. Caminiti died Oct. 10, 2004 of a heart attack. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
Barry Bonds Barry Bonds, baseball’s all-time home run leader, has denied ever knowingly taking steroids but has been indicted on perjury and obstruction of justice charges for lying in 2003 to grand jury investigating the BALCO scandal. In addition to being named in the BALCO case, Bonds has been named by the books Game of Shadows and Love Me, Hate Me as a steroid user and has reportedly tested positive for steroids in previous MLB tests. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Jose Canseco Canseco admitted to using anabolic steroids in a tell-all book, Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big” in which he claims that up to 85 percent of major league players took steroids. In his yet-to-be-published follow-up, Vindicated, Canseco is said to name Alex Rodriguez as a steroid user. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)
Mark McGwire Although he has never publicly admitted taking performance-enhancers, Mark McGwire has been named by Jose Canseco and his brother, Jay, as a user of steroids and HGH during his playing career. During his Congressional testimony in March 2005, McGwire declined to answer questions about his steroid use under oath, infamously saying, “I’m not here to talk about the past.” (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Jason Grimsley In 2006, federal investigators raided Jason Grimsley’s home for evidence that he was a distributor of performance-enhancing drugs. After news of the raid surfaced, the former Diamondbacks reliever asked to be released from the team. A dejected Grimsley admitted to using performance-enhancers after court documents showing he failed a 2003 MLB-administered test went public. He has claimed that during his time with the Yankees, he helped several players acquire performance-enhancers, including Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, and Chuck Knoblauch. (AP Photo/Ryan Remiorz)
Roger Clemens Roger Clemens has denied taking any performance-enhancing drugs, but he has been named in the Mitchell Report and has been accused by Jose Canseco, Jason Grimsley, and former trainer Brian McNamee as a user of steroids, HGH, and amphetamines. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Andy Pettitte In December 2007, Pettitte admitted to using HGH on two occasions in 2002. He said it was meant to help heal an injury and not for improving his performance or for “gaining an edge.” (AP Photos/Susan Walsh)
Jim Leyritz In an interview with the New York Post, Leyritz admitted using performance-enhancers while recovering from rotator cuff surgery in 2000 and 2001. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
Rafael Palmeiro Rafael Palmeiro famously waved his finger when testifying to Congress in March 2005 that he has “never used steroids, period. I don't know how to say it any more clearly than that. Never." He was suspended the following August for testing positive for steroids. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Miguel Tejada Miguel Tejada has been implicated by Rafael Palmeiro, Jason Grimsley, and Jose Canseco as a user of steroids. Tejada has continually denied use of any of performance-enhancers. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Gary Sheffield Once a close friend and training partner of Barry Bonds, Gary Sheffield was named in the BALCO investigation and the Mitchell Report as a user of performance-enhancing drugs, specifically “the cream.” Sheffield maintains that he never knowingly took steroids. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Jason Giambi Jason Giambi was named in the BALCO scandal and the Mitchell report as a user of steroids and HGH. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Giambi admitted use of performance-enhancers during his BACLO grand jury testimony. He publicly apologized in May 2007 but would not specify what he was apologizing for, telling USA Today, "I was wrong for using that stuff." (AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine)
Benito Santiago Benito Santiago was named in the BALCO investigation and was also linked to performance-enhancers in Game of Shadows and the Mitchell Report. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
Juan Gonzalez In 2001, Juan Gonzalez made headlines when his trainer Angel Presinal was questioned by Canadian police for possessing an unmarked bag containing anabolic steroids. Four years later in Jose Canseco’s infamous book Juiced, Canceso wrote that he personally injected Gonzalez ‘many times’ while the two were teammates with the Texas Rangers. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
John Rocker John Rocker admitted using HGH that he purchased over-the-counter in 2003. Rocker reportedly had a prescription for Somatropin (HGH) at Applied Pharmacy Services in Mobile, Alabama, but denied ever having said prescription. In 2007, Rocker’s name was listed among others in Sports Illustrated. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)
Mo Vaughn Named in the Mitchell Report, Mo Vaughn reportedly made out three checks for HGH to convicted steroid dealer Kirk Radomski in 2001. However, Radomski told investigators that he never sold performance enhancers to Vaughn personally, citing Vaughn’s fear of "big needles." (AP Photo/Ed Betz)
Paul Lo Duca Paul Lo Duca was named in the Mitchell Report and was linked to former clubhouse attendant and convicted dealer Kirk Radomski. Handwritten notes containing Lo Duca's address were seized by federal investigators during a raid of Radomski’s house. Lo Duca is purported to have introduced several players to Radomski, including Kevin Brown, Eric Gagne, and Matt Herges. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Kevin Brown In 2004, federal investigators seized an Express Mail receipt addressed to Kevin Brown that also contained Kirk Radomski’s mailing address. Radomski told investigators that Brown had considerable knowledge of HGH and that he sold the former ace performance-enhancers on several occasions. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)
Eric Gagne Eric Gagne was identified as a user of performance-enhancers after steroids dealer Kirk Radomski outed him in the Mitchell Report. Radomski originally said is was Gagne’s teammate, Paul Lo Duca, who provided the slugger with HGH. But he later admitted to supplying Gagne directly on one occasion. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)