Who else was on the Juice?

Manny Ramirez is the latest name being accused of using steroids joining the likes of Bonds, Clemens, and McGuire.  With Manny being ousted it now begs the question of who else was on the juice?  In the recent era of baseball it is impossible to say that someone was not on steroids.  It’s guilt by association and while it’s unfair to the guys that were clean that’s just the way it is.  The only players I can say I’m fairly confident never took steroids or any performance enhancing drugs are Greg Maddux and Derek Jeter.  With A-Rod and Manny being the latest big names  to be on steroids it’s only a matter of time before everyone starts accusing Albert Pujols of using steroids.

I want to note that I’m not accusing these players of using steroids but rather their statistics seems to show possible suspicious behavior.  With that being said let’s get on to the list.

Brady Anderson
In 1996  at the age of 32 Anderson hit 50 home runs more than he hit in the previous three season combined.  That season was perhaps the mst out of the blue power surge in MLB history.  His previous career high was 21 and the most he hit after that year was 24.

Brett Boone
With the Seattle Mariners from 2001-2004 Boone hit 37, 24, 34, and 24 home runs.  Those seasons were when Boone was 32-35 years old.  Almost half of his career home runs came during those seasons.  In 2005 when baseball had tougher steroid testing Boone hit just seven home runs and never played in the majors again.

Luis Gonzalez
Gonzalez was a below average major leaguer until he came to the Diamondbacks in 1999.  He hit 57 home runs in 2001 at the age of 34 and never hit more than 31 any other season.  Before coming to the Diamondbacks his career high for home runs was 23 and hit more than 23 home runs six times with the Diamondbacks.

Greg Vaughn
In 1998 and 1999 Vaughn hit a combined 95 home runs after hitting 28 home runs combined in the two previous seasons.  Vaughn was 33 and 34 in those two seasons and had moderate success the next two years before falling out of the league.

Brian Giles
From 199-2002 Giles put up huge power numbers hitting 39, 35, 37, and 38 home runs and driving in at least 95 runs in every season.  Then in 2003 when anonymous testing started Giles hit 16 home runs and 70 RBIs which were his numbers in the two seasons before his power surge.

Jay Buhner
Jay Buhner played for the Mariners in the mid 90s and was an average player.  Then from 1995-1997 Buhner went on a tear hitting at least 40 home runs and had over 100 RBIs including 138 RBIs in 1996.  Buhner was 31-33 years old during those seasons and had never hit more than 27 home runs in a season or driven in 100 runs and didn’t do either after those three seasons too.

Adrian Beltre
2004 was a contract year for Adrain Beltre who had been inconsistent throughout his career never having big time numbers.  Well he happened to hit 48 home runs and drove in 121 runs while also batting .334.  He parlayed that season into a huge contract and hasn’t hit more than 26 home runs or driven in 100 runs since.  Also his career batting average stands at .269.

Javy Lopez
Lopez was always a good catcher and had some good seasons and had a very good one when he was 28 and in his prime.  Then in 2003 the 33 year old catcher was in a contract year.  That year he batted .328 and blasted 43 home runs and drove in 109 runs.  Javy had only had one previous season where he hit over 30 home runs and drove in 100 runs.  Like Beltre he got a big contract that off season and his numbers have fallen drastically since.

Look for more players in a Part 2 coming soon.