Complete list of players linked to banned substances (Mitchell Report)

By Daniel de Malas / danieldemalas@swingcompleto.com

In time of voting to the Hall of FameEven at any other time of the year, it is good to always have the “Mitchell Report” handy, where for the first time in Major League history, a massive list of players linked to banned substances was made publicly.

George Mitchell, Senator of the United States, was commissioned to investigate and report the indiscriminate use of supplements, steroids, growth hormones and even treatments that improved the performance of dozens of MLB players over the years and that turned the mythical results into something common and achievable by any player, on many occasions we had mediocre flirting with exclusive brands.

The “Mitchell Report”, which had been a request of the Major League Baseball Commissioner at that time, Bud Selig, was officially released on December 13, 2007 and in its 409 pages 3 fundamental sources are mentioned to determine the players involved:

  • Use and / or possession of the substances in a known manner
  • Linked to the BALCO scandal
  • Purchase of substances on the internet

Indeed, the list of 90 players includes players of all categories, from mega stars to discards, but it calls into question the “purity” of their results on the grounds of the best baseball in the world.

As a question that increases speculation about MLB complicity in the use of these substances, the original publications of the list of implicated in the “Mitchell Report” has disappeared from MLB.com, BaseballReference.com and other sites that originally had it and today they have decided to delete it.

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The report has a myriad of evidence that leaves little room for speculation, but even so, several linked to the MLB have decided to downplay it or condemn it to oblivion. (Link to the Mitchell Report)

We leave you with the names:

Players connected by use and / or possession (65):

  • Manny alexander
  • Chad allen
  • Ryan Franklin (Was penalized for steroid use for the season)
  • Jason Grimsley (Was penalized for steroid use for the season)
  • Ryan Jorgensen (Was penalized for steroid use for the season)
  • Rafael Palmeiro (He was sanctioned for the use of steroids in the season)

Players linked by the purchase of substances on the internet (16):

  • Jay Gibbons (Was sanctioned for steroid use for the season)
  • Jose GuillĂ©n (He was sanctioned for the use of steroids in the season)

Players linked by the BALCO scandal (9):

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Complete list of players linked to banned substances (Mitchell Report)