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Todd Hundley

2007 team: out of baseball

Catcher and two-time All-Star for the New York Mets from 1990-98, later played for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1999-2000 and 2003, and the Chicago Cubs (2001-02). Hit 41 home runs in 1996, breaking the record for catchers held by Johnny Bench and Roy Campanella.

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In the report: Radomski has known Hundley since 1988, when Hundley was in the Mets' minor league system. Beginning in 1996, Radomski said, he sold Deca-Durabolin and testosterone to Hundley three or four times. At the beginning of that year, Radomski told Hundley that if he used steroids, he would hit 40 home runs.

After the season in which Hundley hit 41 home runs (he'd never hit more than 16), Hundley took Radomski him out to dinner. Hundley later played on the Dodgers with Chris Donnels

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Ryan Jorgenson

2007 team: Cincinnati Reds

The 28-year-old catcher has appeared in eight big league games, four with Florida in 2005 and four with Cincinnati this year. He was suspended for 50 games on Sept. 7 for violating the drug program.

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Wally Joyner

2007 team: Out of baseball

An All-Star in 1986, the first baseman spent 16 seasons in the big leagues in a career that ended in 2001 and finished with 2,060 hits, 204 home runs and 1,106 RBIs. With San Diego in 1998, the 35-year-old obtained the name of a steroids source from teammate Ken Caminiti during spring training in 1998, ESPN The Magazine reported in November 2005.

In the report: In an interview for this investigation, Joyner said he struggled with the decision whether to try steroids, but eventually he decided to use them. After taking the drugs three times, Joyner decided that he had made a mistake, discarded the rest of the pills, and never tried illegal performance enhancing substances again.

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David Justice

2007 team: Out of baseball

The 1990 Rookie of the Year for Atlanta and MVP of the 2000 AL championship series for the New York Yankees also made three All-Star teams.

In the report: Radomski said he made one sale to Justice, which occurred after the 2000 World Series. Justice paid Radomski by check for two or three kits of human growth hormone. Radomski said that he cashed this check. McNamee recalled that Justice asked him about human growth hormone in 2000 or 2001, while McNamee and Justice were both with the Yankees. According to McNamee, Justice admitted in this conversation that he had obtained human growth hormone from Radomski.

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Chuck Knoblauch

2007 team: Out of baseball

Infielder played for Minnesota, New York Yankees and Kansas City fron 1991-2002. Was the AL rookie of the year with Twins in 1991. Time with the Yankees overlapped McNamee's in 2000-01.

In the report: McNamee said that he acquired human growth hormone from Radomski for Knoblauch in 2001. Beginning during spring training and continuing through the early portion of the season, McNamee injected Knoblauch at least seven to nine times with human growth hormone. Knoblauch paid Radomski through Jason Grimsley and, once or twice, through McNamee.

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Paul Lo Duca

2007 team: New York Mets

Catcher was a teammate of Gagne's with the Dodgers, where he broke out with a 25-homer season in 2001 and batted .320. He hasn't approached those numbers since; 13 homers and a .286 average in 2004 are the closest he came. He went to Florida during the 2004 season, and came to the New York Mets before 2006.

In the report: Radomski estimated that he engaged in six or more transactions with Lo Duca, sending human growth hormone to Lo Duca's home or the Dodgers' clubhouse. Notes of a discussion among Dodgers officials in October 2003 indicated that the general belief was that he was no longer using steroids, adding: "Took away a lot of hard line drives.''

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Gary Matthews Jr.

2007 team: Los Angeles Angels

After signing a $50 million, five-year contract with the Angels, was slowed by injuries this year and batted .252 with 18 homers and 72 RBIs. Was sent HGH by Applied Pharmacy in August 2004, SI.com reported in February 2007. "I have never taken HGH - during the 2004 season or any other time,'' Matthews said in a statement. On Dec. 6, MLB said there was insufficient evidence to discipline Matthews.

In the report: The Times Union reported that Matthews appeared on a customer list of Applied Pharmacy Services. Syringes were found by Chad Allen, Matthews' teammate, in a drawer in an apartment the two shared while with the Rangers' Triple-A affiliate after the 2004 season.

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Rafael Palmeiro

2007 team: Out of baseball

A four-time All-Star, Palmeiro batted .288 with 569 homers and 1,835 RBIs over 20 seasons in the majors. He dramatically pointed his finger and told Congress in 2005 that he had never used steroids, then tested positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol about six weeks later, leading to a 10-day ban from Major League Baseball. He denied intentionally taking steroids, saying teammate Miguel Tejada gave him vitamin B-12 that might have been tainted with performance-enhancing drugs. Tejada denied any wrongdoing.

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Andy Pettitte

2007 team: New York Yankees

Went 15-9 with a 4.05 ERA this year, and has 201 career wins in 13 seasons in the majors. The Los Angeles Times reported in 2006 that Pettitte was among the players former major league pitcher Jason Grimsley accused of using performance-enhancing drugs, according to a federal agent's affidavit. Pettitte denied the allegations, and a federal prosecutor said the newspaper report contained "significant inaccuracies.''

In the report: According to McNamee, he recalled injecting Pettitte in 2002 with human growth hormone that McNamee obtained from Radomski on two to four occasions. Pettitte was rehabilitating an injury at the time.

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Todd Pratt

2007 team: out of baseball

Catcher played for four teams from 1992 to 2006, spending eight years in two separate stints with Philadelphia, five with the New York Mets from 1997-2001 as well as a season each with the Chicago Cubs and Atlanta. Best known for a series-winning homer in the 10th inning of the Mets' division series clincher over Arizona in 1999.

In the report: Radomski became acquainted with Pratt after he joined the Mets in 1997. Radomski said Pratt told him that he had previously bought Deca-Durabolin from another source. Sometime in 2000 or 2001, while he was still with the Mets, Pratt asked to buy anabolic steroids. Radomski made one or two sales of small amounts of steroids to Pratt. Radomski also recalled having a few discussions with Pratt regarding their use.

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Armando Rios

2007 team: Out of baseball

Rios hit .269 with 36 homers and 167 RBIs over six seasons. He testified before the BALCO grand jury in 2003.

In the report: The San Francisco Chronicle reported in 2004 that Rios told a federal agent that he purchased human growth hormone and testosterone from Barry Bonds' trainer, Greg Anderson.


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