Games Missed By Each MLB Team Due To Substance Abuse Policy Violations
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In 2005, Major League Baseball introduced a new, stricter drug policy that significantly increased the severity of penalties for steroid and amphetamine use, signaling the end of the so-called “ster...
oid era.” In order to accurately judge the prevalence of drug use in sports, the graphics below use this new policy as a benchmark date and summarizes ten years’ worth of suspension data across the National Football League and Major League Baseball, which have much higher incidence rates than any other sports.
In Major League Baseball, 47 players have been suspended for using banned substances (including steroids, HGH, testosterone, and amphetamines) since 2005, with penalties ranging from ten-day suspensions to 162 games (or the entire regular season) in the case of famed infielder Alex Rodriguez. Of the 47 suspensions, 12 were for a mere ten days, while 19 were for 50 games; only three were for 100 games or more.
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