Mo Vaughn, the 12 year old slugger mlbconfirmed the use of human growth hormone to prolong his career in the big league.
Vaughn, who won the 1995 MVP, gave an interview with AthleticsWhere he admitted to having used a drug improving performance to recover from a knee injury at the end of his career.
“I was trying to do everything I could,” said Vaughn. “I knew that I had a bad degenerative knee. I was shooting HGH in my knee. Everything I could do to help the process.”
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The first goal player of Boston Red Sox Mo Vaughn in action at the Fenway Park plate during the 1998 season. (RVR photos-USA TODAY SPORTS)
Vaughn was one of the players named in the infamous Mitchell report, which plunged into the use of steroids and drugs improving performance in baseball in 2007.
In the case of Vaughn, the report found the proof that he had bought, three times, HGH in 2001 – a year that he did not play after having injured the left ankle and the knee to run a fault.
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MLB did not prohibit HGH before 2005, two years after the last Vaughn match. He closed his career with the New York Mets In 2003 after a passage of 27 games with the team.
At its peak, Vaughn was one of the most dreaded power strikers in the League, with its best season in 1995, its MVP campaign with the Boston Red Sox. He crushed 39 circuits with 126 points produced at the head of the league while reducing .300 / .388 / .575 with a .963 ops.
Boston Mo Vaughn’s Red Sox Field Player in action against Fenway Park Detroit Tigers. (USA Today Sports)
The following season, Vaughn reached a career summit of 44 large flies with 143 products produced, while reaching .326 / .420 / .583 with a 1.003 OPS.
After eight years with the Red Sox, where he struck 230 of his 328 career circuits, Vaughn spent two seasons with the Los Angeles Angels from 1999 to 2000 before this injury in 2001 which wiped him throughout the year.
Vaughn joined the dishes in 2002, playing 139 games while hitting 26 circuits with 72 points produced with an average of the stick of .259.
Boston Red Sox Fielder Mo Vaughn against the Detroit Tigers in Fenway Park. (USA Today Sports)
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Vaughn made three star teams during his career (1995, 1996, 1998), all with the Red Sox.
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