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Mo Vaughn, the 12 -year -old Slugger MLBHe has confirmed the use of human growth hormone to extend his career in major leagues.
Vaughn, who won the MVP from 1995, gave an interview with The Atléticowhere he admitted to having used a drug to improve performance to recover from a knee injury at the end of his career.
“I was trying to do everything I could,” Vaughn explained. “I knew I had a bad and degenerative knee. I was shooting HGH on my knee. Everything I could do to help the process.”
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The first base of Boston’s red socks, Mo Vaughn in action on the plate in Fenway Park, during the 1998 season. (RVR Photos-USA Today Sports)
Vaughn was one of the players named in the infamous report of Mitchell, who immersed himself in the use of steroids and drugs that improve baseball performance in 2007.
In the case of Vaughn, the report found evidence that he had bought, on three separate occasions, HGH in 2001, a year he did not play after hurting his left ankle and knee pursuing a fault ball.
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MLB did not ban HGH until 2005, two years after Vaughn’s final game. Closed his career with him New York Mets In 2003 after a period of 27 games with the team.
At his best, Vaughn was one of the most feared power batters in the League, with his best season in 1995, his MVP campaign with the Red Boston socks. Mació 39 homers with a leader of 126 ranged races, while cutting .300/.388/.575 with an OPS of .963.
Boston Mo Vaughn’s red socks in action against Detroit’s Tigers in Fenway Park. (Use Today Sports)
Next season, Vaughn reached 44 large flies with 143 ranked races, while batting .326/.420/.583 with an OPS of 1,003.
After eight years with the Red Sox, where he hit 230 of his 328 career homers, Vaughn spent two seasons with Los Angeles Angels of 1999-2000 before that injury in 2001 that eliminated him throughout the year.
Vaughn joined the METS in 2002, playing 139 games while he reached 26 homers with 72 races promoted with an average bat of .259.
Boston Mo Vaughn’s red sock box against Detroit Tigers in Fenway Park. (Use Today Sports)
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Vaughn made three All-Star teams during his career (1995, 1996, 1998), all with the red socks.
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