Steroids, the missing years

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Glad somebody compiled some stats post 2003.

Brett Boone

Brett’s career started in 1992. During his first six seasons he never hit more than 15 home runs. He did that once, while hitting 12 home runs in three different seasons. In 1997 he hit a mere seven home runs.

Suddenly during the 1998 season best known for the McGwire-Sosa home-run race, Boone jumped his power to 24 home runs. Amazingly in 2001 he produced 37 home runs and 141 runs batted in. He had 206 hits which to that point was 51 more than his career high.

His 37 home runs were 13 more than his career high and his 141 runs batted in were 46 more than his career high. Was this just a “career year” that players have? Was this the result of joining the Seattle Mariners ballclub?

Or, was this the result of steroids? The next two seasons he topped the 100 RBI mark as well with homerun totals of 24 and 35. In 2004 he dropped slightly to 24 homeruns and 83 runs batted in. In 2005, he managed just seven home runs and 37 runs batted in. This was his final season in the majors.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/126425-prime-9-questionable-steroid-users/show_full