List of Major League Baseball players suspended for performance-enhancing drugs

In February 2004, Major League Baseball announced a new drug policy which originally included random, offseason testing and 10-day suspensions for first-time offenders, 30 days for second-time offenders, 60 days for third-time offenders, and one year for fourth-time offenders, all without pay, in an effort to curtail performance-enhancing drug use in professional baseball. This policy strengthened baseball's pre-existing ban on controlled substances, including steroids, which has been in effect since 1991. The policy was to be reviewed in 2008, but under pressure from the U.S. Congress, on November 15, 2005, players and owners agreed to tougher penalties; a 50-game suspension for a first offense, a 100-game suspension for a second, and a lifetime ban for a third.
In December 2009, Sports Illustrated named baseball's steroid scandal of performance-enhancing drugs as the number one sports story of the decade of the 2000s.
The current penalties, adopted on March 28, 2014, are 80 games for a first offense, 162 games for a second offense, and a permanent suspension for a third. Players are also ineligible from participating in the post-season the same year they receive a suspension, regardless of when their suspension is completed, unless the penalty is reduced on appeal. Players receiving a permanent suspension can apply to the Commissioner of Baseball for reinstatement after one year, which if granted can occur not sooner than two years after the suspension started.

Suspended players

Players are ordered by the announced date of their suspension, placed in the appropriate table per their MLB experience and roster status at the time they were suspended. Players who are active in professional baseball are listed in italics; players who have retired or have been a free agent for over a year are not considered "active".
was suspended in 2005.
was suspended 15 games in 2005.
in 2006 Guillermo Mota was suspended for 50 games.
was suspended 50 games.
was suspended for 25 games, effective the next season.
was suspended at the end of the 2008 season.
was suspended for 50 games in 2009.
was suspended under Major League Baseball's drug policy in 2009 and 2011.
was suspended 50 games while in the Philadelphia Phillies organization.
was the first player to violate MLB's drug policy three times.

*	Major League Baseball All-Star
MVP	Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player
SS	Silver Slugger Award winner
GG	Gold Glove award winner
P	Pitcher
C	Catcher
1B	First baseman
2B	Second baseman
3B	Third baseman
SS	Shortstop
OF	Outfielder
DH	Designated hitter
UT	Utility player
†	Player was named in the Mitchell Report
	Number of times the player was suspended
Italics	Currently active
^	Suspension lasted more than 100 games

Players who were on major league rosters

Players listed in this section were active in MLB at the time of their suspension.

Player	Team	Date announced	Drug	Penalty	Position	Response	Ref.
	Tampa Bay Devil Rays				OF
	Texas Rangers				P
	Seattle Mariners				OF
	Minnesota Twins				P
	Cleveland Indians				P
SS GG	Baltimore Orioles		Stanozolol		DH
	Seattle Mariners				P
	Seattle Mariners				SS
	Texas Rangers				P
	New York Mets				P
	New York Yankees				OF
	New York Mets				P
	Arizona Diamondbacks				P
	New York Mets				P
	Tampa Bay Devil Rays				P
GG	Detroit Tigers				UT
GG	Detroit Tigers				UT
GG	San Diego Padres				OF
	Colorado Rockies				P
	Kansas City Royals				OF
	Baltimore Orioles				OF
	San Francisco Giants				C
	Philadelphia Phillies		Androstenedione		P
SS	Los Angeles Dodgers		Human chorionic gonadotropin		OF
'	Cincinnati Reds				P
SS	Tampa Bay Rays				OF
	Colorado Rockies				C
	San Francisco Giants				P
'	Philadelphia Phillies		Clostebol		UT
	Free agent		Tamoxifen		OF
'	San Francisco Giants		Testosterone		OF
'	Oakland Athletics		Testosterone		P
'	San Diego Padres		Testosterone		C
	Philadelphia Phillies		Amphetamine		C
' SS MVP	Milwaukee Brewers				OF
'	Texas Rangers				OF
	Detroit Tigers				SS
'	San Diego Padres				SS
	Philadelphia Phillies				P
'	New York Yankees				C
SS GG MVP	New York Yankees		Testosterone, HGH	2014 season	New York Mets		Boldenone, Stanozolol	^	P
'	St. Louis Cardinals		CDMT		C
'	New York Mets		Boldenone	^	P
'	Cleveland Indians		Boldenone		OF
'	Philadelphia Phillies		CDMT		P
	Toronto Blue Jays		CDMT		1B
' SS GG	Miami Marlins		Clostebol, Testosterone		2B
'	Los Angeles Dodgers		Pralmorelin		P
'	Kansas City Royals		Clenbuterol		SS
	Cleveland Indians		Ipamorelin	^	OF
'	Philadelphia Phillies		CDMT		P
' GG	Pittsburgh Pirates		Nandrolone		OF
'	Houston Astros		Boldenone		P
'	Minnesota Twins		Stanozolol		SS
' SS GG	Seattle Mariners		Furosemide		2B
'	Chicago White Sox		Erythropoietin		C
'	Boston Red Sox		GHRP-2		P
'	Houston Astros		Clomiphene		P
'	Oakland Athletics		Ostarine		P
'	Seattle Mariners		Stanozolol	80 games	SS
'	Minnesota Twins		Hydrochlorothiazide	60 games	P
'	Houston Astros		Boldenone		P

Boldenone Clomiphene

Players with major league experience on minor league rosters or free agents

This table lists players with prior MLB experience who, at the time of their suspension, were in Minor League Baseball or were a free agent.

Player	Team	Date announced	Penalty	Position	Response	Ref.
	Seattle Mariners			P
	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim			P
	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim			P
	Seattle Mariners			P
	San Diego Padres			P
	Texas Rangers			C
	Seattle Mariners			P
	Pittsburgh Pirates			P
	Pittsburgh Pirates			OF
	Pittsburgh Pirates			3B
	Toronto Blue Jays			UT
	Atlanta Braves			P
	New York Mets			P
	Cleveland Indians			2B
	Philadelphia Phillies			1B
	Cleveland Indians			OF
	San Francisco Giants			C
'	Colorado Rockies			UT
	Oakland Athletics			OF
	Chicago White Sox			1B
	Colorado Rockies			P
	Kansas City Royals			UT
	Florida Marlins			SS
	Washington Nationals			UT
	Washington Nationals			SS
	Toronto Blue Jays			P
	Philadelphia Phillies			1B
	Florida Marlins			SS
	Kansas City Royals			UT
	Cincinnati Reds			P
	Pittsburgh Pirates			P
	San Francisco Giants			OF
	San Francisco Giants			C
'	New York Yankees			P
'	Texas Rangers			P
	New York Mets			P
	Milwaukee Brewers			C
	Cincinnati Reds			C
	Texas Rangers			P
'	Atlanta Braves			OF
'	Colorado Rockies			C
'	Seattle Mariners			P
	Houston Astros			P
	Florida Marlins			P
'	New York Yankees			P
	Philadelphia Phillies			UT
'	Los Angeles Dodgers			OF
	Washington Nationals			SS
'	Los Angeles Dodgers			OF
'	Colorado Rockies			UT
	San Francisco Giants			P
'	Philadelphia Phillies			3B
'	Baltimore Orioles			P
'	New York Mets			OF
'	Seattle Mariners			C
'	Houston Astros			P
'	New York Yankees			OF
'	Free agent			P
'	Free agent			P
'	Tampa Bay Rays			P
'	Atlanta Braves			P
'	Chicago White Sox			P
'	Free agent			C
'	Cleveland Indians			OF
'	Los Angeles Dodgers			P
'	Cleveland Indians			P
'	Boston Red Sox			C
	Free Agent			P

Players with only minor league experience

This table lists players who, at the time of their suspension, were in Minor League Baseball with no prior MLB experience. Various of these players completed their suspensions and later played in MLB.

Player	Organization	Date announced	Penalty	Position	Response	Ref.
'	New York Mets			OF
'	New York Yankees			C
'	Texas Rangers			P
'	Seattle Mariners			1B
'	Baltimore Orioles			P
'	New York Yankees			P
'	Cleveland Indians			P
'	St. Louis Cardinals			P
'	Boston Red Sox			3B
'	Boston Red Sox			P
	San Francisco Giants			P

Players with major league experience in a non-affiliated professional league

This table lists players with prior MLB experience who, at the time of their suspension, were in an baseball league not affiliated with MLB, such as Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan or KBO League in Korea.

Player	Organization	Date announced	Penalty	Position	Response	Ref.
	Yomiuri Giants	May 26, 2008	One year	UT
	Yakult Swallows	June 28, 2008	One year	P
	Lotte Giants	July 1, 2016	36 games	OF

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