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10-03-2025
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- Fox News
Mo Vaughn, 12-year MLB veteran, admits using HGH to extend career
Mo Vaughn, the 12-year MLB slugger, has confirmed using human growth hormone to extend his big league career. Vaughn, who won the 1995 AL MVP, gave an interview with The Athletic, where he admitted using a performance-enhancing drug to recover from a knee injury late in his career. "I was trying to do everything I could," Vaughn explained. "I knew I had a bad, degenerative knee. I was shooting HGH in my knee. Whatever I could do to help the process." Vaughn was among players named in the infamous Mitchell Report, which dove into the use of steroids and performance-enhancing drugs in baseball in 2007. In Vaughn's case, the report found evidence that he had purchased, on three separate occasions, HGH in 2001 – a year he didn't play after injuring his left ankle and knee chasing a foul ball. MLB didn't ban HGH until 2005, two years after Vaughn's final game. He closed out his career with the New York Mets in 2003 after a 27-game stint with the team. In his prime, Vaughn was one of the league's most feared power hitters, with his best season coming in 1995, his MVP campaign with the Boston Red Sox. He mashed 39 homers with a league-leading 126 RBI while slashing .300/.388/.575 with a .963 OPS. The next season, Vaughn hit a career-high 44 big flies with 143 RBI, while hitting .326/.420/.583 with a 1.003 OPS. After eight years with the Red Sox, where he hit 230 of his 328 career homers, Vaughn spent two seasons with the Los Angeles Angels from 1999-2000 before that injury in 2001 that wiped him out for the entire year. Vaughn joined the Mets in 2002, playing 139 games while hitting 26 homers with 72 RBI with a .259 batting average. Vaughn made three All-Star teams during his career (1995, 1996, 1998), all with the Red Sox. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Former big league slugger Mo Vaughn confirms HGH use late in his career, report says
Former big league slugger Mo Vaughn has confirmed he used human growth hormone to recover from a nagging knee injury late in his career. The 1995 American League MVP told The Athletic in a recent interview that he had HGH injected in his knee to extend his career. 'I was trying to do everything I could,' Vaughn told The Athletic. 'I knew I had a bad, degenerative knee. I was shooting HGH in my knee. Whatever I could do to help the process.' Vaughn was one of baseball's most feared hitters during his prime while with the Boston Red Sox in the late 1990s, hitting 39 homers with 126 RBIs during his MVP season. He began having injury issues later in his career, including his left knee and a ruptured biceps tendon that cost him the entire 2001 season. Vaughn was among the players named in 2007 in the Mitchell Report, which looked into the use of steroids and performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. The report offered evidence that Vaughn made three separate purchases of HGH in 2001. Major League Baseball didn't ban HGH until 2005, nearly two years after Vaughn's last game. Vaughn played eight seasons with the Red Sox before two-year stints with both the Anaheim Angels and New York Mets. ___ AP MLB: The Associated Press
Washington Post
10-03-2025
- Health
- Washington Post
Former big league slugger Mo Vaughn confirms HGH use late in his career, report says
Former big league slugger Mo Vaughn has confirmed he used human growth hormone to recover from a nagging knee injury late in his career. The 1995 American League MVP told The Athletic in a recent interview that he had HGH injected in his knee to extend his career. 'I was trying to do everything I could,' Vaughn told The Athletic . 'I knew I had a bad, degenerative knee. I was shooting HGH in my knee. Whatever I could do to help the process.' Vaughn was one of baseball's most feared hitters during his prime while with the Boston Red Sox in the late 1990s, hitting 39 homers with 126 RBIs during his MVP season. He began having injury issues later in his career, including his left knee and a ruptured biceps tendon that cost him the entire 2001 season. Vaughn was among the players named in 2007 in the Mitchell Report, which looked into the use of steroids and performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. The report offered evidence that Vaughn made three separate purchases of HGH in 2001. Major League Baseball didn't ban HGH until 2005, nearly two years after Vaughn's last game. Vaughn played eight seasons with the Red Sox before two-year stints with both the Anaheim Angels and New York Mets. ___ AP MLB:
Fox Sports
10-03-2025
- Health
- Fox Sports
Former big league slugger Mo Vaughn confirms HGH use late in his career, report says
Associated Press Former big league slugger Mo Vaughn has confirmed he used human growth hormone to recover from a nagging knee injury late in his career. The 1995 American League MVP told The Athletic in a recent interview that he had HGH injected in his knee to extend his career. 'I was trying to do everything I could,' Vaughn told The Athletic. 'I knew I had a bad, degenerative knee. I was shooting HGH in my knee. Whatever I could do to help the process.' Vaughn was one of baseball's most feared hitters during his prime while with the Boston Red Sox in the late 1990s, hitting 39 homers with 126 RBIs during his MVP season. He began having injury issues later in his career, including his left knee and a ruptured biceps tendon that cost him the entire 2001 season. Vaughn was among the players named in 2007 in the Mitchell Report, which looked into the use of steroids and performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. The report offered evidence that Vaughn made three separate purchases of HGH in 2001. Major League Baseball didn't ban HGH until 2005, nearly two years after Vaughn's last game. Vaughn played eight seasons with the Red Sox before two-year stints with both the Anaheim Angels and New York Mets. ___ AP MLB: recommended in this topic
Associated Press
10-03-2025
- Health
- Associated Press
Former big league slugger Mo Vaughn confirms HGH use late in his career, report says
Former big league slugger Mo Vaughn has confirmed he used human growth hormone to recover from a nagging knee injury late in his career. The 1995 American League MVP told The Athletic in a recent interview that he had HGH injected in his knee to extend his career. 'I was trying to do everything I could,' Vaughn told The Athletic. 'I knew I had a bad, degenerative knee. I was shooting HGH in my knee. Whatever I could do to help the process.' Vaughn was one of baseball's most feared hitters during his prime while with the Boston Red Sox in the late 1990s, hitting 39 homers with 126 RBIs during his MVP season. He began having injury issues later in his career, including his left knee and a ruptured biceps tendon that cost him the entire 2001 season. Vaughn was among the players named in 2007 in the Mitchell Report, which looked into the use of steroids and performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. The report offered evidence that Vaughn made three separate purchases of HGH in 2001. Major League Baseball didn't ban HGH until 2005, nearly two years after Vaughn's last game. Vaughn played eight seasons with the Red Sox before two-year stints with both the Anaheim Angels and New York Mets. ___
