Mo Vaughn, the 12-year-old MLB-Sluggerhas confirmed that it is human growth hormone to extend his career in the big league.
Vaughn, who won the 1995 MVP, gave an interview with AthleticsWhere he admitted to use a performance -promoting medicine to recover from a knee injury leaves in his career.
“I tried to do everything I could,” Vaughn explained. “I knew that I had a bad, degenerative knee. I shot HGH in my knee. Whatever I could do to help the process.”
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Boston Red Sox First Honkman Mo Vaughn in action on the record in Fenway Park during the 1998 season. (RVR Photos-usa Today Sports)
Vaughn was one of the players mentioned in the infamous Mitchell report, who delved into the use of steroids and performance-promoting drugs in baseball in 2007.
In the case of Vaughn, the report found proof that he had bought in 2001 on three different occasions – a year he did not play after the injury of his left ankle and knee who pursued a mistake ball.
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MLB only forbade HGH in 2005, two years after the last match of Vaughn. He closed 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 most dreaded powered force of the competition, with his best season in 1995, his MVP campaign with the Boston Red Sox. He stamped 39 homers with a competition-leading 126 RBI while he .300/.388/.575 cut with a .963 Ops.
Boston Red Sox Infielder Mo Vaughn in action against the Detroit Tigers in Fenway Park. (USA Today Sports)
The following season, Vaughn hit a career-high 44 large flies with 143 RBI, while he .326/.420/.583 hit a 1.003 Ops.
After eight years at the Red Sox, where he struck 230 of his 328 career homers, Vaughn spent two seasons with the Los Angeles Angels of 1999-2000 for that injury in 2001 who took him away all year round.
Vaughn joined the Mets in 2002 and played 139 games while hit 26 Homers with 72 RBI with a stroke average of .259.
Boston Red Sox Infielder Mo Vaughn against the Detroit Tigers in Fenway Park. (USA Today Sports)
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Vaughn made three All-Star teams during his career (1995, 1996, 1998), all with the Red Sox.
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