Baseball and steroids
According to STATS (via Men's Health), in the 2011 Major League Baseball season at the All-Star break the number of runs per game was down 20 percent from 2000 and home runs had dropped 31%. It will be interesting to see these stats trend over the next few years, but assuming it does I guess this answers once and for all how big of a problem there was with steroids, huh? Interesting chart, with each # representing a MLB player (http://baseballsgreatesthitters.com/Steroids_and_HomeRuns.html)
Rank | 40+ HR seasons | 50+ HR seasons | 60+ HR seasons | 70+ HR seasons |
The Dead Ball Era | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Babe Ruth Era | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Baseball During WWII | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Baseball 1950's-mid 1960's | 50 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Pitching Era | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
The Last Clean Era | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Steroid Era | 83 | 11 | 4 | 2 |
Baseball After Steroids | 52 | 7 | 0 | 0 |