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
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