Rafael Palmeiro

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    • Full name: Rafael Corrales Palmeiro
    • Born: September 24, 1964
    • Birthplace: Havana, Cuba
    • Nickname: Raffy
    • Height: 215 lbs
    • Weight: 6' 0"
    • Position: First Base
    • Bats: Left
    • Throws: Left
    • College: Mississippi State
    • Draft year: September 8, 1985
    • Spouse: Lynne Palmeiro

  • Rafael Palmeiro is a former MLB player who spent twenty years playing baseball.

  • Playing Career

    Rafael Palmeiro started his Major League Baseball career with the Chicago Cubs. He also played for the Texas Rangers and the Baltimore Orioles. On July 15, 2005 he recorded his 3,000th career hit.

  • Steroids Controversy

    In 2005, in the midst of the Barry Bonds steroids scandal, Jose Canseco wrote a purported tell-all book entitled Juiced, in which he admitted using steroids and also claimed to have injected several former teammates, including Rafael Palmeiro, with the performance enhancing drug.CBS News: Steroid-User Canseco Names Names Palmeiro denied the accusation, however he was suspended on August 1, 2005 after testing positive for stanozolol. He continued to maintain that he never knowingly took the drugs.ESPN: Palmeiro Docked 10 days for Steroids

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