Gary Sheffield

==Steroid allegations==
During a workout with [[Barry Bonds]] in 2001, a cream was applied to Sheffield's knee by a trainer to help heal ripped stitches from a knee surgery. Sheffield states in his book, ''Inside Power'', that he had no knowledge of the cream containing steroids, and had no reason to assume so at the time. He goes on to say in his book that the cream did nothing to strengthen his knee, and also states that a look at his numbers shows no improvement after the incident.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ktvu.com/sports/3786297/detail.html|title=MLB Will Not Punish Sheffield For BALCO Admission|publisher=KTVU|location=San Francisco|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116052511/http://www.ktvu.com/sports/3786297/detail.html|archive-date=2009-01-16}}</ref>

On December 13, 2007, Sheffield was named in the [[Mitchell Report (baseball)|Mitchell Report]] as one of the players who had obtained and used steroids.<ref name="tmr">{{cite report |last=Mitchell |first=George |author-link=George J. Mitchell |date=December 13, 2007 |title=Report to the Commissioner of Baseball of an Independent Investigation into the Illegal Use of Steroids and Other Performance Enhancing Substances by Players in Major League Baseball |url=https://files.mlb.com/mitchrpt.pdf |publisher=[[Office of the Commissioner of Baseball]] |pages= |docket= |access-date=October 26, 2023}}</ref> Sheffield agreed to meet with the report's investigators for an interview but, due to the unavailability of his attorney, no interview could be scheduled before the report was published.<ref name="tmr" />{{rp|121}}

In their book ''[[Game of Shadows]]'', reporters [[Mark Fainaru-Wada]] and [[Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada|Lance Williams]] allege that Sheffield worked with and received steroids such as testosterone and human growth hormone from his and Barry Bonds's personal trainer Greg Anderson. The book also details steroid calendars found in possession of Anderson outlining numerous steroid cycles Sheffield was to have undertaken after the 2001 season.