Sep 27, 1985 · "Keith Hernandez said on the witness stand that he thought 40 percent of the players in baseball were using cocaine in the early '80s," said the St. Louis manager in an …

Sep 28, 1985 · WASHINGTON — St. Louis Cardinals Manager Whitey Herzog claims that 11 members of his major league baseball team were “heavy users” of cocaine during the early 1980s and that Montreal was the city...

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 5, 1985 -- Outfielder Lonnie Smith of the Kansas City Royals testified today that he and five other major league baseball players, including 20-game winner Joaquin Andujar of...

Jun 10, 2013 · On the surface, Lonnie Smith in 1983 was having a strong follow-up to his successful first season with the Cardinals. What most, including his manager and many of his teammates, apparently couldn't see was that an addiction to …

Dec 24, 1985 · ST. LOUIS -- At least two members of the NFL St. Louis Cardinals underwent drug counseling and treatment this year and cocaine use accelerated on the team as its record declined, the St. Louis ...

Sep 28, 1985 · He said in an interview with today's Washington Post that 11 members of the Cardinals were ''heavy users'' of cocaine during the early 1980's and that Montreal was the city where the drug was...

Sep 7, 1985 · Keith Hernandez of the Mets, admitting for the first time publicly that he has used cocaine, told a United States District Court today how the drug was ''a demon in me'' and how it is ''the devil...

Dec 24, 1985 · Over the past two seasons, urine tests given by the club confirmed that two players were using cocaine. Four players were privately warned last year, the Post-Dispatch said.

Sep 6, 1985 · Lonnie Smith, the first baseball player to testify in the Federal trial of an accused drug dealer, today named Joaquin Andujar, Keith Hernandez and Gary Matthews as players who were involved in...

Jun 3, 2015 · While on the stand, he suggested that 40% of ballplayers were using cocaine. Shortly after, Whitey Herzog (Hernandez’s former manager with the Cardinals) publicly agreed with Hernandez, stating that there were 11 “heavy users” on their team in the early 1980’s.