4. Steroids Saved Major League Baseball
● After the 1994-1995 seasons,
attendance was down 20 percent
and revenue fell from $1.87 billion
in 1993 to $1.4 billion in 1995.
● Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa,
both steroid users, would go on to
break Roger Maris‘ 37-year-old
record of 61 home runs in a season.
● From 1996 to 2001, attendance
rose 44 percent at MLB games and
revenue rose from $1.4 billion to
$3.7 billion.
5. Testing for Steroids Today
● 2014 were the lowest ratings ever
on FOX for MLB games and Game
7 of the World Series only had 23.5
million viewers
● Steroid Era 2001 & 2002 Game &
of the World Series had 39.1
million views and 30.8 million
views.