Jul 4, 2009 10:06 am US/Eastern
Report: Clemens Didn't Test Positive In 2003
NEW YORK (CBS) ―
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Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens looks over his papers during a U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
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Roger Clemens' lawyer said the pitcher was not among the more than 100 players who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003.
Rusty Hardin told the New York Times that Clemens obtained the results from the drug-testing company and provided them to Congress before his 2008 testimony by waiving his right to keep them private.
The results would not affect a federal grand jury's investigation into whether Clemens should be indicted for perjury.
Clemens disputed former trainer Brian McNamee's claims that he injected the pitcher with steroids and human growth hormone from 1998 to 2001.
McNamee made no assertions about 2003, and HGH was not tested for them.
Players were anonymously tested in 2003 with no penalties. Hardin said he was revealing the results now because other players recently have been linked to the list.
Clemens won 354 games during his career, striking out 4,672 batters along the way with a career earned run average of 3.12. He spent six seasons with the New York Yankees.
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