Chapter[ VIII. Information Obtained Regarding Other Players’ Possession or Use of
Steroids and Human Growth Hormone ]
Section[ C. 2. Matt Karchner ]
2. Information Provided by a Former Major League Player
Matt Karchner pitched for two teams in Major League Baseball between 1995 and
2000, the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox. Members of my investigative staff
contacted him as part of our effort to interview former major league players.
Karchner said that during spring training in 1999, he observed two of his Chicago
Cubs teammates inject themselves with steroids in an apartment that Karchner was sharing with
them. Karchner declined to identify the players. He said that one of the players brought the
steroids to the apartment but was afraid of needles and therefore asked the second player to
administer the shot. The second player injected the first player with steroids in the buttocks and
then injected himself.
Later that season, Karchner was offered steroids by certain of his Cubs
teammates. Karchner would not disclose the names of players who offered him steroids, but he
said that the conversations he had with them involved the general cost of steroids and discussions
of “stacking” to build lean muscle necessary for pitchers. Karchner did not report either of these
incidents to anyone at the time.
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