David Justice

Full Name: David Christopher Justice Primary Position: OF,RF,DH,LF Height/Weight: 6' 3"/195 First Game: May 24, 1989 Birthdate: April 14, 1966 Final Game: September 29, 2002 Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio MLB Experience: 14 years Bat/Throw: Left/Left

Biography

David Justice (David Christopher Justice) was born on April 14, 1966 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on May 24, 1989 for the Atlanta Braves. In 1990, his rookie year, he hit .282 with 28 home runs and 78 RBI. Justice played for the Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees and Oakland Athletics over the course of his 14 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was David Justice's most productive season. Some believe that it was 2000, when he slugged 41 home runs, hit for a .286 average and knocked in 118 runs. However, others believe that it was 1993, when he slugged 40 home runs and knocked in 120 runs.

Justice was also one of the players named in baseball's Mitchell Report. According to the report, Justice made just one purchase of HGH in 2000 from former Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski and paid by check (Radomski claims he cashed the check). Former Yankees trainer Brian McNamee alleges that Justice asked McNamee about HGH in 2000 or 2001, and that Justice also confessed he obtained HGH from Radomski.

Prior to the allegations by Radomski and McNamee, Justice met with investigators for the Mitchell Report. He named many players of whom he suspected, but had no direct knowledge of their use, and also said that he had "thousands" of conversations with fellow players about steroid use. He also claimed that, in his entire career, no team he was a part of, nor the Commissioner's Office or the MLBPA ever mentioned steroids. He also claims that he had never been warned about the side effects of steroids or that they were a banned substance.

After gathering evidence from McNamee and Radomski, the investigators for the Mitchell Report attempted to meet with Justice. Justice did not respond to their invitations.

Statistics

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1989	ATL	N	16	51	7	12	1	3	.235	.291	.353	3	0	3	9	1	1	2	1	1
1990	ATL	N	127	439	76	124	28	78	.282	.373	.535	23	2	64	92	0	0	11	4	2
1991	ATL	N	109	396	67	109	21	87	.275	.377	.503	25	1	65	81	3	0	8	9	4
1992	ATL	N	144	484	78	124	21	72	.256	.359	.446	19	5	79	85	2	0	2	8	1
1993	ATL	N	157	585	90	158	40	120	.270	.357	.515	15	4	78	90	3	0	3	12	9
1994	ATL	N	104	352	61	110	19	59	.313	.427	.531	16	2	69	45	2	0	2	5	8
1995	ATL	N	120	411	73	104	24	78	.253	.365	.479	17	2	73	68	2	0	4	5	5
1996	ATL	N	40	140	23	45	6	25	.321	.409	.514	9	0	21	22	1	0	1	1	5
1997	CLE	A	139	495	84	163	33	101	.329	.418	.596	31	1	80	79	0	0	3	11	12
1998	CLE	A	146	540	94	151	21	88	.280	.363	.476	39	2	76	98	0	0	9	7	9
1999	CLE	A	133	429	75	123	21	88	.287	.413	.476	18	0	94	90	2	0	1	11	14
2000	NY	A	78	275	43	84	20	60	.305	.391	.585	17	0	39	42	1	0	1	1	6
2000	CLE	A	68	249	46	66	21	58	.265	.361	.582	14	1	38	49	0	0	1	2	7
2000	TOT	A	146	524	89	150	41	118	.286	.377	.584	31	1	77	91	1	0	2	3	13
2001	NY	A	111	381	58	92	18	51	.241	.333	.430	16	1	54	83	0	0	1	5	6
2002	OAK	A	118	398	54	106	11	49	.266	.376	.410	18	3	70	66	1	0	4	3	12
Total	NL		817	2858	475	786	160	522	.275	.374	.499	127	16	452	492	14	1	33	45	35
Total	AL		793	2767	454	785	145	495	.284	.381	.502	153	8	451	507	4	0	20	40	66
Total			1610	5625	929	1571	305	1017	.279	.378	.500	280	24	903	999	18	1	53	85	101

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1989	ATL	N	RF	13	12	114.2	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1989	ATL	N	LF	3	2	18	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1989	ATL	N	OF	16	14	132.2	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1990	ATL	N	OF	61	57	510.2	116	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.968
1990	ATL	N	RF	60	57	508.2	118	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.968
1990	ATL	N	1B	69	60	535.2	488	38	10	43	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1990	ATL	N	LF	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1991	ATL	N	OF	106	106	957.1	204	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.968
1991	ATL	N	RF	106	106	957.1	205	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.968
1992	ATL	N	RF	140	134	1198.1	313	8	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1992	ATL	N	OF	140	134	1198.1	313	8	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1993	ATL	N	OF	157	157	1394.1	323	9	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1993	ATL	N	RF	157	157	1394.1	327	9	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1994	ATL	N	OF	102	102	879	192	6	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1994	ATL	N	RF	102	102	879	194	6	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.948
1995	ATL	N	RF	120	120	1035.1	232	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1995	ATL	N	OF	120	120	1035.1	233	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1996	ATL	N	OF	40	40	347	88	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1996	ATL	N	RF	40	40	347	88	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1997	CLE	A	OF	78	76	649.1	120	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1997	CLE	A	RF	5	3	27	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1997	CLE	A	LF	74	73	622.1	113	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1997	CLE	A	DH	61	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1998	CLE	A	LF	19	18	149	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1998	CLE	A	DH	123	116	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1998	CLE	A	RF	2	2	18	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1998	CLE	A	OF	21	20	167	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1999	CLE	A	RF	15	12	124	35	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.972
1999	CLE	A	LF	80	77	682.2	127	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1999	CLE	A	DH	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1999	CLE	A	OF	94	89	806.2	161	7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	.977
2000	NY	A	OF	60	57	476	127	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.985
2000	NY	A	DH	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2000	NY	A	LF	43	41	326.2	81	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.978
2000	NY	A	CF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2000	NY	A	RF	25	16	148.1	46	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2000	CLE	A	RF	23	22	188.1	43	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.957
2000	CLE	A	OF	47	46	402	84	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.977
2000	CLE	A	DH	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2000	CLE	A	LF	25	24	209.2	38	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2000	CLE	A	CF	2	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2000	TOT	A	LF	68	65	536.1	119	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.984
2000	TOT	A	CF	3	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2000	TOT	A	OF	107	103	878	211	7	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.982
2000	TOT	A	DH	38	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2000	TOT	A	RF	48	38	336.2	89	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.978
2001	NY	A	OF	25	22	189.1	49	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.981
2001	NY	A	LF	16	14	122.1	36	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.976
2001	NY	A	DH	85	85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2001	NY	A	RF	11	8	67	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2002	OAK	A	OF	75	72	585.2	125	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.985
2002	OAK	A	RF	23	23	195	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2002	OAK	A	LF	53	49	390.2	75	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.975
2002	OAK	A	DH	37	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			DH	377	367	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			RF	842	814	7202.1	1694	50	42	7	0	0	0	0	0	.976
Total			1B	69	60	535.2	488	38	10	43	0	0	0	0	0	.981
Total			LF	314	298	2523.1	508	23	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	.982
Total			CF	3	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	1142	1112	9730.2	2196	71	52	12	0	0	0	0	0	.978

Transactions

• Selected by Atlanta Braves in the 4th round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1985).
• Traded by Atlanta Braves with Marquis Grissom to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Alan Embree and Kenny Lofton (March 25, 1997).
• Traded by Cleveland Indians to New York Yankees in exchange for Ricky Ledee, Jake Westbrook and Zach Day (June 29, 2000).
• Traded by New York Yankees to New York Mets in exchange for Robin Ventura (December 7, 2001).
• Traded by New York Mets to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Mark Guthrie and Tyler Yates (December 14, 2001).