Roger Clemens: Hall of fame| Steroids| Cy young awards| Net Worth| Now

William Roger Clemens, nicknamed “Rocket”, is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 24 seasons in Major League Baseball, primarily with the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees.

Roger Clemens: Hall of fame| Steroids| Cy young awards| Net Worth| Now

Hall of fame:

Longtime Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was the lone former player to hear his name called during Tuesday’s BBWAA Hall of Fame election announcement, rewarding a career that saw a curse broken three times over.

In his first year of eligibility, Ortiz received 307 out of 397 votes (77.9 percent), putting him over the required 75 percent threshold. Here’s video of him finding out he had been elected, with Hall of Fame teammate Pedro Martinez by his side.

Steriods:

Roger Clemens is considered by many to be one of the greatest MLB pitchers of all time. His statistics and seven Cy Youngs back it up. Despite all of his success, Clemens was again denied an invitation into the Baseball Hall of Fame just last week for his alleged ties to using performance-enhancing drugs during his career. 

The accusations have dogged Clemens since he left the game in 2007, even after being acquitted in 2012 of lying to Congress about never using performance-enhancing drugs. This week, Clemens and steroid use came up again. This time it was in a Houston courtroom where one of his sons is part of an alleged assault lawsuit.   

Cy young awards:

Roger Clemens made his MLB debut with the Boston Red Sox in 1984. After a couple of seasons of spot starts, the Red Sox inserted Clemens into the starting rotation in the 1986 season and he delivered in a big way.

He finished that season with an MLB-best 24 wins against four losses and led all of baseball with a 2.48 ERA. He won the AL Cy Young and MVP. 

Net Worth:

Roger Clemens net worth and salary: Roger Clemens is a former American Major league Baseball pitcher who has a net worth of $60 million.

During his time in Major League Baseball, Roger Clemens won seven Cy Young Awards, which is more than any other pitcher. During his 23 year pitching career he was a member on four different professional teams.

Now:

He spent two seasons wearing a Toronto Blue Jays jersey and each year he won the pitching Triple Crown (leading the league in wins, ERA, and strikeouts) and a Cy Young Award. In 1999 he was traded to the New York Yankees, where he won his first World Series.

By 2003 he reached his 300th win and 4,000th strikeout in the same game, he is one of only four pitchers to have more than 4,000 strikeouts in their entire career (the others are Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson, and Steve Carlton).