Amphetamines did not become illegal until 1970 — not sure what MLB policy was prior to that though the Rolling Stones did have a song about them in Mother’s Little Helper.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OusADDs_3ps
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The question is were baseball stats before 1970 padded because of use of amphetamines (legal or non-legal)? There was a cocaine era in there as well. Some of the muscle building drugs used by ballplayers in the 80’s were not banned by MLB at the time.
I remember questions about some of the training regimens and diet of Maguire, Bonds, and Sosa at the time they were hitting the homeruns but baseball ignored it because the fans were starting to watch. Since baseball turned a blind eye then, keeping them out of the HOF seems hypocritical. Since the voting was done by media employees, I wouldn’t expect anything less.