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During his major league career, Wiggins struggled with drug addiction, which resulted in several arrests and suspensions from baseball. His drug problems prompted a 1985 trade from San Diego to Baltimore, where Wiggins spent three seasons.
Jan 13, 1991 · There were early signs of problems in Wiggins’ career after he was selected in the first round of the 1977 draft by the Angels.
Aug 1, 2019 · Alan Wiggins’s career with the San Diego Padres was finished with less than one year completed on his four-year contract. Wiggins struggled in Baltimore. His history of drug arrests didn’t seem to suit Orioles fans, who booed him.
Jan 8, 1991 · Alan Wiggins, the flashy baseball player who allowed drugs to destroy his skills, died Sunday night at Cedars-Sinai Hospital at age 32. The cause of Wiggins’ death remains unclear, but Ron...
Jan 15, 1991 · Alan Wiggins, whose baseball career was shortened because of drug use after he helped the San Diego Padres earn a World Series berth in 1984, died of complications from AIDS, a newspaper...
Alan Wiggins stole 29 bases in 59 games in 1981, then he was suspended after being arrested for possession of cocaine. Wiggins struggled with drug addiction throughout his career, received other suspensions, and was ultimately suspended indefinitely on August 31, 1987.
Jan 9, 1991 · By Kent Baker. UPDATED: October 25, 2018 at 11:09 p.m. The death of Alan Wiggins at age 32 cast a pall yesterday over the members of the Baltimore Orioles family who knew him. They described him as...
