Former Cy Young Award winner Eric Gagne says 80 percent of his Dodgers teammates used PEDs

(CBS News) When San Francisco Giants' All-Star Melky Cabrera was suspended 50 games last month for doping, Victor Conte shrugged off the news. The BALCO founder, who was a central figure in the Barry Bonds steroids investigation, said he thought about half of big leaguers were still using PEDs.

That may be a low estimate, if you believe former Dodgers pitcher Eric Gagne.

The 2003 Cy Young Award winner, who first admitted to using human growth hormone in 2010, estimates that 80 percent of his Dodgers teammates were using performance-enhancing drugs.

According to ESPNLosAngeles.com, Gagne, who didn't name any alleged cheaters, writes in his new biography: "I was intimately aware of the clubhouse in which I lived. I would say that 80 percent of the Dodgers players were consuming them."

In the memoir "Game Over: The Story of Eric Gagne," the former closer says that he used HGH over five cycles in a three-year period near the end of his career. Gagne, who last pitched in the major leagues in 2008 for the Brewers, writes: "It was sufficient to ruin my health, tarnish my reputation and throw a shadow over the extraordinary performances of my career."

Gagne, who won baseball's highest pitching honor when he converted 55 saves and posted a 1.20 ERA in 2003, had his career derailed by elbow surgery in 2005. He finished his career with 187 saves and a 3.47 ERA.