Jose Canseco, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jose Canseco

Cuban-American baseball player

Date of Birth: 02-Jul-1964

Place of Birth: Havana, Havana Province, Cuba

Profession: Thai boxer, karateka, baseball player, taekwondo athlete

Nationality: United States, Cuba

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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About Jose Canseco

  • José Canseco Capas Jr.
  • (born July 2, 1964) is a Cuban-American former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder and designated hitter.
  • During his time with the Oakland A's, he established himself as one of the premier power hitters in the game.
  • He won the Rookie of the Year (1986), and Most Valuable Player award (1988), and was a six-time All-Star.
  • Canseco is a two-time World Series winner with the Oakland A's (1989) and the New York Yankees (2000). In 1988 Canseco became the first player to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases in one season and won the Silver Slugger award four times: three as an AL outfielder (1988, 1990, 1991), and once as a designated hitter (1998).
  • He ranks 4th all time in A's history with 254 home runs and is one of 14 players in MLB history with 400 home runs and 200 stolen bases.
  • Despite his many injuries during the later part of his career, Canseco averaged 40 home runs, 120 RBIs and 102 runs scored every 162 games. As of 2019, Canseco's 462 career home runs rank him 37th on the MLB all-time list.
  • At one time Canseco was the all-time leader in home runs among Latino players; but was later surpassed by Manny Ramirez, Albert Pujols, David Ortiz, Carlos Delgado, Rafael Palmeiro, Alex Rodriguez, Sammy Sosa, and Miguel Cabrera.
  • He was the first player to hit 30 home runs for 4 different clubs; Oakland 33 in 1986, Texas 31 in 1994, Toronto 46 in 1998 and Tampa Bay 34 in 1999 (this was later surpassed by Fred McGriff and Gary Sheffield who did it for 5 different teams). Canseco admitted using performance-enhancing drugs during his playing career, and in 2005 wrote a tell-all book, Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big, in which he claimed that the vast majority of MLB players use steroids.
  • After retiring from Major League Baseball, he also competed in boxing and mixed martial arts.

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