Jose Canseco
- Oakland Athletics (1985-1992)
- Texas Rangers (1992-1994)
- Boston Red Sox (1995-1996)
- Oakland Athletics ( 1997)
- Toronto Blue Jays (1998)
- Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1999-2000)
- New York Yankees (2000)
- Chicago White Sox (2001)
- 6 × All-Star 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1999
- 2 × World Series champion in 1989, 2000
- Silver Slugger Award 4 × 1988, 1990, 1991, 1998
- AL MVP in 1988
- AL Rookie of the Year 1986
- AL Comeback Player of the Year 1994
- 40-40 Club
José Canseco Capas, Jr. ( born July 2, 1964 in Havana, Cuba ) is a former baseball player. He was mostly used as outfielder, later as a designated hitter. Throughout his career in Major League Baseball, he played for seven teams. He reached his greatest success in 1989 when he won the World Series with the Oakland Athletics.
Canseco made his debut in the final stages of the 1985 season for the Athletics. In 1986 he was elected Rookie of the Year, 1988 Most Valuable Player. Together with Mark McGwire Canseco formed in the second half of the 1980s one of the most successful campaigns in the major leagues. From 1988 to 1990, the A's reached three times in a row, the World Series, where Canseco and his team won the title in 1989. 1988 and 1990, the series was lost.
1992 Canseco was issued in exchange for three other players to the Texas Rangers. Its value as a hitter were good overall, but he often had to contend with injuries, which led to several club changes. His only injury-free season since his departure from Oakland, he had him in 1998 with 46 home runs achieved a personal record at the Toronto Blue Jays, in which year.
After the 2001 season ended Cansecos career in the MLB, but he was active until 2006 in minor baseball associations. In 2005 he gave to the use of steroids to enhance performance. Canseco published his book Juiced, in which he also accused several former teammates of doping.
Canseco is a total of 462 home runs he hit during his career, ranked 32 of the all-time best list. He was four times named best offensive player at his position with the Silver Slugger Award (1988, 1990-1991, 1998).
After his baseball career, he tried his hand at martial arts. In the MMA event DREAM 9 he lost his battle against the Koreans Choi Hong -man by TKO in the first round.