Jose Canseco

Cuban baseball player (born 1964)

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Born

2 July 1964, Havana

Citizenship

Cuba, United States

Sport

baseball

Occupation

baseball player, karateka, taekwondo athlete, Thai boxer

Team / club

Athletics, Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox

José Canseco Capas Jr. (born July 2, 1964) is a Cuban-American former professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). During his time with the Oakland Athletics, 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 champion with the Oakland Athletics (1989) and the New York Yankees (2000).

Awards and honours

• Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award 1988

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikiquote
• Sherdog
• IMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q982714 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.