Jose Canseco

José Canseco Capas Jr., born on July 2, 1964, is a Cuban-American former professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter who made a significant impact in Major League Baseball (MLB) over a remarkable seventeen-season career. He is best known for his time with the Oakland Athletics, where he emerged as one of the premier power hitters of his era. Canseco's accolades include winning the Rookie of the Year award in 1986 and the Most Valuable Player award in 1988, alongside being selected as an All-Star six times.

In 1988, Canseco made history by becoming the first player in MLB to achieve the impressive feat of hitting forty home runs and stealing forty bases in a single season. His prowess at the plate earned him the Silver Slugger Award four times, showcasing his exceptional skills as both an outfielder and designated hitter. With a total of two hundred fifty-four home runs, he ranks fourth in Athletics history and is one of only fourteen players in MLB history to surpass four hundred home runs and two hundred stolen bases.

Despite facing numerous injuries in the latter part of his career, Canseco maintained an impressive average of forty home runs, one hundred twenty runs batted in, and one hundred two runs scored every one hundred sixty-two games. Over his career, he played a total of one thousand eight hundred eighty-seven games with seven different teams, finishing with four hundred sixty-two career home runs, the twelfth-highest total in American League history.

After his retirement from baseball in 2001, Canseco transitioned into boxing and mixed martial arts, continuing to showcase his athleticism. He also made headlines in 2005 with the release of his tell-all book, 'Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big,' where he candidly discussed the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball, claiming that a significant number of players were involved.