Jose Canseco Net Worth

Jose Canseco's Quotes

• You'll be surprised at how steroid use has revolutionized the game of baseball. You'd be even more shocked if you found out which players have used them at one point or another in their career.

Interesting Facts about Jose Canseco

1. December 7, 2001: Arraigned before Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Stanford Blake for two counts of aggravated battery in a 10/31/01 incident at a Miami Beach nightclub. Police said Canseco grabbed a club patron by the neck, punched him and broke his nose. Canseco claimed he was with his brother and three women when a man violently groped one of the women, so he pushed the man but never hit him.
2. 1998: Pleaded no contest in 1998 to a domestic violence charge for hitting his wife, Jessica Canseco.
3. August 7, 2000: The New York Yankees obtain Canseco from the Devil Rays. The move, which mystifies even manager Joe Torre, is presumably designed to keep the high priced slugger away from AL East rivals.
4. December 9, 1998: The Tampa Bay Devil Rays sign Canseco.
5. February 4, 1998: Canseco signs a 1-year contract with the Toronto Blue Jays.
6. January 27, 1997: The Red Sox trade Canseco and cash to the Oakland Athletics for P John Wasdin.
7. December 9, 1994: The Boston Red Sox obtain Canseco from the Rangers in exchange for OF Otis Nixon and 3B Luis Ortiz.
8. May 29, 1993: Pitches the 8th inning of the Rangers 15-1 loss to the Red Sox in Boston. He allows three earned runs on three walks and two singles before retiring the side.
9. February 13th, 1992: Rams his now-ex wife Esther's car, causing $10,000 in damage, following an argument.
10. August 31, 1992: The A's trade Canseco to the Texas Rangers in exchange for OF Ruben Sierra, P Jeff Russell and Bobby Witt.
11. First player in MLB history to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases in the same season (1988).
12. November 25, 1986: Wins the AL Rookie of the Year Award, becoming the first A's player to do so since Harry Byrd in 1952.
13. November 16, 1988: Becomes the first unanimous AL MVP since Reggie Jackson in 1973.
14. Has identical twin brother, Osvaldo (Ozzie).
15. June 27, 1990: signed the most lucrative contract in baseball to that date, a five-year, $23.5 million deal.
16. Canseco's book "Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big" prompted a Congressional hearing on the use of performance-enhancing substances in baseball. Canseco, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Rafael Palmeiro, Curt Schilling, Frank Thomas, and commissioner Bud Selig testified on 17 March 2005. McGwire refused to answer questions while Sosa and Palmeiro denied using steroids. Palmeiro, Schilling and McGwire accused Canseco of lying. Palmeiro was suspended five months later violating baseball's steroids policy.
17. Canseco and Mark McGwire were known as the Bash Brothers. Their trademark was an elbow slap.
18. 2002: Canseco had many firsts in 2002. He signed a minor league deal with the Montreal Expos. The Expos are the first team in the National League he had ever played for. He was going to be the OF/1B for the Frank Robinson managed team, but was released when he discovered he wouldn't be an every day player. He later signed a minor league contract with the White Sox and was sent to Triple-A Charlotte. The Charlotte Knights first game with Canseco was April 27th. Attendence at Charlotte increased over 50% once Canseco was with the Knights. He had five homers before retiring, May 13th.
19. First player in MLB history to hit 30 or more homers for four different teams.
20. Has claimed that 85% of current Major League Baseball players use steroids.