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José Canseco

Positions: Designated Hitter, Rightfielder and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 240lb (193cm, 108kg)

Born: July 2, 1964 in La Habana, Cuba cu

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 15th round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Carol City HS (Miami Gardens, FL).

High Schools: Carol City HS (Miami Gardens, FL), Coral Park HS (Miami, FL)

Last Game: October 6, 2001 (Age 37-096d)
vs. MIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1986 season

Agents: Juan Iglesias • Previously: Bo McKinnis, Dennis Gilbert, Jeff Borris

Full Name: José Canseco

Nicknames: The Chemist

Twitter: @JoseCanseco

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Relatives: Brother of Ozzie Canseco

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

42.4

7057

1877

462

.266

1186

RBI

1407

200

OBP

.353

SLG

.515

OPS

.867

OPS+

132

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1982	17		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk-A		34	76	66	13	16	4	0	2	7	3	0	10	16	.242	.342	.394	.736	26		0	0	0	0
1982	17	-5.0	Miami	FLOR	A		6	10	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.111	.200	.222	.422	2		0	0	0	0
1982	17	-3.4	Idaho Falls	PION	Rk	OAK	28	66	57	13	15	3	0	2	7	3	0	9	13	.263	.364	.421	.785	24		0	0	0	0
1983	18		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A--A	OAK	93	333	285	42	67	19	2	14	50	8	4	40	114	.235	.339	.463	.803	132		6	0	2	1
1983	18	-3.5	Madison	MIDW	A	OAK	34	100	88	8	14	4	0	3	10	2	2	10	36	.159	.250	.307	.557	27		1	0	1	1
1983	18	-2.8	Medford	NORW	A-	OAK	59	233	197	34	53	15	2	11	40	6	2	30	78	.269	.378	.533	.911	105		5	0	1	0
1984	19	-3.5	Modesto	CALL	A	OAK	116	500	410	61	113	21	2	15	73	10	6	74	127	.276	.388	.446	.835	183		6	3	7	5
1985	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	OAK	118	528	444	88	148	26	3	36	127	11	0	70	121	.333	.424	.649	1.073	288		6	0	8	11
1985	20	-5.3	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	OAK	60	277	233	41	81	16	1	11	47	5	0	40	66	.348	.440	.567	1.007	132		1	0	3	5
1985	20	-3.9	Huntsville	SOUL	AA	OAK	58	251	211	47	67	10	2	25	80	6	0	30	55	.318	.406	.739	1.146	156		5	0	5	6
1985	20	-8.9	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	29	100	96	16	29	3	0	5	13	1	1	4	31	.302	.330	.490	.820	47	1	0	0	0	0
1986	21	-7.8	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	157	682	600	85	144	29	1	33	117	15	7	65	175	.240	.318	.457	.775	274	12	8	0	9	1
1987	22	-6.4	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	159	691	630	81	162	35	3	31	113	15	3	50	157	.257	.310	.470	.780	296	16	2	0	9	2
1988	23	-5.5	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	158	705	610	120	187	34	0	42	124	40	16	78	128	.307	.391	.569	.960	347	15	10	1	6	10
1989	24	0.7	Huntsville	SOUL	AA	OAK	9	34	29	2	6	0	0	0	3	1	0	5	11	.207	.324	.207	.530	6		0	0	0	0
1989	24	-4.6	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	65	258	227	40	61	9	1	17	57	6	3	23	69	.269	.333	.542	.875	123	4	2	0	6	4
1990	25	-3.6	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	131	563	481	83	132	14	2	37	101	19	10	72	158	.274	.371	.543	.914	261	9	5	0	5	8
1991	26	-2.5	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	154	665	572	115	152	32	1	44	122	26	6	78	152	.266	.359	.556	.915	318	16	9	0	6	7
1992	27		2 Teams	AL	Maj	OAK-TEX	119	512	439	74	107	15	0	26	87	6	7	63	128	.244	.344	.456	.799	200	16	6	0	4	2
1992	27	-1.6	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	97	421	366	66	90	11	0	22	72	5	7	48	104	.246	.335	.456	.791	167	15	3	0	4	1
1992	27	-1.6	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	22	91	73	8	17	4	0	4	15	1	0	15	24	.233	.385	.452	.837	33	1	3	0	0	1
1993	28	-0.9	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	60	253	231	30	59	14	1	10	46	6	6	16	62	.255	.308	.455	.763	105	6	3	0	3	2
1994	29	-0.1	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	111	505	429	88	121	19	2	31	90	15	8	69	114	.282	.386	.552	.939	237	20	5	0	2	8
1995	30	3.6	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	2	8	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.167	.250	.167	.417	1	0	0	0	1	0
1995	30	1.0	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	102	450	396	64	121	25	1	24	81	4	0	42	93	.306	.378	.556	.933	220	9	7	0	5	4
1996	31	4.5	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
1996	31	2.1	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	96	432	360	68	104	22	1	28	82	3	1	63	82	.289	.401	.589	.989	212	7	6	0	3	3
1997	32	2.9	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	108	446	388	56	91	19	0	23	74	8	2	51	122	.235	.325	.461	.786	179	15	3	0	4	1
1998	33	3.7	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	151	658	583	98	138	26	0	46	107	29	17	65	159	.237	.318	.518	.836	302	7	6	0	4	5
1999	34	5.1	TBD	AL	Maj	TBD	113	502	430	75	120	18	1	34	95	3	0	58	135	.279	.369	.563	.931	242	14	7	0	7	3
2000	35		2 Teams	AL	Maj	NYY-TBD	98	401	329	47	83	18	0	15	49	2	0	64	102	.252	.377	.444	.820	146	7	4	0	4	2
2000	35	5.9	TBD	AL	Maj	TBD	61	264	218	31	56	15	0	9	30	2	0	41	65	.257	.383	.450	.832	98	5	4	0	1	1
2000	35	5.9	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	37	137	111	16	27	3	0	6	19	0	0	23	37	.243	.365	.432	.797	48	2	0	0	3	1
2001	36	7.5	Newark	ATLL	Ind		41	183	134	30	38	9	0	7	27	10	1	40	39	.284	.459	.508	.967	68	1	6	0	3	2
2001	36	7.0	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	76	306	256	46	66	8	0	16	49	2	1	45	75	.258	.366	.477	.843	122	4	1	0	4	1
2002	37	9.8	Charlotte	IL	AAA	CHW	18	75	64	11	11	1	0	5	9	1	0	9	21	.172	.280	.422	.702	27	1	1	0	1	1

2006	41		2 Teams	GOBL	Ind		22	87	71	9	12	3	0	4	9	0	0	12	32	.169	.322	.380	.702	27	3	4	0	0	0
2006	41	15.4	San Diego	GOBL	Ind		1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	1	0	0	0
2006	41	15.4	Long Beach	GOBL	Ind		21	83	68	9	12	3	0	4	9	0	0	12	29	.177	.325	.397	.722	27	3	3	0	0	0

2010	45	19.5	Laredo	UNLB	Ind		11	49	39	14	15	3	0	4	13	0	0	9	10	.385	.510	.769	1.279	30		1	0	0	0
2011	46	19.5	Yuma	NABL	Ind		64	237	199	30	51	10	0	8	46	3	1	34	55	.256	.371	.427	.798	85		3	0	1	1
2012	47	20.8	Worcester	CAMA	Ind		20	84	72	5	14	1	0	1	7	3	0	10	24	.194	.310	.250	.560	18		2	0	0	0
2013	48	23.4	Fort Worth	UNLB	Ind		6	25	21	2	5	1	0	1	7	0	0	4	6	.238	.360	.429	.789	9		0	0	0	1

2015	50		2 Teams	PACA	Ind		8	33	32	4	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	6	.188	.212	.281	.493	9		0	0	0	0
2015	50	24.4	Sonoma	PACA	Ind		2	8	8	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.625	.875	5		0	0	0	0
2015	50	24.4	Pittsburg	PACA	Ind		6	25	24	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.167	.200	.167	.367	4		0	0	0	0
2016	51	25.5	Pittsburg	PACA	Ind		7	17	14	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.143	.177	.143	.319	2		0	0	2	0
2017	52	26.9	Pittsburg	PACA	Ind		1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
2018	53	28.8	Normal	FRON	Ind		3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Majors (17 seasons)					Majors		1887	8129	7057	1186	1877	340	14	462	1407	200	88	906	1942	.266	.353	.515	.867	3631	178	84	1	81	63
Minors (8 seasons)					Minors		392	1559	1309	218	363	71	7	72	270	34	10	209	418	.277	.380	.507	.887	664		19	3	19	18
Other (10 seasons)					Other		183	720	587	94	143	27	0	26	113	16	2	111	183	.244	.375	.423	.798	248		16	0	6	4
All Levels (30 Seasons)							2462	10408	8953	1498	2383	438	21	560	1790	250	100	1226	2543	.266	.358	.507	.866	4543		119	4	106	85

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		82	365	308	53	94	17	1	16	57	6	0	50	95	.305	.400	.523	.923	161	1	2	0	5	6
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		67	285	240	49	73	10	2	25	83	7	0	35	66	.304	.397	.675	1.072	162		5	0	5	6
A (3 seasons)					Minors		156	610	507	69	128	26	2	18	83	12	8	85	166	.253	.362	.418	.781	212		7	3	8	6
A- (1 season)					Minors		59	233	197	34	53	15	2	11	40	6	2	30	78	.269	.378	.533	.911	105		5	0	1	0
Rk (1 season)					Minors		28	66	57	13	15	3	0	2	7	3	0	9	13	.263	.364	.421	.785	24		0	0	0	0