Jose Canseco

Baseball Player

1964 –

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Who is Jose Canseco?

José Canseco Capas, Jr., is a Cuban-American former Major League Baseball outfielder, and designated hitter. Canseco has admitted using performance enhancing drugs during his playing career, and in 2005 wrote a tell-all book, Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big, in which he claimed that the vast majority of MLB players use steroids. After retiring from Major League Baseball, he also competed in boxing and mixed martial arts.

Canseco is the identical twin brother of former major league player Ozzie Canseco.

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Born
Jul 2, 1964
Havana
Also known as
  • José Canseco Capas Jr.
  • José Canseco Capas, Jr.
  • The Chemist
  • Jose Canseco y Capas Jr.
  • Hose A
Siblings
Spouses
Children
Nationality
  • United States of America
  • Cuba
Profession
Education
  • Miami Coral Park High School
Lived in
  • Oakland

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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