José Canseco

Birth Name:

José Canseco Capas

Birth Place:

Havana, Cuba

Profession

Actor

Was the first major league baseball player to make at least 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in the same season
His twin brother Ozzie has also played baseball
Despite his father's determination to teach him the sport, he was an average baseball player as a child, and didn't make his high school's varsity team until his senior year
Emigrated from Cuba to the United States with his family in 1965 as part of a group citizens who opposed Fidel Castro's communist government
After the Oakland Athletics drafted him in the 15th round of the amateur draft, they sent him to play for their Premier League team in Idaho Falls, Idaho, paying him $600 a month
Quote: "The challenge is not to find a top player who has used steroids․ The challenge is to find a top player who hasn't․"
Quote: "[on steroid use] "I cared so much about winning, and about making the game more exciting for the fans, that I did what I had to do․""
A star hitter in the MLB known best for his time with the Oakland Athletics in the mid to late 1980s
In 2005, he returned to the spotlight by publishing a memoir called "Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big," which detailed his own steroid use and how steroids affected baseball overall
His second book, published in 2008 and titled "Vindicated," further elaborated on steroid use in baseball

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