What is Jose Canseco's Net Worth?

Jose Canseco is a Cuba-born retired American baseball player who has a net worth of $800 thousand. After a distinguished career in Major League Baseball, Canseco was eventually plagued by injuries and after his retirement became a fan favorite for his reality TV stardom, eccentric statements, and a tell-all book about his career in baseball that was published in 2005.

During his career, Jose earned $45 million in salary before taxes and fees. In 1990, Jose signed a five-year $23.5 million contract with Oakland. That's the same as around $46 million today. He was traded partway through that contract, first to the Texas Rangers, then to the Boston Red Sox.

His peak salary was the $5.8 million he earned from the Boston Red Sox in 1995. Like many athletes, Jose spent his money nearly as quickly. In recent years he has claimed to no longer even be a millionaire.

In February 2021 Jose participated in a Pay Per View celebrity boxing match organized by Barstool Sports. When it was all totaled, he reportedly earned $1 million for roughly 12 seconds of work.

Early Life

Jose Canseco was born July 2, 1964, in Havana, Cuba. His entire family left Cuba when Jose and his twin brother Ozzie (who also had a career as a professional ball player, albeit a less high-profile one) were still infants. Canseco had an interest in baseball early on, playing for his Miami Coral Park High School team and making varsity in his senior year. In his junior year, when he played on the junior varsity team, one sign of his future success came in the form of an MVP award. In 1982, he graduated high school, and his baseball career continued from there.