Rawlings/Adirondack model JC35 Jose Canseco Professional model bat is un-cracked and exhibits evidence of excellent use. Several ball marks and ball stitch impressions are visible on the left and back barrel. Ball marks include red ink transfers. Also visible on the bat are blue bat rack streaks. The handle has been scored to enhance grip and there is a light coat of pine tar as well. The model JC33 and year 1990 are stamped into the knob. Canseco's number 33 is written on the knob in black marker. A Jose Canseco signature adorns the front barrel, also in black marker.
This bat has only 1990 stamped in the knob, not the usual Rawlings stampings of model number, order number and year. The stampings of only 1990 indicates the bat was made for the postseason, in this case the American League Championship Series. Additionally, there appears to be a few red ink transfers on the barrel. Official Major League Baseball's used in the 1990 World Series were imprinted with red ink. Balls used in the ALCS were standard regular season baseball's imprinted in blue. In our opinion, the bat was used by Canseco in the ALCS and then the World Series.
José Canseco is a former professional baseball player who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball. During his time with the Oakland Athletics, he established himself as one of the premier power hitters in the game. He won the Rookie of the Year (1986), and Most Valuable Player award (1988), and was a six-time All-Star. Canseco is a two-time World Series champion with the Oakland Athletics (1989) and the New York Yankees (2000).
In 1988, Canseco became the first player in MLB history to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases in one season. He won the Silver Slugger Award four times: three as an American League outfielder (1988, 1990, 1991), and once as a designated hitter (1998). He ranks fourth all-time in Athletics history with 254 home runs and is one of 14 players in MLB history with 400 home runs and 200 stolen bases. Despite many injuries during the later part of his career, Canseco averaged 40 home runs, 120 runs batted in, and 102 runs scored every 162 games, playing a total of 1,887 games in 17 seasons with seven different teams. His 462 career home runs are the 12th-highest total in AL history and the 2nd most in MLB history for a player with less than 2000 games played.