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Canseco started the 1993 season relatively healthy, playing in all of the Rangers games on the first quarter of the season (45 games). Although hitting for a low average (.254) he had 17 RBIs in the first 17 games. On April 25 he became the first player since [[Ted Williams]] in 1947 to reach 750 RBIs in less than 1,000 games played. On May 26, 1993, during a game against the [[Cleveland Guardians|Cleveland Indians]], [[Carlos Martínez (infielder)|Carlos Martínez]] hit a fly ball that Canseco lost sight of as he was crossing the [[warning track]]. The ball hit him on the head and bounced over the wall for a home run.<ref name="The Ballplayers – Jose Canseco">[https://baseballbiography.com/jose-canseco-1964 The Ballplayers – Jose Canseco] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906043142/http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=jose_canseco_1964 |date=September 6, 2015 }}</ref> The cap Canseco was wearing on that play, which ''[[This Week in Baseball]]'' rated in 1998 as the greatest [[blooper]] of the show's first 21 years, is in the collection of ESPN journalist [[Keith Olbermann]]. Three days later, on May 29, Canseco asked his [[manager (baseball)|manager]], [[Kevin Kennedy (baseball)|Kevin Kennedy]], to let him pitch the eighth inning of a runaway loss to the [[Boston Red Sox]]. In his inning-long pitching appearance, he injured his arm. He was out of the lineup from May 31 until June 10. He played in another 15 games after pitching against the Red Sox but he was shutdown on June 23 due to arm discomfort, requiring [[Tommy John surgery]] and missing the remainder of the season. He finished the 1993 season hitting .256 with 10 home runs and 46 RBIs in 60 games.
In the 1994 [[1994–95 Major League Baseball strike|strike-shortened season]], Canseco again returned to his former status as a power hitter. Throughout the season, he was amongst the American League leaders in home runs, while playing exclusively as a [[designated hitter]]. On April 20, he hit the 250th home run of his career, making him the 16th player with that total before age 30. From June 3 to the 13th, he batted .559 (19-for-34) with 8 home runs and 20 runs batted in. In the last game of that span he set career-highs for a single game with 5 hits, 8 RBIs, and 3 home runs (tying a career-high), including a grand slam against the [[Seattle Mariners]]. During [[Kenny Rogers (baseball)|Kenny Rogers]]' perfect game on July 28, Canseco went 2-for-4 with 2 solo home runs in the 4–0 victory over the [[Los Angeles Angels|California Angels]]. He finished the season with 31 home runs (4th in the AL), 90 RBIs (7th). a .552 Slugging Percentage (7) and hitting a home run every 13.8 at-bats (5th) while playing in 111 of the Ranger’s 114 games. He also stole 15 bases, posted a .282 batting average and led the league with 20 GIDP (ground into double-play) and was second in the league with 114 strikeouts. Canseco was on pace to set career highs in home runs (45), runs batted in (130) and runs scored (127) when the players strike started on August 12. He was named [[The Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year|''The Sporting News'' Comeback Player of the Year]] and finished in 11th place in the AL MVP voting.
Playing for the Texas Rangers Canseco hit 45 home runs (averaging 37 per every 162 games played), 136 runs batted in, 23 stolen bases, 118 runs scored and 180 hits in 171 games played, for a .273/.360/.515 slash line and 197 strike outs.
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