Career
He was manager for the Brownsville Charros of the United League before the league"s dissolution. He was previously the pitching and hitting coach for the of the independent North American League and the manager of the Edinburg Roadrunners. Ozzie Canseco had a brief major league career, playing in 24 career games with the Oakland Athletics and Saint Louis Cardinals between 1990 and 1993.
In 1991, he played in Japan for the Kintetsu Buffaloes.
Canseco was drafted as a pitcher by the New York Yankees in the second round of the 1983 Major League Baseball Draft. Later he played one season in the Northern League.
In 1991 Canseco signed a one-year contract with the Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japanese Pacific League. In addition to playing, Ozzie would be the bench coach and Jose would manage the team
Ozzie played 12 games with 8 hits and 12 RBIs.
His season batting average was.258. Canseco appeared on an episode of Video Hits One"s The Surreal Life (Season 5) as a José Canseco impersonator. At the end of the program, it was revealed that he was José"s twin brother.
In 2002, Canseco pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a nightclub fight on October 31, 2001.
The brothers received probation and community service - Ozzie was sentenced to 18 months probation, 200 hours of community service and anger management classes. In 2003, Canseco was sentenced to four months in jail for possessing an illegal anabolic steroid and driving with a suspended license.
Police stopped Canseco on May 1, 2003, because the tinted windows on his Lincoln Navigator were too dark. The steroid Nandrolone and a syringe were found in the SUV during a search.