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First 40/40 Club member (MLB)

First 40/40 Club member (MLB)
Who
Jose Canseco
What
First
Where
United States
When
1988

The first Major League Baseball (MLB) player to join the 40/40 Club was Jose Canseco (Cuba), after hitting 40 home runs and stealing 40 bases in a single season in 1998. Canseco achieved this while playing for Oakland Athletics (USA).

Only four other players have accomplished this feat. Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants joined the club in 1996, as did Seattle Mariners' Alex Rodriguez (all USA) in 1998. Alfonso Soriano (Dominican Republic) of the Washington Nationals (USA) gained his 40/40 status in 2006, and most recently, Ronald Acuña, Jr. (Venezuela) from the Atlanta Braves (USA), became a member in 2023.