MLB’s First Player to Steal 40 Bases & Hit 40 Home Runs On this day, in 1988 Oakland Athletic Jose Canseco is baseball's firs player to steal 40 bases & hit 40 home runs, he was unanimously named the American League's Most Valuable Player in 1988. September 23, 1988 Sport: Baseball Trivia What Are the Five Events That Make Up the Modern Olympic Pentathon? Which Nations Won the Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals the Last Time Baseball Was an Olympic Sport? sports in this article Baseball tags in this article Fan On This Day SportsEngine