Report: Jose Canseco accidentally shoots himself while cleaning his gun

This had to hurt considerably more than the time a fly ball bounced off his head for a home run.

Jose Canseco reportedly shot off his middle finger — accidentally — Tuesday at his home in Las Vegas, according to TMZ Sports and local news reports. The ex-MLB slugger, who has a knack for continuing to make headlines all these years later, was cleaning his gun when he accidentally shot himself. 

TMZ Sports says surgeons are trying to save Canseco’s finger. 

Jose’s fiancée Leila Knight tells TMZ Sports … he was sitting at a table in their home cleaning the gun when it went off. She says he didn’t know it was loaded — and the shot ripped through the middle finger on his left hand.

Leila tells us 50-year-old Canseco is in surgery right now as doctors desperately try to save what’s left of the finger. She says the bullet tore through the bottom part of the finger and doctors have already said he’ll never have full use of it again … even under the best of circumstances.

You have to wonder how this is going to affect Canseco’s Twitter game.

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