( CNN ) -- Former baseball slugger Jose Canseco accidentally shot himself in his left finger while cleaning a gun , police said . He was in surgery Tuesday night , his fiancee tweeted . `` This is Leila . Thank you all for the kind words and prayers . Jose is in still surgery and will be ok . Please pray for his finger ! ! , '' she said in a tweet posted to his account .
Canseco hit more than 450 home runs . The Yankees have been a perennial contender for the past decade, but they haven't won since 2009.