Cam Carreon

Who was Cam Carreon?

Camilo Carreon was an American Major League Baseball player from 1959 to 1966 for the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians and Baltimore Orioles. His son Mark was also a Major League player.

Carreon was late reporting to Sarasota, Florida for spring training in 1960, because of service in the U.S. Army. In June 1960 he was hitting .270 with San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast League. Carreon hit a two-run single off Whitey Ford to give Juan Pizarro a 2-1 victory over the New York Yankees on August 15, 1961. The second-inning hit enabled the White Sox to break a 14-game winning streak by Ford. The White Sox placed Carreon on the disabled list on July 3, 1964 after he tore tendons in his right arm. He was part of a three-way trade with the Cleveland Indians and Kansas City Athletics. In the spring of 1965, Carreon was listed as the Indians' second-string catcher, behind Joe Azcue. He was one of five players assigned by Cleveland to the Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League in October 1965.

Carreon is buried in the Hermosa Memorial Cemetery in Colton, California.