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Mark Carreon First baseman / Outfielder Born: July 19, 1963
Chicago, IllinoisBatted: Right Threw: Left MLB debut September 8, 1987 for the New York Mets Last MLB appearance August 23, 1996 for the Cleveland Indians Career statistics Batting average .277 Home runs 69 Runs batted in 289 Teams Mark Carreon (born July 19, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former first baseman / outfielder in Major League Baseball.
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Career
From 1987 through 1996, Carreon played for the New York Mets (1987–1991), Detroit Tigers (1992), San Francisco Giants (1993–1996) and Cleveland Indians (1996). He also played two seasons in Japan for the Chiba Lotte Marines in 1997 and 1998. Mark is the son of former major league catcher Cam Carreon.
In a 10-season career, Carreon was a .277 hitter (557-for-2012) with 69 home runs and 289 RBI in 738 games played.
As a member of the Giants, he won the 1995 Willie Mac Award honoring his spirit and leadership.
In February 1999, Carreon was arrested in McComb, Mississippi, and charged with kidnapping his estranged wife, burglarizing her home, and second-offense stalking.[1]
Carreon finished his career with the Jackson DiamondKats of the Texas-Louisiana League.
On December 13, 2007, Carreon was named in the Mitchell Report to the Commissioner of Baseball of an Independent Investigation Into the Illegal Use of Steroids and Other Performance Enhancing Substances by Players in Major League Baseball.[2]
Left/Right
- Notably, Carreon was one of those rare players in major league history who threw left-handed but batted right-handed who were not primarily pitchers .
See also
- List of second generation MLB players
- List of Major League Baseball players named in the Mitchell Report
References
- ^ "Former major leaguer Mark Carreon arrested". McComb Enterprise-Journal. 1999-09-24. http://www.enterprise-journal.com/articles/1999/09/24/news/19990924-archive0.txt.
- ^ Mitchell, George (2007-12-13). "Mitchell Report on Steroid Use in Baseball". http://files.mlb.com/mitchrpt.pdf. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
- Baseball Library
- Retrosheet
Categories:- 1963 births
- Living people
- Cleveland Indians players
- Detroit Tigers players
- New York Mets players
- San Francisco Giants players
- Major League Baseball first basemen
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Baseball players from Illinois
- American expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Chiba Lotte Marines players
- Jackson DiamondKats players
- American baseball players of Mexican descent
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