Mark Carreon

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Mark Carreon (born July 19, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former first baseman/outfielder in Major League Baseball. 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 batted right handed and threw left handed. He is the son of 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.

[edit] Fact

• Notably, Carreon has been one of the rare major league non-pitchers who threw left-handed but batted right-handed. Other such players include:
  • Jeff Abbott
  • Doug Ault
  • Bobby Balcena
  • Rube Bressler
  • Hal Chase
  • Johnny Cooney
  • Eddie Gaedel
  • Rickey Henderson
  • Brian R. Hunter
  • Cleon Jones
  • Jason Lane
  • Brian Lesher
  • Dave McCarty
  • Chucho Ramos
  • Jimmy Ryan

[edit] See also

• List of second generation MLB players

[edit] External links

• Baseball Library
• Baseball Reference
• Retrosheet