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.

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Notably, Carreon was one of those rare players who were not primarily pitchers in major league history who threw left-handed but batted right-handed. Other such players include:

Jeff Abbott Dick Adams 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 Luis Medina Chucho Ramos Jimmy Ryan

[edit] See also

• List of second generation MLB players

[edit] External links

• Baseball Library
• Baseball Reference
• Retrosheet