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Camilo Carreón

Camilo Carreon

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 6, 1937 in Colton, CA
High School: Colton (Colton, CA)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1959
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Indians/Orioles 1959-1966

Final Game: June 8, 1966
Died: September 2, 1987 in Tucson, AZ
Buried: Hermosa Cemetery, Colton, CA
Relatives: Father of Mark Carreon
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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1956	18	CHW-min	D,C	41	146	146		49	9	2	1						.336	.336	.445	.781		65						HDG,DSU · NESL,NORL
1957	19	CHW-min	C	98	301	301		79	15	2	4						.262	.262	.365	.628		110						DSU · NORL
1958	20	CHW-min	A	92	319	319		109	20	2	7						.342	.342	.483	.824		154						CSP · WL
1959	21	CHW-min	AAA	145	585	531	70	165	22	5	10	91	8		44	48	.311	.363	.427	.791		227		2	4	4	2	INA · AA
1959	21	CHW	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1960	22	CHW-min	AAA	109	411	376	53	105	16	4	4	62	0	0	35	31	.279	.341	.375	.716		141						SDG · PCL
1960	22	CHW	AL	8	18	17	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.235	.278	.235	.513	41	4	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1961	23	CHW	AL	78	253	229	32	62	5	1	4	27	0	1	21	24	.271	.331	.354	.684	84	81	7	0	2	1	2	2
1962	24	CHW	AL	106	351	313	31	80	19	1	4	37	1	1	33	37	.256	.328	.361	.689	86	113	10	1	3	1	2	2
1963	25	CHW	AL	101	299	270	28	74	10	1	2	35	1	1	23	32	.274	.332	.341	.673	91	92	9	1	4	1	2	2
1964	26	CHW	AL	37	104	95	12	26	5	0	0	4	0	0	7	13	.274	.330	.326	.656	86	31	5	1	1	0	3	2
1965	27	CLE-min	AAA	45	149	127	19	31	7	0	0	8	1	0	20	13	.244	.347	.299	.646		38		0	2	0		POR · PCL
1965	27	CLE	AL	19	62	52	6	12	2	1	1	7	1	1	9	6	.231	.344	.365	.710	102	19	2	0	1	0	3	2
1966	28	BAL-min	AAA	45	129	110	14	29	2	1	3	11	0	0	15	14	.264	.344	.382	.726		42		0	1	3		ROC · IL
1966	28	BAL	AL	4	12	9	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	.222	.417	.444	.861	150	4	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1967	29	BAL-NYM-min	AAA	62	204	186	11	27	5	1	0	8	1	0	16	27	.145	.216	.183	.398		34		1	0	1		ROC,JCK · IL
1969	31	CHW-min	AAA	57	138	119	12	31	3	0	0	9	0	0	17	18	.261	.350	.286	.636		34		0	1	1		TUC · PCL
8 Seasons				354	1100	986	113	260	43	4	11	114	3	4	97	117	.264	.331	.349	.679	87	344	33	3	11	3	12
162 Game Avg.				162	503	451	52	119	20	2	5	52	1	2	44	54	.264	.331	.349	.679	87	157	15	1	5	1	5

CHW (6 yrs)				331	1026	925	105	246	39	3	10	105	2	3	85	109	.266	.329	.347	.676	86	321	31	3	10	3	9
CLE (1 yr)				19	62	52	6	12	2	1	1	7	1	1	9	6	.231	.344	.365	.710	102	19	2	0	1	0	3
BAL (1 yr)				4	12	9	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	.222	.417	.444	.861	150	4	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1959	21	CHW	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/2
1960	22	CHW	AL	18	-1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$	/2
1961	23	CHW	AL	253	-5	-1	-2	1	0	4	7	4	0.4	4	0.4	0.0	$	2
1962	24	CHW	AL	351	-6	-3	1	-2	-3	6	10	3	0.3	6	0.6	-0.3	$	2
1963	25	CHW	AL	299	-3	1	-1	-1	2	5	8	11	1.1	9	0.9	0.2	$	2
1964	26	CHW	AL	104	-2	1	2	-1	0	2	3	5	0.5	5	0.5	0.0	$	2
1965	27	CLE	AL	62	0	0	0	-1	-2	1	2	0	0.0	2	0.2	-0.2	$13,000	2
1966	28	BAL	AL	12	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.3	2	0.2	0.1	$	/2
8 Seasons				1100	-16	-2	1	-4	-2	18	31	26	2.7	28	2.8	-0.1	$13,000

CHW (6 yrs)				1026	-17	-2	0	-3	0	17	29	24	2.4	24	2.4	0.0	$
CLE (1 yr)				62	0	0	0	-1	-2	1	2	0	0.0	2	0.2	-0.2	$13,000
BAL (1 yr)				12	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.3	2	0.2	0.1	$

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1959	CHW	AL	21	C	1	0	0	4.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	6.75	3.00	.990	6.08	6.00	0	0	0	0		0
1960	CHW	AL	22	C	7	7	1	42.0	24	22	2	0	0	1.000	1	29	5.14	3.43	.987	5.94	5.91	0	0	0	2	100%	0
1961	CHW	AL	23	C	71	63	51	554.1	422	395	25	2	6	.995	0	0	6.82	5.92	.989	6.21	6.14	2	14	21	9	30%	2
1962	CHW	AL	24	C	93	85	78	764.1	552	519	30	3	5	.995	-3	-5	6.46	5.90	.989	6.30	6.28	8	19	33	10	23%	3
1963	CHW	AL	25	C	92	81	50	657.1	471	429	36	6	7	.987	2	4	6.37	5.05	.989	6.64	6.64	7	7	27	12	31%	1
1964	CHW	AL	26	C	34	31	10	224.0	149	134	13	2	2	.987	0	0	5.91	4.32	.990	7.07	7.06	3	8	3	3	50%	1
1965	CLE	AL	27	C	19	18	12	153.0	131	122	9	0	1	1.000	-2	-16	7.71	6.89	.988	6.96	6.94	6	8	6	3	33%	0
1966	BAL	AL	28	C	3	2	2	24.1	24	24	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	8.88	8.00	.988	6.84	6.83	2	1	2	2	50%	0
	8 Seasons			C	320	287	204	2423.1	1776	1648	115	13	21	.993	-2	-1	6.55	5.51	.989	6.48	6.47	28	57	92	41	31%	7
	8 Seasons			TOT	320	287	204	2423.1	1776	1648	115	13	21	.993	-2	-1	6.55	5.51	.989	6.48	6.47	28	57	92	41	31%	7

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
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Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y 1962 AL 33 (4th)	Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y 1963 AL 2 (5th)	Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y 1962 AL 6.46 (3rd)	Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y 1962 AL 5.90 (4th)
Fielding % as C s c a p y 1962 AL .995 (3rd)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Josh Thole (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jack Shepard (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Ginsberg (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Clyde Kluttz (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Duane Josephson (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

Before 1956 Season: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.
January 20, 1965: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Chicago White Sox to the Cleveland Indians. The Chicago White Sox sent a player to be named later, Mike Hershberger and Jim Landis to the Kansas City Athletics. The Cleveland Indians sent Tommie Agee, Tommy John and John Romano to the Chicago White Sox. The Kansas City Athletics sent Rocky Colavito to the Cleveland Indians. The Chicago White Sox sent Fred Talbot (February 10, 1965) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade.
March 10, 1966: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Baltimore Orioles for Lou Piniella.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1964	26	Los Angeles Angels	$13,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database
1965	27	Cleveland Indians	$13,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$26,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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