The catcher appeared in 354 games over all or parts of eight Major League Baseball seasons between 1959 and 1966 for the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians and Baltimore Orioles.

Born in Colton, California, Camilo Carreón threw and batted right-handed, and was listed as 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and 190 pounds (86 kg).

He was late reporting to Sarasota, Florida, for spring training in 1960 because of service in the U.S. Army,[1] then spent the bulk of the 1960 campaign back in Triple-A, this time with San Diego of the Pacific Coast League,[2] and hit .279 in 109 games.

[6] Cleveland then traded Carreón to the Orioles during spring training of 1966 in a one-for-one deal for Lou Piniella, then a 22-year-old, minor league outfielder in the Baltimore organization.

The Orioles were en route to their first-ever American League pennant that season, but Carreón got into only four games for Baltimore (his last on June 8, when he hit a double in his final MLB at bat), and spent the latter half of the year with Triple-A Rochester.