This is an accepted version of this page Michael Terrance Cameron (born January 8, 1973) is an American former professional Major League Baseball outfielder.

He played for the Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners, New York Mets, San Diego Padres, Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox, and Florida Marlins over a 16 year career and is currently the Special Assignment Coach for the Seattle Mariners.

[1] Mike Cameron has distinguished himself by being only one of 22 players in the history of baseball to have at least 250 home runs and 250 stolen bases and became the 20th member of this exclusive 250/250 club.

[3] Cameron was born in La Grange, Georgia, and raised on Render Street by his grandmother; he moved into her house when he was seven years old to keep her company after her husband died.

[6] Cameron tied a major league record on May 2, 2002, when he hit four home runs in one game[7][8] becoming only the 13th player in MLB history to do this.

[11] On December 23, 2003, Cameron signed a three-year, $19.5 million contract to play center field for the New York Mets.

[12] On August 11, 2005, in San Diego, Cameron collided with Beltran in the outfield as both made diving attempts to catch a fly ball.

[18] On March 13, 2008, Cameron applied for a therapeutic exemption to use stimulants during the 2008 season because of his outfield collision with former teammate Carlos Beltrán.

[19] If he had applied for the exemption in 2007, he could have avoided the 25-game suspension he had to serve to begin this season for testing positive for a banned stimulant for the second time.

[19] If the exemption were granted, Cameron would have been permitted to use some amphetamines that are banned by the Major League Baseball drug policy.

During his playing career he was known for routinely sitting on top of the dugout to sign autographs and talk with fans before games.

He is also the founder of the Cam4Kids Foundation and was host of the First State Golf Tournament for Inner City Kids in Seattle in 2002; these in effort to raise money to provide scholarships to inner-city youth.