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b. January 8, 1973 · Chicago White Sox 1995–1998, Cincinnati Reds 1999, Seattle Mariners 2000–2003, New York Mets 2004–2005, San Diego Padres 2006–2007, Milwaukee Brewers 2008–2009, Boston Red Sox 2010–2011, Florida Marlins 2011

On May 2, 2002 at Chicago he hit four home runs, the first two of them in the same inning as Bret Boone's two, which no pair of teammates had done. Seattle had acquired him from Cincinnati in February 2000 in the trade that sent Ken Griffey Jr. home to his father's city.

Seventeen seasons gave him 1,700 hits, 278 home runs, 297 stolen bases and 1,901 strikeouts, with three Gold Gloves in center field. He struck out more often than he hit, which the game punished hitters for until it stopped caring, and he was a fine defensive center fielder for fifteen years.

Eight clubs used him. He had his face broken in a collision with Carlos Beltrán in 2005 and came back the following spring. The 2017 ballot gave him no votes at all.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	1	2001
Gold Glove	3	2001, 2003, 2006
Player of the Week	2	2001, 2002

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1995	CHW	28	38	4	7	2	0	1	2	3	15	0	.184
1996	CHW	11	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	.091
1997	CHW	116	379	63	98	18	3	14	55	55	105	23	.259
1998	CHW	141	396	53	83	16	5	8	43	37	101	27	.210
1999	CIN	146	542	93	139	34	9	21	66	80	145	38	.256
2000	SEA	155	543	96	145	28	4	19	78	78	133	24	.267
2001	SEA	150	540	99	144	30	5	25	110	69	155	34	.267
2002	SEA	158	545	84	130	26	5	25	80	79	176	31	.239
2003	SEA	147	534	74	135	31	5	18	76	70	137	17	.253
2004	NYM	140	493	76	114	30	1	30	76	57	143	22	.231
2005	NYM	76	308	47	84	23	2	12	39	29	85	13	.273
2006	SDP	141	552	88	148	34	9	22	83	71	142	25	.268
2007	SDP	151	571	88	138	33	6	21	78	67	160	18	.242
2008	MIL	120	444	69	108	25	2	25	70	54	142	17	.243
2009	MIL	149	544	78	136	32	3	24	70	75	156	7	.250
2010	BOS	48	162	24	42	11	0	4	15	14	44	0	.259
2011	BOS/FLA	78	237	27	48	10	0	9	27	28	59	1	.203
Career	—	1955	6839	1064	1700	383	59	278	968	867	1901	297	.249

On this day & linked events

1973

Born January 8, 1973

LaGrange, GA, USA

1995

Major-league debut: Mike Cameron

Mike Cameron made a major-league debut on August 27, 1995.

2002

Mike Cameron's Four-Home-Run Game, 2002

Mike Cameron hit four home runs for the Seattle Mariners against the Chicago White Sox on May 2, 2002.

2011

Final major-league game: Mike Cameron

Mike Cameron played a final major-league game on September 12, 2011.

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