{"id":10731,"date":"2016-08-20T08:07:47","date_gmt":"2016-08-20T14:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=10731"},"modified":"2016-08-20T21:57:35","modified_gmt":"2016-08-21T03:57:35","slug":"73-mike-cameron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/73-mike-cameron\/","title":{"rendered":"#73 &#8211; Mike Cameron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/73-mike-cameron\/cameron2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10752\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cameron2.jpg\" alt=\"cameron2\" width=\"314\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cameron2.jpg 314w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cameron2-167x300.jpg 167w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Name:<\/strong>\u00a0Mike Cameron<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rank:<\/strong>\u00a073<\/p>\n<p><strong>Position:<\/strong>\u00a0CF<\/p>\n<p><strong>Years With White Sox:<\/strong>\u00a01995-1998<\/p>\n<p>Mike Cameron joined the White Sox organization as their 18th round draft choice in the 1991 draft. \u00a0He made his major league debut on August 27, 1995, going 0-3 in the White Sox 2-1 loss to the Blue Jays at Skydome. \u00a0He mostly appeared as a defensive replacement during the last month of the season, appearing in 28 games but getting only 38 at bats, hitting an anemic .184.<\/p>\n<p>1996 saw Cameron spend most of the season in Double A Birmingham, getting a small cup of coffee with the White Sox, appearing in 11 games and getting 11 at bats with a grand total of 1 hit.<\/p>\n<p>Cameron got his first extended major league experience in 1997, appearing in 116 games. \u00a0He hit .259 with 14 home runs, with 23 stolen bases thrown in for good measure. \u00a0He finished 6th in the AL Rookie of the Year voting.<\/p>\n<p>In 1998, Cameron regressed, as his average dropped nearly 50 points to .210, his home runs were cut nearly in half to 8, and his OPS dropped by nearly 170 points. \u00a0Following the season, he made his largest contribution to the future success of the White Sox by being traded to the Reds for Paul Konerko.<\/p>\n<p>Cameron&#8217;s\u00a0numbers in a White Sox uniform, both for games I attended and overall, were:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<caption><b>Career Batting<\/b><\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">BA<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">At Bats<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Runs<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Hits<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">RBI<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Walks<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Strike Outs<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Doubles<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Triples<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">HR<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">SB<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">GIDP<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Errors<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Games<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0.421<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">19<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">5<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">8<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">6<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">5<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">2<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">6<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0.229<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">824<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">121<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">189<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">100<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; 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