BIOGRAPHY
Daz Cameron was born January 15, 1997, in LaGrange, Georgia. He is a centerfielder in the MLB.
Cameron attended Eagle's Landing Christian Academy in McDonough, Georgia, where he played for the school's baseball team. As a freshman, he had a .392 batting average. He improved his power in his sophomore year, finishing the season with a .434 batting average, a .764 slugging percentage, seven home runs, and 28 runs batted in (RBIs) in 106 at bats. He committed to enrolling at Florida State University on a college baseball scholarship, to play for the Florida State Seminoles.
The Houston Astros took him 37th overall; as the team with the largest draft spending pool, they were thought to have the best chance to sign Cameron. Cameron signed with the Astros for a reported $4 million signing bonus. After signing, Cameron reported to the Rookie League GCL Astros. After batting only .222 with six RBIs in 21 games, he was reassigned to the Greeneville Astros of the Appalachian League where he improved, batting .272 with 11 RBIs and a .721 OPS in 30 games.
On August 31, 2017, the Astros traded Cameron, Franklin Pérez, and Jake Rogers to the Detroit Tigers for Justin Verlander. Detroit assigned him to the West Michigan Whitecaps of the Midwest League. In 123 total games between Quad Cities and West Michigan, Cameron batted .271 with 14 home runs and 74 RBIs along with 32 stolen bases. Cameron began the 2018 season with the Lakeland Flying Tigers of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League, and he batted .259 with three home runs and 20 RBIs in 58 games played. On June 18, the Tigers promoted Cameron to the Erie SeaWolves of the Class AA Eastern League. After he batted .285 with five home runs and 35 RBIs in 53 games, the Tigers promoted him to the Toledo Mud Hens of the Class AAA International League on August 17.
Cameron was added to the Tigers 40–man roster following the 2019 season. On September 9, 2020, the Tigers promoted him to the major leagues and he made his major league debut that day. On September 11, Cameron recorded his first major league hit, an RBI single, off of Chicago White Sox starter Lucas Giolito.
On June 23, in a game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Cameron stole a base against Yadier Molina, making him and his father Mike the first father-son duo to steal bases against Molina.