 Carreón made the White Sox for good in , getting into 78 games, with 63 starts at catcher in relief of 37-year-old veteran star Sherm Lollar.He hit a two-run single off Whitey Ford to give Juan Pizarro a 2–1 victory over the New York Yankees on August 15, 1961.The second-inning hit enabled the White Sox to break a 14-game winning streak by Ford.