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Posted on 06/21/2025 7:35:54 PM PDT by kawhill
Tony Conigliaro, the Major League Baseball player, was born on Sunday, January 7, 1945, in Revere, Massachusetts. Conigliaro was 19 years old when he broke into the major leagues on April 16, 1964, with the Boston Red Sox.
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A promising career cut short by tragic injury and health problems.
I was lucky enough to watch him hit, I’m going to guess a 570’ dinger, in Municipal Stadium in downtown KC, before he got hurt. It’s baseball season now, made me think of him.
Tony Conigliaro hit a home run in Kansas City on August 23, 1970, during a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Kansas City Royals, according to YouTube. The home run occurred in the second game of a doubleheader, which the Red Sox won 9-6. The game was played at Royals Stadium.
Probably lots of great players never got to the majors due to catastrophic injuries. We just never hear of them.
Why didn’t he become a switch hitter? I did.
When I was a kid growing up in northeastern Mass, my Cub Scout group would take us to Fenway a couple of times a month. Tickets were $5 and included a soda and box of popcorn.
Of course, the tickets were always in a bad location, but the games were always afternoon games in the middle of the week, so the box seats down by the baseline were always empty. After a couple of innings, the Fenway staff would have us move down to the empty boxes. Carl Yastremski, Tony Conigliero, and several other players would come over just to talk with us; it was great.
Thank you for your post, it re-awakened a long forgotten memory.
I’ll never forget when he was hit by that pitch. Dropped like a sack o potatoes. I was twelve years old and followed that entire “Impossible Dream” season. Thanks for your contribution Tony C.
A Red Sox great!
I did too. If I get there before you do maybe I’ll get a chance to ask him. I just had a memory, this is a public forum, it’s baseball season now.
tragic life, he made good though
Tragedy. Tony was a great one.
Dad said that Tony C would have been a great player. Dad’s favorite player is Yaz. He has autographs of the 1975 Red Sox when he was at school.
Compare that to what a player of his caliber would be making today.
Al Kaline’s highest salary with the Detroit Tigers was $100,000. This made him the first Detroit Tiger to reach the $100,000 salary mark. He initially resisted the contract, feeling he didn’t deserve that high of a salary
I’ve got a couple years on you but also remember him getting hit by the pitch. Will always remember the 1967 season when the Red Sox were often called the “Cardiac Kids”.
Did you own a copy of “The Impossible Dream” album from that season? It had the song ‘Carl Yaztrzemski’ by Jess Cain on it.
No, I don’t have that.
“Jumpin’ Jack” Morris nearly cured me of my love for the Tigers...
Al Kaline was the best.
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