Billy Conigliaro

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William Michael Conigliaro

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.

Debut April 11, 1969
Final Game September 30, 1973
Born August 15, 1947 in Revere, MA USA

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1 Biographical Information
2 Notable Achievements
3 Related Sites
4 Notes

[edit] Biographical Information

Brother of Tony Conigliaro, Billy Conigliaro played five seasons in the major leagues, finishing out his career with the 1973 World Series winners, the 1973 Oakland Athletics. He had two knee surgeries during the 1973 season, was released the following spring, and retired because of the knees.

A first round pick in 1965, Billy found out about being picked because Tony came to Billy's graduation to annouce it on the stage. His first minor league team was Waterloo.

Billy came up with the 1969 Red Sox and slugged .563 in 80 at-bats. He was 21 years old and the league slugging percentage was .369. It was the second dead-ball era.

Billy is also an amateur astronomer.^[1]

From 1969-71 he played outfield with the Red Sox, along with other outfielders such as Carl Yastrzemski, Reggie Smith, and his brother Tony Conigliaro. In 1970, the two Conigliaros hit 54 home runs between the two of them.

Both Tony and Billy were high-profile players at the time. Tony was a slugger who started strong with the 1964 Red Sox and won the home run championship in 1965. Billy started strong in 1969, and in 1971 was eighth in the league in doubles although he had only 351 at-bats.

After Tony had a heart attack which caused brain damage, he lived sometimes in his parents' home and sometimes in Billy's home which was next door. Source: New York Times, March 3, 1990.