Thursday, October 19, 2023

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION: 1973 BILLY CONIGLIARO

Good day all!

On the blog today, a "not so missing" 1973 card for Billy Conigliaro, who moved West to Milwaukee after his first three years in the Big Leagues with the Boston Red Sox:


Conigliaro "the younger" appeared in 52 games for the Brewers in 1972, hitting .230 with seven homers and 16 runs batted in.
Billy had himself a promising rookie year in 1970 that saw him slam 18 home runs while batting .271 in only 114 games, but he could never quite match that production again, finding himself with the Brewers after those initial three years in "Beantown" followed by a year with the Oakland A’s in 1973, playing a total of 100 games combined those two seasons before finding himself out of baseball for good.
He put in parts of five seasons in the Majors, hitting .256 over 347 games, with 40 homers and 128 runs batted in, scoring 142 runs between 1969 and 1973.