Anthony Richard Conigliaro (January 7, 1945 - February 24, 1990), nicknamed "Tony C" and "Conig", was a Major League Baseball

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 outfielder

Outfielder

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 and right-handed batter who played for the Boston Red Sox

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 (1964–67, 1969–1970, 1975) and California Angels (1971). He was born in Revere, Massachusetts

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, and was a 1962 graduate of St. Mary's High School (Lynn, Massachusetts)

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. During the Red Sox "Impossible Dream" season of 1967

1967 Boston Red Sox season

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, he was hit in the face by a pitch, causing a severe eye injury and derailing his career. Though he would make a dramatic comeback from the injury, his career was not the same afterwards.
Conigliaro was signed by the Red Sox in 1962, at the age of 17.