Boston Fans Source & Resource for Baseball History

Celebrating 154 Consecutive Seasons of Professional Baseball in Boston!

Boston Fans Source & Resource for Baseball History

Celebrating 153 Consecutive Seasons of Professional Baseball in Boston!

This Day in History: 2000-04-17

April 17, 1964: Tony Conigliaro makes his Fenway Park debut and the 19-year-old outfielder hits the first pitch thrown to him over the Green Monster and out onto Lansdowne Street; the youngest player in the major leagues in 1964, Tony C will go on to hit 24 home runs in his rookie season, and to compile 100 career home runs at the youngest age in AL history.

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