Apr. 17, 1964 | Tony Conigliaro Homers in First At-Bat at Fenway Park

Apr. 17, 1964 - Tony Conigliaro hit a long home run today as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Chicago White Sox, 4-1, at Fenway Park. The game was dedicated to the late President Kennedy, and the proceeds were donated to the Kennedy Memorial Library, which will be built at Harvard University. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy was among those who took part in a pregame ceremony. Conigliaro, a 19-year-old centerfielder from suburban Swampscott, sent a pitch from Joel Horlen over the left-field screen his first time up at Fenway.

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