Billy Consolo, 73; Was IFer For Red Sox, Senators/Twins, Phillies, Angels, KC Athletics
Bill Schenley
1954 Topps (#195) baseball card:
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/pics/bill_consolo_autograph.jpg
FROM: The Kalamazoo Gazette ~
By The Associated Press
DETROIT
Former Tigers coach Billy Consolo has died of an apparent heart attack.
A longtime friend, former Tigers public relations director Dan Ewald,
confirms to the Detroit Free Press that Consolo died Thursday at age
73 at his home in Westlake Village, Calif.
Sparky Anderson and Consolo became close friends while playing high
school baseball in southern California. Anderson brought Consolo to
Detroit as a coach when he became manager in 1979, and Consolo
remained on the staff until he retired after the 1992 season.
Booth Newspapers says Consolo was one of baseball's first "bonus
babies" when he signed with Boston in 1953 and went straight from high
school to the major leagues. He batted .221 in 10 seasons spent mainly
with the Red Sox and Washington Senators.
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Stats:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/consobi01.shtml
DGH
This is the only person ever by the name of "Consolo" who was
mentioned in alt.obituaries.
Corby Gilmore
His family will have to consolo themselves with that knowledge.