 Conigliaro played in only 74 games and was batting .222 with four home runs when he announced his retirement on July 11.The 26-year-old had battled vision problems since he was seriously beaned in an August 18, 1967, game—ironically, against the Angels.The 1971 Angels fell below .500 in mid-May, then finished ten games and two notches below Tallis' three-year-old Royals.