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The Tampa Baseball Museum is a museum in the Ybor City neighborhood of Tampa, Florida. It is housed in the childhood home of hall of famer Al López, the first Tampa native to play and manage in the Major Leagues. [2] The house was moved several blocks to a lot near the Ybor City State Museum for the purpose in 2013, and the museum opened in ...
Alfonso Ramón López (August 20, 1908 – October 30, 2005) was a Spanish-American professional baseball catcher and manager.He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Brooklyn Robins / Dodgers, Boston Bees, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Cleveland Indians between 1928 and 1947, and was the manager for the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox from 1951 to 1965 and during portions of the ...
The museum building was once the childhood home of Al López, Tampa's first Major League player, manager, and Hall of Fame inductee. The house was moved to its present location across the street from the Ybor City State Museum and has been completely rehabilitated. The Tampa Baseball Museum will open once exhibits are completed and installed.
The museum and hall of fame was founded in the Mission District in San Francisco, California on October 24, 1998, and was incorporated as a non-profit organization on June 23, 1999, in Sacramento, California. The idea of the museum came from Gabriel "Tito" Avila Jr., a former semi-professional baseball player from New York City who resides in ...
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Al López Field was a spring training and Minor League baseball ballpark in West Tampa, Tampa, Florida, United States. It was named for Al López , the first Tampa native to play Major League Baseball (MLB), manage an MLB team, and be enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame .
The late Al Lopez, for whom the school is named, was a former board chair and acting CEO and superintendent. His family was on hand for the occasion and to accept a plaque in Al Lopez' honor.
Lopez Museum and Library La barca de Aqueronte , translated in English as The Boat of Charon [ 1 ] or Charon's Boat , [ 2 ] is an 1887 oil-on-canvas and allegorical painting [ 1 ] [ 2 ] by the Filipino painter Félix Resurrección Hidalgo .