Alfonso Ramon Lopez (August 20 1908 - October 30 2005) was an American catcher and manager in Major League Baseball and the son of immigrants from Asturias, [Spain]] who went to Cuba, then settled in Tampa's Spanish-speaking Ybor City section. He established a major league record for career games as a catcher, and later became the only manager to interrupt the New York Yankees' string of American League pennants from 1949 to 1964. Wikipedia
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