Senor: The Life of Al Lopez, details Lopez's life growing up in the Ybor City section of Tampa, his career as a player and manager in professional baseball, his role as a pioneer opening organized baseball to Floridians and Latins. Accusations made by Larry Doby, the first black player in American League history and one who played both with and for Lopez, regarding the manner in which Lopez treated black baseball players, particularly Doby, during his tenure in the game are also examined. / Lopez was the first major league player born and raised in Tampa. The thirteenth Floridian overall to ascend to the big leagues, he was also among the initial wave of big leaguers of Latin descent. In a nineteen year playing career, Lopez, a catcher, gained a notable reputation for durability establishing a then record of 1,918 games caught. As a manager his teams finished first or second in eleven of his first sixteen seasons, capturing pennants in 1954 and 1959. In 1977 Lopez was enshrined in Baseball's Hall of Fame as a manager. / Senor: The Life of Al Lopez, depends much on the recollections of Lopez and former players, colleagues, etc., as told to the author and others. As with most studies of sport figures, the use of oral history, authenticated thru periodical literature, is relied upon heavily. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 57-04, Section: A, page: 1812. / Major Professor: James P. Jones, Jr. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1996.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77707 |
| Contributors | Singletary, Charles Wesley, Jr., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 326 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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