Facts:   - hofdate: 1977    - debutteam: brooklyn robins      - birth date: 20 august 1908    - debutyear: 1928    - finalteam: cleveland indians    - statlabel: batting average hits runs batted in managerial record    - statvalue: .261 1,547 652 1,410 -- 1,004 -lrb- .584 -rrb-    - death date: 30 october 2005    - name: al lópez    - death place: tampa , florida    - hofmethod: veterans committee    - birth place: tampa , florida    - position: catcher / manager    - throws: right    - debutdate: september 27    - finalyear: 1947    - bats: right    - finaldate: september 16    - image: al lopez - wjroneofakind.jpg   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of al lópez .
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alfonso ramón `` al '' lópez -lrb- august 20 , 1908 -- october 30 , 2005 -rrb- was an american catcher and manager in major league baseball -lrb- mlb -rrb- .he played catcher for the brooklyn robins/dodgers , boston bees , pittsburgh pirates and cleveland indians between 1928 and 1947 .he was a manager for the cleveland indians and chicago white sox from 1951 to 1965 and 1968 to 1969 .his spanish-american heritage and `` gentlemanly nature '' earned him the nickname '' `` el señor '' '' .as a player , lópez was a two-time all-star and established a major league record for career games as a catcher -lrb- 1918 -rrb- .as a manager , his .584 career winning percentage ranks fourth in major league history among managers of at least 2000 games , behind joe mccarthy -lrb- .615 -rrb- , frank selee -lrb- .598 -rrb- and john mcgraw -lrb- .586 -rrb- .his cleveland indians and chicago white sox teams were the only squads to interrupt the new york yankees ' string of american league pennants from to , in 1954 and 1959 , respectively .over the course of 18 full seasons as a baseball manager -lrb- 15 in the major leagues and 3 in the minors -rrb- , his teams never finished with a losing record .he was inducted into the baseball hall of fame in 1977 .lópez grew up in the ybor city neighborhood of tampa , florida , the son of spanish parents who had briefly lived in cuba before immigrating to florida .the tampa baseball museum is being constructed in his childhood home .