DATE: 1959-66 TEAM: New York Yankees SUBJECT: Hector Lopez PHOTOGRAPHER: George Brace APPROXIMATE SIZE: 3-1/2"x5-1/2" MARKS / STAMPING: Facsimile signature on the front is in the photo, not on the photo. This postcard is NOT hand-signed. NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 1 COMMENTS / CONDITION: This is one of a large accumulation of vintage sports photographs, slides and negatives that we will be listing over the coming months. Wear on these, if any, is mostly confined to minor corner and edge wear, but see scans for further details including condition. We do not deal in stock images or modern reprints, and all scans shown are of the actual vintage photograph, slide or negative being sold. If you have any questions about a particular piece, please ask before the auction ends. BIO: Hector Headley (Swainson) Lopez was born in 1929 in Colon, Panama and died in 2022 in Hudson, FL. He played major league baseball from 1955 to 1966 as infielder and outfielder for the Kansas City Athletics and the New York Yankees, and appeared in the 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1964 World Series. López was the second Panamanian-born major league baseball player and continues to be one of the country's most revered world champion athletes. Although Humberto Robinson (102 games played/5 seasons) debuted in the major leagues 22 days earlier than López, López (1,450 games played/12 seasons) was the first of the 49 major leaguers born in Panama to have an extensive career. After retiring from baseball, he went on to become a groundbreaking manager in minor league baseball as the first to break the baseball color line as a black manager at the AAA level for the Buffalo Bisons and then served in various international managerial and coaching positions. He also represented Panama in the 1960 Caribbean Series and tied with Felix Torres and Herman Davis for the tournament home run leadership. SKU: L00023
Item: L00023
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