This card is part of the 2013 Panini Cooperstown 100 card Red Crystal Collection parallel set. Each card is individually serial numbered to only 399 and were inserted randomly into packs of 2013 Panini Cooperstown Baseball. Each card is a parallel of the regular cards in the set, but with a gold holofoil finish.
- From the 2013 Panini Cooperstown Red Crystal Collection 100 Card parallel set
- Individually serial numbered to 399 made
- Randomly inserted into packs of 2013 Panini Cooperstown
Player Biography
Al Lopez was just 17 when he impressed Walter Johnson, baseball’s best pitcher of the day, as a minor league catcher. His major league career would span a record 1,918 games – an unmatched mark for backstops for more than 40 years. From 1951 to 1959, as manager of the Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox teams, Lopez won two pennants and finished second to the New York Yankees the other seven years. His 1954 Cleveland squad won 111 games, an American League record that lasted 44 years. In 1959, he led the “Go-Go” White Sox to their first pennant since 1919.
This card is part of the 2013 Panini Cooperstown 100 card Red Crystal Collection parallel set. Each card is individually serial numbered to only 399 and were inserted randomly into packs of 2013 Panini Cooperstown Baseball. Each card is a parallel of the regular cards in the set, but with a gold holofoil finish.
- From the 2013 Panini Cooperstown Red Crystal Collection 100 Card parallel set
- Individually serial numbered to 399 made
- Randomly inserted into packs of 2013 Panini Cooperstown
Player Biography
Al Lopez was just 17 when he impressed Walter Johnson, baseball’s best pitcher of the day, as a minor league catcher. His major league career would span a record 1,918 games – an unmatched mark for backstops for more than 40 years. From 1951 to 1959, as manager of the Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox teams, Lopez won two pennants and finished second to the New York Yankees the other seven years. His 1954 Cleveland squad won 111 games, an American League record that lasted 44 years. In 1959, he led the “Go-Go” White Sox to their first pennant since 1919.
