Al Lopez Field was a spring training and Minor League baseball park in West Tampa, Tampa, Florida, United States. It was named for Al Lopez, who was the first Tampa native to play Major League Baseball (MLB), manage a MLB team, and be enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Al Lopez Field was built in 1954 and hosted its first spring training in 1955, when the Chicago White Sox moved their training site to Tampa from California. Al Lopez became the White Sox's manager in 1957, and for the next three springs, he was the home manager in a ballpark named after himself. The Cincinnati Reds replaced the White Sox as Al Lopez Field's primary tenant in 1960 and would return every spring for almost 30 years. The Tampa Tarpons, the Reds' Class-A minor league affiliate in the Florida State League, p