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Lyman Bostock
Lyman Wesley Bostock Jr.

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.
School California State University, Northridge

Debut April 8, 1975
  vs. TEX 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 23, 1978
Born November 22, 1950 in Birmingham, AL
Died September 23, 1978 in Gary, IN

Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 26th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1975 24 MIN AL  98  369   52  104  21  5   0   29   2  3  28  42  .282  .331  .366   96  135   1   2   2   0   7
 1976 25 MIN AL 128  474   75  153  21  9   4   60  12  6  33  37  .323  .364  .430  130  204   3   6   5   1  15
 1977 26 MIN AL 153  593  104  199  36 12  14   90  16  7  51  59  .336  .389  .508  144  301   2   8   5   6  16 MVP-27
 1978 27 CAL AL 147  568   74  168  24  4   5   71  15 12  59  36  .296  .362  .379  113  215   4   4   8   2  26 MVP-23
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      526 2004  305  624 102 30  23  250  45 28 171 174  .311  .365  .427  123  855  10  20  20   9  64
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        617   94  192  31  9   7   77  14  9  53  54  .311  .365  .427  123  263   3   6   6   3  20
 Career High    153  593  104  199  36 12  14   90  16 12  59  59  .336  .389  .508  144  301   4   8   8   6  26
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1975 24 MIN AL  400  278   44   4.3    94| .282  .260| .331  .331| .366  .382| .697  .713|  96  .495  -2.4  -0.2  40%
 1976 25 MIN AL  517  351   71   5.5    88| .323  .259| .364  .324| .430  .366| .794  .690| 130  .640  17.1   1.8  66%
 1977 26 MIN AL  660  427  116   7.3    99| .336  .265| .389  .329| .508  .403| .897  .732| 144  .696  37.1   3.6  69%
 1978 27 CAL AL  637  446   72   4.3    90| .296  .256| .362  .321| .379  .378| .741  .699| 113  .500  11.5   1.2  55%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons      2214 1502  303   5.4    93| .311  .260| .365  .326| .427  .383| .792  .709| 123  .600  63.4   6.4  61%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1975 24 MIN AL OF 92 188 3 3 0 .985 .979 2.08 2.10 2.16 2.37 89 794.0 RF 55 84 1 2 0 .977 .976 1.55 1.84 1.65 2.11 51 463.7 CF 28 72 1 1 0 .986 .983 2.61 2.52 2.79 2.84 27 235.3 LF 12 30 1 0 0 1.000 .978 2.58 1.80 2.94 2.18 11 95.0 DH 1 1976 25 MIN AL OF 124 320 10 4 2 .988 .981 2.66 2.21 2.92 2.47 113 1016.0 CF 121 317 10 4 2 .988 .984 2.70 2.60 2.95 2.98 110 998.0 RF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.93 2.00 2.20 3 18.0 1977 26 MIN AL OF 149 349 10 4 0 .989 .978 2.41 2.03 2.55 2.34 141 1268.7 CF 90 221 6 2 1 .991 .983 2.52 2.49 2.75 2.83 83 742.7 LF 60 124 4 2 0 .985 .976 2.13 1.74 2.19 2.11 58 525.0 RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 1978 27 CAL AL OF 146 366 7 4 2 .989 .979 2.55 2.13 2.64 2.47 143 1273.7 RF 90 195 4 2 1 .990 .978 2.21 1.85 2.31 2.24 86 774.0 CF 58 174 3 2 1 .989 .984 3.05 2.64 3.19 2.97 57 499.7 DH 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1975 24 MIN AL CF 28 72 1 1 0 .986 .983 2.61 2.52 2.79 2.84 27 235.3 1976 25 MIN AL CF 121 317 10 4 2 .988 .984 2.70 2.60 2.95 2.98 110 998.0 1977 26 MIN AL CF 90 221 6 2 1 .991 .983 2.52 2.49 2.75 2.83 83 742.7 1978 27 CAL AL CF 58 174 3 2 1 .989 .984 3.05 2.64 3.19 2.97 57 499.7 1975 24 MIN AL DH 1 1978 27 CAL AL DH 1 1975 24 MIN AL LF 12 30 1 0 0 1.000 .978 2.58 1.80 2.94 2.18 11 95.0 1977 26 MIN AL LF 60 124 4 2 0 .985 .976 2.13 1.74 2.19 2.11 58 525.0 1975 24 MIN AL OF 92 188 3 3 0 .985 .979 2.08 2.10 2.16 2.37 89 794.0 1976 25 MIN AL OF 124 320 10 4 2 .988 .981 2.66 2.21 2.92 2.47 113 1016.0 1977 26 MIN AL OF 149 349 10 4 0 .989 .978 2.41 2.03 2.55 2.34 141 1268.7 1978 27 CAL AL OF 146 366 7 4 2 .989 .979 2.55 2.13 2.64 2.47 143 1273.7 1975 24 MIN AL RF 55 84 1 2 0 .977 .976 1.55 1.84 1.65 2.11 51 463.7 1976 25 MIN AL RF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.93 2.00 2.20 3 18.0 1977 26 MIN AL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 1978 27 CAL AL RF 90 195 4 2 1 .990 .978 2.21 1.85 2.31 2.24 86 774.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 511 1223 30 15 4 .988 .979 2.45 2.11 2.59 2.41 486 4352.3 72 297 149# CF* 297 784 20 9 4 .989 .984 2.71 2.57 2.92 2.92 277 2475.7 RF* 149 284 5 4 1 .986 .977 1.94 1.85 2.07 2.19 140 1256.7 LF* 72 154 5 2 0 .988 .977 2.21 1.75 2.31 2.12 69 620.0 DH 2 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 511 1223 30 15 4 .988 .979 2.45 2.11 2.59 2.41 486 4352
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1977-AL-27-0.01
1978-AL-23-0.02
Car-1205-0.03 shares

Batting Average
1976 AL-.323-4
1977 AL-.336-2

On-base %
1977 AL-.389-7

Runs
1977 AL-104-4

Hits
1977 AL-199-4

Total Bases
1977 AL-301-7

Doubles
1977 AL-36-5

Triples
1976 AL-9-5
1977 AL-12-5

Singles
1977 AL-137-7
1978 AL-135-4

Adjusted OPS+
1977 AL-144-8

Runs Created
1977 AL-116-7

Adjusted Batting Runs
1977 AL-37-7

Batting Wins
1977 AL-3.6-7

Times on Base
1977 AL-256-7

Offensive Win%
1977 AL-.696-8

Intentional Walks
1978 AL-8-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1978 AL-26-1

Caught Stealing
1978 AL-12-9

At Bats per Strikeout
1976 AL-12.8-5
1978 AL-15.8-3

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 18 (1047) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 20.0 (613) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 17.0 (858) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 6, 1972: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 26th round of the 1972 amateur draft.

November 2, 1977: Granted Free Agency.

November 21, 1977: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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