Lyman Bostock
Lyman Wesley Bostock Jr.
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 22, 1950 in Birmingham, AL
High School: Manual Arts (Los Angeles, CA)
School: California State University, Northridge
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 26th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1975
Final Game: September 23, 1978
Died: September 23, 1978 in Gary, IN
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1975 24 MIN AL 98 400 369 52 104 21 5 0 29 2 3 28 42 .282 .331 .366 .697 96 135 7 0 1 2 2 987/D
1976 25 MIN AL 128 517 474 75 153 21 9 4 60 12 6 33 37 .323 .364 .430 .794 130 204 15 1 3 6 5 *8/9
1977 26 MIN AL 153 660 593 104 199 36 12 14 90 16 7 51 59 .336 .389 .508 .897 144 301 16 6 2 8 5 *87/9 MVP-27
1978 27 CAL AL 147 637 568 74 168 24 4 5 71 15 12 59 36 .296 .362 .379 .740 113 215 26 2 4 4 8 *98/D MVP-23
4 Seasons 526 2214 2004 305 624 102 30 23 250 45 28 171 174 .311 .365 .427 .791 123 855 64 9 10 20 20
162 Game Avg. 162 682 617 94 192 31 9 7 77 14 9 53 54 .311 .365 .427 .791 123 263 20 3 3 6 6
MIN (3 yrs) 379 1577 1436 231 456 78 26 18 179 30 16 112 138 .318 .366 .446 .812 127 640 38 7 6 16 12
CAL (1 yr) 147 637 568 74 168 24 4 5 71 15 12 59 36 .296 .362 .379 .740 113 215 26 2 4 4 8

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1975 24 MIN AL 400 278 44 4.3 94 .316 .282 .260 .331 .331 .366 .382 .697 .713 96 .495 -2.4 -0.2 .589 .157 .084 .0
1976 25 MIN AL 517 351 71 5.5 88 .339 .323 .259 .364 .324 .430 .366 .794 .690 130 .640 17.1 1.8 .713 .190 .108 6.0
1977 26 MIN AL 660 427 116 7.3 99 .350 .336 .265 .389 .329 .508 .403 .897 .732 144 .696 37.1 3.6 .880 .273 .172 14.9
1978 27 CAL AL 637 446 72 4.3 90 .307 .296 .256 .362 .321 .379 .378 .740 .699 113 .500 11.5 1.2 .637 .192 .083 7.5
4 Seasons 2214 1502 303 5.4 93 .329 .311 .260 .365 .326 .427 .383 .791 .709 123 .600 63.4 6.3 .715 .209 .115 30.4
162 Game Avg. 682 463 93 5.4 93 .329 .311 .260 .365 .326 .427 .383 .791 .709 123 .600 20 2 .715 .209 .115 9
MIN (3 yrs) 1577 1056 231 5.9 94 .338 .318 .262 .366 .328 .446 .386 .812 .713 127 .636 51.9 5.2 .748 .216 .128 22.5
CAL (1 yr) 637 446 72 4.3 90 .307 .296 .256 .362 .321 .379 .378 .740 .699 113 .499 11.5 1.2 .637 .192 .083 7.5

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1975 24 MIN AL 400 0.0% 10.5% 7.0% 6.5% 25% 1.50 8.8 12.7 2.15 82%
1976 25 MIN AL 517 0.8% 7.2% 6.4% 6.6% 22% 1.12 12.8 118.5 7.9 1.51 85%
1977 26 MIN AL 660 2.1% 8.9% 7.7% 9.4% 31% 1.16 10.1 42.4 6.6 1.41 80%
1978 27 CAL AL 637 0.8% 5.7% 9.3% 5.2% 20% 0.61 15.8 113.6 8.0 1.59 83%
4 Seasons 2214 1.0% 7.9% 7.7% 7.0% 25% 1.02 11.5 87.1 8.0 1.60 83%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1975 24 MIN AL 2 0 39% 171 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 20 37% 28 22 5 6 4 2 17 3 12
1976 25 MIN AL 6 0 39% 225 12 6 67% 12 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 10 54% 32 17 14 7 4 3 28 9 19
1977 26 MIN AL 9 0 37% 296 16 7 70% 15 5 1 1 0 1 6 0 8 25 55% 35 18 17 11 4 6 23 8 15
1978 27 CAL AL 13 0 31% 273 15 12 56% 15 12 0 0 0 0 3 1 10 21 42% 42 24 15 10 6 4 22 8 12
4 Seasons 30 0 36% 965 45 28 62% 44 26 1 1 0 1 15 1 34 76 48% 137 81 51 34 18 15 90 28 58
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1975 24 MIN AL 400 66% 104 2 0 0 0 0.06 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 78 7 9% 27 12 44% 238 32 13% 17 10 59% 22 14 64% 0
1976 25 MIN AL 517 78% 153 9 4 0 2 1.42 4 0 16 4 0 1 3 0 3 3 100% 93 15 16% 47 18 38% 340 59 17% 28 16 57% 34 16 47% 0
1977 26 MIN AL 660 67% 199 9 1 0 0 0.78 14 0 11 13 1 8 6 0 2 2 100% 122 16 13% 52 23 44% 426 79 19% 39 22 56% 46 29 63% 0
1978 27 CAL AL 637 76% 168 1 0 0 0 2.58 5 0 17 3 2 4 1 0 4 4 100% 167 26 16% 58 24 41% 441 71 16% 38 24 63% 44 19 43% 0
4 Seasons 2214 72% 624 21 5 0 2 1.07 23 0 51 20 3 13 10 0 13 10 77% 460 64 14% 184 77 42% 1445 241 17% 122 72 59% 146 78 53% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1975 24 98 400 369 52 104 21 5 0 29 2 3 28 42 .282 .331 .366 .697 96 135 7 0 1 2 2
1976 25 226 917 843 127 257 42 14 4 89 14 9 61 79 .305 .349 .402 .752 115 339 22 1 4 8 7
1977 26 379 1577 1436 231 456 78 26 18 179 30 16 112 138 .318 .366 .446 .812 127 640 38 7 6 16 12
1978 27 526 2214 2004 305 624 102 30 23 250 45 28 171 174 .311 .365 .427 .791 123 855 64 9 10 20 20

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1975 24 99 406 375 56 108 22 5 0 31 2 29 42 .288 .337 .373 .711 47 98
1976 25 129 528 486 87 163 22 10 4 69 13 35 37 .335 .377 .447 .823 83 128
1977 26 153 664 598 110 204 37 12 14 95 16 52 59 .341 .395 .513 .908 122 153
1978 27 147 644 576 86 176 25 4 5 83 16 62 36 .306 .373 .389 .762 84 147
4 Seasons 528 2242 2035 339 651 106 31 23 278 47 178 174 .320 .374 .436 .810 336 526
162 Game Avg. 162 688 624 104 200 33 10 7 85 14 55 53 .320 .374 .436 .810 103 526

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1977-AL-27-1%
1978-AL-23-2%
0.03 Career Shares (1221st)

Batting Average s c a p y
1976 AL--.323--4th
1977 AL--.336--2nd

On-Base% s c a p y
1977 AL--.389--7th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1977 AL--104--4th

Hits s c a p y
1977 AL--199--4th

Total Bases s c a p y
1977 AL--301--7th

Doubles s c a p y
1977 AL--36--5th

Triples s c a p y
1976 AL--9--5th
1977 AL--12--5th

Singles s c a p y
1977 AL--137--7th
1978 AL--135--4th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1977 AL--144--8th

Runs Created s c a p y
1977 AL--116--7th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1977 AL--37--7th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1977 AL--3.6--7th

Times On Base s c a p y
1977 AL--256--7th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1977 AL--.696--8th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1978 AL--8--6th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1978 AL--26--1st

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1978 AL--12--9th

AB per SO s c a p y
1976 AL--12.8--5th
1978 AL--15.8--3rd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 18 (1059), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 17 (879), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (732), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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