Lyman Bostock

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: November 22, 1950 in Birmingham, AL us

Died: September 24, 1978 in Gary, IN

Buried: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 26th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from California State University, Northridge (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Manual Arts HS (Los Angeles, CA)

School: California State University, Northridge (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: April 8, 1975 (Age 24-137d, 13,603rd in major league history)
vs. TEX 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 23, 1978 (Age 27-305d)
vs. CHW 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Full Name: Lyman Wesley Bostock

Nicknames: Abdul Jibber-Jabber

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.1

2004

624

.311

305

RBI

250

OBP

.365

SLG

.427

OPS

.791

OPS+

123

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	MIN	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	40	10.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
2	2	Apr 10	MIN	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	CF
3	3	Apr 11	MIN	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
4	5 (1)	Apr 14	MIN		CHW	W,6-2	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
5	7 (1)	Apr 17	MIN	@	NYY	L,0-10	CG	40	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	CF
6	8	Apr 18	MIN	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	CF
7	9	Apr 19	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
8	10	Apr 20	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-12	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
9	11	Apr 24	MIN		BAL	W,2-1	GF	23	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH CF
10	12	Apr 25	MIN		BAL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
11	13	Apr 27	MIN		CLE	L,5-7	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
12	14	Apr 28	MIN		CLE	L,0-9	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	15	May 1	MIN		MIL	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
14	16	May 4	MIN	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	47	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
15	17	May 5	MIN	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
16	18	May 7	MIN	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
17	19	May 8	MIN	@	MIL	W,13-2	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
18	20	May 9	MIN	@	MIL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
19	21	May 10	MIN	@	KCR	W,5-4	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
20	22	May 11	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
21	23	May 12	MIN	@	KCR	L,5-17	CG	50	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
22	24	May 14	MIN	@	CAL	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
23	25	May 15 (1)	MIN	@	CAL	W,5-2	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
24	29 (3)	May 18	MIN		OAK	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
25	30	May 19	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
26	31	May 20	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
27	32	May 21	MIN		KCR	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
28	33	May 22	MIN		KCR	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
29	35 (1)	May 24	MIN	@	OAK	L,7-12	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
30	37 (1)	May 26	MIN	@	OAK	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
31	38	May 27	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
32	40 (1)	May 29	MIN		TEX	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
33	41	May 30	MIN		TEX	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	43 (1)	Jun 1	MIN		CAL	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
35	44	Jun 2	MIN		CAL	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
36	45	Jun 4	MIN	@	BAL	W,8-6	GS	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
37	47 (1)	Jun 6 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
38	50 (2)	Jun 8	MIN	@	CLE	W,3-1	GS	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
39	58 (7)	Jun 17	MIN		DET	W,4-0	CG	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
40	60 (1)	Jun 19	MIN		DET	W,6-4	GS	18	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
41	61	Jun 20	MIN		DET	L,3-7	GS	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
42	62	Jun 21	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
43	63	Jun 22	MIN	@	CAL	W,10-6	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
44	70 (6)	Jun 28	MIN		KCR	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
45	71	Jun 29	MIN		KCR	L,0-1	CG	36	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	73 (1)	Jul 2	MIN		CAL	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
47	74	Jul 3	MIN		CAL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
48	75	Jul 4 (1)	MIN		CAL	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
49	76	Jul 4 (2)	MIN		CAL	W,9-5	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
50	78 (1)	Jul 6	MIN	@	MIL	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
51	79	Jul 7	MIN	@	MIL	W,8-2	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
52	80	Jul 8	MIN	@	BOS	L,4-8	GF	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
53	81	Jul 9	MIN	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
54	82	Jul 10	MIN	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	CF
55	83	Jul 11	MIN	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
56	84	Jul 15	MIN		CLE	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
57	85	Jul 16	MIN		CLE	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
58	86	Jul 17	MIN		CLE	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
59	87	Jul 18	MIN		CLE	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
60	88	Jul 19	MIN		DET	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
61	89	Jul 20	MIN		DET	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
62	90	Jul 21	MIN		BOS	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
63	91	Jul 22	MIN		BOS	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
64	92	Jul 23	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
65	93	Jul 24	MIN	@	CHW	W,17-2	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
66	94	Jul 25 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,13-8	GF	20	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
67	95	Jul 25 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
68	96	Jul 26	MIN		TEX	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
69	97	Jul 28 (1)	MIN		TEX	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
70	98	Jul 28 (2)	MIN		TEX	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
71	100 (1)	Jul 30	MIN		OAK	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
72	101	Jul 31	MIN		OAK	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	103 (1)	Aug 1 (2)	MIN		OAK	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF
74	104	Aug 2	MIN		OAK	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
75	105	Aug 3	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-7	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
76	106	Aug 4	MIN	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
77	107	Aug 5	MIN	@	KCR	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
78	108	Aug 6	MIN	@	TEX	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
79	109	Aug 7	MIN	@	TEX	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	CF
80	110	Aug 8	MIN	@	TEX	L,4-5	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
81	111	Aug 10	MIN	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
82	112	Aug 11	MIN	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
83	113	Aug 12	MIN		NYY	L,5-12	CG	49	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
84	114	Aug 13	MIN		NYY	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
85	115	Aug 14	MIN		NYY	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
86	116	Aug 15	MIN		NYY	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
87	117	Aug 16	MIN		BAL	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
88	119 (1)	Aug 18	MIN		BAL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
89	120	Aug 19	MIN		BAL	W,5-4	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
90	121	Aug 20 (1)	MIN	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
91	122	Aug 20 (2)	MIN	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
92	123	Aug 21	MIN	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	43	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
93	124	Aug 22	MIN	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	51	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
94	125	Aug 23	MIN	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
95	126	Aug 24	MIN	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
96	127	Aug 25	MIN	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	56	14.0	6	2	0	8	0	CF
97	128	Aug 27	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
98	129	Aug 28	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	62	16.2	5	0	0	5	0	CF
99	130	Aug 29	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
100	132 (1)	Aug 31 (1)	MIN		MIL	W,4-0	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
101	133	Aug 31 (2)	MIN		MIL	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	134	Sep 1	MIN		MIL	W,3-2	CG	47	12.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
103	135	Sep 2	MIN		MIL	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
104	136	Sep 3	MIN		CHW	W,11-1	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
105	137	Sep 4	MIN		CHW	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
106	138	Sep 5	MIN		CHW	W,18-1	GS	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
107	140 (1)	Sep 7	MIN	@	TEX	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
108	141	Sep 8	MIN	@	TEX	W,3-1	CG	26	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
109	143 (1)	Sep 10	MIN		KCR	W,18-3	GF	25	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH CF
110	144	Sep 11	MIN		KCR	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
111	145	Sep 12	MIN		KCR	L,6-16	CG	49	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
112	147 (1)	Sep 14 (2)	MIN		OAK	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
113	148	Sep 15	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
114	149	Sep 16	MIN	@	OAK	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
115	150	Sep 17	MIN	@	CAL	W,11-2	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
116	151	Sep 18	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
117	152	Sep 19	MIN	@	CAL	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
118	153	Sep 21	MIN	@	CHW	W,13-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
119	154	Sep 22	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
120	155	Sep 23	MIN	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
121	156	Sep 25	MIN		CAL	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
122	158 (1)	Sep 28	MIN		TEX	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
123	159	Sep 29	MIN		TEX	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
124	160	Oct 1	MIN	@	KCR	W,4-3	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
							124gm		1016.0	321	10	4	335	2