Lyman Bostock

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left  •  Throws: Right
6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)
Born: November 22, 1950 in Birmingham, AL
Died: September 24, 1978  in Gary, IN
Buried: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
High School: Manual Arts HS (Los Angeles, CA)
School: California State University, Northridge (Los Angeles, CA)
Debut: April 8, 1975 (13,610th in major league history)
vs. TEX 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Last Game: September 23, 1978
vs. CHW 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Full Name: Lyman Wesley Bostock
Nicknames: Abdul Jibber-Jabber
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Relatives: Son of Lyman Bostock

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Bostock, the son of Negro League player Lyman Bostock, Sr., appeared headed for stardom before he was fatally wounded in 1978. In 1976, he hit .323 and received the Calvin R. Griffith Award for the most improved Twin. In 1977, he finished second to teammate Rod Carew in the AL batting race (.336 to Carew’s .388). The well-liked Alabaman was shot in Gary, Indiana, in the back seat of a car driven by his uncle. Police later arrested the estranged husband of one of two women in the car. 

 

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