Lyman Bostock

Lyman Wesley Bostock

Born: March 11, 1918 in Birmingham, AL
Died: January 23, 2005 in Birmingham, AL
(86 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: R

Ht: 6'0"

Wt: 187

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Notes:

• Buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
• Relatives: (Son)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1940	BBB	NAL	22	1B	20	78	74	9	18	1	1	0	9	0		4				0			.243	.282	.284	.566	75
1941	BBB/WES	NAL/EWA	23	1B	19	66	57	6	21	3	2	0	11	1	0	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	.368	.400	.491	.891	178
1942	BBB	NAL	24	1B	8	30	26	2	8	2	1	0	3	0		4				0			.308	.400	.462	.862	165
1946	BBB	NAL	28	1B	8	33	31	4	12	1	1	0	4	0		0		0	0	2			.387	.387	.484	.871	155
1947	CAG	NAL	29	1B	21	85	76	10	25	4	1	0	11	0		8			0	1			.329	.393	.408	.801	114
1948	NYC	NN2	30	RF	19	84	76	5	19	2	1	0	8	2		7			0	1			.250	.313	.303	.616	82
6	4			1B	95	376	340	36	103	13	7	0	46	3	0	26	0	0	0	10	0	0	.303	.352	.382	.735	118
162 Game Average						641	580	61	176	22	12	0	78	6	0	44	0	0	0	17	0	0	.303	.352	.382	.735	118

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
4	Birmingham Black Barons			1B	54	205	186	20	58	7	5	0	26	1		11		0	0	8			.312	.350	.403	.753	133
1	West All Stars			-	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	262
1	Chicago American Giants			1B	21	85	76	10	25	4	1	0	11	0		8			0	1			.329	.393	.408	.801	114
1	New York Cubans			RF	19	84	76	5	19	2	1	0	8	2		7			0	1			.250	.313	.303	.616	82

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1940	BBB	NAL	78	.279	.314	5.1%	9.1%					0.0%	0.6%	.041	.073
1941	BBB/WES	NAL/EWA	66	.382	.304	4.5%		0.0%	8.0%			0.0%	0.4%	.123	.080
1942	BBB	NAL	30	.407	.308	13.3%	7.1%					0.0%	0.7%	.154	.078
1946	BBB	NAL	33	.389	.330	0.0%	8.1%					0.0%	0.5%	.097	.079
1947	CAG	NAL	85	.382	.355	9.4%	9.5%					0.0%	0.9%	.079	.105
1948	NYC	NN2	84	.297	.321	8.3%	8.3%					0.0%	0.8%	.053	.093
6	4		376	.344	.324	6.9%	8.6%	0.0%	15.1%		0.18	0.0%	0.7%	.079	.087

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
4	Birmingham Black Barons		205	.347	.313	5.4%	8.3%					0.0%	0.5%	.091	.077
1	West All Stars		2	.459	.255	0.0%	2.7%	0.0%	15.1%		0.18	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.100
1	Chicago American Giants		85	.382	.355	9.4%	9.5%					0.0%	0.9%	.079	.105
1	New York Cubans		84	.297	.321	8.3%	8.3%					0.0%	0.8%	.053	.093

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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Gary Ashwill.

Logo by Gary Cieradkowski

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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