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	7	29	27	4	10	0	1	0	4	0		0			0	2			.370	.370	.444	.815	137
1947	CAG	NAL	29	1B	14	58	51	7	17	2	0	0	9	0		6			0	1			.333	.404	.373	.776	110
1948	NYC	NN2	30	RF	18	79	72	4	17	1	1	0	8	2		6			0	1			.236	.295	.278	.573	70
6	4			1B	86	340	307	32	91	9	6	0	44	3	0	23	0	0	0	10	0	0	.296	.345	.365	.710	113
162 Game Average						640	578	60	171	17	11	0	83	6	0	43	0	0	0	19	0	0	.296	.345	.365	.710	113

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	53	201	182	20	56	6	5	0	26	1		11			0	8			.308	.347	.396	.743	130
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	14	58	51	7	17	2	0	0	9	0		6			0	1			.333	.404	.373	.776	110
1	New York Cubans			RF	18	79	72	4	17	1	1	0	8	2		6			0	1			.236	.295	.278	.573	70

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	29	.361	.332	0.0%	8.4%					0.0%	0.5%	.074	.077
1947	CAG	NAL	58	.376	.351	10.3%	9.4%					0.0%	0.8%	.039	.102
1948	NYC	NN2	79	.277	.320	7.6%	8.5%					0.0%	0.8%	.042	.093
6	4		340	.333	.321	6.8%	8.5%	0.0%	15.1%		0.18	0.0%	0.6%	.068	.085

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
4	Birmingham Black Barons		201	.342	.313	5.5%	8.4%					0.0%	0.5%	.088	.076
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		58	.376	.351	10.3%	9.4%					0.0%	0.8%	.039	.102
1	New York Cubans		79	.277	.320	7.6%	8.5%					0.0%	0.8%	.042	.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, Wayne Stivers, 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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