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Lyman
Bostock		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 180
 
Born: November 22, 1950 in Usa, AL, BIRMINGHAM
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1983   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1975 24 TOR AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 3 3 6 7 7 4 4 4 8 9 9
1976 25 TOR AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 3 3 7 8 8 4 4 4 9 9 9
1977 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 3 3 7 8 8 4 4 4 9 9 9
1978 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 3 3 7 8 8 4 4 4 9 10 9
1979 28 CLE AL $ 1,700,000   9 9 8 2 3 3 7 8 8 4 5 5 9 10 10
1980 29 CLE AL $ 3,542,857   9 9 8 2 2 2 7 8 8 4 5 5 9 9 9
1981 30 CLE AL $ 4,071,429   9 9 9 2 2 2 7 8 7 5 5 5 9 9 9
1982 31 CLE AL $ 6,800,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 7 8 8 5 5 5 9 9 9
1983 32 CLE AL $ 6,800,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 7 8 8 5 5 5 9 9 9
1984 33 CLE AL     9 9 8 2 3 3 7 8 7 5 6 5 9 9 9
1985 34 WAS NL $ 1,952,000   9 9 8 2 3 3 7 8 7 5 6 5 8 9 9
1986 35 WAS NL $ 1,952,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 6 5 3 3 3 6 7 7
1987 36 WAS NL $ 1,952,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 4 5 4 3 4 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 1 1 1 4 5 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,800,000   9 9 9 2 3 3 7 8 8 5 6 5 9 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1975 24 TOR AL 107 311 33 91 12 4 1 37 13 19 25 20 .293 .339 .367 .706 36.1 3.4
    AAA   2 8 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .750 1.125 2.0  
1976 25 TOR AL 95 305 29 78 16 3 1 23 9 13 18 21 .256 .301 .338 .639 27.4 2.0
1977 26 CLE AL 152 548 72 160 30 8 2 45 17 17 32 26 .292 .332 .387 .719 61.9 8.4
1978 27 CLE AL 148 565 72 151 25 7 3 54 17 13 40 23 .267 .315 .352 .668 59.6 7.9
1979 28 CLE AL 130 439 63 142 20 3 6 56 20 15 37 20 .323 .377 .424 .800 62.4 13.4
1980 29 CLE AL 129 459 66 147 23 7 5 45 23 24 40 19 .320 .372 .434 .805 67.0 14.4
1981 30 CLE AL 145 530 59 155 22 4 4 65 20 11 40 27 .292 .341 .372 .713 61.8 9.2
1982 31 CLE AL 136 508 76 152 26 4 4 56 0 1 37 17 .299 .346 .390 .736 63.9 12.7
1983 32 CLE AL 142 504 87 180 37 6 2 67 11 10 37 21 .357 .400 .466 .866 84.7 21.3
1984 33 CLE AL 138 486 78 147 23 8 3 65 5 8 41 26 .302 .357 .401 .758 61.7 11.9
1985 34 NYG NL 79 292 50 92 15 3 3 31 3 3 27 19 .315 .371 .418 .789 40.4 11.5
  WAS NL 73 266 25 80 10 3 0 26 2 2 17 19 .301 .342 .361 .702 28.5 6.0
  TOT   152 558 75 172 25 6 3 57 5 5 44 38 .308 .357 .391 .748 68.8 17.5
1986 35 WAS NL 141 484 57 136 27 3 8 64 4 7 29 57 .281 .320 .399 .719 55.2 9.1
1987 36 WAS NL 90 230 35 52 7 0 1 16 2 1 10 37 .226 .261 .270 .531 15.7 0.3
13 Years Sim 1705 5927 802 1763 293 63 43 650 146 144 430 352 .297 .344 .390 .734 726.4 131.5
1 Years AAA 2 8 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .750 1.125 2.0  
162 Game Average 563 76 167 27 5 4 61 13 13 40 33 .297 .344 .390 .734 69.0  
Career Highs 152 565 87 180 37 8 8 67 23 24 44 57 .357 .400 .466 .866 84.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4843 663 1482 248 45 35 522 130 121 366 275 .306 .354 .397 .752 639.2
vs LH   1084 139 281 45 18 8 128 16 23 64 77 .259 .299 .356 .655 107.8
Home 861 2913 382 861 134 31 23 324 76 71 207 172 .296 .342 .387 .729 362.7
Away 844 3014 420 902 159 32 20 326 70 73 223 180 .299 .346 .393 .740 384.4
RISP   1377 0 410 64 17 10 554 0 0 117 87 .298 .345 .391 .736 184.6
Pinch Hitting   138 25 45 8 1 0 24 1 2 12 6 .326 .373 .399 .771 19.5
Close/Late   677 99 202 40 3 3 70 0 0 61 41 .298 .354 .380 .734 89.4
Mar/Apr 278 957 143 290 56 9 8 97 25 30 86 59 .303 .362 .405 .767 129.8
May 295 1060 138 314 39 14 11 114 25 27 79 53 .296 .346 .391 .736 134.6
June 297 1091 148 330 65 12 4 120 35 26 65 64 .302 .341 .395 .736 136.6
July 275 932 133 268 39 14 6 109 23 18 74 59 .288 .338 .379 .716 115.6
August 303 1054 128 301 47 7 9 115 22 24 66 75 .286 .327 .369 .696 119.5
Sep/Oct 257 833 112 260 47 7 5 95 16 19 60 42 .312 .357 .403 .760 111.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1975 24 TOR AL RF 98 95 770.7 175 8 3 2 .984 2.14   2.9
    CF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1976 25 TOR AL CF 85 83 663.7 182 6 0 3 1.000 2.55   2.8
    3B 4 0 9.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.86   0.0
    LF 2 0 6.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00    
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00   0.0
1977 26 CLE AL CF 78 69 609.7 169 6 2 2 .989 2.58   5.0
    RF 72 69 560.0 146 5 3 1 .981 2.43    
    LF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1978 27 CLE AL CF 143 140 1273.3 330 6 5 3 .985 2.37   5.4
    RF 2 1 14.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.14    
1979 28 CLE AL CF 78 75 660.0 206 8 2 4 .991 2.92   4.5
    RF 37 37 297.0 62 3 1 0 .985 1.97    
    LF 8 1 25.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.13    
1980 29 CLE AL RF 107 103 864.3 182 8 2 2 .990 1.98   2.7
    CF 10 3 38.0 13 1 0 1 1.000 3.32    
    LF 6 2 27.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1981 30 CLE AL CF 117 116 1016.7 258 9 6 2 .978 2.36   2.9
    3B 7 7 61.0 4 11 1 1 .938 2.21   0.0
    RF 7 5 52.0 7 0 1 0 .875 1.21    
    LF 6 2 21.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
1982 31 CLE AL CF 112 108 958.7 277 7 5 3 .983 2.67   3.0
    RF 13 4 50.7 7 0 1 0 .875 1.24    
    LF 5 2 18.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50    
1983 32 CLE AL CF 112 107 954.0 241 10 1 3 .996 2.37   3.7
    LF 15 6 72.7 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.11    
    RF 11 4 47.0 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.11    
    2B 1 1 8.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.38   0.0
1984 33 CLE AL CF 109 105 946.7 283 9 3 4 .990 2.78   3.6
    RF 13 3 44.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.21    
    LF 11 2 33.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.91    
1985 34 NYG NL LF 27 25 228.8 43 3 0 1 1.000 1.81   1.1
    RF 15 13 126.2 26 1 0 1 1.000 1.93   0.0
    CF 15 12 118.3 40 1 0 0 1.000 3.12   0.0
  WAS NL LF 24 24 202.5 38 3 0 0 1.000 1.82   1.2
    RF 13 12 111.7 23 1 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.0
    CF 13 12 104.7 36 0 0 0 1.000 3.09   0.0
  TOT   LF 51 49 431.3 81 6 0 1 1.000 1.82   2.2
      RF 28 25 237.9 49 2 0 1 1.000 1.93   0.0
      CF 28 24 223.0 76 1 0 0 1.000 3.11   0.0
1986 35 WAS NL CF 129 120 1057.3 255 3 4 0 .985 2.20   2.6
    RF 4 1 19.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89    
    LF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1987 36 WAS NL RF 27 14 164.3 39 5 0 1 1.000 2.41   1.2
    LF 23 17 154.0 27 2 1 0 .967 1.69    
    CF 14 13 116.0 25 1 0 0 1.000 2.02    
  CF 1017 963 8520.0 2317 67 28 25 .988 2.52   33.4
  RF 420 361 3123.9 693 33 11 7 .985 2.09   6.8
  LF 132 82 804.0 158 8 1 1 .994 1.86   2.2
  3B 11 7 70.7 4 13 1 1 .944 2.17   0.1
  2B 1 1 8.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.38   0.0
  1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00   0.0
Career Totals   1582 1414 12527.4 3174 124 41 36 .988 2.37   42.5
Career Highs   152 141 1287.7 335 20 8 4 1.000 2.68    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1979 28 CLE AL 4 14 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 .357 .471 .357 .828
1982 31 CLE AL 15 53 5 10 1 1 0 6 0 0 7 2 .189 .283 .245 .529
1983 32 CLE AL 13 36 5 10 2 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 .278 .297 .444 .742
1984 33 CLE AL 5 20 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .350 .381 .350 .731
Career Post-Season Batting 37 123 16 32 3 3 0 11 1 0 12 6 .260 .326 .333 .659
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1979-4-.307*
1980-6-.320
1983-1-.357
1985-8-.308
 On-Base Pct
1979-10-.359*
1983-3-.400
 OPS
1983-6-.866
 Hits
1983-7-180
1985-10-172
 Singles
1983-5-135
1985-6-138
 Doubles
1983-8-37
Triples
1977-5-8
1978-9-7
1984-6-8
 Caught Stealing
1975-4-19
1976-9-13
1977-9-17
1978-9-13
1979-10-15
1980-4-24
1983-10-10
CAR-38-144
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  3. Curt Flood (936)
  4. Woody English (929)
  5. Randy Elliott (928)
  6. Al Bumbry (927)
  7. Terry Puhl (926)
  8. Pie Traynor (923)
  9. George Myatt (921)
  10. Jose Cruz (921)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Toronto in 1975
Had first career hit (triple) on 4/2/1975, off John Hiller (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 7/20/1975, off Dave Boswell (DET)
Injured on 5/1/1976 with a Fractured Knee, out for 4 weeks
Traded from Toronto to Cleveland (A) on 2/7/1977 (Going to TOR: P Jerry Cram. Going to CLE: RF Lyman Bostock)
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,700,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,542,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/19/1980 with a Strained Rib Cage Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Baltimore on 8/26/1980
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,071,429 through salary arbitration
10/29/1981: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $6,800,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Released by Cleveland (A) on 10/31/1984
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/6/1985 to a 3-year deal worth $1,952,000 per year
Traded from New York (N) to Washington on 7/1/1985 (Going to NYG: P Mike Bacsik. Going to WAS: CF Lyman Bostock)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Milwaukee on 9/20/1985
Injured on 4/13/1986 with a Tight Knee, out for one week
 
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