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Lyman
Bostock		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 180
 
Born: November 22, 1951 in Usa, AL, BIRMINGHAM
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1978 26 BIR FL $ 10,123,456 7 8 7 6 6 6 9 10 10 3 3 3 3 4 4 7 7 7
1979 27 BIR FL $ 10,123,456 6 8 7 6 7 6 9 10 10 3 3 3 3 3 3 7 7 7
1980 28 OMA JL $ 10,123,456 7 8 7 6 6 6 9 10 10 3 3 3 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 10,123,456 6 8 7 6 6 6 9 10 10 3 3 3 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 10,123,456 7 8 7 6 7 6 9 10 10 3 3 3 3 4 4 7 7 7
                                             
  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
1981 29 OMA JL $ 10,123,460   17 17 16 7 8 8 17 18 18 7 7 7 16 16 16
1982 30 OMA JL $ 10,123,460   17 17 16 7 8 8 17 18 18 7 7 7 16 16 16
1983 31 OMA JL $ 10,123,460   15 15 14 7 8 8 17 18 18 7 8 8 16 16 16
1984 32 MAD JL $ 2,500,000   15 15 14 4 5 5 17 18 18 6 7 7 15 16 16
1985 33 MAD JL $ 2,500,000   15 15 14 4 5 5 16 17 17 5 6 6 13 14 14
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 2,500,000   15 15 14 4 5 5 16 17 17 5 6 6 13 14 14
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 10,123,460   17 17 16 7 8 8 17 18 18 7 8 8 16 16 16
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1978 26 BIR FL 149 565 57 160 18 3 7 53 3 0 26 55 .283 .320 .363 .683 60.0 7.2
1979 27 BIR FL 111 433 65 132 25 1 10 54 4 1 32 28 .305 .355 .436 .791 63.0 13.2
1980 28 BIR FL 10 42 5 10 2 2 0 5 1 0 2 6 .238 .267 .381 .648 4.4 0.3
  OMA JL 147 537 68 178 36 6 8 85 14 4 36 44 .331 .372 .466 .837 87.2 16.4
  TOT   157 579 73 188 38 8 8 90 15 4 38 50 .325 .364 .459 .824 91.6 16.7
1981 29 OMA JL 155 569 77 169 38 5 9 81 17 6 47 76 .297 .355 .429 .784 82.0 13.4
1982 30 OMA JL 153 569 79 177 38 10 8 87 19 10 48 58 .311 .370 .455 .825 88.0 14.0
1983 31 OMA JL 153 566 71 161 49 4 11 77 14 3 34 64 .284 .323 .443 .766 76.8 12.7
1984 32 MAD JL 155 580 67 166 48 10 15 85 4 4 29 81 .286 .324 .481 .805 84.9 14.6
1985 33 MAD JL 146 343 40 89 24 2 3 38 6 1 16 56 .259 .292 .367 .659 34.7 3.7
1986 34 AAA   64 75 15 23 5 0 1 5 0 1 13 12 .307 .409 .413 .822 12.6  
8 Years Sim 1179 4204 529 1242 278 43 71 565 82 29 270 468 .295 .340 .433 .773 581.1 95.4
1 Years AAA 64 75 15 23 5 0 1 5 0 1 13 12 .307 .409 .413 .822 12.6  
162 Game Average 577 72 170 38 5 9 77 11 3 37 64 .295 .340 .433 .773 79.8  
Career Highs 157 580 79 188 49 10 15 90 19 10 48 81 .325 .370 .481 .825 91.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2919 372 902 202 32 53 400 56 24 199 307 .309 .355 .455 .810 439.0
vs LH   1285 157 340 76 11 18 165 26 5 71 161 .265 .305 .383 .688 146.1
Home 591 2065 252 615 134 19 36 268 42 13 135 223 .298 .344 .433 .778 291.2
Away 588 2139 277 627 144 24 35 297 40 16 135 245 .293 .336 .432 .768 293.9
RISP   1067 0 326 77 13 19 457 0 0 114 117 .306 .370 .455 .825 172.4
Pinch Hitting   139 18 39 15 1 4 23 2 0 5 20 .281 .299 .489 .789 19.6
Close/Late   527 50 149 43 3 8 67 0 0 49 54 .283 .345 .421 .766 73.5
Mar/Apr 191 702 75 199 33 11 11 82 9 4 50 77 .283 .334 .409 .743 92.1
May 218 747 99 218 53 9 13 94 16 8 57 76 .292 .343 .439 .782 106.7
June 182 616 67 174 36 5 11 86 14 8 35 73 .282 .325 .411 .735 77.4
July 184 645 78 203 47 8 10 114 8 0 32 66 .315 .346 .459 .805 95.4
August 212 788 121 229 57 5 13 94 20 5 47 101 .291 .333 .425 .758 106.3
Sep/Oct 192 706 89 219 52 5 13 95 15 4 49 75 .310 .357 .453 .811 107.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1978 26 BIR FL RF 86 85 764.3 187 5 3 2 .985 2.26   5.2
    CF 60 55 498.0 151 3 1 1 .994 2.78    
    LF 2 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1979 27 BIR FL CF 65 64 585.0 170 1 5 1 .972 2.63   3.9
    LF 45 43 376.7 86 2 2 1 .978 2.10    
1980 28 BIR FL CF 9 9 89.5 29 1 0 0 1.000 3.02   0.4
    LF 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  OMA JL CF 136 132 1158.1 374 8 2 2 .995 2.97   3.9
    LF 5 0 10.2 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.41   0.0
    RF 3 0 6.5 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.15   0.0
  TOT   CF 145 141 1247.6 403 9 2 2 .995 2.97   4.2
      LF 5 0 11.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.09   0.0
      RF 3 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
1981 29 OMA JL RF 148 145 1272.3 312 10 1 1 .997 2.28   4.7
    LF 2 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
    CF 3 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1982 30 OMA JL CF 102 99 881.0 234 14 3 3 .988 2.53   5.1
    RF 48 46 405.0 94 2 0 0 1.000 2.13    
    LF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1983 31 OMA JL CF 145 144 1261.7 315 13 3 3 .991 2.34   5.0
    RF 3 0 5.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.75    
1984 32 MAD JL LF 99 90 794.0 192 3 1 0 .995 2.21   2.9
    CF 50 49 433.7 114 2 0 0 1.000 2.41    
    RF 3 2 19.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89    
1985 33 MAD JL LF 36 29 271.3 52 3 4 0 .932 1.82   1.8
    CF 41 13 180.0 45 1 0 0 1.000 2.30    
    RF 23 17 157.7 38 1 0 0 1.000 2.23    
  CF 611 565 5089.3 1432 43 14 10 .991 2.61   18.3
  RF 314 295 2630.7 642 18 4 3 .994 2.26   9.9
  LF 191 162 1471.0 340 8 7 1 .980 2.13   4.7
Career Totals   1116 1022 9190.9 2414 69 25 14 .990 2.43   32.9
Career Highs   153 145 1291.0 411 16 7 3 .997 2.99    
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
1981 29 OMA JL 7 26 3 6 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 .231 .259 .346 .605
1982 30 OMA JL 5 21 2 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .238 .273 .333 .606
1983 31 OMA JL 4 14 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 .214 .214 .429 .643
Career Post-Season Batting 16 61 6 14 6 1 0 5 1 0 2 8 .230 .254 .361 .615
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
1980-4-.331
 Hits
1980-8-178
 Singles
1978-9-132
 Doubles
1983-3-49
1984-3-48
 Triples
1982-9-10
1984-9-10
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 13    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  1. Luke Hazelton (953)
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  4. Hugh Hamilton (929)
  5. Medric Wood (925)
  6. Reddie Ray (924)
  7. Bruce Meathouse (924)
  8. Splinter Donaher (917)
  9. Liam Carr (916)
  10. Curtis Sublett (914)
History
Signed as a free agent by Birmingham on 2/8/1978 to a 4-year deal worth $10,123,456 per year
Injured on 4/8/1978 with a Pulled Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 6/6/1979 with a Strained Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 7 weeks
Traded from Birmingham to Omaha on 4/11/1980 (Going to BIR: SS E. Miller, P W. Brandow. Going to OMA: P P. Bucher, CF L. Bostock)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/2/1980, hitting .563 with 0 HR, 8 RBI
Had 6 hits with 6 RBI against Chicago on 8/11/1980
Won Player of the Week award on 8/13/1980, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/9/1981, hitting .632 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
 
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