Lyman Bostock Sr.

Lyman Bostock Sr.
Lyman Bostock Sr.
	First baseman
	Born: March 11, 1918; Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
	Died: June 24, 2005 (aged 87); Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
	Batted: Left Threw: Right
Negro leagues statistics
Batting average	.326
Hits	125
Runs batted in	54
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Birmingham Black Barons (1940–1942, 1946); Chicago American Giants (1947); New York Cubans (1948);
Career highlights and awards
	East-West All-Star Game (1941); Negro American League batting champion (1941);

Lyman Wesley Bostock Sr. (March 11, 1918 – June 24, 2005) was an American baseball player who played first base for several Negro league teams from 1938 to 1954. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.^[2]

Bostock played for the Brooklyn Royal Giants, Birmingham Black Barons, Chicago American Giants, Jackie Robinson All-Stars, Winnipeg Buffaloes, and Carman Cardinals. He played in the 1941 East-West All-Star Game while with Birmingham and was credited with batting .466 in 23 games for what is considered the Negro American League batting championship. He then served in the US Army during World War II.^[3]

Like many Negro leaguers, Bostock wanted to play in Major League Baseball but never got the chance. Bostock played in or attended various MLB old-timers games in the 1970s and 1980s, including 1976 in Minnesota,^[4] and 1989 in Kansas City.^[5]

Bostock died in 2005, in his hometown of Birmingham.

His son, Lyman Bostock Jr., played for the Minnesota Twins and California Angels from 1975 until he was shot and killed in his hometown of Gary, Indiana, during the 1978 season.

References

^ "MLB officially designates the Negro Leagues as 'Major League'". MLB.com. December 16, 2020. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
^ "Lyman Bostock - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database". www.seamheads.com.
^ "Negro Leaguers Who Served With The Armed Forces in WWII". baseballinwartime.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
^ Libman, Gary (July 18, 1976). "Oldtimers share frustration of age in annual game". Star Tribune. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Retrieved November 26, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Patek and Rojas come through again". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. July 30, 1989. Retrieved November 26, 2017 – via newspapers.com.

^ On December 16, 2020, Major League Baseball declared that seven Negro leagues, from the span of 1920–1948, were to be recognized as major leagues.^[1] Bostock's statistics reflect his time in the Negro leagues from 1922, 1924, 1929, and 1932–1948.

External links

Career statistics from Baseball Reference · Baseball Reference (Minors) and Seamheads
Lyman Bostock Sr. at the Negro League Baseball Players Association
Lyman Bostock Sr. at Find a Grave

[1] "MLB officially designates the Negro Leagues as 'Major League'". MLB.com. December 16, 2020. Retrieved August 21, 2023.

[3] "Lyman Bostock - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database". www.seamheads.com.

[4] "Negro Leaguers Who Served With The Armed Forces in WWII". baseballinwartime.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.

[5] Libman, Gary (July 18, 1976). "Oldtimers share frustration of age in annual game". Star Tribune. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Retrieved November 26, 2017 – via newspapers.com.

[6] "Patek and Rojas come through again". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. July 30, 1989. Retrieved November 26, 2017 – via newspapers.com.

[2] On December 16, 2020, Major League Baseball declared that seven Negro leagues, from the span of 1920–1948, were to be recognized as major leagues.^[1] Bostock's statistics reflect his time in the Negro leagues from 1922, 1924, 1929, and 1932–1948.

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