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  Lyman Bostock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A fine center fielder, Bostock finished fourth in the tight American League batting race in 1976, his first full season in the majors.
Bostock almost immediately donated $10,000 of his newfound wealth to a church in his native Birmingham, Alabama to rebuild its Sunday school.
Bostock became only the third big leaguer to do it in a nine-inning game and just the second center fielder in the XX century.
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 Lyman Bostock -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bostock almost immediately donated $10,000 of his newfound wealth to a church in his native (Click link for more info and facts about Birmingham, Alabama) Birmingham, Alabama to rebuild its Sunday school.
In a four-season career, Bostock was a.311 hitter with 23 (A base hit on which the batter scores a run) home runs and 250 (A run that is the result of the batter's performance) RBI in 526 (A contest with rules to determine a winner) games.
Bostock became only the third big leaguer to do it in a nine-inning game and just the second center fielder in the (Click link for more info and facts about XX century) XX century.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/ly/lyman_bostock.htm   (677 words)

  
 Lyman Bostock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
An outfielder, Bostock finished fourth in the tight American League batting race in 1976, his first full season in the majors.After finishing second in the league in batting in 1977, Bostock became one of baseball's earliest big-money free agents, signingwith the California Angels, owned by Gene Autry.
Bostock almost immediatelydonated $10,000 of his newfound wealth to a church in his native Birmingham, Alabama to rebuild its Sunday school.
Lyman Bostock is interred in the Inglewood ParkCemetery in Inglewood, California.
www.therfcc.org /lyman-bostock-187672.html   (284 words)

  
 Remembering Lyman Bostock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The one dream Lyman had all the years he played baseball, was a chance to play in the Major Leagues with the white players.
This dream happened not for him, but for his son, Lyman Bostock, Jr., when he was drafted in the 26th round by the Minnesota Twins in the 1972 Amateur Draft.
Bostock immediately donated $10,000 of his newfound wealth to a church in his native city of Birmingham to rebuild a local church's Sunday school.
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 123Student
Then one errie, summer night at 10:30 Lyman Bostock was gunned down at Fifth and Jackson in downtown Gary, Illinois while he was riding in the back seat of his uncle's Buick with a twelve gauge shot gun, that was fired by a Mr Leonard Smith.
He had never met or seen Lyman Bostock, but if you think about it, if he actually sat down to think about it, a pro baseball player would obviously be very high.
Although it was not lucky at all for Lyman to be on Fifth avenue and having his skull blasted away with a gun, it because extremely more lucky for Bostock because in 21 months after the shooting, he walked out of jail after receiving 4 months of physiciatric treatment and three months of evaluation.
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 Lyman Bostock Game-Used Bat - Louisville Slugger S2, 1977-1978.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bostock had starred for Cal State Northridge in the early 1970's, taking them to second place in the College World Series in 1972.
Bostock, of course, immediately stank up the Big A, having a miserable first third of the season, at one point even offering to return part of his salary to owner Gene Autry.
The tragedy of Lyman Bostock, Jr.'s early death robbed a family of what consensus had as a wonderful man. And, of course, it furthered all suspicions about the Angels hosting a curse in Anaheim.
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 Lyman Bostock Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
Lyman Bostock was born on Wednesday, November 22, 1950, in Birmingham, Alabama.
Bostock was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 8, 1975, with the Minnesota Twins, and his Major League Baseball stats for every season he played, along with his career totals are on this page.
Lyman Bostock's biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable) career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this Lyman Bostock baseball statistics page.
www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=bostoly01   (310 words)

  
 Lyman Bostock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bostock donó casi inmediatamente $10.000 de su abundancia newfound a una iglesia en su Birmingham nativa, Alabama para reconstruir su escuela de domingo.
Bostock trabajó el resto de la estación para conseguir su 300 del excedente del promedio de batting hacia arriba.
Lyman Bostock es interred en el cementerio del parque de Inglewood en Inglewood, California.
www.yotor.net /wiki/es/ly/Lyman%20Bostock.htm   (365 words)

  
 Chad Finn's Touching All The Bases: Fallen Angel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bostock could have been a great, if only that bright future had been a match for his darker fate.
Bostock taught me that the world was cruel and unfair and unpredictable.
Remember Lyman Bostock, a wonderful ballplayer and a better man, one who had the green light to stardom, if only the red light had changed.
touchingallthebases.blogspot.com /2004/11/fallen-angel.html   (1357 words)

  
 Lyman Bostock . George Brett . Birmingham, Alabama . 1976 in sports . 1950   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A fine center fielder, Bostock finished fourth in the tight American League batting average batting race in 1976 in sports 1976, his first full season in the majors.
Bostock s 1978 in sports 1978 season started off a disaster, with him batting only.150 for the month of April.
Bostock went to Autry and attempted to give back his April salary, saying he hadn t earned it.
www.uk.kunsimuna.net /Lyman_Bostock_UK_206022_ck   (516 words)

  
 Dave Farquhar's Silicon Underground - They don't make 'em like Lyman Bostock anymore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bostock spent the rest of the season working overtime to try to get his batting average up over.300, where it belonged.
When daddies pointed at the TV screens and told their sons to be like Lyman Bostock, they didn't just mean hit a baseball like him.
Lyman Bostock was a fine ballplayer and finer man. I'm glad to see that I am not the only one who remembers this genuinely tragic incident.
dfarq.homeip.net /article/779   (890 words)

  
 1950 | Mandak Playoffs
Bostock also drove in the first Buffaloes' run with a single in the 4th inning.
Lyman Bostock scored twice and batted in two runs with a triple and single.
Lyman Bostock led off the inning with a double and scored on Leon Days' two-bagger to left.
www.attheplate.com /wcbl/1950_20h.htm   (1224 words)

  
 Lyman Bostock, Sr.
Bostock broke into the Negro Leagues with the Brooklyn Royal Giants in 1938, the same team fellow first baseman Buck Leonard had broken in with four years earlier.
Bostock, still his prime at age 26, was traded to the California Angels because the Twins couldn't afford his salary.
Bostock was driving in his uncle's car on the 23rd in Gary, Indiana when he was gunned down in a case of mistaken identity.
www.pitchblackbaseball.com /nlotmlymanbostock.html   (554 words)

  
 Tuesday August 19
Lyman Bostock is a name most Minnesota Twins fans are aware of, at least those who remember following the team in the mid-to-late ‘70s (which, for the record is right about when I was being born).
Bostock was known as being a very popular player in the clubhouse, and a generally well-liked person throughout baseball.
Well, his father, Lymon Bostock, Sr was a first baseman in the Negro Leagues, starting in 1938 with the Brooklyn Royal Giants.
www.sethspeaks.net /081903.htm   (1006 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Major leaguers who died in-season   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bostock, an Angels outfielder, was in the back seat of his uncle's car in Gary, Indiana, when he was killed by a bullet intended for the murderer's wife.
Bostock, 27, had hit.311 in his four seasons with Minnesota and California.
Just a few days after the regular season ended with his Pirates finishing in second place, Moose, 29, was on the way to his birthday party when he was killed in a car crash.
sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1397956&type=story   (974 words)

  
 Lyman Bostock | BaseballLibrary.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bostock, the son of Negro League player Lyman Bostock, Sr., appeared headed for stardom before he was fatally wounded in 1978.
Bostock is only the 3rd big leaguer to do it in nine innings and just the 2nd CF in this century.
September 23, 1978: The Angels 27-year-old OF Lyman Bostock
baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/B/Bostock_Lyman.stm   (277 words)

  
 Cal State Northridge
One of the finest was the late Lyman Bostock, who was tragically killed in 1978 while just beginning what was sure to be a fabulous career.
Bostock signed with the Minnesota Twins that summer and played there from 1975-78.
Bostock was a person who gave his time to many youth programs and was very helpful in aiding young student-athletes at CSUN.
www.gomatadors.com /halloffame_details.php?hof_id=20   (238 words)

  
 Lyman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Lyman was Executive Director of the Global Interdependence Initiative of the Aspen Institute until July 2003.
Lyman Hall was born in Connecticut in 1724.
Lyman Frank Baum (1856-1919) was born in Chittenango, New York.
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 FenwayNation Lyman Bostock Award   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Lyman Bostock Award is bestowed from time to time on a player who demonstrates the character traits of the late Lyman Bostock.
Bostock, one of the first breed of high-priced free agents, offered to give back his first month's salary after hitting only.150.
Bostock battled to get his average near.300 (.296), when he was tragically murdered in Gary, Indiana on September 23, 1978.
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 BOSTOCK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Date "BOSTOCK" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791.
"BOSTOCK" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 93.75% of the time.
"BOSTOCK" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English.
www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/BOSTOCK   (354 words)

  
 24 June 2005 - Lyman Bostock, Sr. Passes Away
Lyman will be sorely missed by his family and friends.
BOSTOCK, LYMAN W., 88, of Birmingham, Alabama, passed away on Friday, June 24, 2005.
Bostock was a member of the Birmingham Black Barons Baseball team as well as a Negro League Legend.
www.nlbpa.com /24june2005.html   (135 words)

  
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Bostock moved from the churchyard to the industrial leagues.
Lyman only played in Brooklyn for one year, then he returned to Birmingham.
Playing in the East-West game during the 1941 season served as the highlight for Lyman Bostock's short-lived career with the Birmingham Black Barons.
northbysouth.kenyon.edu /2000/baseball/Lyman%20Bostock,%20Sr..htm   (428 words)

  
 SportsFilter | The Story of Lyman Bostock
Lyman was one of a series of good ballplayers traded or let go in the late 70's.
Bostock was an excellent ballplayer and looked to have a great future, a real loss, he also had a lot of fans.
1980: Leonard Smith, the man who killed Angels outfielder Lyman Bostock with a shotgun blast on September 23, 1978, but was later acquitted of the crime by reason of insanity, is released from Logansport State Hospital and allowed to return to his home in Gary, IN, because psychiatrists say he is no longer mentally ill.
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 Encyclopedia: Lyman Bostock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The position of the center fielder A center fielder, abbreviated CF, is the outfielder in baseball who plays defense in center field - the baseball fielding position between left field and right field (e.
See also: 1977 in sports, 1979 in sports and the list of years in sports.
Gary is a city located in Lake County in northwest Indiana, near the city of Chicago.
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 Front Office Football Central - Lyman Bostock
The deaths of Bostock and Thurman Munson were the "closest to home" deaths of my childhood.
Bostock is one of the more infamous stories in the Angels' long history of tragedy.
He was brought in to Anaheim in the new free agency of the times, and was a guy Gene Autry and Buzzie Bavasi wanted to build their team around.
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 Bostock Lyman Bostock Batting, Fielding And Pitching Major League Baseball Lifetime Statistics For Each S   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Lyman Bostock batting, fielding and pitching major league baseball lifetime statistics for each season and his career, and a list of any post-season awards he has won and his rank on various season.
Chiropractic Care in Santa Clara by Dr. Bostock Bryan D. Bostock is a graduate of Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa, where he graduated third honors in 1978.
John Bostock is a musician involved as both a performer and composer in contemporary music.
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 Lyman Bostock Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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 Bostock, Lyman Sr. - Negro League Baseball Player
Lyman began his career in 1938 as a first baseman with the Brooklyn Royal Giants, and joined the Birmingham Black Barons in 1940.
This dream happened not for him, but for his son, Lyman Bostock, Jr., who played for the Minnesota Twins and California Angels.
Unfortunately, tragedy struck the Bostock family in Sept of 1978.
www.nlbpa.com /bostock__lyman.html   (139 words)

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