This article is about Lyman Bostock Jr., the former Major League Baseball outfielder. For his father, who played in the Negro leagues, see Lyman Bostock Sr.
Baseball player
Lyman Bostock
Bostock in 1975
Outfielder
Born:(1950-11-22)November 22, 1950 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Died: September 24, 1978(1978-09-24) (aged 27) Gary, Indiana, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 8, 1975, for the Minnesota Twins
Last MLB appearance
September 23, 1978, for the California Angels
MLB statistics
Batting average
.311
Home runs
23
Runs batted in
250
Teams
Minnesota Twins (1975–1977)
California Angels (1978)
Lyman Wesley Bostock Jr. (November 22, 1950 – September 24, 1978) was an American professional baseball player. He played Major League Baseball for four seasons, as an outfielder for the Minnesota Twins (1975–77) and California Angels (1978), with a lifetime average of .311. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
Bostock was shot and killed as a passenger in a vehicle in his hometown of Gary, Indiana, on September 23, 1978, hours after playing against the Chicago White Sox earlier in the day. His shooter was sentenced to a psychiatric hospital and released after seven months.[1][2] After the shooter's release, Indiana legislators introduced the guilty but mentally ill plea so that mentally ill people would serve prison time after being released from inpatient mental health treatment.
^"Twist of fate ended Bostock's life". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. September 25, 1978. p. 25.
^"Angels' star victim". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. September 25, 1978. p. 21.
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