#72 Lyman Bostock, First Base, 31 yrs, Pittsburgh Pirates

#72 Lyman Bostock, First Base, 31 yrs, Pittsburgh Pirates
Friday, 10/20/1949

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Lyman Bostock

3/11/1918
31
NEGRO,LG,PLAYER
6"1
220

First Base
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1.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 4,250,000
1949
9 Year(s), 0 Days (1548 total Days)
172 Day(s)
9 Year(s), 0 Days (1548 total Days)
9 Year(s)
Not eligible
2 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	8	3	1	5	8
Versus LHP	5	2	1	4	7
Versus RHP	9	3	1	5	8
Talent	9	3	1	4	8

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4
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4
1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
1B : 3 (Range), .978 (Fielding Pct.)
RF : 3 (Range), .983 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 4
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/23	BRO	L 3-7	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	#1
9/24	BRO	L 5-7	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	#1
9/26	NYN	L 5-10	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	#1
9/27	NYN	L 6-7	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	#1
9/28	@STL	W 7-3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	#1
9/29	@CIN	L 6-7	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#1
9/30	BSN	L 2-7	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#1
10/1	@CHC	L 5-9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#1
10/2	@BSN	W 12-6	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	#1
10/4	PHI	L 6-10	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	#1

Batting Stats 1949

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	153	609	188	15	0	10	64	95	60	63	.309	.368	.383	.751	.687	.074
Projected	153	609	188	15	0	10	64	95	60	63	.309	.368	.383	.751	.687	.074

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	147	683	0	0	0	7	9	5	233	25	1	0	100.0	91.0	5.6

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	171	48	2	0	3	15	19	13	31	0	2	0	.281	.328	.345	.673
vs. RHP	438	140	13	0	7	49	76	47	32	5	7	0	.320	.382	.397	.779
Close/Late	52	17	1	0	2	8	4	8	6	0	2	0	.327	.403	.462	.865
Scoring Position	125	37	3	0	2	54	0	10	10	5	3	0	.296	.329	.368	.697
Pinch Hitting	5	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	77	295	93	8	0	6	33	51	35	33	.315	.382	.403	.785
Road	76	314	95	7	0	4	31	44	25	30	.303	.345	.363	.708
March/April	25	101	35	3	0	3	13	14	9	12	.347	.386	.465	.851
May	25	95	29	1	0	0	8	16	14	9	.305	.384	.316	.700
June	27	116	40	4	0	1	16	15	4	11	.345	.361	.405	.766
July	25	105	30	4	0	2	10	12	7	12	.286	.327	.381	.708
August	26	98	22	0	0	2	5	19	10	11	.224	.291	.286	.577
Sept/Oct	25	94	32	3	0	2	12	19	16	8	.340	.429	.436	.865

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1941	122	307	102	9	2	1	41	42	33	0	3	49	1	0	.332	.394	.384	.778	PIT
1942	130	367	112	13	2	3	47	46	30	0	3	52	1	0	.305	.355	.376	.731	PIT
1943	128	431	146	9	4	5	50	78	46	0	1	49	0	1	.339	.402	.413	.815	PIT
1944	140	524	169	7	3	7	46	82	51	0	1	65	3	2	.323	.382	.387	.769	PIT
1945	143	532	183	7	2	2	49	74	49	0	3	47	1	0	.344	.397	.376	.773	PIT
1946	130	446	143	7	4	4	38	67	41	1	1	32	1	1	.321	.378	.381	.759	PIT
1947	114	367	124	10	1	2	46	61	44	1	3	30	0	2	.338	.407	.387	.794	PIT
1948	119	404	136	9	0	5	38	67	49	1	2	35	1	1	.337	.408	.396	.804	PIT
1949	153	609	188	15	0	10	64	95	60	0	5	63	1	0	.309	.368	.383	.751	PIT
Total	1179	3987	1303	86	18	39	419	612	403	3	22	422	9	7	.327	.387	.387	.774

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1940, AAA	133	467	158	7	1	2	40	86	85	60	5	9	.338	.437	.370	.808
1943, AAA	3	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	.333	.600	.333	.933

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Fielding Stats 1949

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
First Base	43	42	399	38	31	444	7	.984	338.0	11.82
Rightfield	107	105	221	3	0	230	6	.974	890.2	2.32

Player History

Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1940...
Had first career hit on 4/1/1941, off Dizzy Trout (BSN)...
Hit first career homerun on 9/6/1941, off Virgil Trucks (NYN)...
1/31/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,021,429 through salary arbitration...
1/31/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration...
1/31/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration...
Injured on 3/11/1946 with a Jammed Finger, out for 1-2 weeks...
9/25/1946: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $4,250,000 per year, for 3 years.

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

AVG
1944 - .323 - 6th
1945 - .344 - 3rd

Hits
1945 - 183 - 8th

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