Lyman Bostock

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lyman Bostock
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Nov 22, 1950(1950-11-22)
Age	74
Date Of Death	September 23, 1978, Gary, IN
Birthplace	Birmingham
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Scorpio

Lyman Bostock Biography

Lyman Bostock is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on November 22, 1950 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom.

Lyman Wesley Bostock Jr. (November 22, 1950 – September 23, 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 played baseball at Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles, then attended San Fernando Valley State College (now California State University, Northridge (CSUN)). It was there that he met Youvene Brooks, who would become his wife. Bostock did not play baseball during his first two years of college, choosing instead to become involved in student activism. Nonetheless, he was selected in the 1970 amateur draft by the St. Louis Cardinals.

Lyman Bostock Net Worth

Lyman Bostock is one of the richest Baseball Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lyman Bostock 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Bostock was the son of Annie Pearl Bostock and Lyman Bostock Sr. (1918–2005), a Negro Leagues professional baseball star from 1938 to 1954 as a first baseman. Pearl and Bostock Sr. split when Bostock Jr. was a young child, with Pearl relocating with her son first to Gary, Indiana, in 1954. In 1958, the two again relocated, this time to Los Angeles. The younger Bostock remained estranged from his father for the remainder of his life, feeling that his father had abandoned him.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Lyman Bostock Dating?

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After the 1977 season ended, Bostock became one of baseball’s earliest big- money free agents, and signed with the California Angels, owned by Gene Autry. Bostock had made $20,000 with the Twins in 1977 and signed a 2.3 million, six year contract with the Angels. The Twins, Padres and Yankees had all tried to sign Bostock. Almost immediately, Bostock donated $10,000 to a church in his native Birmingham, Alabama to rebuild its Sunday school.

Facts & Trivia

Marco Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Lyman Bostock celebrates birthday on November 22 of every year.

As the 1978 season neared its conclusion, Bostock was leading the Angels in batting. With a week remaining in the season, he went 2-for-4 with a walk in his final game, a Saturday afternoon game against the White Sox in Chicago, to raise his season average to .296.

What happened to Lyman Bostock?

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.

Who shot Lyman Bostock?

He was taken to St. Mary’s Medical Center and declared dead there about three hours later. Leonard Smith , the man who killed Bostock, was mentally ill and thought his estranged wife Barbara was cheating on him with Bostock.

Where was Lyman Bostock shot?

Gary, IN