Lyman Bostock Trades and Transactions

The Lyman Bostock trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Lyman Bostock has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"We hear about (Lyman) Bostock, too. But not as much as we should. He deserves to be more than a footnote, a name on a morbid list of 'Ballplayers Who Died During A Season.' He deserves better, because he might have been among the best." - Chad Finn in Concord News (2002)

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Lyman Bostock

Lyman Bostock Autograph on a 1977 Topps (#531)

Lyman Bostock Autograph on a 1977 Topps (#531)
 

Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   Lyman Wesley Bostock, Jr.
Nickname:   None
Born On:   11-22-1950
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Birmingham, Alabama
Zodiac:   Scorpio
Year of Death Data Died On:   09-24-1978
Place of Death Data Died In:   Gary, Indiana
Cemetery:   Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California
College:   San Fernando Valley State College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01
Player Weight Chart Weight:   180
First Game:   04-08-1975 (Age 24)
Last Game:   09-23-1978
Draft:   1972 : 26th Round (596th)
Lyman Bostock

Trades & Transactions

06-06-1972: Selected by Minnesota Twins in the 26th round — free-agent draft.
11-02-1977: Granted free agency.
11-21-1977: Signed by California Angels.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Lyman Bostock trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.