Lyman Bostock
American baseball player (1950–1978) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
Lyman Bostock | |
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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 | |
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.