Editing Lyman Bostock (section)

===Minnesota Twins (1975-1977)===
Bostock was promoted to the major leagues in April 1975, making his major league debut on April 8, when he was 1-for-4 with two walks and three runs scored in an 11–4 Twins win over the {{nowrap|[[1975 Texas Rangers season|Texas Rangers]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1975/B04080TEX1975.htm |title=Minnesota Twins 11, Texas Rangers 4 |website=[[Retrosheet]] |date=April 8, 1975}}</ref>}} For the season, he batted .282 in 98 games for Minnesota (and .391 in 22 games for the [[Tacoma Rainiers|Tacoma Twins]] in the [[Pacific Coast League]]).

A fine defensive [[center fielder]], Bostock finished fourth in the tight [[American League]] [[batting average (baseball)|batting]] race in [[1976 Minnesota Twins|1976]], his first full season in the majors. He hit .323, finishing behind the [[1976 Kansas City Royals season|Kansas City Royals]]' [[George Brett (baseball)|George Brett]] (.333) and [[Hal McRae]] (.332), and teammate [[Rod Carew]] (.331). Bostock [[Hitting for the cycle|hit for the cycle]] on July 24, in a 17–2 Twins victory over the [[Chicago White Sox]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1976/B07240CHA1976.htm |title=Minnesota Twins 17, Chicago White Sox 2 |website=[[Retrosheet]] |date=July 24, 1976}}</ref>

In 1977, Bostock's .336 batting average was second only to the .388 of Carew. On May 25, Bostock collected 12 [[putout]]s in the second game of a [[doubleheader (baseball)|doubleheader]] against the [[1977 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]], tying the major league mark for putouts by an outfielder, which had been set by [[Earl Clark (baseball)|Earl Clark]] of the [[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]] {{nowrap|in [[1929 Boston Braves season|1929]],<ref name=latimes>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15377227/carew_has_7_of_twins_35_hits/ |title=Carew Has 7 of Twins' 35 Hits |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=May 26, 1977 |access-date=November 26, 2017 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>}} and was equalled by [[Jacoby Ellsbury]] {{nowrap|in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/rb_ofpu.shtml |title=Outfielder Putout Records |website=[[Baseball Almanac]] |access-date=November 26, 2017}}</ref>}} Bostock had a total of 17 putouts in the doubleheader,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B05251BOS1977.htm |title=Minnesota Twins 13, Boston Red Sox 5 (1) |website=[[Retrosheet]] |date=May 25, 1977}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B05252BOS1977.htm |title=Minnesota Twins 9, Boston Red Sox 4 (2) |website=[[Retrosheet]] |date=May 25, 1977}}</ref> which set an [[American League]] record {{nowrap|for outfielders.<ref name=latimes/>}}