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Lyle Overbay

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 215 lb.
School University of Nevada, Reno

Debut September 19, 2001

Born January 28, 1977 in Centralia, WA

Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 18th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1999. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2001 24 ARI NL   2    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .500  .500  .500  153    1   0   0   0   0   0
 2002 25 ARI NL  10   10    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   5  .100  .100  .100  -49    1   0   0   0   0   0
 2003 26 ARI NL  86  254   23   70  20  0   4   28   1  0  35  67  .276  .365  .402   94  102   0   2   7   2   8
 2004 27 MIL NL 159  579   83  174  53  1  16   87   2  1  81 128  .301  .385  .478  122  277   0   6   9   2  11
 2005 28 MIL NL 158  537   80  148  34  1  19   72   1  0  78  98  .276  .367  .449  112  241   1   4   8   2  17
 2006 29 TOR AL 157  581   82  181  46  1  22   92   5  3  55  96  .312  .372  .508  125  295   0   2   7   2  19
 2007 30 TOR AL 122  425   49  102  30  2  10   44   2  0  47  78  .240  .315  .391   85  166   0   3   4   1  12
 2008 31 TOR AL  37  118   10   33   6  1   1   10   0  2  22  30  .280  .387  .373  112   44   0   2   0   0   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      731 2506  327  710 189  6  72  334  11  6 318 503  .283  .364  .450  111 1127   1  19  35   9  72
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        555   72  157  42  1  16   74   2  1  70 111  .283  .364  .450  111  250   0   4   8   2  16
 Career High    159  581   83  181  53  2  22   92   5  3  81 128  .312  .387  .508  125  295   1   6   9   2  19
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2001 24 ARI NL    2    1    1  26.7   118| .500  .278| .500  .350| .500  .455|1.000  .805| 153  .955   0.2   0.0   0%
 2002 25 ARI NL   10    9    0   0.0   116| .100  .278| .100  .354| .100  .443| .200  .797| -49  .000  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 2003 26 ARI NL  293  194   38   5.2   116| .276  .278| .365  .351| .402  .446| .767  .797|  94  .528  -1.0  -0.1 100%
 2004 27 MIL NL  668  423  110   7.0   111| .301  .269| .385  .341| .478  .437| .863  .778| 122  .645  23.1   2.2  66%
 2005 28 MIL NL  622  411   89   5.8   109| .276  .270| .367  .340| .449  .430| .816  .770| 112  .582  11.7   1.1 100%
 2006 29 TOR AL  640  424  105   6.6   111| .312  .275| .372  .340| .508  .438| .880  .778| 125  .606  22.5   2.1  62%
 2007 30 TOR AL  476  338   52   4.1   107| .240  .271| .315  .338| .391  .424| .706  .762|  85  .407  -8.9  -0.8 100%
 2008 31 TOR AL  142   94   17   4.8    97| .280  .258| .387  .329| .373  .395| .760  .724| 112  .526   3.2   0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      2853 1894  412   5.8   110| .283  .271| .364  .341| .450  .432| .814  .773| 111  .569  48.5   4.6  64%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2003 26 ARI NL 1B 75 644 58 2 48 .997 .993 9.36 7.98 10.46 9.60 69 604.0 2004 27 MIL NL 1B 158 1309 113 11 110 .992 .993 9.00 6.33 9.41 6.62 150 1360.3 2005 28 MIL NL 1B 154 1134 96 10 104 .992 .993 7.99 6.49 8.75 7.11 143 1265.0 2006 29 TOR AL 1B 145 1355 94 9 124 .994 .994 9.99 6.90 10.58 7.30 139 1233.0 DH 11 2007 30 TOR AL 1B 119 1060 101 5 107 .996 .995 9.76 7.93 10.75 9.26 107 972.3 2008 31 TOR AL 1B 36 318 39 1 25 .997 .995 9.92 8.63 10.22 9.69 35 314.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2003 26 ARI NL 1B 75 644 58 2 48 .997 .993 9.36 7.98 10.46 9.60 69 604.0 2004 27 MIL NL 1B 158 1309 113 11 110 .992 .993 9.00 6.33 9.41 6.62 150 1360.3 2005 28 MIL NL 1B 154 1134 96 10 104 .992 .993 7.99 6.49 8.75 7.11 143 1265.0 2006 29 TOR AL 1B 145 1355 94 9 124 .994 .994 9.99 6.90 10.58 7.30 139 1233.0 2007 30 TOR AL 1B 119 1060 101 5 107 .996 .995 9.76 7.93 10.75 9.26 107 972.3 2008 31 TOR AL 1B 36 318 39 1 25 .997 .995 9.92 8.63 10.22 9.69 35 314.3 2006 29 TOR AL DH 11
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B* 687 5820 501 38 518 .994 .994 9.20 7.06 9.90 7.80 643 5749.0 DH 11 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 687 5820 501 38 518 .994 .994 9.20 7.06 9.90 7.80 643 5749
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
2004 NL-159-8
2006 AL-157-10

Doubles
2004 NL-53-1
2006 AL-46-4

Bases on Balls
2008 AL-22-8

Grounded into Double Plays
2006 AL-19-10

Caught Stealing
2008 AL-2-6

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (588) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 8 (1484) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.0 (1176) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 10.0 (1114) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 2, 1999: Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 18th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1999.

December 1, 2003: Traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks with Chris Capuano, Craig Counsell, Chad Moeller, Jorge de la Rosa, and Junior Spivey to the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named later, Richie Sexson, and Shane Nance. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Noochie Varner (minors) (December 15, 2003) to the Arizona Diamondbacks to complete the trade.

December 7, 2005: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Ty Taubenheim to the Toronto Blue Jays for David Bush, Gabe Gross, and Zach Jackson.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2003Arizona Diamondbacks$300,000
2004Milwaukee Brewers$326,000
2005Milwaukee Brewers$446,000
2006Toronto Blue Jays$2,525,000
2007Toronto Blue Jays$1,350,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,947,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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