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Lyle Overbay

Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: January 28, 1977 in Centralia, WA
High School: Centralia (Centralia, WA)
School: University of Nevada, Reno
Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 18th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 2001
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
2001	24	ARI	NL	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	153	1	0	0	0	0	0
2002	25	ARI	NL	10	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.100	.100	.100	.200	-49	1	0	0	0	0	0
2003	26	ARI	NL	86	293	254	23	70	20	0	4	28	1	0	35	67	.276	.365	.402	.767	94	102	8	2	0	2	7	3
2004	27	MIL	NL	159	668	579	83	174	53	1	16	87	2	1	81	128	.301	.385	.478	.863	122	277	11	2	0	6	9	*3
2005	28	MIL	NL	158	622	537	80	148	34	1	19	72	1	0	78	98	.276	.367	.449	.816	112	241	17	2	1	4	8	*3
2006	29	TOR	AL	157	640	581	82	181	46	1	22	92	5	3	55	96	.312	.372	.508	.880	125	295	19	2	0	2	7	*3D
2007	30	TOR	AL	122	476	425	49	102	30	2	10	44	2	0	47	78	.240	.315	.391	.706	85	166	12	1	0	3	4	*3
2008	31	TOR	AL	158	627	544	74	147	32	2	15	69	1	2	74	116	.270	.358	.419	.777	108	228	24	3	1	5	3	*3
2009	32	TOR	AL	132	500	423	57	112	35	1	16	64	0	0	74	95	.265	.372	.466	.838	122	197	8	0	0	3	6	*3
9 Seasons				984	3838	3355	448	936	250	8	102	457	12	6	444	684	.279	.363	.449	.812	112	1508	99	12	2	25	44
162 Game Avg.				162	632	552	74	154	41	1	17	75	2	1	73	113	.279	.363	.449	.812	112	248	16	2	0	4	7

TOR (4 yrs)				569	2243	1973	262	542	143	6	63	269	8	5	250	385	.275	.356	.449	.805	111	886	63	6	1	13	20
ARI (3 yrs)				98	305	266	23	72	20	0	4	29	1	0	35	73	.271	.357	.391	.748	90	104	8	2	0	2	7
MIL (2 yrs)				317	1290	1116	163	322	87	2	35	159	3	1	159	226	.289	.376	.464	.840	118	518	28	4	1	10	17

NL (5 yrs)				415	1595	1382	186	394	107	2	39	188	4	1	194	299	.285	.373	.450	.823	112	622	36	6	1	12	24
AL (4 yrs)				569	2243	1973	262	542	143	6	63	269	8	5	250	385	.275	.356	.449	.805	111	886	63	6	1	13	20

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2001	24	ARI	NL	2	1	1	26.7	118	1.000	.500	.278	.500	.350	.500	.455	1.000	.805	153	.955	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
2002	25	ARI	NL	10	9	0	0.0	116	.200	.100	.278	.100	.354	.100	.443	.200	.797	-49	.000	-2.3	-0.2	.111	.000	.000
2003	26	ARI	NL	293	194	38	5.2	116	.357	.276	.278	.365	.351	.402	.446	.767	.797	94	.528	-1.0	-0.1	.729	.268	.126	1.6
2004	27	MIL	NL	668	423	110	7.0	111	.358	.301	.269	.385	.341	.478	.437	.863	.778	122	.645	23.1	2.2	.866	.320	.178	3.6
2005	28	MIL	NL	622	411	89	5.8	109	.304	.276	.270	.367	.340	.449	.430	.816	.770	112	.582	11.7	1.1	.793	.320	.173	1.9
2006	29	TOR	AL	640	424	105	6.6	111	.342	.312	.275	.372	.340	.508	.438	.880	.778	125	.606	22.5	2.1	.839	.294	.196	8.1
2007	30	TOR	AL	476	338	52	4.1	107	.271	.240	.271	.315	.338	.391	.424	.706	.762	85	.407	-8.9	-0.8	.645	.266	.151	3.3
2008	31	TOR	AL	627	429	79	4.9	104	.316	.270	.266	.358	.333	.419	.417	.777	.751	108	.497	8.3	0.8	.719	.283	.149	1.9
2009	32	TOR	AL	500	322	77	6.4	105	.305	.265	.264	.372	.332	.466	.423	.838	.756	122	.604	16.6	1.6	.850	.376	.201	.0
9 Seasons				3838	2551	551	5.8	109	.322	.279	.270	.363	.339	.449	.430	.812	.769	112	.564	70.1	6.5	.781	.305	.170	21.5
162 Game Avg.				632	420	91	5.8	109	.322	.279	.270	.363	.339	.449	.430	.812	.769	112	.564	12	1	.781	.305	.170	4

TOR (4 yrs)				2243	1513	313	5.5	107	.311	.275	.269	.356	.336	.449	.426	.805	.762	111	.539	38.4	3.6	.764	.303	.174	14.2
ARI (3 yrs)				305	204	39	5.1	116	.356	.271	.278	.357	.351	.391	.446	.748	.797	90	.517	-3.2	-0.3	.703	.256	.120	1.6
MIL (2 yrs)				1290	834	199	6.4	110	.332	.289	.270	.376	.341	.464	.433	.840	.774	118	.616	34.8	3.3	.830	.320	.176	5.5

NL (5 yrs)				1595	1038	238	6.1	111	.336	.285	.271	.373	.343	.450	.436	.823	.779	112	.599	31.6	3.0	.805	.308	.165	7.3
AL (4 yrs)				2243	1513	313	5.5	107	.311	.275	.269	.356	.336	.449	.426	.805	.762	111	.539	38.4	3.6	.764	.303	.174	14.2

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2001	24	ARI	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0			0.00		50%	100%	0.0%	0%
2002	25	ARI	NL	10	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0		10.0	0.25	0.33	50%	20%	0.0%	50%
2003	26	ARI	NL	293	1.4%	22.9%	12.0%	8.2%	34%	1.91	3.8	63.5	9.1	0.83	1.50	63%	24%	4.1%	6%
2004	27	MIL	NL	668	2.4%	19.2%	12.1%	10.5%	40%	1.58	4.5	36.2	6.7	0.82	1.47	66%	28%	6.7%	4%
2005	28	MIL	NL	622	3.1%	15.8%	12.5%	8.7%	37%	1.26	5.5	28.3	7.5	1.08	1.47	68%	19%	9.2%	3%
2006	29	TOR	AL	640	3.4%	15.0%	8.6%	10.8%	38%	1.75	6.1	26.4	6.3	0.86	1.41	73%	23%	8.8%	5%
2007	30	TOR	AL	476	2.1%	16.4%	9.9%	8.8%	41%	1.66	5.4	42.5	9.7	0.96	1.24	71%	22%	6.2%	10%
2008	31	TOR	AL	627	2.4%	18.5%	11.8%	7.8%	33%	1.57	4.7	36.3	7.9	0.81	1.29	67%	23%	6.6%	5%
2009	32	TOR	AL	500	3.2%	19.0%	14.8%	10.4%	46%	1.28	4.5	26.4	6.6	0.71	1.19	63%	23%	8.9%	7%
9 Seasons				3838	2.7%	17.8%	11.6%	9.4%	39%	1.54	4.9	32.9	7.3	0.86	1.36	68%	23%	7.5%	6%
MLB Averages					2.7%	18.0%	8.9%	7.9%	34%	2.02	4.9	32.9	7.8	0.78	1.06	69%	19%	7.8%	13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2001	24	ARI	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	25	ARI	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	26	ARI	NL	4	0	18%	111	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	33%	15	11	4	3	1	2	3	2	1
2004	27	MIL	NL	4	0	28%	308	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	12	27%	41	33	8	17	12	5	13	7	6
2005	28	MIL	NL	8	0	29%	252	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	14	44%	32	23	9	15	5	9	21	9	12
2006	29	TOR	AL	3	0	28%	290	5	3	63%	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	12	29%	44	36	8	12	9	2	19	6	12
2007	30	TOR	AL	2	0	28%	189	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	44%	25	17	8	7	3	4	9	2	6
2008	31	TOR	AL	4	3	28%	254	1	2	33%	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	19	31%	28	22	6	10	7	3	21	11	9
2009	32	TOR	AL	3	0	24%	201	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	24%	24	19	5	5	3	2	16	12	4
9 Seasons				28	3	27%	1608	12	6	67%	11	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	28	83	33%	209	161	48	69	40	27	102	49	50
MLB Averages						31%				72%											39%

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2001	24	ARI	NL	2	100%	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
2002	25	ARI	NL	10	100%	1	0	0	10	1	0	1	1.44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		6	1	17%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
2003	26	ARI	NL	293	69%	70	2	0	10	4	1	3	1.68	4	0	5	4	0	2	2	0	0	0		52	8	15%	27	5	19%	185	24	13%	16	4	25%	25	9	36%	0
2004	27	MIL	NL	668	75%	174	7	0	4	1	0	1	1.49	16	1	17	11	5	6	10	0	0	0		112	11	10%	49	15	31%	420	72	17%	46	24	52%	40	18	45%	0
2005	28	MIL	NL	622	75%	148	5	1	1	0	0	0	1.47	19	1	13	13	6	10	9	0	2	1	50%	104	17	16%	44	19	43%	366	57	16%	30	17	57%	46	24	52%	0
2006	29	TOR	AL	640	74%	181	6	0	1	0	0	1	0.83	22	1	11	19	3	17	5	0	0	0		122	19	16%	53	21	40%	410	71	17%	28	12	43%	27	18	67%	0
2007	30	TOR	AL	476	76%	102	8	0	7	1	0	1	1.33	10	0	15	6	4	6	4	0	0	0		86	12	14%	48	15	31%	298	35	12%	22	13	59%	35	15	43%	0
2008	31	TOR	AL	630	73%	147	11	0	2	2	1	2	0.98	15	0	16	15	0	7	8	0	1	1	100%	142	24	17%	59	12	20%	382	56	15%	36	17	47%	30	12	40%	0
2009	32	TOR	AL	500	83%	112	3	0	5	1	0	0	3.64	16	0	9	15	1	6	10	0	0	0		98	8	8%	50	11	22%	334	50	15%	34	11	32%	42	17	40%	0
9 Seasons				3841	75%	936	42	1	42	11	2	9	1.65	102	3	86	83	19	54	48	0	3	2	67%	717	99	14%	330	98	30%	2401	366	15%	213	99	46%	245	113	46%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			72%			11%			32%			14%			51%			43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2001	24	ARI	NL	2	5	2.50	4	80%	25%	25%	25%	25%	75%	0%	60%	67%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2002	25	ARI	NL	10	33	3.30	23	70%	26%	30%	22%	22%	74%	0%	52%	59%	30%	10%	1	0	10%	1	0	10%	1	0	0%	0	0	0
2003	26	ARI	NL	293	1085	3.70	639	59%	27%	17%	26%	30%	73%	6%	43%	76%	32%	9%	26	0	18%	54	17	10%	28	14	25%	0	0	0
2004	27	MIL	NL	668	2550	3.82	1522	60%	24%	17%	29%	30%	76%	3%	45%	78%	33%	6%	40	4	16%	109	46	11%	75	37	27%	0	0	0
2005	28	MIL	NL	622	2464	3.96	1445	59%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	43%	79%	32%	6%	38	0	18%	113	41	14%	84	48	27%	0	0	0
2006	29	TOR	AL	640	2284	3.57	1401	61%	28%	13%	23%	35%	72%	3%	44%	81%	30%	5%	35	4	16%	101	49	8%	52	33	31%	0	0	0
2007	30	TOR	AL	476	1770	3.72	1073	61%	32%	13%	23%	33%	68%	2%	41%	81%	24%	4%	21	1	16%	75	32	9%	44	27	29%	0	0	0
2008	31	TOR	AL	630	2458	3.90	1453	59%	30%	15%	25%	30%	70%	1%	41%	79%	31%	6%	37	3	17%	108	33	12%	75	44	21%	0	0	3
2009	32	TOR	AL	500	2016	4.03	1141	57%	33%	14%	24%	29%	67%	2%	38%	79%	28%	7%	34	4	18%	88	23	15%	74	36	29%	0	0	0
9 Seasons				3841	14665	3.82	8701	59%	29%	15%	25%	31%	71%	2%	42%	79%	30%	6%	232	16	17%	649	241	11%	433	239	27%	0	0	3
MLB Averages						3.83		62%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	80%	26%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2001	24	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	153	1	0	0	0	0	0
2002	25	12	12	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.167	.167	.167	.333	-15	2	0	0	0	0	0
2003	26	98	305	266	23	72	20	0	4	29	1	0	35	73	.271	.357	.391	.748	90	104	8	2	0	2	7
2004	27	257	973	845	106	246	73	1	20	116	3	1	116	201	.291	.376	.451	.827	112	381	19	4	0	8	16
2005	28	415	1595	1382	186	394	107	2	39	188	4	1	194	299	.285	.373	.450	.823	112	622	36	6	1	12	24
2006	29	572	2235	1963	268	575	153	3	61	280	9	4	249	395	.293	.372	.467	.840	116	917	55	8	1	14	31
2007	30	694	2711	2388	317	677	183	5	71	324	11	4	296	473	.284	.362	.454	.816	111	1083	67	9	1	17	35
2008	31	852	3338	2932	391	824	215	7	86	393	12	6	370	589	.281	.362	.447	.809	110	1311	91	12	2	22	38
2009	32	984	3838	3355	448	936	250	8	102	457	12	6	444	684	.279	.363	.449	.812	112	1508	99	12	2	25	44

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2001	24	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
2002	25	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	10
2003	26	86	285	249	20	65	19	0	4	25	1	32	67	.261	.347	.386	.733	33	86
2004	27	159	665	577	79	172	52	1	16	83	2	80	128	.298	.382	.475	.857	105	159
2005	28	158	619	536	79	147	34	1	19	71	1	77	98	.274	.365	.448	.813	88	158
2006	29	157	627	571	78	171	43	1	21	87	5	52	96	.299	.359	.489	.847	100	157
2007	30	122	472	422	47	99	29	2	10	42	2	46	78	.235	.309	.384	.693	50	122
2008	31	158	623	542	75	145	32	2	15	70	1	73	116	.268	.355	.417	.772	80	158
2009	32	132	505	426	57	115	36	1	16	64	0	76	95	.270	.378	.472	.850	77	132
9 Seasons		984	3808	3335	435	914	245	8	101	442	12	436	684	.274	.358	.443	.801	533	984
162 Game Avg.		162	627	549	72	150	40	1	17	73	2	72	113	.274	.358	.443	.801	88	984

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

On-Base% s c a p y
Active .363 (45th)

Games Played s c a p y
2004 NL  159 (8th)
2006 AL  157 (10th)
2008 AL  158 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
2004 NL 53 (1st)
2006 AL 46 (4th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2006 AL 19 (10th)
2008 AL 24 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink Batting - 2 (592), Average HOFer ≈ 27

Gray Ink Batting - 7 (1579), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 11 (1083), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 12 (1438), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Nick Etten (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ryan Garko (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Reggie Jefferson (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Nick Etten (954) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Nick Etten (951) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
David Segui (943) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Black Ink	Batting - 2 (592), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 7 (1579), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 11 (1083), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 12 (1438), Average HOFer ≈ 50