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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2003 ARI NL 26 1B 75 69 604.0 704 644 58 2 48 .997 11.7 23.2 11.7 6.5 5.2 0 10.46 9.36 .993 9.60 7.98
2004 MIL NL 27 1B 158 150 1360.1 1433 1309 113 11 110 .992 -1.8 -1.6 -1.8 -0.2 -1.6 0 9.41 9.00 .993 6.62 6.33
2005 MIL NL 28 1B 154 143 1265.0 1240 1134 96 10 104 .992 7.9 7.5 7.9 6.4 1.5 0 8.75 7.99 .993 7.11 6.49
2006 TOR AL 29 1B 145 139 1233.0 1458 1355 94 9 124 .994 7.2 7.0 7.2 0.3 6.9 0 10.58 9.99 .994 7.30 6.90
2006 TOR AL 29 DH 11
2007 TOR AL 30 1B 119 107 972.1 1166 1060 101 5 107 .996 8.8 10.9 7.8 3.0 4.8 1 10.75 9.76 .995 9.26 7.93
2008 TOR AL 31 1B 156 151 1354.2 1476 1316 155 5 112 .997 15.6 13.8 15.6 2.7 12.9 0 9.77 9.43 .994 6.64 6.41
2009 TOR AL 32 1B 130 117 1055.1 1132 1028 102 2 113 .998 9.64 8.69 .994 8.53 7.69
7 Seasons 1B 937 876 7844.2 8609 7846 719 44 718 .995 49.4 7.6 48.4 18.7 29.7 1 9.83 9.14 .994 7.62 6.98
1 Season DH 11
9 Seasons TOT 937 876 7844.2 8609 7846 719 44 718 .995 49.4 7.6 48.4 18.7 29.7 1 9.83 9.14 .989 7.62 6.98

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2001 ARI NL 24 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2002 ARI NL 25 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2003 ARI NL 26 86 69 86 75 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
2004 MIL NL 27 159 150 159 158 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2005 MIL NL 28 158 143 158 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2006 TOR AL 29 157 150 157 145 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 0
2007 TOR AL 30 122 107 122 119 0 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2008 TOR AL 31 158 151 158 156 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2009 TOR AL 32 132 117 132 130 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
9 Seasons 984 887 984 937 0 0 937 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 51 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2003 ARI NL 26 2680 55% 71% 33% 168 95% 2 642 29 600 14 76 58 38 16 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 48 3 1 0 41 4 6 1 5 8 88%
2004 MIL NL 27 6019 59% 75% 31% 322 95% 1 1311 93 1181 37 105 113 83 22 1 4 11 0 10 1 11 110 5 1 0 102 6 8 1 6 28 86%
2005 MIL NL 28 5661 61% 72% 28% 284 95% 2 1134 93 996 45 89 96 68 12 3 3 10 2 6 2 6 104 3 1 0 100 4 4 2 2 23 96%
2006 TOR AL 29 5515 60% 75% 33% 326 94% 0 1357 97 1215 45 130 93 63 17 0 6 9 3 5 1 5 124 4 1 0 114 6 10 2 7 6 33%
2007 TOR AL 30 4190 48% 75% 35% 230 97% 1 1060 52 986 22 75 101 72 21 1 3 5 1 4 0 4 107 7 2 0 101 9 6 4 2 4 100%
2008 TOR AL 31 5838 49% 72% 32% 348 95% 4 1316 69 1216 32 117 155 119 18 5 5 5 1 3 1 3 112 6 2 0 104 8 8 4 3 9 67%
2009 TOR AL 32 4688 56% 72% 30% 245 95% 1 1028 59 933 32 81 102 67 24 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 113 5 3 1 106 10 7 1 6 6 50%
7 Seasons 34591 56% 73% 32% 1923 95% 11 7848 492 7127 227 673 718 510 130 13 25 44 9 29 6 31 718 33 11 1 668 47 49 15 31 84 81%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 94% 82%

* 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.

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