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Lyle Overbay

Lyle Stefan Overbay

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 220 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
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Brewers/Diamondbacks/Pirates 2001-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$5M (11), 1 yr/$1M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 9.026, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Steve Hilliard [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:16AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1000. Bengie Molina… #1001. Nate Colbert… #1002. Stan Lopata… #1003. LYLE OVERBAY… #1004. Don Kessinger… #1005. Jimmy Barrett… #1006. Lou Bierbauer… 

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 Awards
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 .880 126 295 19 2 0 2 7 *3
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 .838 120 197 8 0 0 3 6 *3
2010 33 TOR AL 154 607 534 75 130 37 2 20 67 1 0 67 131 .243 .329 .433 .762 105 231 9 3 0 3 7 *3
2011 34 TOT NL 121 440 394 43 92 21 1 9 47 2 1 42 88 .234 .310 .360 .670 85 142 13 2 1 1 2 *3
2011 34 PIT NL 103 391 352 40 80 17 1 8 37 1 1 36 77 .227 .300 .349 .649 80 123 12 1 1 1 1 3
2011 34 ARI NL 18 49 42 3 12 4 0 1 10 1 0 6 11 .286 .388 .452 .840 128 19 1 1 0 0 1 3
11 Seasons 1259 4885 4283 566 1158 308 11 131 571 15 7 553 903 .270 .354 .439 .793 108 1881 121 17 3 29 53
162 Game Avg. 162 629 551 73 149 40 1 17 73 2 1 71 116 .270 .354 .439 .793 108 242 16 2 0 4 7
TOR (5 yrs) 723 2850 2507 337 672 180 8 83 336 9 5 317 516 .268 .350 .446 .796 110 1117 72 9 1 16 27
ARI (4 yrs) 116 354 308 26 84 24 0 5 39 2 0 41 84 .273 .362 .399 .761 94 123 9 3 0 2 8
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
PIT (1 yr) 103 391 352 40 80 17 1 8 37 1 1 36 77 .227 .300 .349 .649 80 123 12 1 1 1 1
NL (6 yrs) 536 2035 1776 229 486 128 3 48 235 6 2 236 387 .274 .359 .430 .789 106 764 49 8 2 13 26
AL (5 yrs) 723 2850 2507 337 672 180 8 83 336 9 5 317 516 .268 .350 .446 .796 110 1117 72 9 1 16 27

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2001 24 ARI NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
2002 25 ARI NL 10 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $
2003 26 ARI NL 293 -4 1 0 -1 12 -4 8 12 1.2 0 0.0 1.2 $300,000 3
2004 27 MIL NL 668 14 -1 -2 0 -2 -10 18 17 1.8 19 1.9 -0.1 $326,000 *3
2005 28 MIL NL 622 11 -1 1 -2 8 -9 18 26 2.6 18 1.8 0.8 $446,000 *3
2006 29 TOR AL 640 17 -4 -2 -2 7 -10 22 28 2.8 21 2.1 0.7 $2,525,000 *3
2007 30 TOR AL 476 -9 0 -2 0 9 -7 17 8 0.8 -1 -0.1 0.9 $1,350,000 *3
2008 31 TOR AL 630 8 0 -1 -3 16 -10 22 32 3.2 16 1.6 1.6 $6,750,000 *3
2009 32 TOR AL 500 13 -0 -1 -0 13 -8 17 34 3.3 21 2.0 1.3 $7,950,000 *3
2010 33 TOR AL 608 6 -1 1 0 7 -10 21 23 2.3 16 1.6 0.7 $7,950,000 *3
2011 34 PIT NL 391 -10 -1 1 -1 -1 -6 11 -7 -0.7 -6 -0.6 -0.1 $5,000,000 3
2011 34 ARI NL 49 2 0 -0 0 -0 -1 1 2 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ 3
11 Seasons 4889 46 -7 -5 -9 68 -75 155 174 17.3 105 10.4 6.9 $32,597,000
TOR (5 yrs) 2854 34 -6 -5 -5 52 -45 99 125 12.4 73 7.2 5.2 $26,525,000
ARI (4 yrs) 354 -4 1 -0 -1 11 -5 9 12 1.2 1 0.1 1.1 $300,000
MIL (2 yrs) 1290 25 -2 -1 -2 6 -19 36 43 4.4 37 3.7 0.7 $772,000
PIT (1 yr) 391 -10 -1 1 -1 -1 -6 11 -7 -0.7 -6 -0.6 -0.1 $5,000,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2011 34 ARI NL NLDS MIL L 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2003 ARI NL 26 1B 75 703 643 58 2 48 .997 12 7 9.35 .993 9.51
2004 MIL NL 27 1B 158 1435 1311 113 11 110 .992 -2 -8 9.01 .993 9.44
2005 MIL NL 28 1B 154 1240 1134 96 10 104 .992 8 1 7.99 .993 9.52
2006 TOR AL 29 1B 145 1459 1357 93 9 124 .994 7 0 10.00 .994 9.40
2006 TOR AL 29 DH 11 11
2007 TOR AL 30 1B 119 1166 1060 101 5 107 .996 9 9 9.76 .995 9.27
2008 TOR AL 31 1B 156 1476 1316 155 5 112 .997 16 6 9.43 .994 9.18
2009 TOR AL 32 1B 130 1132 1028 102 2 113 .998 13 2 8.69 .994 9.02
2010 TOR AL 33 1B 153 1417 1310 101 6 150 .996 7 9 9.22 .994 9.23
2011 TOT NL 34 1B 109 102 93 917.0 994 920 66 8 97 .992 -2 -2 -2 -2 9.68 9.05 .994 9.33 9.31
2011 PIT NL 34 1B 98 92 84 828.0 904 836 60 8 90 .991 -1 -1 -2 -1 9.74 9.14 .994 9.33 9.31
2011 ARI NL 34 1B 11 10 9 89.0 90 84 6 0 7 1.000 -0 -1 -5 -13 9.10 8.18 .994 9.33 9.31
9 Seasons 1B 1199 102 93 917.0 11022 10079 885 58 965 .995 68 24 89 31 9.68 9.14 .994 9.33 9.31
11 Seasons TOT 1199 102 93 917.0 11022 10079 885 58 965 .995 68 24 89 31 9.68 9.14 .994 9.33 9.31
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2008 AL  1.6 (5th)
Active  6.9 (21st)
Career  6.9 (163rd)

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)
Active  308 (45th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Active  553 (42nd)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
Active  53 (41st)

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

Putouts† s c a p y
2004 NL  1,311 (3rd)
2006 AL  1,357 (2nd)
2007 AL  1,060 (4th)
2008 AL  1,316 (1st)
2010 AL  1,310 (2nd)
Active  10,079 (10th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
Active  68 (21st)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
2004 NL  158 (2nd)
2005 NL  154 (3rd)
2006 AL  145 (4th)
2008 AL  156 (1st)
2010 AL  153 (2nd)
Active  1,199 (7th)
Career  1,199 (97th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
2004 NL  1,311 (3rd)
2006 AL  1,357 (2nd)
2007 AL  1,060 (4th)
2008 AL  1,316 (1st)
2010 AL  1,310 (2nd)
Active  10,079 (7th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
2004 NL  113 (4th)
2005 NL  96 (4th)
2006 AL  93 (3rd)
2007 AL  101 (3rd)
2008 AL  155 (1st)
2009 AL  102 (2nd)
2010 AL  101 (1st)
Active  885 (5th)
Career  885 (65th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
2004 NL  11 (3rd)
2005 NL  10 (3rd)
2006 AL  9 (1st)
2007 AL  5 (5th)
2010 AL  6 (5th)
2011 NL  8 (4th)
Active  58 (10th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
2003 NL  12 (1st)
2005 NL  8 (3rd)
2006 AL  7 (1st)
2007 AL  9 (3rd)
2008 AL  16 (1st)
2009 AL  13 (1st)
2010 AL  7 (4th)
Active  68 (3rd)
Career  68 (8th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
2006 AL  10.58 (1st)
2007 AL  10.75 (1st)
2008 AL  9.77 (2nd)
2009 AL  9.64 (3rd)
2010 AL  9.62 (4th)
2011 NL  9.68 (4th)
Active  9.68 (7th)
Career  9.68 (25th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
2004 NL  9.01 (4th)
2006 AL  10.00 (1st)
2007 AL  9.76 (1st)
2008 AL  9.43 (1st)
2010 AL  9.22 (4th)
Active  9.14 (5th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
2008 AL  .997 (5th)
2009 AL  .998 (1st)
Active  .995 (9th)
Career  .995 (25th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (598), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 7 (1608), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1070), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1265), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Alvin Davis (925)
  2. Willie Upshaw (922)
  3. Kevin Young (921)
  4. Mel Hall (920)
  5. Eddie Robinson (920)
  6. Bernard Gilkey (917)
  7. Walt Dropo (914)
  8. Sixto Lezcano (913)
  9. Aaron Rowand (911)
  10. Troy O'Leary (910)
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  1. David Segui (925)
  2. Mel Hall (921)
  3. Kevin Young (921)
  4. George McQuinn (918)
  5. Bernard Gilkey (917)
  6. J.T. Snow (916)
  7. Donn Clendenon (915)
  8. Eddie Robinson (910)
  9. Norm Siebern (910)
  10. Willard Marshall (900)
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  1. Nick Etten (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ryan Garko (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Reggie Jefferson (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Nick Etten (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Nick Etten (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. David Segui (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Donn Clendenon (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. David Segui (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200326Arizona Diamondbacks$300,0004/3/03 AP
200427Milwaukee Brewers$326,0004/7/04 AP
200528Milwaukee Brewers$446,000
200629Toronto Blue Jays$2,525,000
200730Toronto Blue Jays$1,350,000
200831Toronto Blue Jays$6,750,000
200932Toronto Blue Jays$7,950,000
201033Toronto Blue Jays$7,950,000
201134Pittsburgh Pirates$5,000,000
201235Arizona Diamondbacks$1,000,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$32,597,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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