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Lyle Overbay

Lyle Stefan Overbay

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 235 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 2001-2010
2011 Contract Status: Free Agent, 4 yrs/$24M (07-10) (details) [?]
Service Time (01/2010): 7.026, Free Agent: 2011 [?], Agents: Steve Hilliard [?]
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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 .880 125 295 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
2010 33 TOR AL 129 505 444 61 111 29 2 17 59 1 0 57 108 .250 .337 .439 .776 112 195 6 2 0 2 7 *3
10 Seasons 1113 4343 3799 509 1047 279 10 119 516 13 6 501 792 .276 .360 .448 .808 112 1703 105 14 2 27 51
162 Game Avg. 162 632 553 74 152 41 1 17 75 2 1 73 115 .276 .360 .448 .808 112 248 15 2 0 4 7
TOR (5 yrs) 698 2748 2417 323 653 172 8 80 328 9 5 307 493 .270 .352 .447 .800 111 1081 69 8 1 15 27
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
AL (5 yrs) 698 2748 2417 323 653 172 8 80 328 9 5 307 493 .270 .352 .447 .800 111 1081 69 8 1 15 27
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

Player Value--Batters

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards
2001 24 ARI NL 2 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
2003 26 ARI NL 293 -4 1 0 -1 12 -4 8 12 1.2 $300,000 3
2004 27 MIL NL 668 14 -1 -2 0 -2 -10 18 17 1.8 $326,000 *3
2005 28 MIL NL 622 11 -1 1 -2 8 -9 18 26 2.6 $446,000 *3
2006 29 TOR AL 640 17 -4 -2 -2 7 -10 22 28 2.8 $2,525,000 *3D
2007 30 TOR AL 476 -9 0 -2 0 9 -7 17 8 0.8 $1,350,000 *3
2008 31 TOR AL 627 8 0 -1 -3 16 -10 22 32 3.2 $6,750,000 *3
2009 32 TOR AL 500 13 0 0 0 13 -8 17 35 3.5 $7,950,000 *3
2010 33 TOR AL 506 8 0 0 0 5 -8 17 22 2.3 $7,950,000 *3
10 Seasons 4344 56 -5 -6 -8 68 -66 139 178 18.0 $27,597,000
TOR (5 yrs) 2749 37 -4 -5 -5 50 -43 95 126 12.6 $26,525,000
ARI (3 yrs) 305 -6 1 0 -1 12 -4 8 10 1.0 $300,000
MIL (2 yrs) 1290 25 -2 -1 -2 6 -19 36 43 4.4 $772,000

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS 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 69 604.0 703 643 58 2 48 .997 12 7 23 14 10.45 9.35 .993 9.60 9.51
2004 MIL NL 27 1B 158 150 1360.1 1435 1311 113 11 110 .992 -2 -8 -2 -7 9.42 9.01 .993 6.62 6.33
2005 MIL NL 28 1B 154 143 1265.0 1240 1134 96 10 104 .992 8 1 7 1 8.75 7.99 .993 7.11 6.49
2006 TOR AL 29 1B 145 139 1233.0 1459 1357 93 9 124 .994 7 0 7 0 10.58 10.00 .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 9 9 11 11 10.75 9.76 .995 9.26 8.40
2008 TOR AL 31 1B 156 151 1354.2 1476 1316 155 5 112 .997 16 6 14 5 9.77 9.43 .994 6.64 6.41
2009 TOR AL 32 1B 130 117 1055.1 1132 1028 102 2 113 .998 13 2 15 2 9.64 8.69 .994 8.53 7.69
2010 TOR AL 33 1B 128 125 1095.2 1187 1102 80 5 120 .996 5 9 6 10 9.71 9.23 .994 8.21 7.81
8 Seasons 1B 1065 1001 8940.1 9798 8951 798 49 838 .995 68 26 9 3 9.81 9.15 .994 7.69 7.24
10 Seasons TOT 1065 1001 8940.1 9798 8951 798 49 838 .995 68 26 9 3 9.81 9.15 .994 7.69 7.24

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

On-Base% s c a p y
Active  .360 (49th)

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)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2010 AL  7 (8th)
Active  51 (46th)

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  1311 (3rd)
2006 AL  1357 (2nd)
2007 AL  1060 (4th)
2008 AL  1316 (1st)
2010 AL  1102 (2nd)
Active  8951 (15th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
Active  68 (24th)

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  128 (3rd)
Active  1065 (9th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
2004 NL  1311 (3rd)
2006 AL  1357 (2nd)
2007 AL  1060 (4th)
2008 AL  1316 (1st)
2010 AL  1102 (2nd)
Active  8951 (9th)

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  80 (3rd)
Active  798 (6th)
Career  798 (80th)

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  5 (4th)
Active  49 (12th)

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  5 (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  9.71 (3rd)
Active  9.81 (3rd)
Career  9.81 (41st)

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  9.23 (4th)
Active  9.15 (6th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
2008 AL  .997 (5th)
2009 AL  .998 (1st)
Active  .995 (7th)
Career  .995 (18th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (596), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 7 (1599), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 11 (1090), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1156), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Nick Etten (939)
  2. Rico Brogna (930)
  3. Milton Bradley (924)
  4. Doug Mientkiewicz (924)
  5. Ivan Calderon (923)
  6. Marty Cordova (922)
  7. Ben Grieve (920)
  8. Sid Bream (917)
  9. Lee Stevens (915)
  10. Greg Colbrunn (914)
Similar Batters through 32 
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  1. David Segui (943)
  2. Donn Clendenon (939)
  3. Nick Etten (937)
  4. Marty Cordova (924)
  5. Hal Morris (923)
  6. Orlando Merced (923)
  7. Kevin Young (922)
  8. Andres Galarraga (921)
  9. Hal McRae (916)
  10. Eddie Robinson (915)
Most Similar by Ages 
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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
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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, Shane Nance and Richie Sexson. 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.

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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
2011 StatusFree Agent, Earliest Free Agent: 2011
Career to date (may be incomplete)$27,597,000
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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