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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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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
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

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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 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

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Black InkBatting - 2 (592), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 7 (1579), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 11 (1083), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1343), 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)
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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)
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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
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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 and may not include some earned bonuses
2003Arizona Diamondbacks$300,000
2004Milwaukee Brewers$326,000
2005Milwaukee Brewers$446,000
2006Toronto Blue Jays$2,525,000
2007Toronto Blue Jays$1,350,000
2008Toronto Blue Jays$6,750,000
2009Toronto Blue Jays$7,950,000
Career (may be incomplete)$19,647,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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