Lyle Overbay

Full Name: Lyle Stefan Overbay	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6'2"/235	First Game: September 19, 2001
Birthdate: January 28, 1977	MLB Experience: 5 years
Birthplace: Centralia, Washington
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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1 Biography
2 Scouting Report
3 Statistics
- 3.1 Batting Stats
- 3.2 Fielding Stats
4 Transactions
5 Trivia
6 Video Gallery
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8 See Also
- 8.1 Recent Lyle Overbay ArmchairGM Stories
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[edit] Biography

Lyle Overbay (Lyle Stefan Overbay) was born on January 28, 1977 in Centralia, Washington. He made his Major League debut on September 19, 2001 for the Arizona Diamondbacks. In 2003, his rookie year, he hit .276 with 4 home runs and 28 RBI. Overbay played for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Milwaukee Brewers and Toronto Blue Jays over the course of his 4 year career.

Most people believe that Lyle Overbay's best season was 2006, when he slugged 22 home runs, hit for a .312 average and knocked in 92 runs.

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[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
2001	ARI	N	2	2	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2002	ARI	N	10	10	0	1	0	1	.100	.100	.100	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
2003	ARI	N	86	254	23	70	4	28	.276	.365	.402	20	0	35	67	2	0	1	7	8
2004	MIL	N	159	579	83	174	16	87	.301	.385	.478	53	1	81	128	2	0	2	9	11
2005	MIL	N	158	537	80	148	19	72	.276	.367	.449	34	1	78	98	2	1	1	8	17
2006	TOR	A	157	581	82	181	22	92	.312	.372	.508	46	1	55	96	2	0	5	7	19
2007	TOR	A	122	425	49	102	10	44	.240	.315	.391	30	2	47	78	1	0	2	4	12
Total	NL		415	1382	186	394	39	188	.285	.373	.450	107	2	194	299	6	1	4	24	36
Total	AL		279	1006	131	283	32	136	.281	?	?	76	3	102	174	3	0	7	11	31
Total			694	2388	317	677	71	324	.284	.362	.454	183	5	296	473	9	1	11	35	67

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
2003	ARI	N	1B	75	69	604	644	58	2	48	.997
2004	MIL	N	1B	158	150	1360.1	1309	113	11	110	.992
2005	MIL	N	1B	154	143	1265	1134	96	10	104	.992
2006	TOR	A	DH	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2006	TOR	A	1B	145	139	1233	1356	94	9	124	.994
2007	TOR	A	1B	119	107	972.1	1060	101	5	107	.996
2007	TOR	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	651	608	5434.2	5503	462	37	493	.994
Total			DH	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	.000

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Arizona Diamondbacks in the 18th round of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1999 - signed June 8, 1999).
Traded by Arizona Diamondbacks with Junior Spivey, Craig Counsell, Chad Moeller, Chris Capuano, and Jorge de la Rosa to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Richie Sexson, Shane Nance and a player to be named later (December 1, 2003); Arizona Diamondbacks received Noochie Varner (December 15, 2003).
Traded by Milwaukee Brewers with Ty Taubenheim to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for David Bush, Gabe Gross, and Zach Jackson (December 7, 2005).