Lyle Overbay

Full Name: Lyle Stefan Overbay Current Team: Toronto Blue Jays Height/Weight: 6'2"/230 Uniform Number: 35 Birthdate: January 28, 1977 Entry Draft: 18th round (538th) in 1999 Birthplace: Centralia, Washington Drafted By: Arizona Diamondbacks Primary Position: 1B College: University of Nevada, Reno

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.

Statistics

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
2008	TOR	A	158	544	74	147	15	69	.270	.358	.419	32	2	74	116	3	1	1	3	24
2009	TOR	A	132	423	57	112	16	64	.265	.372	.466	35	1	74	95	0	0	0	6	8
Total	NL		415	1382	186	394	39	188	.285	.373	.450	107	2	194	299	6	1	4	24	36
Total	AL		569	1973	262	542	63	269	.275	.356	.449	143	6	250	385	6	1	8	20	63
Total			984	3355	448	936	102	457	.279	.363	.449	250	8	444	684	12	2	12	44	99

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
2003	ARI	N	1B	75	69	604	644	58	2	48	0	0	0	0	0	.997
2004	MIL	N	1B	158	150	1360.1	1309	113	11	110	0	0	0	0	0	.992
2005	MIL	N	1B	154	143	1265	1134	96	10	104	0	0	0	0	0	.992
2006	TOR	A	DH	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2006	TOR	A	1B	145	139	1233	1356	94	9	124	0	0	0	0	0	.994
2007	TOR	A	1B	119	107	972.1	1060	101	5	107	0	0	0	0	0	.996
2007	TOR	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2008	TOR	A	1B	156	151	1354.2	1316	155	5	112	0	0	0	0	0	.997
2009	TOR	A	1B	130	117	1055.1	1028	102	2	113	0	0	0	0	0	.998
Total			1B	937	876	7844.2	7849	718	44	718	0	0	0	0	0	.995
Total			DH	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

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).