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Lyle Overbay
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| Image:LyleOverbay.jpg |
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| Toronto Blue Jays — No. 17 | |
| First Base | |
| Bats: Left | Throws: Left |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
| September 3, 2003 for the Arizona Diamondbacks | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through October 1, 2006) |
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| Batting average | .293 |
| Home runs | 61 |
| RBI's | 280 |
| Former teams | |
Lyle Stefan Overbay (born January 28, 1977 in Centralia, Washington) is a Major League Baseball first baseman who currently plays for the Toronto Blue Jays.
Overbay was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 18th round of the 1999 amateur draft and was acquired by the Brewers in the trade on December 1, 2003 that sent Richie Sexson and Shane Nance to Arizona for Overbay, Craig Counsell, Junior Spivey, Chris Capuano, Chad Moeller, and Jorge de la Rosa.
Overbay was one of the more popular Brewers during his short stint with the team. Fans would give a prolonged "Oooooooooooooo!" cheer during his at-bats. However, in Toronto the fans do not necessarily use the O chant. Instead, they are known to create large, brightly-coloured "O"'s and hold them up during his at-bats. Overbay was also immortalised with the Brewers via a bobblehead doll given away during the 2005 season.
On December 7, 2005, Overbay was traded from the Milwaukee Brewers along with pitching prospect Ty Taubenheim to Toronto in exchange for outfielder Gabe Gross and pitchers Dave Bush and Zach Jackson.[1]
July 5, 2006, Overbay was named American League Player of the Week.[2] He was named AL player of the week after hitting .423 and hitting 4 HR during the week of June 26 to July 2 of 2006. During the 2006 season he put up career highs in most major categories, such as batting average, home runs, and runs batted in.
On January 15, 2007, the Toronto Blue Jays signed Overbay to a 4-year contract, buying out his final two arbitration-eligible years, and his first two years of free agency, with a $24,000,000 contract.[3]
- Overbay's walking-to-the-plate theme music is "Jeremy" by Pearl Jam.
- ^ http://www.cbc.ca/story/sports/national/2005/12/08/Sports/bluejays-brewers051207.html
- ^ http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060705&content_id=1540893&vkey=news_tor&fext=.jsp&c_id=tor
- ^ http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20070115&content_id=1779244&vkey=pr_tor&fext=.jsp&c_id=tor
- Lyle Overbay at ESPN.com
- Lyle Overbay - bio
- MLB page
- Baseball-Reference.com - career statistics and analysis