Lyle Overbay

Lyle Overbay
Overbay with the New York Yankees
First baseman
Born: (1977-01-28) January 28, 1977 (age 40) Centralia, Washington
Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
September 19, 2001, for the Arizona Diamondbacks
Last MLB appearance
September 28, 2014, for the Milwaukee Brewers
MLB statistics
Batting average	.266
Home runs	151
Runs batted in	675
Teams
Arizona Diamondbacks (2001–2003) Milwaukee Brewers (2004–2005) Toronto Blue Jays (2006–2010) Pittsburgh Pirates (2011) Arizona Diamondbacks (2011–2012) Atlanta Braves (2012) New York Yankees (2013) Milwaukee Brewers (2014)
Career highlights and awards
World Series champion (2001)

Lyle Stefan Overbay (born January 28, 1977) is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Toronto Blue Jays, Pittsburgh Pirates, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees and Milwaukee Brewers.

Overbay attended the University of Nevada, Reno, where he played college baseball for the Nevada Wolf Pack baseball team.

Overbay was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 18th round of the 1999 MLB draft. While playing in the farm system, he was named Diamondbacks minor league player of the year.

Overbay made his Major League debut on September 19, 2001. Overbay appeared in 2 games getting one hit out of 2 plate appearances during his brief stint in the majors in 2001. He was also part of the Diamondbacks' postseason roster to serve as a backup first baseman and eventually won the World Series over the Yankees.

During the 2002 season, Overbay played mostly in the minors and only played in 10 games in the majors.

Overbay first played with the Diamondbacks as the full-time first baseman in 2003. He played in 86 games, batting .276 with 28 RBI and 4 home runs. He was sent down to Triple-A Tucson in June, but was called up in September to be part of the 40-man roster expansion. He was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers during the off-season.

Overbay was acquired by the Milwaukee Brewers on December 1, 2003, in a trade that sent Richie Sexson and Shane Nance to Arizona for Overbay, Craig Counsell, Junior Spivey, Chris Capuano, Chad Moeller, and Jorge de la Rosa. During the 2004 season, Overbay batted .301 with 16 home runs, 87 RBI, and a major league-leading 53 doubles.