How Lyle Overbay's Equivalent Average Compares to Similar Players

Lyle Overbay posted a career Equivalent Average of .789, near the league average of .748 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Equivalent Average season came in 2001, posting 1.0, well above the league average of .786 that year. The lowest point came in 2002 at .200, well below the league average of .778 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .742 in 2012 to .704 in 2013 and .689 in 2014. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 14 seasons.

Lyle Overbay Lifetime Equivalent Average

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Lyle Overbay Equivalent Average Per Season

Lyle Overbay's Equivalent Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Lyle Overbay Equivalent Average per season line chart

Lyle Overbay Equivalent Average by Team

Lyle Overbay's career Equivalent Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Lyle Overbay Equivalent Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Lyle Overbay's career Equivalent Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Lyle Overbay Equivalent Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Lyle Overbay Equivalent Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Lyle Overbay's seasonal Equivalent Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Lyle Overbay Equivalent Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Lyle Overbay Equivalent Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Lyle Overbay's MLB career with Equivalent Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Lyle Overbay Equivalent Average season-by-season breakdown table