Lyle Overbay Career Total Chances Overview

During Lyle Overbay's 12-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of 12828 total chances, an average of 1069 total chances per season. 2008 was his best season with 1476 total chances and his worst season was 2012 when he had 205 total chances. Lyle Overbay outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, besting USA (2093.96), Gen X (2019.94), Y (8643.37), mlb (2061.62), and 1B (4817.71) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

Total chances are the number of defensive plays the player or team has participated in. It's calcuated by summing putouts, assists, and errors for a player or team over a given time period. Generally, for Total Chances, higher is better. (Source)

Lyle Overbay Lifetime Total Chances

Stats similar to Total Chances for Lyle Overbay
Lyle Overbay
Total Chances
Career12828
Season Avg.1069
162 Game Avg.1443.15
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Lyle Overbay Total Chances By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Lyle Overbay's yearly Total Chances for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison, are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, 1B, and players from their country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.
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Lyle Overbay Cumulative Total Chances by Year

This line chart attempts to show show how Lyle Overbay's career Total Chances progressed by year. Each year on the chart represents Lyle Overbay's career Total Chances at the end of that season.
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Lyle Overbay Total Chances By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Lyle Overbay and related player groups by summarizing Total Chances for each season played by Lyle Overbay. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and medians to draw your conclusions!
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Lyle Overbay Total Chances Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Lyle Overbay Total Chances stats per season for his full MLB career with the aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, 1B, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of Lyle Overbay career.

Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.
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