Lyle Overbay vs. Rich Harden — Matchup Analysis
Lyle Overbay has absolutely raked against Harden. With only 7 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Overbay. Overbay's production against Harden has been exceptional: an OPS of 1.429, 84% above the career mark of 0.776, with a batting average of 0.333, 25% above their career average and above Harden's career opposing average of 0.228. Despite striking out once every 3.5 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 5.2 PA, Overbay is still posting above-career production against Harden. Edge: Overbay.
How Lyle Overbay put the ball into play against Rich Harden
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Rich Harden to Lyle Overbay
Matchup Details for Lyle Overbay and Rich Harden
Stats that describe the matchup between Lyle Overbay and Rich Harden including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
7
Lyle Overbay Career Plate Appearances
5796
Rich Harden Career Batters Faced
3929
In this matchup
0.333
Lyle Overbay Career Batting Average
0.266
Rich Harden Career Opposing Batting Average
0.228
In this matchup
1
Lyle Overbay Career Home Runs
151
Rich Harden Career Home Runs Allowed
105
Grand Slams
In this matchup
0
In the Park Home Runs
In this matchup
0
In the Park Grand Slams
In this matchup
0
In this matchup
0.167
Lyle Overbay Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.030
Rich Harden Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.031
In this matchup
0.500
Lyle Overbay Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.111
Rich Harden Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.134
Home Runs Per Strikeout
In this matchup
0.500
Lyle Overbay Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.136
Rich Harden Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.111
In this matchup
0.333
Lyle Overbay Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.311
Rich Harden Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.285
In this matchup
0
Lyle Overbay Career Hit By Pitch
18
Rich Harden Career Batters Hit By Pitch
27
Outs
In this matchup
2
In this matchup
0
Lyle Overbay Career Intentional Walks
57
Rich Harden Career Intentional Walks Allowed
15
In this matchup
2
Lyle Overbay Career Strikeouts
1108
Rich Harden Career Strikeouts Thrown
949
In this matchup
3.500
Lyle Overbay Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
5.230
Rich Harden Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
4.140
In this matchup
0.500
Lyle Overbay Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.580
Rich Harden Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.440
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.429
Lyle Overbay Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.354
Rich Harden Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.310
Batter Reached due to Defensive Indifference
In this matchup
0
Batter Reached due to Error
In this matchup
0
Batter Reached due to Interference
In this matchup
0
In this matchup
0
Lyle Overbay Career Sacrifice Hits
3
Rich Harden Career Sacrifice Hits
26
In this matchup
0
Lyle Overbay Career Sacrifice Flies
35
Rich Harden Career Sacrifice Flies
26
In this matchup
0
Lyle Overbay Career Ground into Double Play
149
Rich Harden Career Double Plays Enabled
69
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0