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Name	Team	Age
Big O Overbay	Retired (1961, Age 34)	Died (2012, Age 85)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 28 (1951)	1B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Joe Medwick League	0	9 years (30 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	D	C+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C	C+	C-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A	A+	C+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D	C-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C+	C+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B+	0	10/5/1927
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.1 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1951

Minors

41.00

1 / 1

3 / 9

0 / 8

2 / 8

2 / 2

5 / 5

8 / 9

21 / 41

1951

Majors

1.00

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

1952

Minors

12.00

1 / 2

1 / 2

1 / 2

0 / 2

1 / 1

2 / 2

2 / 2

8 / 12

1952

Majors

4.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 4

1953

Majors

27.04

1 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 5

2 / 3

1 / 1

5 / 6

9 / 27

1954

Majors

20.54

2 / 5

0 / 1

0 / 5

0 / 3

2 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 1

4 / 20

1955

Majors

34.49

2 / 7

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 7

1 / 3

2 / 7

1 / 5

6 / 34

1956

Majors

37.70

1 / 5

1 / 6

0 / 3

0 / 7

2 / 6

0 / 5

3 / 5

7 / 37

1957

Majors

26.10

0 / 7

0 / 5

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 1

1 / 2

2 / 4

3 / 26

1958

Majors

33.60

1 / 8

0 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 0

0 / 6

1 / 6

0 / 3

2 / 33

1959

Majors

10.19

0 / 2

0 / 2

1 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 1

1 / 10

1960

Majors

9.19

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 9

1961

Majors

12.90

1 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 5

0 / 2

1 / 12

Total

0

0

0

10 / 46

5 / 37

3 / 40

2 / 39

10 / 30

12 / 36

21 / 40

63 / 268

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1961-11-01	Big O Overbay has retired from the Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks
1961-03-05	A trade has been completed between the Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks and the Detroit Lugnuts. The Detroit Lugnuts receive Homerun Johnson, Draft Pick - 1961 Round 2 (BOS), Draft Pick - 1962 Round 1 (PIT) from the Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks in exchange for Big O Overbay, Draft Pick - 1961 Round 1 (DET).
1959-05-01	The Detroit Lugnuts have acquired Big O Overbay from the waiver wire.
1959-04-27	The Chicago Maulers have promoted Kahlid Ballouli to the major league team. The Chicago Maulers have promoted Rico Brogna. to the major league team. The Chicago Maulers have designated Big O Overbay for assignment. The Chicago Maulers have sent Tracy Lis to the minors.
1957-04-01	The Chicago Maulers have renamed BackBack Bachman to Big O Overbay.
1953-05-23	The Chicago Maulers have promoted BackBack Bachman to the major league team.
1953-05-23	The Chicago Maulers have sent BackBack Bachman to the minors.
1953-04-01	The Chicago Maulers have promoted BackBack Bachman to the major league team. The Chicago Maulers have sent Jim Remlinger to the minors.
1952-06-04	The Chicago Maulers have sent BackBack Bachman to the minors.
1952-05-20	The Chicago Maulers have promoted BackBack Bachman to the major league team.
1952-04-27	The Chicago Maulers have sent BackBack Bachman to the minors. The Chicago Maulers have designated Fred Sweeney for assignment.
1952-04-11	The Chicago Maulers have promoted BackBack Bachman to the major league team. The Chicago Maulers have promoted Gary Howard to the major league team.
1952-04-01	The Chicago Maulers have sent BackBack Bachman to the minors. The Chicago Maulers have designated Mark Wallace for assignment.
1951-09-26	The Chicago Maulers have promoted BackBack Bachman to the major league team.
1951-04-01	The Chicago Maulers have renamed Mike Patterson to BackBack Bachman.