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Luther
Overson		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: April 3, 1947 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1982   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 26 CHA JL $ 1,795,000 4 5 5 5 6 5 7 7 7 9 9 9 5 5 5 4 4 4
1974 27 BRK FL $ 4,030,714 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 10 10 10 5 5 5 4 4 4
1975 28 HON JL $ 7,240,000 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 5 5 5 4 4 4
1976 29 HON JL $ 7,240,000 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 10 10 10 5 5 5 4 4 4
1977 30 HON JL $ 7,240,000 4 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 10 10 10 5 5 5 4 4 4
1978 31 HON JL $ 7,240,000 4 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 10 10 10 5 5 5 4 4 4
1979 32 DM FL $ 7,240,000 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 9 10 9 5 5 5 4 4 4
1980 33 BRK FL $ 13,000,000 4 5 5 5 6 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 1,795,000 4 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 13,000,000 5 5 5 5 6 6 8 8 8 10 10 10 5 5 5 4 4 4
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 34 MON FL $ 8,250,050   11 11 11 16 17 17 15 15 15 12 12 12 11 11 11
1982 35 MON FL $ 8,250,050   10 10 10 16 16 16 15 15 15 11 11 11 11 10 10
1983 36 MON FL $ 4,190,000   10 10 9 16 16 16 14 15 15 11 11 11 10 9 9
1984 37 MON FL $ 4,190,000   9 9 9 15 15 15 14 14 14 11 11 11 11 10 11
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 4,190,000   9 9 9 15 15 15 14 14 14 11 11 11 10 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,250,050   11 11 11 16 17 17 15 15 15 12 12 12 11 11 11
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 26 CHA JL 160 597 64 156 26 3 32 88 13 15 47 114 .261 .313 .476 .789 88.7 11.6
1974 27 CHA JL 18 69 14 24 2 2 8 21 2 1 4 12 .348 .378 .783 1.161 18.7 4.9
  BRK FL 120 425 60 99 18 5 24 65 13 9 37 93 .233 .294 .468 .762 60.7 9.8
  TOT   138 494 74 123 20 7 32 86 15 10 41 105 .249 .306 .512 .818 79.4 14.7
1975 28 HON JL 157 564 95 141 36 6 33 103 20 6 64 142 .250 .327 .511 .837 93.4 17.0
1976 29 HON JL 158 572 97 159 31 12 37 114 12 6 64 121 .278 .352 .568 .920 106.9 23.7
1977 30 HON JL 132 485 76 124 25 5 29 95 8 3 49 109 .256 .323 .507 .830 76.3 13.6
1978 31 HON JL 153 562 86 140 28 8 34 105 22 13 46 146 .249 .304 .509 .813 83.8 12.9
1979 32 HON JL 94 342 47 78 17 5 17 47 19 7 41 96 .228 .310 .456 .766 51.9 7.7
  DM FL 56 164 35 55 11 2 10 41 9 3 22 43 .335 .413 .610 1.022 38.5 9.2
  TOT   150 506 82 133 28 7 27 88 28 10 63 139 .263 .344 .506 .850 90.3 16.8
1980 33 BRK FL 151 465 58 106 24 6 21 66 5 8 51 112 .228 .302 .441 .743 64.1 10.2
1981 34 MON FL 158 569 87 137 24 11 32 100 9 9 55 141 .241 .306 .490 .796 82.9 11.3
1982 35 MON FL 158 575 92 138 33 6 32 104 17 20 55 144 .240 .306 .485 .791 80.1 13.5
1983 36 MON FL 148 407 63 106 30 10 14 61 5 6 36 121 .260 .318 .486 .804 60.8 11.3
1984 37 MON FL 112 122 18 26 8 1 5 21 1 1 9 34 .213 .265 .418 .683 13.3 1.3
12 Years Sim 1775 5918 892 1489 313 82 328 1031 155 107 580 1428 .252 .317 .498 .816 920.0 158.2
162 Game Average 540 81 135 28 7 29 94 14 9 52 130 .252 .317 .498 .816 84.0  
Career Highs 160 597 97 159 36 12 37 114 28 20 64 146 .278 .352 .568 .920 106.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3975 604 1035 214 59 234 727 97 72 427 1000 .260 .331 .521 .852 673.8
vs LH   1943 288 454 99 23 94 304 58 35 153 428 .234 .288 .453 .742 257.9
Home 878 2924 435 725 155 43 153 515 86 49 266 701 .248 .310 .487 .797 442.8
Away 897 2994 457 764 158 39 175 516 69 58 314 727 .255 .325 .509 .834 488.9
RISP   1463 0 379 76 19 93 673 0 0 220 372 .259 .348 .528 .875 274.6
Pinch Hitting   252 36 67 18 4 13 62 6 3 24 64 .266 .327 .524 .851 42.4
Close/Late   813 121 217 37 17 40 146 0 1 120 212 .267 .361 .502 .863 146.7
Mar/Apr 308 1067 161 272 52 11 62 199 33 31 106 256 .255 .322 .499 .821 167.4
May 318 1110 163 273 63 18 59 189 24 14 107 275 .246 .311 .495 .806 171.4
June 292 971 128 225 49 14 43 138 14 13 111 226 .232 .310 .444 .754 135.7
July 299 992 172 254 47 15 65 180 25 10 82 245 .256 .309 .530 .840 164.9
August 314 1034 148 265 60 15 56 183 37 21 90 248 .256 .314 .506 .820 163.2
Sep/Oct 244 744 120 200 42 9 43 142 22 18 84 178 .269 .343 .523 .866 129.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1973 26 CHA JL RF 158 154 1415.7 325 7 8 0 .976 2.11 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    SS 1 0 8.0 3 2 0 1 1.000 5.63 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 27 CHA JL RF 16 15 137.9 34 1 1 0 .972 2.28 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 2 2 16.5 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.18 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  BRK FL RF 104 99 868.4 211 5 3 1 .986 2.24 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    CF 12 12 103.8 27 1 0 1 1.000 2.43 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   RF 120 114 1006.3 245 6 4 1 .984 2.24   2.5
      CF 14 14 120.3 31 1 0 1 1.000 2.39   0.0
1975 28 HON JL RF 153 139 1282.3 258 9 6 1 .978 1.87 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    CF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1976 29 HON JL RF 155 147 1298.7 260 11 7 4 .975 1.88 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    LF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
1977 30 HON JL RF 132 122 1097.3 214 9 5 2 .978 1.83 0 0 .000 0 0.4
1978 31 HON JL RF 150 132 1230.0 261 5 3 2 .989 1.95 0 0 .000 0 1.3
1979 32 HON JL RF 83 81 797.1 178 4 4 1 .978 2.05 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    C 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  DM FL RF 50 49 388.3 87 2 2 0 .978 2.06 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    C 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   RF 133 130 1185.4 265 6 6 1 .978 2.06   2.2
      C 1 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 .000 .00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
      LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1980 33 BRK FL LF 108 100 899.0 212 6 6 2 .973 2.18 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    RF 36 8 140.7 38 0 0 0 1.000 2.43 0 0 .000 0  
1981 34 MON FL RF 150 145 1307.0 264 5 9 0 .968 1.85 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    LF 5 0 7.3 2 0 1 0 .667 2.46 0 0 .000 0  
1982 35 MON FL RF 122 114 1009.0 244 6 2 1 .992 2.23 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    LF 35 32 284.7 73 1 0 0 1.000 2.34 0 0 .000 0  
1983 36 MON FL RF 70 60 562.3 151 3 6 0 .963 2.46 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    LF 51 31 301.0 70 1 3 0 .959 2.12 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1984 37 MON FL LF 35 2 71.3 14 1 0 1 1.000 1.89 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 19 3 58.3 14 1 0 1 1.000 2.31 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 1398 1268 11593.0 2539 68 56 13 .979 2.02 0 0 .000 0 22.5
  LF 236 166 1573.3 372 9 10 3 .974 2.18 0 0 .000 0 2.2
  CF 17 15 140.6 34 1 0 1 1.000 2.24 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 8.0 3 2 0 1 1.000 5.63 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 1 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1654 1449 13317.6 2948 80 66 18 .979 2.05 0 0 .000 0 24.8
Career Highs   160 154 1424.7 328 11 10 4 1.000 2.35 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1975 28 HON JL 4 16 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 .313 .353 .375 .728
1979 32 DM FL 2 8 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 .125 .125 .500 .625
Career Post-Season Batting 6 24 2 6 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 11 .250 .280 .417 .697
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1975-8-.511
1976-1-.568
1977-6-.507
1978-7-.509
1982-10-.485
CAR-45-.498
 OPS
1976-2-.920
 XR
1976-2-106.9
 Games
1975-4-157
1976-1-158
1981-3-158
1982-4-158
 Runs
1975-9-95
1976-3-97
 Total Bases
1975-10-288
1976-1-325
1978-7-286
1982-6-279
CAR-46-2950
Doubles
1975-6-36
 Triples
1976-2-12
1981-8-11
1983-7-10
CAR-43-82
 Homeruns
1975-7-33
1976-2-37
1977-3-29
1978-3-34
1981-3-32
1982-3-32
CAR-25-328
 RBIs
1975-4-103
1976-1-114
1977-10-95
1978-5-105
1981-9-100
1982-6-104
CAR-37-1031
 Caught Stealing
1973-5-15
1978-9-13
1982-6-20
 Walks
1976-10-64
Strikeouts
1975-3-142
1978-3-146
1981-8-141
1982-3-144
CAR-28-1428
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 80    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  3. Dave Winfield (892)
  4. Robert Roten (892)
  5. Theo Reckley (890)
  6. Jose Primo (888)
  7. Jimmy Dugan (879)
  8. Sam Hell (858)
  9. Oswaldo Gaona (857)
  10. Walter Wambold (856)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 37th overall pick, by Charlotte in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/2/1973, off Pedro Gomez (LOU)
Hit first career homerun on 4/4/1973, off Juan Mendoza (JAX)
Hit 3 homeruns against Washington, driving in 5 runs on 4/12/1974
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Chicago on 4/18/1974
Traded from Charlotte to Brooklyn on 4/21/1974 (Going to CHA: P T. Jeffers, P E. Bishop, RF T. Sills, SS A. Askewi, 1B C. Amandares. Going to BRK: RF L. Overson, P J. Abbey, 3B L. Jeffcoat, P S. Darkhorse)
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1974, hitting .350 with 9 HR, 24 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/15/1974, hitting .450 with 5 HR, 10 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Honolulu on 2/3/1975 to a 5-year deal worth $7,240,000 per year
Won Super Slugger Award in 1976, hitting .278 with 37 HR, 114 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Omaha on 4/15/1977
Injured on 8/29/1977 with a Fractured Ulna, out for 4 weeks
Traded from Honolulu to Des Moines on 7/21/1979 (Going to DM: RF L. Overson, P C. Robbins, 3B B. Oberdorsten. Going to HON: LF L. Hazelton, 3B R. Barbato, CF C. Vicknair, P B. Henriques, P T. Mihewon)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/27/1979, hitting .476 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/2/1980 to a 1-year deal worth $13,000,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/11/1981 to a 2-year deal worth $8,250,050 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 4/9/1981, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
 
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