Brandon Lyon

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 200lb (185cm, 90kg)

Born: August 10, 1979 in Salt Lake City, UT us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 37th round of the 1997 MLB June Amateur Draft from Taylorsville HS (Taylorsville, UT) and the Toronto Blue Jays in the 14th round of the 1999 MLB June Amateur Draft from Utah Tech University (St. George, UT).

High School: Taylorsville HS (Taylorsville, UT)

School: Utah Tech University (St. George, UT)

Debut: August 4, 2001 (Age 21-359d, 17,936th in major league history)
vs. BAL 7.1 IP, 4 H, 5 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: July 4, 2013 (Age 33-328d)
vs. ARI 1.1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2001 season

Agents: Barry Meister

Full Name: Brandon James Lyon

Pronunciation: \lion\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.3

ERA

4.16

572

681.1

465

WHIP

1.381

Summary of 69 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 3 walk-off, 7 tying, 18 go ahead

6 Tms
ARI	22
TOR	22
HOU	9
DET	7
BOS	6
NYM	3

Platoon
vs RHB	39
vs LHB	30

Home/Road
Home	43
Away	26

Outs
0	25
2	25
1	19

28 Opps
NYY	6
MIN	5
SFG	5
ATL	5
CIN	4
LAD	4
TBD	3
COL	3
OAK	3
SEA	3
PIT	3
BOS	3
SDP	2
ANA/LAA	2
PHI	2
FLA	2
MIL	2
TOR	2
STL	1
TEX	1
CHC	1
BAL	1
KCR	1
NYM	1
WSN	1
CLE	1
HOU	1
CHW	1

64 Batters
Jason Giambi	3
Chipper Jones	2
Mark Ellis	2
Michael Cuddyer	2
Russ Johnson	1
Jeff Kent	1
José Guillén	1
Rubén Sierra	1
Jordan Schafer	1
Alexei Ramírez	1
Manny Ramirez	1
David Wright	1
Dioner Navarro	1
Scott Hatteberg	1
Marco Scutaro	1
Brian McCann	1
Torii Hunter	1
Casey McGehee	1
Shane Victorino	1
Sean Casey	1
Moisés Alou	1
Joe Crede	1
Hanley Ramírez	1
Bobby Abreu	1
Nelson Cruz	1
Jorge Posada	1
Xavier Nady	1
Prince Fielder	1
Brian Buchanan	1
Ryan Howard	1
Greg Myers	1
Garrett Jones	1
Mike Lowell	1
Toby Hall	1
David Ortiz	1
Lance Berkman	1
Mauro Gómez	1
Evan Gattis	1
Shea Hillenbrand	1
J.D. Drew	1
Kurt Suzuki	1
Rich Aurilia	1
Aaron Hill	1
Miguel Tejada	1
Al Martin	1
Yorvit Torrealba	1
Bernie Williams	1
Khalil Greene	1
Jason Bay	1
J.T. Snow	1
Garret Anderson	1
José Valentín	1
Russell Branyan	1
Melvin Mora	1
Kenji Johjima	1
John Olerud	1
Damon Minor	1
Aramis Ramírez	1
Edwin Encarnación	1
Jeromy Burnitz	1
José Molina	1
Wily Mo Peña	1
Matt Holliday	1
Bobby Crosby	1

21 Parks
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	18
Chase Field (PHO)	12
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	7
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	4
Fenway Pk (BOS)	4
Yankee Stad (NYC)	3
Metrodome (MIN)	3
PNC Pk (PIT)	2
Coors Fld (DEN)	2
Citi Field (NYC)	2
Comerica Pk (DET)	2
Turner Fld (ATL)	1
SunLife Stad (MIA)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
TropicanaFld (STP)	1
Oracle Park (SFO)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1

Where Hit
7	23
9	21
78	12
89	7
8	6

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
4	14
2	14
1	12
3	12
5	11
6	3
7+	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	51
2·HR gms	7
4·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	38
12-	11
1--	10
-2-	3
123	2
--3	2
-23	2
1-3	1

118 Runs
RISP	21
0 on	38
1 on	15
2 on	14
3 on	2
Any on	31

Inning
1	5
2	1
3	3
4	3
5	5
6	5
7	7
8	18
9	19
Extra	3

1-3	9
4-6	13
7-end	47

RelScore
+4..	14
+3	4
+2	4
+1	3
Tied	11
-1	10
-2	8
-3	5
-4..	10

Ahead	25
Tied	11
Behind	33

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	12
1-2	8
2-1	8
0-1	8
2-2	7
1-0	6
1-1	6
0-2	4
3-2	4
3-1	4
2-0	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	11
C	10
3B	10
SS	8
RF	7
DH	7
LF	6
2B	4
CF	4
PH	2

OrderPos
4th	17
5th	12
6th	9
3rd	7
2nd	7
7th	6
1st	4
9th	4
8th	3

Leverage
High Lev	20
Medium Lev	18
Low Lev	31

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2001-08-16	Miguel Tejada	OAK	@	TOR	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	6	8%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	2001-08-21	Brian Buchanan	MIN		TOR	tied 2-2	b 4	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	9	13%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
3	3	3	1	2001-08-26	Melvin Mora	BAL		TOR	behind 0-5	b 6	2	---	7,(3-2) FBSBFBX	1	1	6	3%	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
4	4	4	1	2001-09-21	Russ Johnson	TBD	@	TOR	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	4,(2-1) BSBX	1	8	5	11%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
5	5	5	2	2001-09-21	Toby Hall	TBD	@	TOR	behind 3-4	t 6	0	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	4	2	27%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Abernathy Scores; S. Cox Scores
6	6	6	1	2001-10-07	Russell Branyan	CLE	@	TOR	behind 0-1	t 5	1	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	7	5	13%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	2002-04-05	David Ortiz	MIN	@	TOR	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-2-	3,(0-2) CFX	2	4	DH	16%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Guzmán Scores
8	8	2	2	2002-04-05	Torii Hunter	MIN	@	TOR	ahead 2-0	t 1	2	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	5	8	8%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
9	9	3	1	2002-04-10	Jason Giambi	NYY	@	TOR	tied 0-0	t 1	2	--3	8,(3-2) BBBCCFFX	2	4	3	16%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); B. Williams Scores
10	10	4	2	2002-04-10	Jason Giambi	NYY	@	TOR	ahead 4-2	t 3	1	---	5,(3-1) BBCBX	1	4	3	8%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
11	11	5	1	2002-04-16	Shea Hillenbrand	BOS	@	TOR	ahead 2-0	t 3	0	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	2	5	12%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Sánchez Scores; J. Damon Scores
12	12	6	2	2002-04-16	Manny Ramirez	BOS	@	TOR	ahead 5-1	t 6	0	---	6,(3-2) FBBFBX	1	4	7	4%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
13	13	7	1	2002-05-03	Garret Anderson	ANA	@	TOR	behind 0-3	t 2	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	4	7	8%	31%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
14	14	8	1	2002-05-09	Rubén Sierra	SEA		TOR	behind 0-2	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	DH	12%	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
15	15	9	1	2002-05-15	John Olerud	SEA	@	TOR	behind 0-5	t 5	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	3	4%	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
16	16	10	1	2002-05-20	Bernie Williams	NYY		TOR	tied 0-0	b 1	1	--3	3,(1-1) CBX	2	3	8	12%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); A. Soriano Scores
17	17	11	1	2002-06-11	Rich Aurilia	SFG	@	TOR	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	4,(2-1) BFBX	2	2	6	14%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Sanders Scores
18	18	12	2	2002-06-11	Damon Minor	SFG	@	TOR	ahead 4-1	t 5	0	---	6,(3-2) FBBCBX	1	5	DH	6%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
19	19	13	3	2002-06-11	J.T. Snow	SFG	@	TOR	ahead 5-1	t 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	3	5%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
20	20	14	4	2002-06-11	Yorvit Torrealba	SFG	@	TOR	ahead 6-1	t 5	2	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	9	2	3%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	2003-04-21	Greg Myers	TOR	@	BOS	ahead 10-6	t 9	0	---	4,(1-2) ...CFBX	1	7	2	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
22	22	2	1	2003-06-12	J.D. Drew	STL	@	BOS	tied 3-3	t 10	1	1--	1,(0-0) .X	2	7	PH	41%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); É. Rentería Scores
23	23	3	1	2003-06-28	Mike Lowell	FLA	@	BOS	behind 7-9	t 9	2	12-	3,(0-2) CCX	3	4	DH	71%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); L. Castillo Scores; I. Rodríguez Scores
24	24	4	1	2003-07-03	Al Martin	TBD		BOS	behind 3-5	b 8	2	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	5	DH	41%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Lee Scores
25	25	5	1	2003-07-05	Jorge Posada	NYY		BOS	behind 0-8	b 6	1	---	5,(1-2) FBFFX	1	6	2	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
26	26	6	2	2003-07-05	Jason Giambi	NYY		BOS	behind 1-8	b 7	2	---	5,(3-1) BBCBX	1	3	DH	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	2005-04-08	José Valentín	LAD	@	ARI	behind 6-7	t 9	2	1--	3,(0-2) .1C1FX	2	2	PH	72%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Izturis Scores/unER; J. Valentín Scores/unER
28	28	2	1	2005-04-22	Xavier Nady	SDP	@	ARI	behind 2-5	t 9	0	---	3,(1-1) .BFX	1	7	8	4%	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
29	29	3	1	2005-08-21	Wily Mo Peña	CIN		ARI	ahead 9-6	b 8	2	12-	5,(2-2) BFBCX	3	4	7	3%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF); F. López Scores; R. Aurilia Scores
30	30	4	2	2005-08-21	Sean Casey	CIN		ARI	ahead 12-6	b 8	2	---	5,(1-2) BCFFX	1	5	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
31	31	5	1	2005-08-24	David Wright	NYM	@	ARI	ahead 16-0	t 7	1	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	5	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
32	32	6	1	2005-09-29	Dioner Navarro	LAD		ARI	behind 1-3	b 9	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	2	7%	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	2006-05-23	Jason Bay	PIT	@	ARI	behind 2-5	t 8	0	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	4	7	7%	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
34	34	2	1	2006-05-28	Scott Hatteberg	CIN		ARI	behind 1-4	b 8	0	1--	7,(2-2) BCCFBFX	2	9	3	18%	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Ross Scores
35	35	3	1	2006-06-06	Shane Victorino	PHI	@	ARI	ahead 8-1	t 9	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	9	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); D. Bell Scores
36	36	4	1	2006-06-19	Jeromy Burnitz	PIT		ARI	behind 2-4	b 8	0	---	3,(0-2) .CFX	1	5	9	14%	31%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
37	37	5	1	2006-06-27	Kenji Johjima	SEA	@	ARI	ahead 8-7	t 9	2	-23	2,(0-1) FX	3	6	2	15%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Ibañez Scores; R. Sexson Scores
38	38	6	1	2006-08-04	Lance Berkman	HOU	@	ARI	behind 5-6	t 8	1	---	4,(1-2) TBFX	1	3	3	24%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
39	39	7	1	2006-09-26	Moisés Alou	SFG		ARI	tied 2-2	b 9	1	1--	2,(1-0) ..BX	2	4	9	36%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Linden Scores
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	2007-07-20	Aramis Ramírez	CHC		ARI	ahead 3-2	b 8	1	12-	4,(1-2) BCF>X	3	4	5	10%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Theriot Scores; M. Fontenot Scores
41	41	2	1	2007-09-05	Khalil Greene	SDP	@	ARI	behind 5-9	t 8	0	---	3,(1-1) ....BFX	1	5	6	4%	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	2008-04-02	Edwin Encarnación	CIN		ARI	behind 3-5	b 9	0	12-	5,(2-2) B+2CCBX	3	6	5	67%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); B. Phillips Scores; A. Dunn Scores
43	43	2	1	2008-04-06	Matt Holliday	COL		ARI	behind 1-2	b 9	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	7	46%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
44	44	3	1	2008-06-17	Bobby Crosby	OAK	@	ARI	ahead 9-1	t 9	0	---	5,(2-2) ..FSBBX	1	5	6	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
45	45	4	2	2008-06-17	Mark Ellis	OAK	@	ARI	ahead 10-1	t 9	2	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	1	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Suzuki Scores; D. Barton Scores
46	46	5	1	2008-06-29	Hanley Ramírez	FLA		ARI	behind 2-3	b 9	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	6	47%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
47	47	6	1	2008-07-19	Jeff Kent	LAD	@	ARI	behind 0-3	t 9	0	---	4,(2-1) ...FBBX	1	4	4	4%	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
48	48	7	1	2008-08-08	Chipper Jones	ATL	@	ARI	ahead 8-5	t 9	0	1--	4,(1-2) BC11FX	2	3	5	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Y. Escobar Scores
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	2009-04-07	Aaron Hill	TOR		DET	behind 1-3	b 8	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	2	4	67%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Snider Scores/unER; M. Scutaro Scores/Team unER; A. Hill Scores/Team unER
50	50	2	1	2009-04-28	José Molina	NYY	@	DET	ahead 6-0	t 7	2	123	1,(0-0) X	4	8	2	2%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Canó Scores/Team unER; N. Swisher Scores/Team unER; M. Cabrera Scores/Team unER; J. Molina Scores/Team unER
51	51	3	1	2009-05-13	Joe Crede	MIN		DET	tied 10-10	b 13	2	123	4,(1-2) BCFX	4	6	5	34%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Tolbert Scores; J. Morneau Scores; M. Cuddyer Scores
52	52	4	1	2009-05-20	Nelson Cruz	TEX	@	DET	behind 1-5	t 7	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	6	9	5%	11%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
53	53	5	1	2009-05-26	José Guillén	KCR		DET	ahead 4-1	b 8	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	9	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
54	54	6	1	2009-08-24	Bobby Abreu	LAA		DET	behind 4-10	b 8	2	1-3	4,(1-2) B>F>F>X	3	2	9	4%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Aybar Scores; C. Figgins Scores
55	55	7	1	2009-09-19	Michael Cuddyer	MIN		DET	ahead 3-2	b 8	1	12-	3,(1-1) .BFX	3	5	3	10%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Mauer Scores; J. Kubel Scores
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
56	56	1	1	2010-04-10	Ryan Howard	PHI	@	HOU	behind 4-5	t 7	2	1--	4,(2-1) FBB+1X	2	4	3	41%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C. Utley Scores
57	57	2	1	2010-09-14	Casey McGehee	MIL	@	HOU	behind 1-3	t 9	0	---	4,(2-1) .CBBX	1	5	5	9%	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2011	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	2011-04-30	Prince Fielder	MIL	@	HOU	behind 0-1	t 9	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBFX	1	4	3	36%	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
59	59	2	1	2011-06-10	Chipper Jones	ATL	@	HOU	ahead 10-2	t 8	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
60	60	3	1	2011-06-11	Brian McCann	ATL	@	HOU	tied 2-2	t 10	0	12-	4,(2-1) BBCX	3	3	2	27%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Schafer Scores; D. Uggla Scores
61	61	4	1	2011-06-13	Jordan Schafer	ATL	@	HOU	behind 0-8	t 9	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	1	8	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Young Scores; E. Hinske Scores
2012	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
62	62	1	1	2012-04-07	Michael Cuddyer	COL	@	HOU	behind 0-6	t 8	0	---	4,(2-1) .CBBX	1	6	9	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
63	63	2	1	2012-05-31	Marco Scutaro	COL		HOU	ahead 10-4	b 6	0	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	2	6	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
64	64	3	1	2012-07-03	Garrett Jones	PIT		HOU	behind 5-6	b 7	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	3	43%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. McCutchen Scores
65	65	4	1	2012-08-16	Alexei Ramírez	CHW	@	TOR	ahead 6-2	t 8	2	---	5,(2-2) .BBFFX	1	6	6	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
66	66	5	1	2012-09-07	Mauro Gómez	BOS		TOR	behind 3-7	b 9	2	-2-	5,(2-2) B>B.FFX	2	9	DH	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Aviles Scores
2013	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
67	67	1	1	2013-04-23	Mark Ellis	LAD	@	NYM	tied 2-2	t 7	2	-23	6,(2-2) *BCBFFX	3	2	4	39%	90%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); J. Sellers Scores; J. Uribe Scores
68	68	2	1	2013-05-03	Evan Gattis	ATL		NYM	tied 4-4	b 8	1	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	5	2	31%	86%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
69	69	3	1	2013-06-30	Kurt Suzuki	WSN	@	NYM	ahead 6-0	t 8	2	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	8	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); R. Bernadina Scores