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Brandon Lyon \lion\

Brandon James Lyon

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 10, 1979 in Salt Lake City, UT
High Schools: Taylorsville HS (Taylorsville, UT), Taylorsville HS (Salt Lake City, UT)
School: Dixie State College of Utah (St. George, UT)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 14th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed May 31, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 4, 2001 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Diamondbacks/Astros/Tigers/BlueJays/RedSox/... 2001-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 1 yr/$750k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 10.142, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Barry Meister [*]
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2000	20	TOR-min	A-	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		QNS · NYPL
2001	21	TOR-min	AA,AAA	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		KNX,SYR · SOUL,IL
2001	21	TOR	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2002	22	TOR-min	AAA	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SYR · IL
2002	22	TOR	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	23	BOS-min	AAA	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		PAW · IL
2003	23	BOS	AL	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

2004	24	ARI-min	AAA	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		TUC · PCL
2005	25	ARI-min	AAA	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TUC · PCL
2005	25	ARI	NL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2006	26	ARI	NL	68	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2007	27	ARI	NL	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008	28	ARI	NL	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	29	DET	AL	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	30	HOU	NL	79	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2011	31	HOU-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OKC · PCL
2011	31	HOU	NL	15	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	709	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
2012	32	TOT	MLB	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2012	32	HOU	NL	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2012	32	TOR	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2013	33	NYM	NL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
12 Yrs				556	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	697	2	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	697	1	0	0	0	0	0

ARI (4 yrs)				234	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0
HOU (3 yrs)				131	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	709	2	0	0	0	0	0
TOR (3 yrs)				56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
BOS (1 yr)				49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
DET (1 yr)				65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (8 yrs)				386	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	697	2	0	0	0	0	0
AL (5 yrs)				170	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2001	21	TOR	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
2002	22	TOR	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$221,000	1
2003	23	BOS	AL	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$309,500	1

2005	25	ARI	NL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$330,000	1
2006	26	ARI	NL	68	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$830,000	1
2007	27	ARI	NL	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,500,000	1
2008	28	ARI	NL	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$3,125,000	1
2009	29	DET	AL	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$4,250,000	1
2010	30	HOU	NL	79	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$4,250,000	1
2011	31	HOU	NL	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.507	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$5,250,000	1
2012	32	HOU	NL	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$5,500,000	1
2012	32	TOR	AL	30		0	0	0	0	0	0					.501	.500		0.0			1
2013	33	NYM	NL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$750,000	1
12 Seasons				556	2	1	0	0	0	3	4	0.4	0	4	0.4	.501	.500	0.4	0.2	4	$26,315,500

ARI (4 yrs)				234	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.501	.500	0.2	0.0	2	$5,785,000
HOU (3 yrs)				131	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0.2	0	2	0.2	.501	.500	0.2	0.0	2	$15,000,000
TOR (3 yrs)				56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$221,000
NYM (1 yr)				21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$750,000
BOS (1 yr)				49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$309,500
DET (1 yr)				65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$4,250,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	SecA	ISO
2006	26	ARI	NL	1	0	0					1.000	.350						.000	0.3	0.0

2011	31	HOU	NL	1	0	2	97	1.000	1.000	.257	1.000	.324	2.000	.400	3.000	.724	709	.000	0.8	0.1	1.000	1.000
12 Yrs				2	0	2	101	1.000	1.000	.257	1.000	.337	2.000	.400	3.000	.737	697	.000	1.2	0.1	2.000	1.000
162 Game Avg.				1	0	1	101	1.000	1.000	.257	1.000	.337	2.000	.400	3.000	.737	697	.000	0	0	2.000	1.000

ARI (4 yrs)				1	0	0					1.000	.350							0.3	0.0
HOU (3 yrs)				1	0	2	97	1.000	1.000	.257	1.000	.324	2.000	.400	3.000	.724	709		0.8	0.1	1.000	1.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G
2007	27	ARI	NL	NLDS	CHC	W	3
2007	27	ARI	NL	NLCS	COL	L	2
1 Yr (2 Series)							5
1 NLDS							3
1 NLCS							2

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2006	26	ARI	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%		0.00						0%

2011	31	HOU	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	100%				1.0			100%	0%
12 Yrs				2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	100%	0.00			1.0			50%	0%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.6%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	2.08	5.1	33.0	7.8	0.79	1.08	70%	20%	7.7%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
2001	21	TOR	AL	0.0	0.0
2002	22	TOR	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2003	23	BOS	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

2005	25	ARI	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2006	26	ARI	NL	0.3	0.0	1	0.1	0.1	0.0	1.91	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.62	0.4	0
2007	27	ARI	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2008	28	ARI	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2009	29	DET	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2010	30	HOU	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2011	31	HOU	NL	0.8	0.1	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.50	0.1	0.0	1.0	0.1	1.24	0.8	0
2012	32	TOT	MLB	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2012	32	HOU	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2012	32	TOR	AL	0.0	0.0
2013	33	NYM	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
12 Yrs				1.2	0.1	2	0.1	0.1	0.0	1.20	0.1	-0.0	1.2	0.1	0.93	1.2	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	OOB1	OOB2	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2006	26	ARI	NL	0	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2011	31	HOU	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12 Yrs				0	0	50%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2006	26	ARI	NL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

2011	31	HOU	NL	1	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		0	0		0
12 Yrs				2	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					54%																			69%			11%			33%			15%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2006	26	ARI	NL	1	5	5.00	1	20%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%		0%	100%	1	0	100%	1	0	100%	1	0		0	0	0

2011	31	HOU	NL	1	6	6.00	4	67%	0%	25%	50%	25%	100%	0%	67%	75%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
2 Yrs				2	11	5.50	5	45%	20%	20%	40%	20%	80%	0%	36%	75%	50%	50%	1	0	50%	1	0	50%	1	0		0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
2006	26	175	1	0	1	0	0	0	1		1.000				0
2007	27	248	1	0	1	0	0	0	1		1.000				0
2008	28	309	1	0	1	0	0	0	1		1.000				0
2009	29	374	1	0	1	0	0	0	1		1.000				0
2010	30	453	1	0	1	0	0	0	1		1.000				0
2011	31	468	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	697	2
2012	32	535	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	697	2
2013	33	556	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	697	2

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2006	26	68	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	68

2011	31	15	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2	15
2 Yrs		83	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2	83
162 Game Avg.		162	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	4	83

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