Brandon Lyon
Brandon James Lyon
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 10, 1979 in Salt Lake City, UT
High School: Taylorsville (Taylorsville, 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
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2001 21 TOR AL 5 4 .556 4.29 11 11 0 0 0 0 63.0 63 31 30 6 15 0 35 1 1 0 261 108 1.238 9.0 0.9 2.1 5.0 2.33
2002 22 TOR AL 1 4 .200 6.53 15 10 0 0 0 0 62.0 78 47 45 14 19 2 30 2 0 2 279 71 1.565 11.3 2.0 2.8 4.4 1.58
2003 23 BOS AL 4 6 .400 4.12 49 0 31 0 0 9 59.0 73 33 27 6 19 5 50 2 0 0 273 113 1.559 11.1 0.9 2.9 7.6 2.63
2005 25 ARI NL 0 2 .000 6.44 32 0 22 0 0 14 29.1 44 25 21 6 10 2 17 2 1 1 144 69 1.841 13.5 1.8 3.1 5.2 1.70
2006 26 ARI NL 2 4 .333 3.89 68 0 22 0 0 0 69.1 68 32 30 7 22 7 46 0 0 1 293 121 1.298 8.8 0.9 2.9 6.0 2.09
2007 27 ARI NL 6 4 .600 2.68 73 0 20 0 0 2 74.0 70 25 22 2 22 2 40 1 1 3 307 177 1.243 8.5 0.2 2.7 4.9 1.82
2008 28 ARI NL 3 5 .375 4.70 61 0 50 0 0 26 59.1 75 34 31 7 13 1 44 0 0 1 265 99 1.483 11.4 1.1 2.0 6.7 3.38
2009 29 DET AL 6 5 .545 2.86 65 0 27 0 0 3 78.2 56 25 25 7 31 9 57 2 0 3 314 161 1.106 6.4 0.8 3.5 6.5 1.84
8 Seasons 27 34 .443 4.20 374 21 172 0 0 54 494.2 527 252 231 55 151 28 319 10 3 11 2136 111 1.371 9.6 1.0 2.7 5.8 2.11
162 Game Avg. 5 6 .443 4.20 64 4 30 0 0 9 85 91 43 40 9 26 5 55 2 1 2 368 111 1.371 9.6 1.0 2.7 5.8 2.11
ARI (4 yrs) 11 15 .423 4.03 234 0 114 0 0 42 232.0 257 116 104 22 67 12 147 3 2 6 1009 116 1.397 10.0 0.9 2.6 5.7 2.19
TOR (2 yrs) 6 8 .429 5.40 26 21 0 0 0 0 125.0 141 78 75 20 34 2 65 3 1 2 540 86 1.400 10.2 1.4 2.4 4.7 1.91
BOS (1 yr) 4 6 .400 4.12 49 0 31 0 0 9 59.0 73 33 27 6 19 5 50 2 0 0 273 113 1.559 11.1 0.9 2.9 7.6 2.63
DET (1 yr) 6 5 .545 2.86 65 0 27 0 0 3 78.2 56 25 25 7 31 9 57 2 0 3 314 161 1.106 6.4 0.8 3.5 6.5 1.84
NL (4 yrs) 11 15 .423 4.03 234 0 114 0 0 42 232.0 257 116 104 22 67 12 147 3 2 6 1009 116 1.397 10.0 0.9 2.6 5.7 2.19
AL (4 yrs) 16 19 .457 4.35 140 21 58 0 0 12 262.2 270 136 127 33 84 16 172 7 1 5 1127 106 1.348 9.3 1.1 2.9 5.9 2.05

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2007 27 ARI NL NLDS W CHC 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
2007 27 ARI NL NLCS L COL 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0
1 Season (2 Series) 0 0 0.00 5 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 20 0.333 1.5 0.0 1.5 7.5 5.00
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
1 NLCS 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2001 21 TOR AL 11 261 237 31 63 17 1 6 4 1 15 35 .266 .305 .422 .727 .282 100 4 1 2 6 0
2002 22 TOR AL 15 279 253 47 78 16 3 14 8 1 19 30 .308 .359 .561 .920 .303 142 6 2 3 2 2
2003 23 BOS AL 49 273 247 33 73 19 2 6 5 0 19 50 .296 .346 .462 .807 .344 114 2 2 1 4 5
2005 25 ARI NL 32 144 129 25 44 9 0 6 2 0 10 17 .341 .394 .550 .945 .355 71 1 2 2 1 2
2006 26 ARI NL 68 293 264 32 68 24 2 7 2 0 22 46 .258 .310 .443 .754 .284 117 6 0 3 4 7
2007 27 ARI NL 73 307 279 25 70 19 2 2 5 1 22 40 .251 .306 .355 .661 .285 99 7 1 3 2 2
2008 28 ARI NL 61 265 249 34 75 12 3 7 1 1 13 44 .301 .335 .458 .792 .342 114 3 0 2 1 1
2009 29 DET AL 65 314 273 25 56 14 1 7 3 2 31 57 .205 .288 .341 .629 .231 93 7 2 5 3 9
8 Seasons 374 2136 1931 252 527 130 14 55 30 6 151 319 .273 .325 .440 .765 .299 850 36 10 21 23 28
162 Game Avg. 64 368 332 43 91 22 2 9 5 1 26 55 .273 .325 .440 .765 .299 146 6 2 4 4 5
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2001 21 TOR AL 11 11 5 4 2 1 1 5 6 .455 1 1 0 0 7 64% 50 70 16 4 1 0 7 3.7 3.5 5.7 83 4 6 1 0 101
2002 22 TOR AL 15 10 1 4 5 0 0 2 8 .200 4 1 0 0 2 20% 39 62 14 19 10 0 5 4.1 5.2 5.3 89 3 5 2 0 109
2 Seasons 26 21 6 8 7 1 1 7 14 .333 5 2 0 0 9 43% 45 70 14 23 11 0 12 3.9 4.3 5.5 86 7 11 3 0 109
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2002 22 TOR AL 15 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 6 1.009 1 2 2 3 0 2 0 5 3 1 3 0 5.2 26
2003 23 BOS AL 49 49 31 4 6 12 9 3 75% 14 2 13 7 54% 9 1.470 19 9 19 24 10 15 7 42 14 8 15 7 3.6 20
2005 25 ARI NL 32 32 22 0 2 15 14 1 93% 16 1 17 6 35% 9 1.836 17 6 6 18 4 10 10 22 5 9 6 8 2.8 16
2006 26 ARI NL 68 68 22 2 4 7 0 7 0% 30 23 21 7 33% 8 1.531 36 11 20 38 14 16 14 54 9 10 9 14 3.1 16
2007 27 ARI NL 73 73 20 6 4 5 2 3 40% 40 35 21 6 29% 8 1.723 39 14 19 49 12 12 12 61 6 8 8 19 3.0 15
2008 28 ARI NL 61 61 50 3 5 31 26 5 84% 34 3 5 4 80% 9 1.688 32 8 18 47 4 10 2 59 2 6 2 14 2.9 16
2009 29 DET AL 65 65 27 6 5 6 3 3 50% 21 15 44 16 36% 8 1.267 21 17 26 32 10 23 26 39 23 15 25 16 3.6 18
7 Seasons 363 353 172 21 26 77 54 23 70% 156 79 121 46 38% 1.477 165 67 110 211 54 88 71 282 62 57 68 78 3.2 17

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2001 21 TOR AL 261 54% 2.3% 13.4% 5.8% 9.2% 38% 0.71 0.99 77% 26% 6.1% 16% 37 4 11%
2002 22 TOR AL 279 59% 5.0% 10.8% 6.8% 11.8% 42% 0.76 1.17 76% 22% 14.0% 16% 42 6 14%
2003 23 BOS AL 273 49% 2.2% 18.3% 7.0% 9.9% 37% 0.69 0.74 71% 15% 5.7% 11% 56 2 4%
2005 25 ARI NL 144 49% 4.2% 11.8% 6.9% 10.4% 34% 0.74 1.03 74% 26% 9.8% 6% 30 1 3%
2006 26 ARI NL 293 48% 2.4% 15.7% 7.5% 11.3% 49% 0.74 1.13 73% 23% 6.0% 6% 51 6 12%
2007 27 ARI NL 307 45% 0.7% 13.0% 7.2% 7.5% 33% 0.73 0.97 78% 20% 1.7% 14% 71 7 10%
2008 28 ARI NL 265 46% 2.6% 16.6% 4.9% 8.3% 29% 0.67 0.80 75% 20% 6.3% 10% 52 3 6%
2009 29 DET AL 314 43% 2.2% 18.2% 9.9% 7.0% 39% 0.91 1.36 68% 18% 7.4% 16% 57 7 12%
8 Seasons 2136 49% 2.6% 14.9% 7.1% 9.3% 38% 0.74 1.02 74% 21% 6.8% 12% 396 36 9%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2001 21 TOR AL 261 918 3.52 585 64% 28% 11% 26% 36% 72% 0% 46% 85% 65% 3% 7 7 18% 48 26 2 26% 6 0 0 0 0
2002 22 TOR AL 279 1022 3.66 635 62% 26% 8% 29% 36% 74% 2% 46% 89% 58% 4% 12 7 15% 42 22 6 30% 3 3 0 0 0
2003 23 BOS AL 273 959 3.51 629 66% 22% 17% 28% 32% 78% 6% 51% 78% 67% 5% 14 7 28% 76 36 4 30% 8 2 0 0 0
2005 25 ARI NL 144 502 3.49 321 64% 25% 13% 26% 36% 75% 4% 48% 83% 63% 6% 9 4 22% 31 16 2 29% 1 3 0 0 0
2006 26 ARI NL 293 1098 3.75 707 64% 26% 11% 31% 32% 74% 7% 48% 85% 63% 6% 19 11 23% 67 39 4 28% 7 1 0 0 0
2007 27 ARI NL 307 1113 3.63 733 66% 24% 13% 30% 33% 76% 1% 50% 83% 64% 4% 11 8 20% 62 35 2 25% 10 2 0 0 0
2008 28 ARI NL 265 996 3.76 657 66% 26% 13% 30% 32% 74% 1% 49% 83% 64% 2% 5 2 22% 59 28 4 34% 8 2 0 0 0
2009 29 DET AL 314 1182 3.76 751 64% 24% 16% 30% 30% 76% 7% 48% 79% 59% 5% 17 6 22% 69 32 4 23% 4 2 0 0 0
8 Seasons 2136 7790 3.65 5018 64% 25% 13% 29% 33% 75% 4% 48% 83% 63% 4% 94 52 21% 454 234 28 28% 47 15 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2001 21 TOR AL 261 63 3 0 6 0 0 5 1 4 2 12 10 1 83% 1 0 0 91 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
2002 22 TOR AL 279 78 4 1 14 0 4 5 9 12 2 14 8 1 57% 4 2 1 92 8 1 89% 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
2003 23 BOS AL 273 73 13 1 6 0 14 1 5 3 3 23 9 6 39% 4 0 0 110 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
2005 25 ARI NL 144 44 2 0 6 0 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 0 75% 1 1 1 77 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2006 26 ARI NL 293 68 4 2 7 0 4 3 4 4 3 26 9 6 35% 3 1 0 121 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2007 27 ARI NL 307 70 9 1 2 0 12 2 0 1 1 14 4 5 29% 4 3 0 137 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2008 28 ARI NL 265 75 10 0 7 0 12 6 1 4 3 16 8 3 50% 4 1 0 97 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2009 29 DET AL 314 56 3 1 7 2 19 6 1 2 5 27 11 5 41% 1 3 0 114 3 2 60% 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
8 Seasons 2136 527 48 6 55 2 69 31 24 33 22 136 62 27 46% 22 11 2 839 30 6 83% 26 5 4 1 0 0 3 0 45 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2001 21 5 4 .556 4.29 11 11 0 0 0 0 63.0 63 31 30 6 15 0 35 1 1 0 261 108 1.238 9.0 0.9 2.1 5.0 2.33 108
2002 22 6 8 .429 5.40 26 21 0 0 0 0 125.0 141 78 75 20 34 2 65 3 1 2 540 86 1.400 10.2 1.4 2.4 4.7 1.91 86
2003 23 10 14 .417 4.99 75 21 31 0 0 9 184.0 214 111 102 26 53 7 115 5 1 2 813 93 1.451 10.5 1.3 2.6 5.6 2.17 93
2004 24 10 14 .417 4.99 75 21 31 0 0 9 184.0 214 111 102 26 53 7 115 5 1 2 813 93 1.451 10.5 1.3 2.6 5.6 2.17 93
2005 25 10 16 .385 5.19 107 21 53 0 0 23 213.1 258 136 123 32 63 9 132 7 2 3 957 89 1.505 10.9 1.4 2.7 5.6 2.10 89
2006 26 12 20 .375 4.87 175 21 75 0 0 23 282.2 326 168 153 39 85 16 178 7 2 4 1250 95 1.454 10.4 1.2 2.7 5.7 2.09 95
2007 27 18 24 .429 4.42 248 21 95 0 0 25 356.2 396 193 175 41 107 18 218 8 3 7 1557 106 1.410 10.0 1.0 2.7 5.5 2.04 106
2008 28 21 29 .420 4.46 309 21 145 0 0 51 416.0 471 227 206 48 120 19 262 8 3 8 1822 105 1.421 10.2 1.0 2.6 5.7 2.18 105
2009 29 27 34 .443 4.20 374 21 172 0 0 54 494.2 527 252 231 55 151 28 319 10 3 11 2136 111 1.371 9.6 1.0 2.7 5.8 2.11 111

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2001 21 3 3 .500 4.13 61.0 61 31 28 6 15 34 1 1.246 9.0 2.2 5.0 2.27 0.9 11
2002 22 2 4 .333 6.45 60.0 77 48 43 14 19 29 2 1.600 11.6 2.9 4.4 1.53 2.1 15
2003 23 3 3 .500 3.75 60.0 72 28 25 6 19 51 2 1.517 10.8 2.9 7.7 2.68 0.9 49
2005 25 1 2 .333 5.70 30.0 43 21 19 6 10 17 2 1.767 12.9 3.0 5.1 1.70 1.8 32
2006 26 4 3 .571 3.52 69.0 65 30 27 7 21 46 0 1.246 8.5 2.7 6.0 2.19 0.9 68
2007 27 6 2 .750 2.43 74.0 65 22 20 2 20 40 1 1.149 7.9 2.4 4.9 2.00 0.2 73
2008 28 3 3 .500 4.20 60.0 72 31 28 7 12 45 0 1.400 10.8 1.8 6.8 3.75 1.1 61
2009 29 5 3 .625 2.84 76.0 55 27 24 7 30 55 2 1.118 6.5 3.6 6.5 1.83 0.8 65
8 Seasons 27 23 .540 3.93 490.0 510 238 214 55 146 317 10 1.339 9.4 5.8 2.17 1.0 374

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Saves s c a p y
Active--54--50th
Career--54--250th

Games Finished s c a p y
2008 NL--50--8th
Active--172--45th

Youngest s c a p y
2001 AL--born 1979-08-10--10th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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