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Brandon Lyon

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 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
Teams (by GP): Diamondbacks/Astros/Tigers/RedSox/BlueJays 2001-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 3 yrs/$15M (10-12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 9.142, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Barry Meister [*]
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

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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
2000	20	TOR-min	A-	5	3	.625	2.39	15	13	0	0	0	0	60.1	43	20	16	1	6	0	55	2	1	1	230		0.812	6.4	0.1	0.9	8.2	9.17	QNS · NYPL
2001	21	TOR-min	AAA,AA	10	3	.769	3.69	20	20	0	2	1	0	127.0	125	58	52	14	19	0	98	4	0	1	520		1.134	8.9	1.0	1.3	6.9	5.16	SYR,KNX · IL,SOUL
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-min	AAA	4	9	.308	5.11	14	14	0	0	2	0	75.2	99	54	43	4	19	0	35	3	0	1	344		1.559	11.8	0.5	2.3	4.2	1.84	SYR · IL
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-min	AAA	0	0		3.24	5	0	2	0	0	0	8.1	7	3	3	1	2	0	7	0	1	0	34		1.080	7.6	1.1	2.2	7.6	3.50	PAW · IL
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	114	1.559	11.1	0.9	2.9	7.6	2.63

2005	25	ARI-min	AAA	0	1	.000	5.40	5	4	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	3	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	20		1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	7.2		TUC · PCL
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	70	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	122	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	178	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	160	1.106	6.4	0.8	3.5	6.5	1.84
2010	30	HOU	NL	6	6	.500	3.12	79	0	28	0	0	20	78.0	68	28	27	2	31	12	54	3	0	3	333	129	1.269	7.8	0.2	3.6	6.2	1.74
2011	31	HOU-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7		1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		OKC · PCL
2011	31	HOU	NL	3	3	.500	11.48	15	0	13	0	0	4	13.1	27	17	17	4	5	1	6	0	0	1	71	34	2.400	18.2	2.7	3.4	4.1	1.20
10 Seasons				36	43	.456	4.22	468	21	213	0	0	78	586.0	622	297	275	61	187	41	379	13	3	15	2540	108	1.381	9.6	0.9	2.9	5.8	2.03
162 Game Avg.				5	6	.456	4.22	65	3	30	0	0	11	81	86	41	38	8	26	6	53	2	0	2	353	108	1.381	9.6	0.9	2.9	5.8	2.03

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
HOU (2 yrs)				9	9	.500	4.34	94	0	41	0	0	24	91.1	95	45	44	6	36	13	60	3	0	4	404	92	1.434	9.4	0.6	3.5	5.9	1.67
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	114	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	160	1.106	6.4	0.8	3.5	6.5	1.84

NL (6 yrs)			NL	20	24	.455	4.12	328	0	155	0	0	66	323.1	352	161	148	28	103	25	207	6	2	10	1413	109	1.407	9.8	0.8	2.9	5.8	2.01
AL (4 yrs)			AL	16	19	.457	4.35	140	21	58	0	0	12	262.2	270	136	127	33	84	16	172	7	1	5	1127	107	1.348	9.3	1.1	2.9	5.9	2.05

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
2001	21	TOR	AL	63.0	11	31	40	0	1.1	9	1.0	$
2002	22	TOR	AL	62.0	10	47	45	0	1.0	-2	-0.2	$221,000
2003	23	BOS	AL	59.0	0	33	41	-1	1.5	8	0.4	$309,500

2005	25	ARI	NL	29.1	0	25	18	0	1.8	-7	-1.3	$330,000
2006	26	ARI	NL	69.1	0	32	45	0	1.5	13	0.9	$830,000
2007	27	ARI	NL	74.0	0	25	48	1	1.7	23	2.2	$1,500,000
2008	28	ARI	NL	59.1	0	34	38	-1	1.7	4	-0.1	$3,125,000
2009	29	DET	AL	78.2	0	25	50	2	1.3	25	2.1	$4,250,000
2010	30	HOU	NL	78.0	0	28	41	-2	1.9	13	2.0	$4,250,000
2011	31	HOU	NL	13.1	0	17	7	0	2.3	-10	-1.7	$5,250,000
10 Seasons				586.0	21	297	373	-1	1.5	76	5.3	$20,065,500

ARI (4 yrs)				232.0	0	116	149	0	1.7	33	1.7	$5,785,000
HOU (2 yrs)				91.1	0	45	48	-2	2.0	3	0.3	$9,500,000
TOR (2 yrs)				125.0	21	78	85	0	1.1	7	0.8	$221,000
BOS (1 yr)				59.0	0	33	41	-1	1.5	8	0.4	$309,500
DET (1 yr)				78.2	0	25	50	2	1.3	25	2.1	$4,250,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	G	GF	IP	H	BB	SO	BF	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2007	27	ARI	NL	NLDS	W	CHC	3	0	3.0	1	1	1	11	0.667	3.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
2007	27	ARI	NL	NLCS	L	COL	2	1	3.0	0	0	4	9	0.000	0.0	0.0	12.0
1 Season (2 Series)							5	1	6.0	1	1	5	20	0.333	1.5	1.5	7.5	5.00
1 NLDS							3	0	3.0	1	1	1	11	0.667	3.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
1 NLCS							2	1	3.0	0	0	4	9	0.000	0.0	0.0	12.0

Standard Batting

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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
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

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
10 Seasons				468	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 (2 yrs)				94	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 (2 yrs)				26	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 (6 yrs)				328	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 (4 yrs)				140	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
2006	26	ARI	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$830,000	1

2010	30	HOU	NL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			$4,250,000	1
2011	31	HOU	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$5,250,000	1
3 Seasons				2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$10,330,000

HOU (2 yrs)				1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$9,500,000
ARI (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$830,000

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 Season (2 Series)							5
1 NLDS							3
1 NLCS							2

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
2001	TOR	AL	21	P	11			63.0	12	3	9	0	0	1.000			1.71	1.09	.955	1.74	1.74
2002	TOR	AL	22	P	15			62.0	18	5	12	1	1	.944			2.47	1.13	.957	1.68	1.67
2003	BOS	AL	23	P	49			59.0	11	3	7	1	0	.909	-3	-10	1.53	0.20	.957	1.72	1.71
2005	ARI	NL	25	P	32			29.1	6	2	4	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.84	0.19	.960	1.75	1.73
2006	ARI	NL	26	P	68			69.1	9	1	8	0	1	1.000	0	0	1.17	0.13	.958	1.71	1.71
2007	ARI	NL	27	P	73			74.0	13	3	9	1	1	.923	-1	-3	1.46	0.16	.965	1.68	1.67
2008	ARI	NL	28	P	61			59.1	8	4	4	0	0	1.000	-2	-7	1.21	0.13	.959	1.73	1.72
2009	DET	AL	29	P	65			78.2	26	10	16	0	2	1.000	2	5	2.97	0.40	.953	1.53	1.51
2010	HOU	NL	30	P	79			78.0	26	12	12	2	0	.923	-2	-5	2.77	0.30	.954	1.73	1.72
2011	HOU	NL	31	P	15	0	0	13.1	7	4	3	0	1	1.000	1	15	4.72	0.47	.954	1.82	1.79	2	0	0%	0
	10 Seasons			P	468	0	0	586.0	136	47	84	5	6	.963	-5	-2	2.01	0.28	.956	1.69	1.68	2	0	0%	0
	10 Seasons			TOT	468	0	0	586.0	136	47	84	5	6	.963	-5	-13	2.01	0.28	.956	1.69	1.68	2	0	0%	0

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 2010 NL 79 (6th) Active 468 (44th)	Saves s c a p y Active 78 (31st) Career 78 (178th)	Games Finished s c a p y 2008 NL 50 (8th) Active 213 (25th) Career 213 (213th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2007 NL 2.9 (6th)
Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 2009 AL 2.97 (3rd)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 2005 NL 1.000 (1st) 2008 NL 1.000 (1st) 2009 AL 1.000 (1st)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1535), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 2, 1999: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 14th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed May 31, 2000.
October 9, 2002: Selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Toronto Blue Jays.
July 22, 2003: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Anastacio Martinez to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Mike Gonzalez and Scott Sauerbeck.
July 31, 2003: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Anastacio Martinez and Jeff Suppan to the Boston Red Sox for Mike Gonzalez, Freddy Sanchez and cash.
November 28, 2003: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Michael Goss (minors), Casey Fossum and Jorge De La Rosa to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Curt Schilling.
November 3, 2008: Granted Free Agency.
January 22, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
November 9, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
December 12, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2002	22	Toronto Blue Jays	$221,000	4/3/02 AP
2003	23	Boston Red Sox	$309,500	4/3/03 AP
2004	24	Arizona Diamondbacks	$330,000	4/7/04 AP
2005	25	Arizona Diamondbacks	$330,000
2006	26	Arizona Diamondbacks	$830,000
2007	27	Arizona Diamondbacks	$1,500,000
2008	28	Arizona Diamondbacks	$3,125,000
2009	29	Detroit Tigers	$4,250,000
2010	30	Houston Astros	$4,250,000
2011	31	Houston Astros	$5,250,000

2012	32	Houston Astros	$5,500,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$20,395,500	Does not include future salaries

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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