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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

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 Awards
2002 22 TOR AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 23 BOS AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 66 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 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 28 ARI NL 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 29 DET AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Seasons 236 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
ARI (4 yrs) 228 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOR (2 yrs) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 228 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (4 yrs) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 27 ARI NL NLDS CHC W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 27 ARI NL NLCS COL L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2001 TOR AL 21 P 11 11 63.0 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.71 1.09 .950 1.74 0.49
2002 TOR AL 22 P 15 10 62.0 18 5 12 1 1 .944 2.47 1.13 .956 1.68 0.48
2003 BOS AL 23 P 49 0 59.0 11 3 7 1 0 .909 1.53 0.20 .964 1.72 0.49
2005 ARI NL 25 P 32 0 29.1 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.84 0.19 .967 1.75 0.46
2006 ARI NL 26 P 68 0 69.1 9 1 8 0 1 1.000 1.17 0.13 .956 1.71 0.43
2007 ARI NL 27 P 73 0 74.0 13 3 9 1 1 .923 1.46 0.16 .969 1.68 0.40
2008 ARI NL 28 P 61 0 59.1 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 1.21 0.13 .962 1.73 0.43
2009 DET AL 29 P 65 0 78.2 26 10 16 0 2 1.000 2.97 0.40 .950 1.53 0.40
8 Seasons P 374 21 494.2 103 31 69 3 5 .971 1.82 0.27 .957 1.68 0.43
8 Seasons TOT 374 21 494.2 103 31 69 3 5 .971 1.82 0.27 .928 1.68 0.43

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

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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.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2002Toronto Blue Jays$221,000
2003Boston Red Sox$309,500
2004Arizona Diamondbacks$330,000
2005Arizona Diamondbacks$330,000
2006Arizona Diamondbacks$830,000
2007Arizona Diamondbacks$1,500,000
2008Arizona Diamondbacks$3,125,000
2009Detroit Tigers$4,250,000
Career (may be incomplete)$10,895,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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