Brandon Lyon

Position: Relief 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)

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

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2000	20	-1.0	Queens	NYPL	A-	TOR	5	3	.625	2.39	2.98	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
2001	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	TOR	10	3	.769	3.69	4.11	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
2001	21	-5.7	Syracuse	IL	AAA	TOR	5	3	.625	3.69	4.35	11	11	0	2	1	0	68.1	68	33	28	7	10	0	53	1	0	0	279	1.141	9.0	0.9	1.3	7.0	5.30
2001	21	-3.1	Tennessee	SOUL	AA	TOR	5	0	1.000	3.68	3.84	9	9	0	0	0	0	58.2	57	25	24	7	9	0	45	3	0	1	241	1.125	8.7	1.1	1.4	6.9	5.00
2001	21	-7.5	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	5	4	.556	4.29	4.43	11	11	0	0	0	0	63.0	63	31	30	6	15	0	35	1	1	0	261	1.238	9.0	0.9	2.1	5.0	2.33
2002	22	-4.4	Syracuse	IL	AAA	TOR	4	9	.308	5.11	6.42	14	14	0	0	0	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
2002	22	-6.7	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	1	4	.200	6.53	6.82	15	10	0	0	0	0	62.0	78	47	45	14	19	2	30	2	0	2	279	1.565	11.3	2.0	2.8	4.4	1.58
2003	23	-3.8	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	0	0		3.24	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
2003	23	-5.6	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	4	6	.400	4.12	5.03	49	0	31	0	0	9	59.0	73	33	27	6	19	5	50	2	0	0	273	1.559	11.1	0.9	2.9	7.6	2.63
2004	24	-3.2	Tucson	PCL	AAA	ARI	2	3	.400	15.12	15.12	6	3	1	0	0	0	8.1	15	14	14	3	4	0	4	0	0	0	45	2.280	16.2	3.2	4.3	4.3	1.00
2005	25	-2.2	Tucson	PCL	AAA	ARI	0	1	.000	5.40	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
2005	25	-4.2	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	0	2	.000	6.44	7.67	32	0	22	0	0	14	29.1	44	25	21	6	10	2	17	2	1	1	144	1.841	13.5	1.8	3.1	5.2	1.70
2006	26	-3.1	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	2	4	.333	3.89	4.15	68	0	22	0	0	0	69.1	68	32	30	7	22	7	46	0	0	1	293	1.298	8.8	0.9	2.9	6.0	2.09
2007	27	-2.0	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	6	4	.600	2.68	3.04	73	0	20	0	0	2	74.0	70	25	22	2	22	2	40	1	1	3	307	1.243	8.5	0.2	2.7	4.9	1.82
2008	28	-0.9	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	3	5	.375	4.70	5.16	61	0	50	0	0	26	59.1	75	34	31	7	13	1	44	0	0	1	265	1.483	11.4	1.1	2.0	6.7	3.38
2009	29	0.9	DET	AL	Maj	DET	6	5	.545	2.86	2.86	65	0	27	0	0	3	78.2	56	25	25	7	31	9	57	2	0	3	314	1.106	6.4	0.8	3.5	6.5	1.84
2010	30	1.3	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	6	6	.500	3.12	3.23	79	0	28	0	0	20	78.0	68	28	27	2	31	12	54	3	0	3	333	1.269	7.8	0.2	3.6	6.2	1.74
2011	31	3.9	Oklahoma City	PCL	AAA	HOU	0	0		0.00	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
2011	31	2.5	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	3	3	.500	11.48	11.48	15	0	13	0	0	4	13.1	27	17	17	4	5	1	6	0	0	1	71	2.400	18.2	2.7	3.4	4.1	1.20
2012	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	TOR	4	2	.667	3.10	3.10	67	0	21	0	0	1	61.0	56	21	21	5	20	3	63	3	0	6	258	1.246	8.3	0.7	3.0	9.3	3.15
2012	32	3.5	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	0	2	.000	3.25	3.25	37	0	11	0	0	0	36.0	37	13	13	3	11	2	35	2	0	5	154	1.333	9.3	0.8	2.8	8.8	3.18
2012	32	3.8	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	4	0	1.000	2.88	2.88	30	0	10	0	0	1	25.0	19	8	8	2	9	1	28	1	0	1	104	1.120	6.8	0.7	3.2	10.1	3.11
2013	33	5.8	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	0	0		1.69	3.38	4	0	3	0	0	2	5.1	5	2	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	22	1.125	8.4	0.0	1.7	5.1	3.00
2013	33	4.9	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	2	2	.500	4.98	5.24	37	0	7	0	0	0	34.1	43	20	19	3	13	3	23	0	0	1	153	1.631	11.3	0.8	3.4	6.0	1.77
2014	34	7.2	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	LAA	0	6	.000	4.08	5.60	20	0	9	0	0	0	17.2	33	11	8	0	8	2	9	1	0	0	95	2.321	16.8	0.0	4.1	4.6	1.13
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (12 seasons)					Majors		42	47	.472	4.16	4.46	572	21	241	0	0	79	681.1	721	338	315	69	220	47	465	16	3	22	2951	1.381	9.5	0.9	2.9	6.1	2.11
Minors (9 seasons)					Minors		21	25	.457	4.07	4.80	91	54	15	2	1	2	309.2	334	165	140	23	59	2	215	10	2	3	1317	1.269	9.7	0.7	1.7	6.2	3.64
All Levels (15 Seasons)							63	72	.467	4.13	4.57	663	75	256	2	1	81	991.0	1055	503	455	92	279	49	680	26	5	25	4268	1.346	9.6	0.8	2.5	6.2	2.44

AAA (8 seasons)					Minors		11	22	.333	4.72	5.66	67	32	15	2	1	2	190.2	234	120	100	15	44	2	115	5	1	1	846	1.458	11.0	0.7	2.1	5.4	2.61
AA (1 season)					Minors		5	0	1.000	3.68	3.84	9	9	0	0	0	0	58.2	57	25	24	7	9	0	45	3	0	1	241	1.125	8.7	1.1	1.4	6.9	5.00
A- (1 season)					Minors		5	3	.625	2.39	2.98	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