Brandon Lyon stats

Last played for the New York Mets, 2013

Relief Pitcher · #34

Age 47 · 6' 1"

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Brandon Lyon played 12 MLB seasons, 2001 to 2013.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
572
W
42
L
47
ERA
4.16
IP
681.1
K
465
BB
220
WHIP
1.38
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
2001TOR11544.2963.035151.24
2002TOR15146.5362.030191.56
2003BOS49464.1259.050191.56
2005ARI32026.4429.117101.84
2006ARI68243.8969.146221.30
2007ARI73642.6874.040221.24
2008ARI61354.7059.144131.48
2009DET65652.8678.257311.11
2010HOU79663.1278.054311.27
2011HOU153311.4813.1652.40
2012HOU/TOR67423.1061.063201.25
2013NYM37224.9834.123131.63

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
9
CG
0
SHO
0
K/9
6.1
GB
702
FB
903
G/F
0.80
WP
22
Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
2001TOR7005.00000
2002TOR2004.40002
2003BOS0007.60000
2005ARI0005.250650.81
2006ARI0006.0991260.81
2007ARI0004.91061380.83
2008ARI0006.7851230.71
2009DET0006.511011213
2010HOU0006.21051390.83
2011HOU0004.128310.91
2012HOU/TOR0009.3671040.66
2013NYM0006.052650.81

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
47 yearsAug 10, 1979
Height
6' 1"
Debut
2001
Birthplace
Salt Lake City, UT
Draft
1999Rd 14, Pk 433
College
Utah Tech

Latest performance

Brandon Lyon

Jul 04 · vs ARI · L 5-4 F/15

IP
1.1
H
3
R
1
ER
1
BB
0
K
0
HR
0
ERA
4.98

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentIPHRERK
Thu, Jul 04vsARIL 5-4 F/151.13110
Tue, Jul 02vsARIW 9-111001
Sun, Jun 30vsWSHL 13-20.25660
Fri, Jun 28vsWSHL 6-401110
Sun, Jun 23atPHIW 8-022002
Thu, Jun 20atATLW 4-31.21001

What were Brandon Lyon's career stats?

Brandon Lyon played 12 seasons for the Blue Jays, the Red Sox, the Diamondbacks, the Tigers, the Astros and the Mets. He had 42 wins and 465 strikeouts with a 4.16 ERA over 681.1 innings. His best season was 2007: 6 wins, a 2.68 ERA and 40 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

12 seasons, 2001 to 2013

All-time career rank

  • 238th in saves (79)

Among the 9,244 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

More on Brandon Lyon

Playoff series

Brandon Lyon played 5 games across 1 MLB postseason in 2 series — 1 won, 1 lost.

Brandon Lyon's line in each playoff series
IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.
2007CHCWon 3-033.0101
2007COLLost 0-223.0004

What the columns mean: IP · H · ER · K

Brandon Lyon’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.