Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 2001
- Draft
- 1999Rd 14, Pk 433
- College
- Utah Tech
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 2001
- Draft
- 1999Rd 14, Pk 433
- College
- Utah Tech
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 572
- W
- 42
- L
- 47
- ERA
- 4.16
- IP
- 681.1
- K
- 465
- BB
- 220
- WHIP
- 1.38
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | TOR | 11 | 5 | 4 | 4.29 | 63.0 | 35 | 15 | 1.24 |
| 2002 | TOR | 15 | 1 | 4 | 6.53 | 62.0 | 30 | 19 | 1.56 |
| 2003 | BOS | 49 | 4 | 6 | 4.12 | 59.0 | 50 | 19 | 1.56 |
| 2005 | ARI | 32 | 0 | 2 | 6.44 | 29.1 | 17 | 10 | 1.84 |
| 2006 | ARI | 68 | 2 | 4 | 3.89 | 69.1 | 46 | 22 | 1.30 |
| 2007 | ARI | 73 | 6 | 4 | 2.68 | 74.0 | 40 | 22 | 1.24 |
| 2008 | ARI | 61 | 3 | 5 | 4.70 | 59.1 | 44 | 13 | 1.48 |
| 2009 | DET | 65 | 6 | 5 | 2.86 | 78.2 | 57 | 31 | 1.11 |
| 2010 | HOU | 79 | 6 | 6 | 3.12 | 78.0 | 54 | 31 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | HOU | 15 | 3 | 3 | 11.48 | 13.1 | 6 | 5 | 2.40 |
| 2012 |  HOU/TOR | 67 | 4 | 2 | 3.10 | 61.0 | 63 | 20 | 1.25 |
| 2013 | NYM | 37 | 2 | 2 | 4.98 | 34.1 | 23 | 13 | 1.63 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 9
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 6.1
- GB
- 702
- FB
- 903
- G/F
- 0.80
- WP
- 22
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | TOR | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | TOR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | ARI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 50 | 65 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 2006 | ARI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 99 | 126 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 2007 | ARI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | 106 | 138 | 0.8 | 3 |
| 2008 | ARI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 85 | 123 | 0.7 | 1 |
| 2009 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 110 | 112 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 105 | 139 | 0.8 | 3 |
| 2011 | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 28 | 31 | 0.9 | 1 |
| 2012 | HOU/TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 67 | 104 | 0.6 | 6 |
| 2013 | NYM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 52 | 65 | 0.8 | 1 |
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 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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