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Brandon Lyon

Position: 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)

Debut: August 4, 2001 (Age 21-359d, 17,936th in major league history)
vs. BAL 7.1 IP, 4 H, 5 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, W

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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Team Record in Appearances: 18-14

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 6, Entered with runners on base: 10

2005 Pitching Game Log

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2005 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	76	2	Apr 5	ARI		CHC	W,5-4	8-GF	S(1)	99	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.82	6	21	14	2	2	3	2	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.43	0.335	3.11	0.18%	1.22	8t -2- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
2	77	3	Apr 6	ARI		CHC	W,8-3	9-GF		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.45	2	11	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.006	.12	0.00%	0.54	9t 1-- 1 out a5	9t end a 5
3	78	4	Apr 8	ARI		LAD	L,7-8	9-GF	BL(0-1)	1	1.0	3	4	0	1	1	1	0	0.00	5.42	8	31	21	7	3	2	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	.91	-0.758	.99	-0.49%	-3.48	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end d 1
4	79	6	Apr 10	ARI		LAD	W,5-4	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	4.40	4	14	10	3	2	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.63	0.167	3.54	0.10%	0.52	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
5	80	7	Apr 11	ARI		COL	W,2-0	9-GF	S(3)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4.15	4	4	4	0	0	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	0.077	1.51	0.05%	0.52	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
6	81	8	Apr 12	ARI		COL	W,4-2	9-GF	S(4)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.97	3	9	6	3	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.55	0.077	1.62	0.05%	0.52	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
7	82	13	Apr 18	ARI	@	COL	W,5-3	9-GF	S(5)	5	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	3.57	4	13	10	5	2	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.53	0.106	2.52	0.06%	0.57	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
8	83	15	Apr 20	ARI	@	SFG	W,2-1	8-GF	S(6)	1	1.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.04	3.25	6	19	13	4	2	2	3	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.89	0.187	2.93	0.11%	0.02	8b 1-3 2 out a2	9b end a 1
9	84	17	Apr 22	ARI		SDP	W,5-3	9-GF	S(7)	1	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.86	4.36	5	18	12	1	2	0	4	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	0.035	1.85	0.02%	-0.48	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 2
10	85	19	Apr 24	ARI		SDP	W,8-6	8-GF	S(8)	1	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	4.20	6	18	12	4	0	4	2	1	1	0		1	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	0.113	2.06	0.08%	0.76	8t 1-- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
11	86	20	Apr 25	ARI	@	LAD	W,4-2	9-GF	S(9)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	4.13	2	4	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.044	1.19	0.04%	0.26	9b --- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
12	87	21	Apr 26	ARI	@	LAD	W,3-2	9-GF	S(10)	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	4.05	5	16	10	2	1	3	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.91	0.199	7.02	0.17%	0.50	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
13	88	23	Apr 29	ARI	@	SDP	L,4-5	15-GF(15)	L(0-2)	2	0.1	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.08	4.48	5	15	6	1	1	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.97	-0.371	5.31	-0.30%	-2.06	15b --- 0 out tie	15b end d 1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	89	27	May 3	ARI		SFG	W,3-2	9-GF	S(11)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	4.38	3	11	8	4	0	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	0.167	2.96	0.14%	0.52	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
15	90	31	May 7	ARI		PIT	L,2-3	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	4.29	3	10	9	0	1	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.019	.30	0.01%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
16	91	34	May 10	ARI		WSN	W,3-2	8-GF	S(12)	2	1.1	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.65	4.00	6	32	22	5	4	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.38	0.273	4.94	0.18%	0.97	8t 12- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
17	92	35	May 11	ARI		WSN	W,3-2	9-GF	S(13)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	3.94	3	6	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	0.167	2.60	0.12%	0.52	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
18	93	36	May 12	ARI	@	COL	W,6-3	9-GF		0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.96	3.78	5	22	15	7	3	1	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.022	.96	0.02%	-0.43	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	94	118	Aug 13	ARI	@	ATL	L,5-9	8-8		92	0.2	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.84	3.65	5	17	11	2	1	1	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.26	-0.047	.36	-0.04%	-1.72	8b --- 0 out d2	8b 1-- 2 out d4
20	95	120	Aug 16	ARI	@	STL	L,2-8	7-7		2	1.0	3	3	3	0	0	0	1	4.05	3.77	7	24	14	4	0	2	4	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.25	-0.050	.35	-0.04%	-2.49	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d6
21	96	123	Aug 19	ARI	@	CIN	L,3-17	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	3.73	3	9	6	1	2	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d14	8b end d14
22	97	125	Aug 21	ARI	@	CIN	L,6-13	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	4	4	4	0	2	2	0	5.32	4.70	7	27	19	7	2	0	5	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.026	.12	-0.02%	-3.49	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 7
23	98	127	Aug 23	ARI		NYM	L,1-14	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.09	4.63	4	12	8	1	1	2	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d13	9t end d13
24	99	128	Aug 24	ARI		NYM	L,4-18	7-7		0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	5.25	5.10	5	18	11	0	1	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.48	7t --- 0 out d16	7t 3 out d17
25	100	130	Aug 26	ARI		PHI	L,3-11	7-7		1	0.1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	5.92	5.20	3	14	7	3	0	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.73	-0.030	1.54	-0.01%	-0.24	7t 1-- 1 out tie	7t 123 2 out tie
26	101	134	Aug 30	ARI	@	SDP	L,3-5	7-8		3	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	6.20	5.29	3	11	5	2	1	1	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.011	1.58	-0.01%	-0.56	7b 12- 2 out d1	8b 12- 0 out d1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	102	137	Sep 3	ARI		SFG	L,4-9	7-7		3	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.48	5.26	3	14	7	0	0	1	2	2	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.147	.30	-0.04%	-2.49	7t 1-3 2 out d2	7t 3 out d5
28	103	141	Sep 8	ARI	@	PIT	L,7-8	10-11		4	2.0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	6.00	5.43	9	32	15	4	3	3	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.18	0.275	.96	0.05%	1.00	10b --- 0 out tie	11b 3 out tie
29	104	143	Sep 10	ARI	@	COL	W,8-5	7-7	H(1)	1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.93	5.40	2	3	3	1	0	1	1	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.43	-0.032	.54	0.00%	-0.46	7b 1-3 2 out a2	7b 3 out a1
30	105	147	Sep 15	ARI		MIL	L,2-14	3-3		4	0.0	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	6.59	5.62	5	22	10	2	0	2	1	1	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.120	.10	-0.02%	-5.00	3t 123 2 out d4	3t 123 2 out d9
31	106	153	Sep 22	ARI		LAD	W,7-4	11-11		6	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.35	5.46	4	10	7	2	2	0	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.97	0.142	.03	0.00%	0.52	11t --- 0 out tie	11t 3 out tie
32	107	159	Sep 29	ARI	@	LAD	W,3-2	9-GF	S(14)	6	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	6.44	5.75	4	15	11	2	2	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	0.090	.00	0.00%	-0.50	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 1
							18-14		W-L:0-2,Sv:14,BSv:1,Hld:1	1.8	29.1	44	25	21	10	17	6	2	6.44	5.75	144	502	64%	16%	8%	0.77		26%	4%	0		17	35%	2	0	0	129	9	0	2	1	1	1	1.81	0.909	1.70	0.42%	-13.36

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