Brandon Lyon Notable

b. August 10, 1979 · Toronto Blue Jays 2001–2002, 2012, Boston Red Sox 2003, Arizona Diamondbacks 2005–2008, Detroit Tigers 2009, Houston Astros 2010–2012, New York Mets 2013

Brandon Lyon played for six clubs across 13 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2001 and closing with the New York Mets in 2013.

He went 42 and 47 with a 4.16 earned run average, pitching 681.3 innings in 572 games. He struck out 465. Across 572 games he batted 1.000, with 1 hit and 1 run. He finished with 1 double.

He was born in Salt Lake City, UT, USA on August 10, 1979. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	AVG
2001	TOR	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
2002	TOR	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
2003	BOS	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
2005	ARI	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
2006	ARI	68	0	1	0	0	0	1	—
2007	ARI	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
2008	ARI	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
2009	DET	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
2010	HOU	79	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
2011	HOU	15	1	0	1	1	1	0	1.000
2012	HOU/TOR	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
2013	NYM	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
Career	—	572	1	1	1	1	1	1	1.000

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2001	TOR	5	4	11	11	0	63.0	63	30	15	35	4.29
2002	TOR	1	4	15	10	0	62.0	78	45	19	30	6.53
2003	BOS	4	6	49	0	9	59.0	73	27	19	50	4.12
2005	ARI	0	2	32	0	14	29.1	44	21	10	17	6.44
2006	ARI	2	4	68	0	0	69.1	68	30	22	46	3.89
2007	ARI	6	4	73	0	2	74.0	70	22	22	40	2.68
2008	ARI	3	5	61	0	26	59.1	75	31	13	44	4.70
2009	DET	6	5	65	0	3	78.2	56	25	31	57	2.86
2010	HOU	6	6	79	0	20	78.0	68	27	31	54	3.12
2011	HOU	3	3	15	0	4	13.1	27	17	5	6	11.47
2012	HOU/TOR	4	2	67	0	1	61.0	56	21	20	63	3.10
2013	NYM	2	2	37	0	0	34.1	43	19	13	23	4.98
Career	—	42	47	572	21	79	681.1	721	315	220	465	4.16

On this day & linked events

1979

Born August 10, 1979

Salt Lake City, UT, USA

2001

Major-league debut: Brandon Lyon

Brandon Lyon made a major-league debut on August 4, 2001.

2013

Final major-league game: Brandon Lyon

Brandon Lyon played a final major-league game on July 4, 2013.

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