Born on August 10, 1979 in Salt Lake City, Utah, Brandon Lyon (Brandon James Lyon) played for the Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox and Arizona Diamondbacks over the course of his 5 year career. Lyon broke into the bigs on August 4, 2001 with the Toronto Blue Jays, and put up a 4.29 ERA in 63 innings pitched in 2001, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Brandon Lyon's best season was 2003, when he posted a 4.12 ERA and struck out 50 batters.
Scouting Report
Statistics
Pitching Stats
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
2001
TOR
A
11
11
5
4
4.29
35
31
30
0
0
0
63
63
6
15
0
0
1
2002
TOR
A
15
10
1
4
6.53
30
47
45
0
0
0
62
78
14
19
2
2
2
2003
BOS
A
49
0
4
6
4.12
50
33
27
0
0
9
59
73
6
19
5
0
2
2005
ARI
N
32
0
0
2
6.44
17
25
21
0
0
14
29.1
44
6
10
2
1
2
2006
ARI
N
68
0
2
4
3.89
46
32
30
0
0
0
69.1
68
7
22
7
1
0
Total
NL
100
0
2
6
4.65
63
57
51
0
0
14
98.2
112
13
32
9
2
2
Total
AL
75
21
10
14
4.99
115
111
102
0
0
9
184
214
26
53
7
2
5
Total
175
21
12
20
4.87
178
168
153
0
0
23
282.2
326
39
85
16
4
7
Fielding Stats
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
2001
TOR
A
P
11
11
63
3
9
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
1.000
2002
TOR
A
P
15
10
62
5
12
1
1
0
1
8
1
0
.944
2003
BOS
A
P
49
0
59
3
7
1
0
0
0
5
0
0
.909
2005
ARI
N
P
32
0
29.1
2
4
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
1.000
2006
ARI
N
P
68
0
69.1
1
8
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
1.000
Total
P
175
21
282.2
14
40
2
2
0
2
21
2
0
.964
Batting Stats
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
2001
TOR
A
11
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2002
TOR
A
15
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2003
BOS
A
49
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2005
ARI
N
32
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2006
ARI
N
68
0
1
0
0
0
.000
1.000
.000
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
NL
100
0
1
0
0
0
.000
1.000
.000
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
AL
75
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
175
0
1
0
0
0
.000
1.000
.000
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Transactions
Selected by Toronto Blue Jays in the 14th round of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1999 - signed May 31, 2000).
Claimed on waivers by Boston Red Sox from Toronto Blue Jays (October 9, 2002).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Anastacio Martinez to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Mike Gonzalez and Scott Sauerbeck (July 22, 2003).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Jeff Suppan and Anastacio Martinez to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Mike Gonzalez, Freddy Sanchez and cash (July 31, 2003).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Casey Fossum, Jorge de la Rosa and Michael Goss to Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for Curt Schilling (November 28, 2003).
Signed by Detroit Tigers as free-agent (January 26, 2009).
