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.
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).