Brandon Lyon

Full Name: Brandon James Lyon	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/175	First Game: August 4, 2001
Birthdate: August 10, 1979	MLB Experience: 5 years
Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

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.

[edit] Scouting Report

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
2001	TOR	A	11	11	5	4	4.29	35	31	30	0	63	63	6	15	0	0	1
2002	TOR	A	15	10	1	4	6.53	30	47	45	0	62	78	14	19	2	2	2
2003	BOS	A	49	0	4	6	4.12	50	33	27	9	59	73	6	19	5	0	2
2005	ARI	N	32	0	0	2	6.44	17	25	21	14	29.1	44	6	10	2	1	2
2006	ARI	N	68	0	2	4	3.89	46	32	30	0	69.1	68	7	22	7	1	0
Total	NL		100	0	2	6	4.65	63	57	51	14	98.2	112	13	32	9	2	2
Total	AL		75	21	10	14	4.99	115	111	102	9	184	214	26	53	7	2	5
Total			175	21	12	20	4.87	178	168	153	23	282.2	326	39	85	16	4	7

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	AVG
2001	TOR	A	P	11	11	63	3	9	0	0	0	4	1	1.000
2002	TOR	A	P	15	10	62	5	12	1	1	1	8	1	.944
2003	BOS	A	P	49	0	59	3	7	1	0	0	5	0	.909
2005	ARI	N	P	32	0	29.1	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	1.000
2006	ARI	N	P	68	0	69.1	1	8	0	1	0	2	0	1.000
Total			P	175	21	282.2	14	40	2	2	2	21	2	.964

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	R	AVG	OBP	SLG	BB
2001	TOR	A	11	0	.000	.000	.000	0
2002	TOR	A	15	0	.000	.000	.000	0
2003	BOS	A	49	0	.000	.000	.000	0
2005	ARI	N	32	0	.000	.000	.000	0
2006	ARI	N	68	1	.000	1.000	.000	1
Total	NL		100	1	.000	1.000	.000	1
Total	AL		75	0	.000	.000	.000	0
Total			175	1	.000	1.000	.000	1

[edit] 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).