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The big number is his career NUT, his total production against league average, with its letter grade. This season's NUT sits just below it, followed by his season and career lines, recent form over 7, 14 and 30 days, game logs, and percentile ranks against every qualified player. NUT is built on the advanced hitting and pitching stats analysts trust, with defense left out, so the number reflects what the player controls.

Brandon Lyon 2026 Season · Salt Lake Bees

Brandon Lyon is a free agent pitcher. His career NUT is +2.0, #1,009 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2007 (+0.8). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 42-47, 4.16 ERA, 465 K in 681.1 IP.

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Brandon Lyon Career Stats & NUT | Baseball NUT

Brandon Lyon

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+2.0Career NUT

+6 to Great

Career

4.16ERA1.38WHIP42W465K681.1IP79SV

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 1", 200 lb · b. Aug 10, 1979 · Salt Lake City, UT · Draft 1997 (37th Rd, #1110)

Player Overview

Year by Year


2001	21	TOR	+0.3	5	4	4.29	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	261	63.0	63	30	15	1	35	1.24
2002	22	TOR	-1.1	1	4	6.53	15	10	0	0	0	1	1	279	62.0	78	45	19	2	30	1.56
2003	23	BOS	+0.4	4	6	4.12	49	0	31	9	2	3	12	273	59.0	73	27	19	2	50	1.56
2005	25	ARI	-0.5	0	2	6.44	32	0	22	14	1	1	15	144	29.1	44	21	10	2	17	1.84
2006	26	ARI	+0.3	2	4	3.89	68	0	22	0	23	7	7	293	69.1	68	30	22	0	46	1.30
2007	27	ARI	+0.8	6	4	2.68	73	0	20	2	35	3	5	307	74.0	70	22	22	1	40	1.24
2008	28	ARI	+0.3	3	5	4.70	61	0	50	26	3	5	31	265	59.1	75	31	13	0	44	1.48
2009	29	DET	+0.2	6	5	2.86	65	0	27	3	15	3	6	314	78.2	56	25	31	2	57	1.11
2010	30	HOU	+0.7	6	6	3.12	79	0	28	20	19	2	22	333	78.0	68	27	31	3	54	1.27
2011	31	HOU	—	3	3	11.48	15	0	13	4	0	4	8	71	13.1	27	17	5	0	6	2.40
2012	32	HOU	+0.3	0	2	3.25	37	0	11	0	5	2	2	154	36.0	37	13	11	2	35	1.33
2012	32	TOR	+0.3	4	0	2.88	30	0	10	1	7	0	1	104	25.0	19	8	9	1	28	1.12
2012	32	TOT	+0.6	4	2	3.10	67	0	21	1	12	2	3	258	61.0	56	21	20	3	63	1.25
2013	33	NYM	+0.0	2	2	4.98	37	0	7	0	7	3	3	153	34.1	43	19	13	0	23	1.63
Career	—	12 yrs	+2.0	42	47	4.16	572	21	241	79	117	34	113	2951	681.1	721	315	220	16	465	1.38

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Lyon's career NUT of +2

Slice size = share of total NUT. K Ability = Strikeouts · HR Prevention = HR allowed · Walk Avoidance = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

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NUT by Season

+0.3

-1.1

+0.4

-0.5

+0.3

+0.8

+0.3

+0.2

+0.7

+0.6

+0.0

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	GF	SV	HLD	BS	SVO	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
2001	21	AA	5	0	3.68	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	241	58.2	57	24	9	3	45	1.13
2001	21	AAA	5	3	3.69	11	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	279	68.1	68	28	10	1	53	1.14
2002	22	AAA	4	9	5.11	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	344	75.2	99	43	19	3	35	1.56
2003	23	AAA	0	0	3.24	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	34	8.1	7	3	2	0	7	1.08
2004	24	AAA	2	3	15.12	6	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	45	8.1	15	14	4	0	4	2.28
2005	25	AAA	0	1	5.40	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	5.0	5	3	0	0	4	1.00
2011	31	AAA	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	1.00
2013	33	AAA	0	0	1.69	4	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	2	22	5.1	5	1	1	0	3	1.13
2014	34	AAA	0	6	4.08	20	0	0	0	9	0	5	3	3	95	17.2	33	8	8	1	9	2.32

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