How Brandon Lyon's Equivalent Average Compares to Similar Players

Brandon Lyon posted a career Equivalent Average of 2.25, well above the league average of .745 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Equivalent Average season came in 2011, posting 3.0, well above the league average of .745 that year. The lowest point came in 2006 at 1.5, well above the league average of .781 that year. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Equivalent Average profile — ranging from 1.5 to 3.0 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Brandon Lyon Lifetime Equivalent Average

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Brandon Lyon Equivalent Average Per Season

Brandon Lyon's Equivalent Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Brandon Lyon Equivalent Average per season line chart

Brandon Lyon Equivalent Average by Team

Brandon Lyon's career Equivalent Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Brandon Lyon career Equivalent Average by team bar chart

Brandon Lyon Equivalent Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Brandon Lyon's career Equivalent Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Brandon Lyon Equivalent Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Brandon Lyon Equivalent Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Brandon Lyon's seasonal Equivalent Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Brandon Lyon Equivalent Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Brandon Lyon Equivalent Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Brandon Lyon's MLB career with Equivalent Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Brandon Lyon Equivalent Average season-by-season breakdown table