How Brandon Lyon's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players

Brandon Lyon posted a career Range Factor of .254, well below the league average of 3.19 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Range Factor season came in 2002, posting 1.13, well below the league average of 2.81 that year. The lowest point came in 2012 at .119, well below the league average of 2.9 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .467 in 2011 to .119 in 2012 and .162 in 2013. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Range Factor profile — ranging from .119 to 1.13 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Brandon Lyon Lifetime Range Factor

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Brandon Lyon Range Factor Per Season

Brandon Lyon's Range Factor 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 Range Factor per season line chart

Brandon Lyon Range Factor by Team

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

Brandon Lyon Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Brandon Lyon's career Range Factor 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 Range Factor year-over-year waterfall chart

Brandon Lyon Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Brandon Lyon's seasonal Range Factor 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 Range Factor distribution box chart versus comparable players

Brandon Lyon Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Brandon Lyon's MLB career with Range Factor 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 Range Factor season-by-season breakdown table