How Brandon Lyon's WHIP Compares to Similar Players
Brandon Lyon posted a career WHIP of 1.38, near the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 2009, posting 1.11, well below the relief pitcher average of 1.4 that year. The highest point came in 2011 at 2.4, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.31 that year. The WHIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 2.4 in 2011 to 1.25 in 2012 and 1.63 in 2013. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 12 seasons.
Brandon Lyon Lifetime WHIP
Stats similar to WHIP for Brandon Lyon
| Brandon Lyon
WHIP |
|---|
| Career | 1.381 |
| Season Avg. | 1.381 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 1.381 |
| More Info | See More |
Brandon Lyon WHIP Per Season
Brandon Lyon's WHIP 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 WHIP by Team
Brandon Lyon's career WHIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Brandon Lyon WHIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Brandon Lyon's career WHIP 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 WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Brandon Lyon's seasonal WHIP 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 WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Brandon Lyon's MLB career with WHIP 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.
