Cris Carpenter vs. Brandon Lyon — Career Comparison

Cris Carpenter
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Brandon Lyon
Gen XUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

The numbers give Brandon Lyon a clear advantage over Cris Carpenter across the core pitching metrics. Brandon Lyon led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 145 vs 136), run prevention (ERA+ 103 vs 95), and home run suppression (HR9+ 103 vs 98). Cris Carpenter held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 83 vs 81). Brandon Lyon was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Cris Carpenter and Brandon Lyon

Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
291
6.32
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
572
7.56
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.28
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.59
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.55
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.48
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.62
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.1
55.1
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.19
47.19
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.04
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
3.91
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
315
4.16
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1243
27
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2044
27
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
414.1
9
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681.1
9
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
8.65
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
721
9.52
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.65
8.65
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.83
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.91
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
2.85
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
2.91
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.85
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.62
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
5.47
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
465
6.14
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.14
6.14
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.924
0.924
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.35
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.29
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.24
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.21
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1754
38.1
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2951
38.98
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
1.87
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
3.18
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.21
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
4.46
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.41
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.34
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.5
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.65
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.277
1.277
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.381
1.381
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1570
34.1
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2658
35.11
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
38.1
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.98
38.98

Fielding Stats for Cris Carpenter and Brandon Lyon

Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
291
6.32
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
572
7.56
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.28
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1243
27
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2044
27
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
414.1
9
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681.1
9
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.54
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.67
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.13
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1.24
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.72
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
1.99
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.67
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.92
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.03
96.03
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cris Carpenter and Brandon Lyon

Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
291
4718.92
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
572
171600
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
600
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
486.49
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.622
0.622
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
129.73
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
129.73
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
27.02
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
129.73
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
129.73
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.533
0.533
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
0.95
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
81.08
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
113.51
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.43
39.44
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.21
364.4
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
97.3
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.17
6.17
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
113.51
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA