Brandon Lyon vs. Heath Murray — Career Comparison

Brandon Lyon
Gen XUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Heath Murray
Gen XOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

The numbers give Brandon Lyon a clear advantage over Heath Murray across the core pitching metrics. Brandon Lyon led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 145 vs 84), run prevention (ERA+ 103 vs 72), and home run suppression (HR9+ 103 vs 77). Brandon Lyon was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Lyon and Heath Murray

Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
572
7.56
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
4.99
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.28
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.85
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.62
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.85
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.19
47.19
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.76
11.76
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17.05
17.05
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.04
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
4.16
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
6.41
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.41
6.41
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.29
7.29
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2044
27
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
476
27
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681.1
9
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
158.2
9
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
9.52
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
11.57
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.52
9.52
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.57
11.57
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.91
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.36
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.91
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
5.33
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.62
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.68
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
465
6.14
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
5.33
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.14
6.14
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.005
1.005
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.185
1.185
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.29
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.23
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.21
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.57
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2951
38.98
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
752
42.66
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
3.18
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.79
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
4.46
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
6.58
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.58
6.58
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.41
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.51
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.34
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.23
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.65
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.36
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.381
1.381
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2658
35.11
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
635
36.02
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.98
38.98
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.66
42.66

Fielding Stats for Brandon Lyon and Heath Murray

Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
572
7.56
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
4.99
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.28
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.85
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2044
27
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
476
27
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681.1
9
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
158.2
9
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.67
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.28
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
1.24
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.25
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
1.99
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.53
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.92
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.53
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.03
96.03
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17.05
17.05
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Lyon and Heath Murray

Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
572
171600
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
88
2514.29
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
600
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
542.86
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
8.49
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
0.95
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.21
364.4
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.29
-8.16
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
10
285.71
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.1
2.1
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA