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Lyon Richardson

Age: 26
B/T: S/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 207 lb
Number: #48

Born: January 18, 2000 in Jensen Beach, FL, United States
MLB debut: August 6, 2023
Drafted: 2018, round 2
High school: Jensen Beach

dbWAR: -.9
IP: 3.1
ERA: 13.50
FIP: 12.10
K/9: 10.8
FIP−: 290

Lyon Richardson is a relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. In 2026 he struck out 4 batters over 3.1 innings across 3 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 13.50 is 223.1% higher than the league average of 4.18. Stripping out defence, his 12.10 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 32.0% of swings (11.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 18.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 25.0%. His -0.3 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.

FIP12.10

K/910.8

WHIP1.50

WAR-.3

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	CIN/MIL	3	1	3.1	1	2	5	4	3	13.50	12.10	1.50	10.8	8.1	323	290	-0.3
2025	CIN	34	0	37.2	3	37	19	30	21	4.54	4.06	1.54	7.2	5.0	109	98	0.3
2024	CIN	1	0	0.2	0	2	2	1	1	27.00	24.17	4.50	13.5	13.5	662	592	-0.2
2023	CIN	4	4	16.2	2	17	16	12	15	8.64	9.20	1.92	6.5	8.1	199	212	-0.7

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	8	5	0	0	3	2	.000	.375	.000	.272	25.0%
vs RHB	8	7	2	2	0	2	.286	.375	1.143	.600	25.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Lyon Richardson throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Changeup	41.2%	28	87.3	1,882	46.4%	57.1%	5	—	—
Sinker	35.3%	24	95.6	2,235	41.7%	0.0%	4	—	—

Lyon Richardson's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.