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Tim Lincecum

Timothy LeRoy Lincecum (The Freak or Big Time Timmy Jim) (twitter: @timlincecum)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 15, 1984 in Bellevue, WA
High School: Liberty HS (Renton, WA)
School: University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 30, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 6, 2007
Team: Giants 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 2 yrs/$40.5M (12-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.148, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Rick Thurman BHSC [*]
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2007 23 SFG NL 24 51 43 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 21 .093 .133 .116 .250 -35 5 1 0 6 0 0 1
2008 24 SFG NL 34 81 70 7 11 1 1 0 5 0 0 5 32 .157 .213 .200 .413 9 14 1 0 6 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-23
2009 25 SFG NL 33 86 66 8 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 6 36 .152 .219 .167 .386 3 11 1 0 13 1 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-18
2010 26 SFG NL 33 83 67 2 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 29 .104 .143 .104 .247 -31 7 1 0 13 0 0 1 AS,CYA-10
2011 27 SFG NL 33 72 61 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 30 .082 .125 .082 .207 -39 5 0 0 8 0 0 1 AS,CYA-6
2012 28 SFG NL 10 18 15 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .133 .188 .133 .321 -6 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
6 Yrs 167 391 322 19 39 3 1 0 16 0 0 20 156 .121 .172 .137 .309 -15 44 4 0 48 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 379 312 18 38 3 1 0 16 0 0 19 151 .121 .172 .137 .309 -15 43 4 0 47 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2007 23 SFG NL 24 51 -9 -0 0 0 8 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .494 .499 -0.1 0.0 0 $ 1
2008 24 SFG NL 34 81 -10 -0 0 0 11 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 0.0 4 $405,000 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-23
2009 25 SFG NL 33 86 -11 -0 0 0 12 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 3 $650,000 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-18
2010 26 SFG NL 33 83 -12 -0 1 0 11 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $9,000,000 1 AS,CYA-10
2011 27 SFG NL 33 72 -12 -0 1 0 9 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.3 .491 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 $14,000,000 1 AS,CYA-6
2012 28 SFG NL 10 18 -2 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
6 Seasons 167 391 -57 -1 2 0 54 -2 -0.2 11 8 -0.2 .499 .500 -0.2 0.0 8 $24,055,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2007 23 SFG NL 51 46 1 0.6 112 .182 .093 .274 .133 .344 .116 .438 .250 .781 -35 .018 -8.9 -0.8 .175 .070 .023
2008 24 SFG NL 81 66 3 1.2 110 .289 .157 .270 .213 .342 .200 .430 .413 .772 9 .073 -9.8 -1.0 .317 .114 .043
2009 25 SFG NL 86 71 3 1.1 108 .323 .152 .268 .219 .342 .167 .426 .386 .767 3 .066 -9.5 -0.9 .298 .106 .015
2010 26 SFG NL 83 74 2 0.7 100 .184 .104 .258 .143 .328 .104 .407 .247 .735 -31 .033 -12.4 -1.2 .164 .045 .000
2011 27 SFG NL 72 64 1 0.4 91 .161 .082 .250 .125 .316 .082 .389 .207 .704 -39 .013 -11.3 -1.2 .143 .049 .000
2012 28 SFG NL 18 15 1 1.8 92 .286 .133 .248 .188 .314 .133 .391 .321 .705 -6 .155 -2.1 -0.2 .231 .067 .000
6 Yrs 391 336 11 0.9 103 .234 .121 .263 .172 .333 .137 .416 .309 .749 -15 .044 -54.1 -5.4 .223 .078 .016
162 Game Avg. 379 326 11 0.9 103 .234 .121 .263 .172 .333 .137 .416 .309 .749 -15 .044 -54.1 -5.4 .223 .078 .016

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2010 26 SFG NL NLDS ATL W 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2010 26 SFG NL NLCS PHI W 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 26 SFG NL WS TEX W 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr (3 Series) 6 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 NLDS 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 NLCS 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2008 SFG NL 24 DNP
2009 SFG NL 25 as P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 SFG NL 26 DNP
2011 SFG NL 27 DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2007 23 SFG NL 51 0.0% 41.2% 3.9% 2.0% 25% 10.50 2.0 7.00 11.50 43% 7% 0.0% 0%
2008 24 SFG NL 81 0.0% 39.5% 6.2% 2.5% 18% 6.40 2.2 14.0 2.27 3.25 47% 11% 0.0% 9%
2009 25 SFG NL 86 0.0% 41.9% 7.0% 1.2% 10% 6.00 1.8 22.0 3.14 17.00 36% 11% 0.0% 0%
2010 26 SFG NL 83 0.0% 34.9% 3.6% 0.0% 0% 9.67 2.3 13.4 3.00 4.38 46% 8% 0.0% 0%
2011 27 SFG NL 72 0.0% 41.7% 4.2% 0.0% 0% 10.00 2.0 61.0 4.40 7.50 43% 8% 0.0% 40%
2012 28 SFG NL 18 0.0% 44.4% 5.6% 0.0% 0% 8.00 1.9 7.5 6.00 39% 0%
6 Yrs 391 0.0% 39.9% 5.1% 1.0% 10% 7.80 2.1 20.1 3.42 6.16 43% 9% 0.0% 9%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.0% 8.5% 7.8% 33% 2.11 4.9 34.6 7.9 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2007 23 SFG NL -8.9 -0.8 51 -0.8 0.4 -1.2 .99 -0.9 0.1 -8.4 -0.8 0.92 -10.0 0
2008 24 SFG NL -9.8 -1.0 81 -0.7 0.6 -1.3 .82 -0.9 0.0 -9.2 -0.9 0.91 -10.6 0
2009 25 SFG NL -9.5 -0.9 86 -0.8 0.6 -1.4 .89 -1.0 0.1 -11.8 -1.2 0.98 -11.6 0
2010 26 SFG NL -12.4 -1.2 83 -1.6 0.3 -1.9 1.04 -1.3 -0.2 -15.1 -1.5 1.09 -14.4 0
2011 27 SFG NL -11.5 -1.2 72 -1.3 0.2 -1.5 1.03 -1.2 -0.0 -12.8 -1.4 1.02 -12.1 0
2012 28 SFG NL -2.1 -0.2 18 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 1.08 -0.2 -0.0 -2.2 -0.2 1.03 -2.0 0
6 Yrs -54.3 -5.4 391 -5.4 2.3 -7.8 .96 -5.5 -0.1 -59.4 -6.0 0.99 -60.9 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2007 23 SFG NL 1 0 33% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
2008 24 SFG NL 1 0 44% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 4 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
2009 25 SFG NL 0 0 50% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0% 5 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2010 26 SFG NL 2 0 20% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2011 27 SFG NL 0 0 0% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 28 SFG NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 4 0 32% 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 14% 15 14 1 4 3 1 2 1 1

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2007 23 SFG NL 51 71% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 6 50% 13 1 8% 15 2 13% 33 0 0% 3 0 0% 4 2 50% 0
2008 24 SFG NL 81 79% 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 67% 14 1 7% 16 6 38% 52 6 12% 5 1 20% 2 2 100% 0
2009 25 SFG NL 86 77% 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 15 13 87% 19 1 5% 22 9 41% 64 3 5% 7 2 29% 5 3 60% 0
2010 26 SFG NL 83 78% 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 19 13 68% 27 1 4% 28 9 32% 78 5 6% 8 3 38% 7 4 57% 0
2011 27 SFG NL 72 68% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 8 67% 11 0 0% 15 6 40% 45 1 2% 4 1 25% 4 3 75% 0
2012 28 SFG NL 18 100% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 4 3 75% 17 2 12% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
6 Yrs 391 76% 39 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 69 48 70% 86 4 5% 100 35 35% 289 17 6% 28 8 29% 23 15 65% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 14% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2007 23 SFG NL 51 175 3.43 127 73% 30% 24% 24% 22% 70% 0% 51% 65% 39% 0% 0 0 4% 2 0 2% 1 0 33% 0 0 0
2008 24 SFG NL 81 277 3.42 190 69% 28% 29% 19% 23% 72% 0% 49% 60% 42% 1% 1 0 10% 8 2 2% 2 1 19% 0 0 0
2009 25 SFG NL 86 323 3.76 222 69% 29% 26% 25% 20% 71% 0% 49% 64% 38% 1% 1 0 7% 6 0 5% 4 2 36% 0 0 0
2010 26 SFG NL 83 262 3.16 181 69% 34% 20% 18% 28% 66% 0% 46% 69% 37% 2% 2 0 7% 6 1 4% 3 2 41% 0 0 0
2011 27 SFG NL 72 276 3.83 181 66% 36% 22% 20% 22% 64% 0% 42% 65% 25% 1% 1 0 14% 10 2 6% 4 0 43% 0 0 0
2012 28 SFG NL 18 60 3.33 42 70% 36% 24% 19% 21% 64% 0% 45% 63% 39% 0% 0 0 11% 2 1 0% 0 0 25% 0 0 0
6 Yrs 391 1373 3.51 943 69% 32% 24% 21% 23% 68% 0% 47% 64% 37% 1% 5 0 9% 34 6 4% 14 5 34% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 23 24 51 43 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 21 .093 .133 .116 .250 -35 5 1 0 6 0 0
2008 24 58 132 113 9 15 2 1 0 5 0 0 7 53 .133 .183 .168 .351 -8 19 2 0 12 0 0
2009 25 91 218 179 17 25 3 1 0 8 0 0 13 89 .140 .197 .168 .364 -4 30 3 0 25 1 0
2010 26 124 301 246 19 32 3 1 0 13 0 0 16 118 .130 .183 .150 .333 -11 37 4 0 38 1 0
2011 27 157 373 307 19 37 3 1 0 14 0 0 19 148 .121 .171 .137 .308 -16 42 4 0 46 1 0
2012 28 167 391 322 19 39 3 1 0 16 0 0 20 156 .121 .172 .137 .309 -15 44 4 0 48 1 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2007 23 24 52 44 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 21 .114 .152 .136 .289 1 24
2008 24 34 81 70 7 11 1 1 0 5 0 5 32 .157 .213 .200 .413 3 34
2009 25 33 84 65 7 9 1 0 0 2 0 5 36 .138 .197 .154 .351 2 33
2010 26 33 83 67 2 7 0 0 0 5 0 3 29 .104 .143 .104 .247 1 33
2011 27 33 74 62 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 4 30 .097 .152 .097 .248 1 33
2012 28 10 18 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .000 .063 .000 .063 0 10
6 Yrs 167 392 323 19 38 3 1 0 14 0 20 156 .118 .169 .133 .302 8 167
162 Game Avg. 162 380 313 18 37 3 1 0 14 0 19 151 .118 .169 .133 .302 8 167

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2008
2009 (P)
2010
2011

Awards (yr lg award)
2008 NL Cy Young
2008 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
2009 NL Cy Young
2009 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
2010 NL Babe Ruth Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2008 NL (23, 2%)
2009 NL (18, 2%)
0.04 Career Shares (1177th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2008 NL (1, 86%)
2009 NL (1, 62%)
2010 NL (10, 1%)
2011 NL (6, 3%)
2 Cy Youngs
1.52 Career Shares (26th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2008 NL  7.8 (3rd)
2009 NL  7.2 (3rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2009 NL  13 (8th)
2010 NL  13 (5th)
Active  48 (38th)

                           

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