Tim Lincecum
Timothy LeRoy Lincecum
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: June 15, 1984 in Bellevue, WA
High School: Liberty (Renton, WA)
School: University of Washington
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
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2007 23 SFG NL 7 5 .583 4.00 24 24 0 0 0 0 146.1 122 70 65 12 65 5 150 2 0 10 618 112 1.278 7.5 0.7 4.0 9.2 2.31
2008 24 SFG NL 18 5 .783 2.62 34 33 0 2 1 0 227.0 182 72 66 11 84 1 265 6 2 17 928 169 1.172 7.2 0.4 3.3 10.5 3.15 AS,CYA-1,MVP-23
2009 25 SFG NL 15 7 .682 2.48 32 32 0 4 2 0 225.1 168 69 62 10 68 2 261 6 0 11 905 176 1.047 6.7 0.4 2.7 10.4 3.84 AS,CYA-1,MVP-18
3 Seasons 40 17 .702 2.90 90 89 0 6 3 0 598.2 472 211 193 33 217 8 676 14 2 38 2451 152 1.151 7.1 0.5 3.3 10.2 3.12
162 Game Avg. 15 6 .702 2.90 34 34 0 2 1 0 227 179 80 73 13 82 3 257 5 1 14 931 152 1.151 7.1 0.5 3.3 10.2 3.12

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2008 SFG NL 24
2009 SFG NL 25 1 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 10 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 4.5

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 23 SFG NL 24 618 539 70 122 26 6 12 10 2 65 150 .226 .308 .364 .672 .286 196 9 2 5 7 5
2008 24 SFG NL 34 928 824 72 182 39 3 11 20 3 84 265 .221 .297 .316 .612 .310 260 23 6 11 3 1
2009 25 SFG NL 32 905 814 69 168 32 3 10 20 5 68 261 .206 .271 .290 .561 .288 236 9 6 12 5 2
3 Seasons 90 2451 2177 211 472 97 12 33 50 10 217 676 .217 .290 .318 .608 .296 692 41 14 28 15 8
162 Game Avg. 34 931 827 80 179 37 5 13 19 4 82 257 .217 .290 .318 .608 .296 263 16 5 11 6 3
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2007 23 SFG NL 24 24 7 5 12 1 2 11 13 .458 3 5 0 0 16 67% 55 83 21 16 7 0 12 4.5 4.2 6.1 99 1 10 13 0 116
2008 24 SFG NL 34 33 17 5 11 0 2 21 12 .636 6 3 2 1 26 79% 62 88 31 14 8 0 12 4.6 4.9 6.8 109 1 5 22 5 138
2009 25 SFG NL 32 32 15 7 10 0 4 19 13 .594 3 1 4 2 26 81% 64 91 33 17 8 0 15 4.6 4.6 7.0 107 1 7 19 5 127
3 Seasons 90 89 39 17 33 1 8 51 38 .573 12 9 6 3 68 76% 61 91 21 47 23 0 39 4.6 4.6 6.7 106 3 22 54 10 138
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2008 24 SFG NL 34 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.040 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 12.0 84
1 Season 34 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.040 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 12.0 84

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2007 23 SFG NL 618 49% 1.9% 24.3% 10.5% 7.1% 36% 0.87 1.15 62% 16% 6.5% 11% 103 9 9%
2008 24 SFG NL 928 50% 1.2% 28.6% 9.1% 5.7% 29% 0.76 1.12 59% 20% 3.9% 11% 163 23 14%
2009 25 SFG NL 905 56% 1.1% 28.8% 7.5% 5.0% 27% 0.91 1.19 61% 19% 3.9% 10% 143 9 6%
3 Seasons 2451 52% 1.4% 27.6% 8.9% 5.8% 30% 0.84 1.16 61% 19% 4.6% 11% 409 41 10%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2007 23 SFG NL 618 2386 3.86 1482 62% 29% 17% 26% 27% 71% 2% 44% 76% 59% 7% 43 27 23% 141 89 5 26% 24 11 0 0 0
2008 24 SFG NL 928 3680 3.97 2335 63% 27% 20% 29% 25% 73% 0% 46% 72% 58% 5% 50 32 26% 243 152 15 25% 54 17 0 0 0
2009 25 SFG NL 905 3439 3.80 2197 64% 31% 18% 25% 26% 69% 1% 44% 74% 57% 5% 49 32 26% 232 137 8 21% 51 15 0 0 0
3 Seasons 2451 9505 3.88 6014 63% 29% 19% 27% 26% 71% 1% 45% 74% 58% 6% 142 91 25% 616 378 28 24% 129 43 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2007 23 SFG NL 618 122 12 3 12 0 10 4 8 6 6 32 20 5 63% 2 10 2 215 10 2 83% 10 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 24 0
2008 24 SFG NL 928 182 16 1 11 0 12 7 4 8 3 42 16 13 38% 6 17 0 342 20 3 87% 18 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 26 0
2009 25 SFG NL 905 168 23 3 10 0 7 2 8 0 10 33 19 4 58% 5 11 1 309 20 5 80% 16 5 4 0 0 0 2 0 16 0
3 Seasons 2451 472 51 7 33 0 29 13 20 14 19 107 55 22 51% 13 38 3 866 50 10 83% 44 10 6 0 0 0 5 0 66 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2007 23 7 5 .583 4.00 24 24 0 0 0 0 146.1 122 70 65 12 65 5 150 2 0 10 618 112 1.278 7.5 0.7 4.0 9.2 2.31 112
2008 24 25 10 .714 3.16 58 57 0 2 1 0 373.1 304 142 131 23 149 6 415 8 2 27 1546 141 1.213 7.3 0.6 3.6 10.0 2.79 141
2009 25 40 17 .702 2.90 90 89 0 6 3 0 598.2 472 211 193 33 217 8 676 14 2 38 2451 152 1.151 7.1 0.5 3.3 10.2 3.12 152

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2007 23 8 8 .500 3.79 145.0 119 68 61 12 63 149 2 1.255 7.4 3.9 9.2 2.37 0.7 24
2008 24 17 7 .708 2.51 222.0 176 69 62 11 81 259 6 1.158 7.1 3.3 10.5 3.20 0.4 34
2009 25 18 6 .750 2.38 223.0 164 66 59 10 66 258 6 1.031 6.6 2.7 10.4 3.91 0.4 32
3 Seasons 43 21 .672 2.78 590.0 459 203 182 33 210 666 14 1.134 7.0 10.2 3.17 0.5 90

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2008
2009 (P)

Awards (yr-lg-award)
2008-NL-Cy Young
2008-NL-TSN Pitcher of the Year
2009-NL-Cy Young

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2008-NL-23-2%
2009-NL-18-2%
0.04 Career Shares (1157th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2008-NL--1--86%
2009-NL--1--62%
2 Cy Youngs
1.48 Career Shares (26th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2008 NL--2.617--2nd
2009 NL--2.476--2nd

Wins s c a p y
2008 NL--18--2nd
2009 NL--15--4th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2008 NL--.783--1st
2009 NL--.682--4th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2008 NL--1.172--8th
2009 NL--1.047--4th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL--7.216--1st
2009 NL--6.710--2nd

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL--10.507--1st
2009 NL--10.425--1st

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2008 NL--227.0--3rd
2009 NL--225.3--3rd

Strikeouts s c a p y
2008 NL--265--1st
2009 NL--261--1st

Games Started s c a p y
2008 NL--33--9th

Complete Games s c a p y
2008 NL--2--6th
2009 NL--4--1st

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 NL--1--7th
2009 NL--2--1st

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2008 NL--84--7th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2008 NL--3.155--10th
2009 NL--3.838--7th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL--.436--1st
2009 NL--.399--3rd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2007 NL--10--4th
2008 NL--17--1st
2009 NL--11--6th

Batters Faced s c a p y
2008 NL--928--4th
2009 NL--905--6th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2008 NL--169--1st
2009 NL--176--2nd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 16 (134), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 47 (534), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 36 (370), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 32 (127), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Bill Bevens (950)
  2. Norwood Gibson (948)
  3. Mickey Hughes (946)
  4. Adam Wainwright (945)
  5. Chief Johnson (944)
  6. Mark Prior (943)
  7. Mike Lynch (942)
  8. Josh Johnson (941)
  9. Frank Lange (940)
  10. George Pearce (939)
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  1. Roy Oswalt (970)
  2. Ewell Blackwell (963)
  3. Tom Seaton (963)
  4. Whitey Ford (956) *
  5. Bernie Boland (953)
  6. Bob Emslie (953)
  7. Herb Score (952)
  8. Lefty Williams (949)
  9. Steve Hargan (947)
  10. Jim Bouton (947)
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  2. Joe Corbett (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Roy Oswalt (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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