Tim Lincecum

Timothy LeRoy Lincecum (The Freak)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 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
Team: Giants 2007-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 2 yrs/$23M (10-11), 2 yrs/$40.5M (12-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.148, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Rick Thurman BHSC [*]
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Standard Pitching

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 11 905 173 1.047 6.7 0.4 2.7 10.4 3.84 AS,CYA-1,MVP-18
2010 26 SFG NL 16 10 .615 3.43 33 33 0 1 1 0 212.1 194 84 81 18 76 7 231 5 0 9 897 114 1.272 8.2 0.8 3.2 9.8 3.04 AS,CYA-10
2011 27 SFG NL 13 14 .481 2.74 33 33 0 1 1 0 217.0 176 74 66 15 86 5 220 6 0 9 900 130 1.207 7.3 0.6 3.6 9.1 2.56 AS,CYA-6
5 Seasons 69 41 .627 2.98 156 155 0 8 5 0 1028.0 842 369 340 66 379 20 1127 25 2 56 4248 138 1.188 7.4 0.6 3.3 9.9 2.97
162 Game Avg. 15 9 .627 2.98 34 34 0 2 1 0 225 184 81 74 14 83 4 246 5 0 12 929 138 1.188 7.4 0.6 3.3 9.9 2.97

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2007 23 SFG NL 146.1 24 70 90 1 1.0 20 2.0 $
2008 24 SFG NL 227.0 33 72 138 -2 1.0 66 6.9 $405,000 AS,CYA-1,MVP-23
2009 25 SFG NL 225.1 32 69 130 8 1.0 61 6.3 $650,000 AS,CYA-1,MVP-18
2010 26 SFG NL 212.1 33 84 118 4 1.0 34 3.6 $9,000,000 AS,CYA-10
2011 27 SFG NL 217.0 33 74 113 3 1.0 39 4.4 $14,000,000 AS,CYA-6
5 Seasons 1028.0 155 369 589 13 1.0 220 23.2 $24,055,000

Postseason Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G 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
2010 26 SFG NL NLDS W ATL 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 14 0 0 0 30 0.333 2.0 0.0 1.0 14.0 14.00
2010 26 SFG NL NLCS W PHI 1 1 .500 3.14 3 2 0 0 0 0 14.1 12 6 5 2 4 0 16 1 0 0 59 1.116 7.5 1.3 2.5 10.0 4.00
2010 26 SFG NL WS W TEX 2 0 1.000 3.29 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.2 11 5 5 1 4 0 13 0 0 0 56 1.098 7.2 0.7 2.6 8.6 3.25
1 Season (3 Series) 4 1 .800 2.43 6 5 0 1 1 0 37.0 25 11 10 3 9 0 43 1 0 0 145 0.919 6.1 0.7 2.2 10.5 4.78
1 NLDS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 14 0 0 0 30 0.333 2.0 0.0 1.0 14.0 14.00
1 NLCS 1 1 .500 3.14 3 2 0 0 0 0 14.1 12 6 5 2 4 0 16 1 0 0 59 1.116 7.5 1.3 2.5 10.0 4.00
1 WS 2 0 1.000 3.29 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.2 11 5 5 1 4 0 13 0 0 0 56 1.098 7.2 0.7 2.6 8.6 3.25

All-Star Pitching

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
2010 SFG NL 26
2011 SFG NL 27

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
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 2
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 6
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 5
2010 26 SFG NL 33 897 802 84 194 28 8 18 27 3 76 231 .242 .310 .364 .674 .315 292 11 5 9 5 7 2
2011 27 SFG NL 33 900 794 74 176 48 2 15 23 14 86 220 .222 .302 .344 .646 .288 273 12 6 13 1 5 11
5 Seasons 156 4248 3773 369 842 173 22 66 100 27 379 1127 .223 .297 .333 .630 .298 1257 64 25 50 21 20 26
162 Game Avg. 34 929 825 81 184 38 5 14 22 6 83 246 .223 .297 .333 .630 .298 275 14 5 11 5 4 6
MLB Averages .261 .330 .412 .741 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2007 23 SFG NL 8.1 0.8 641 0.8 11.1 -10.3 1.01 1.2 -0.4 9.5 0.9 1.01 14.0 0 0 0
2008 24 SFG NL 44.2 4.7 965 5.1 18.6 -13.5 1.04 3.8 1.0 48.4 5.1 1.04 42.8 0 1 0
2009 25 SFG NL 43.5 4.7 935 4.8 17.0 -12.3 1.01 4.4 0.4 45.9 4.9 1.01 50.9 0 0 0
2010 26 SFG NL 17.0 1.8 935 2.7 17.2 -14.6 1.03 2.0 0.6 20.1 2.1 1.03 22.8 0 0 0
2011 27 SFG NL 20.4 2.2 944 2.1 16.9 -14.8 1.05 2.0 0.1 21.5 2.4 1.05 17.6 0 0 0
5 Seasons 133.2 14.2 4420 15.5 80.9 -65.4 1.03 13.3 1.7 145.4 15.5 1.03 148.1 0 1 0

Starting Pitching*

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
2010 26 SFG NL 33 33 16 10 7 0 1 21 12 .636 2 2 1 1 22 67% 57 83 25 12 2 0 16 4.5 4.4 6.4 104 2 8 19 4 123
2011 27 SFG NL 33 33 13 14 6 0 7 17 16 .515 1 3 1 1 23 70% 60 87 17 16 4 0 17 2.8 2.7 6.6 109 1 4 24 4 133
5 Seasons 156 155 68 41 46 1 16 89 66 .574 15 14 8 5 113 73% 60 91 17 75 29 0 72 4.2 4.2 6.6 106 6 34 97 18 138
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 100 -12 4.6 4.6 5.9 96

Reliever Pitching*

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 1.041 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 1.041 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 12.0 84

Ratio Pitching*

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 51% 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 44% 1.1% 28.8% 7.5% 5.0% 27% 0.91 1.18 61% 19% 3.9% 10% 143 9 6%
2010 26 SFG NL 897 47% 2.0% 25.8% 8.5% 6.0% 28% 0.98 1.29 62% 21% 6.8% 9% 163 11 7%
2011 27 SFG NL 900 50% 1.7% 24.4% 9.6% 7.2% 37% 0.92 1.32 62% 18% 5.8% 13% 150 12 8%
5 Seasons 4248 48% 1.6% 26.5% 8.9% 6.1% 31% 0.89 1.21 61% 19% 5.3% 11% 722 64 9%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.9% 8.6% 7.8% 33% 0.79 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 3438 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
2010 26 SFG NL 897 3437 3.83 2210 64% 28% 18% 27% 26% 72% 2% 46% 74% 57% 6% 53 28 27% 244 151 14 19% 39 19 0 0 0
2011 27 SFG NL 904 3605 3.99 2233 62% 28% 19% 27% 26% 72% 1% 45% 74% 53% 6% 58 33 25% 230 138 12 19% 25 20 -4 0 0
5 Seasons 4252 16546 3.89 10457 63% 28% 19% 27% 26% 72% 1% 45% 74% 56% 6% 253 152 26% 1090 667 54 22% 193 82 -4 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 1 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 0 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 0 0 16 0
2010 26 SFG NL 897 194 23 0 18 0 12 6 12 8 10 46 15 9 33% 2 9 1 326 27 3 90% 25 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 18 0
2011 27 SFG NL 900 176 15 0 15 0 9 9 6 7 8 36 18 7 50% 11 9 2 339 23 14 62% 18 11 5 3 0 0 3 2 13 0
5 Seasons 4248 842 89 7 66 0 50 28 38 29 37 189 88 38 47% 26 56 6 1531 100 27 79% 87 24 13 3 0 0 5 2 97 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

Cumulative Pitching

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 151 1.151 7.1 0.5 3.3 10.2 3.12 151
2010 26 56 27 .675 3.04 123 122 0 7 4 0 811.0 666 295 274 51 293 15 907 19 2 47 3348 140 1.182 7.4 0.6 3.3 10.1 3.10 140
2011 27 69 41 .627 2.98 156 155 0 8 5 0 1028.0 842 369 340 66 379 20 1127 25 2 56 4248 138 1.188 7.4 0.6 3.3 9.9 2.97 138

Neutralized Pitching

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 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 63 148 2 1.255 7.4 3.9 9.2 2.35 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 17 7 .708 2.48 221.0 167 68 61 10 68 256 6 1.063 6.8 2.8 10.4 3.76 0.4 32
2010 26 12 10 .545 3.73 205.0 200 94 85 19 78 223 5 1.356 8.8 3.4 9.8 2.86 0.8 33
2011 27 13 9 .591 3.35 204.0 190 84 76 16 93 206 6 1.387 8.4 4.1 9.1 2.22 0.7 33
5 Seasons 67 41 .620 3.11 997.0 852 383 345 68 383 1092 25 1.239 7.7 9.9 2.85 0.6 156

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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 Replacements c a p y
2008 NL  7.0 (3rd)
2009 NL  6.3 (9th)

WAR for Pitcherss c a p y
2008 NL  6.9 (1st)
2009 NL  6.3 (1st)
2011 NL  4.4 (7th)
Active  23.2 (31st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2008 NL  2.62 (2nd)
2009 NL  2.48 (2nd)
2011 NL  2.74 (5th)
Active  2.98 (2nd)
Career  2.98 (164th)

Wins s c a p y
2008 NL  18 (2nd)
2009 NL  15 (4th)
2010 NL  16 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2008 NL  .783 (1st)
2009 NL  .682 (5th)
Active  .627 (10th)
Career  .627 (59th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2008 NL  1.172 (8th)
2009 NL  1.047 (4th)
Active  1.188 (7th)
Career  1.188 (112th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL  7.216 (1st)
2009 NL  6.710 (2nd)
2011 NL  7.300 (4th)
Active  7.372 (3rd)
Career  7.372 (27th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL  10.507 (1st)
2009 NL  10.425 (1st)
2010 NL  9.791 (1st)
2011 NL  9.124 (5th)
Active  9.867 (2nd)
Career  9.867 (4th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2008 NL  227.0 (3rd)
2009 NL  225.3 (3rd)
2011 NL  217.0 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2008 NL  265 (1st)
2009 NL  261 (1st)
2010 NL  231 (1st)
2011 NL  220 (3rd)
Active  1,127 (40th)

Games Started s c a p y
2008 NL  33 (9th)
2010 NL  33 (6th)
2011 NL  33 (4th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2008 NL  2 (6th)
2009 NL  4 (1st)
Active  8 (48th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 NL  1 (7th)
2009 NL  2 (1st)
2010 NL  1 (8th)
2011 NL  1 (6th)
Active  5 (25th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2008 NL  84 (7th)
2010 NL  76 (10th)
2011 NL  86 (2nd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2008 NL  3.155 (10th)
2009 NL  3.838 (7th)
Active  2.974 (15th)
Career  2.974 (42nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL  0.436 (1st)
2009 NL  0.399 (3rd)
2011 NL  0.622 (9th)
Active  0.578 (2nd)

Losses s c a p y
2011 NL  14 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2007 NL  10 (4th)
2008 NL  17 (1st)
2009 NL  11 (6th)
2010 NL  9 (10th)
2011 NL  9 (9th)
Active  56 (26th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2008 NL  928 (4th)
2009 NL  905 (6th)
2010 NL  897 (8th)
2011 NL  900 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2008 NL  169 (1st)
2009 NL  173 (2nd)
2011 NL  130 (7th)
Active  138 (4th)
Career  138 (17th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2008 NL  44 (1st)
2009 NL  44 (1st)
2011 NL  20 (9th)
Active  130 (12th)
Career  130 (163rd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2008 NL  4.7 (1st)
2009 NL  4.7 (1st)
2011 NL  2.2 (8th)
Active  13.8 (12th)
Career  13.8 (158th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)s c a p y
2008 NL  48.42 (1st)
2009 NL  45.88 (2nd)
2011 NL  21.45 (8th)
Active  145.38 (17th)
Career  145.38 (90th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)s c a p y
2008 NL  5.1 (2nd)
2009 NL  4.8 (2nd)
Active  15.5 (14th)
Career  15.5 (95th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)s c a p y
2008 NL  3.8 (1st)
2009 NL  4.4 (2nd)
2011 NL  2.0 (9th)
Active  13.3 (17th)
Career  13.3 (90th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)s c a p y
2008 NL  5.1 (1st)
2009 NL  4.9 (2nd)
2011 NL  2.4 (7th)
Active  15.5 (14th)
Career  15.5 (86th)

                           

Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 20 (94), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 72 (339), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 60 (216), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 25 (206), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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