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Tim Lincecum

Timothy LeRoy Lincecum (The Freak)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 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 2007-2010
2011 Contract Status: Signed thru 2011, 2 yrs/$23M (10-11) (details) [?]
Service Time (01/2010): 2.148, Arb Eligible: 2012, Free Agent: 2014 [?], Agents: Rick Thurman BHSC [?]
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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 11 905 177 1.047 6.7 0.4 2.7 10.4 3.84 AS,CYA-1,MVP-18
2010 26 SFG NL 10 4 .714 3.12 21 21 0 1 1 0 138.1 123 50 48 9 53 5 143 2 0 8 579 137 1.272 8.0 0.6 3.4 9.3 2.70 AS
4 Seasons 50 21 .704 2.94 111 110 0 7 4 0 737.0 595 261 241 42 270 13 819 16 2 46 3030 149 1.174 7.3 0.5 3.3 10.0 3.03
162 Game Avg. 15 6 .704 2.94 34 34 0 2 1 0 227 183 80 74 13 83 4 252 5 1 14 932 149 1.174 7.3 0.5 3.3 10.0 3.03

Player Value--Pitchers

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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 138.1 21 50 77 4 1.1 27 2.9 $9,000,000 AS
4 Seasons 736.9 110 261 435 11 1.0 174 18.1 $10,055,000

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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 32 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 32 86 66 8 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 6 36 .152 .219 .167 .386 2 11 1 0 13 1 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-18
2010 26 SFG NL 21 56 47 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 21 .106 .125 .106 .231 -38 5 0 0 8 0 0 1 AS
4 Seasons 109 274 226 19 30 3 1 0 11 0 0 14 110 .133 .183 .155 .337 -11 35 3 0 33 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 407 336 28 45 4 1 0 16 0 0 21 163 .133 .183 .155 .337 -11 52 4 0 49 1 0

Player Value--Batters

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards
2007 23 SFG NL 51 -9 0 0 0 0 5 1 -3 -0.3 1
2008 24 SFG NL 81 -9 0 0 0 0 8 2 1 0.1 $405,000 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-23
2009 25 SFG NL 86 -9 0 -1 0 0 8 2 0 0.0 $650,000 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-18
2010 26 SFG NL 56 -10 0 0 0 0 6 2 -2 -0.2 $9,000,000 1 AS
4 Seasons 274 -37 0 -1 0 0 27 7 -4 -0.4 $10,055,000

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2007 SFG NL 23 P 24 24 146.1 24 11 13 0 0 1.000 -3 -25 1.48 1.00 .962 1.68 1.67
2008 SFG NL 24 P 34 33 227.0 26 9 17 0 1 1.000 -4 -21 1.03 0.76 .958 1.73 1.72 AS,CYA-1,MVP-23
2009 SFG NL 25 P 32 32 225.1 40 13 25 2 3 .950 -5 -27 1.52 1.19 .955 1.72 1.70 AS,CYA-1,MVP-18
2010 SFG NL 26 P 21 21 138.1 22 6 14 2 1 .909 -2 -17 1.30 0.95 .955 1.77 1.75 AS
4 Seasons P 111 110 737.0 112 39 69 4 5 .964 -14 -22 1.32 0.97 .957 1.72 1.71
4 Seasons TOT 111 110 737.0 112 39 69 4 5 .964 -14 -22 1.32 0.97 .957 1.72 1.71

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2008
2009 (P)
2010

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)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2008 NL  7.0 (3rd)
2009 NL  6.3 (9th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2008 NL  6.9 (1st)
2009 NL  6.3 (1st)
Active  18.1 (41st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2008 NL  2.62 (2nd)
2009 NL  2.48 (2nd)

Wins s c a p y
2008 NL  18 (2nd)
2009 NL  15 (4th)
2010 NL  10 (8th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2008 NL  .783 (1st)
2009 NL  .682 (5th)
2010 NL  .714 (6th)

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)
2010 NL  9.304 (4th)

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)
2010 NL  143 (3rd)

Games Started s c a p y
2008 NL  33 (9th)
2010 NL  21 (7th)

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)
2010 NL  1 (5th)
Active  4 (27th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2008 NL  84 (7th)
2010 NL  53 (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)
2010 NL  .586 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2007 NL  10 (4th)
2008 NL  17 (1st)
2009 NL  11 (6th)
2010 NL  8 (8th)
Active  46 (43rd)

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  177 (2nd)
2010 NL  137 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2008 NL  44 (1st)
2009 NL  45 (1st)
2010 NL  18 (8th)
Active  115 (16th)
Career  115 (192nd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2008 NL  4.7 (1st)
2009 NL  4.9 (1st)
2010 NL  1.9 (8th)
Active  12.2 (15th)
Career  12.2 (184th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2008 NL  48.42 (1st)
2009 NL  47.01 (1st)
2010 NL  21.87 (8th)
Active  126.81 (21st)
Career  126.81 (112th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2008 NL  5.1 (2nd)
2009 NL  4.8 (2nd)
Active  13.1 (20th)
Career  13.1 (118th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2008 NL  3.8 (1st)
2009 NL  4.5 (2nd)
Active  11.1 (19th)
Career  11.1 (116th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2008 NL  5.1 (1st)
2009 NL  5.0 (2nd)
2010 NL  2.3 (8th)
Active  13.3 (19th)
Career  13.3 (114th)

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

                           

† 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

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Black InkPitching - 16 (135), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 60 (414), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 42 (323), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 32 (128), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of 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 Pierce (939)
Similar Pitchers through 25 
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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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  1. Paul Moskau (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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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Transactions

June 3, 2003: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 48th round of the 2003 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 7, 2005: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 42nd round of the 2005 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 6, 2006: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed June 30, 2006.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200824San Francisco Giants$405,000
200925San Francisco Giants$650,000
201026San Francisco Giants$9,000,000
201127San Francisco Giants$13,000,000
Earliest Arb Eligible: 2012, Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)$10,055,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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