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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 3, 2012, 8:11PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #151. Johan Santana… #152. Deacon Phillippe… #153. Jack Powell… #154. TIM LINCECUM… #155. Mike Cuellar… #156. Eddie Lopat… #157. Schoolboy Rowe… 

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 11 905 173 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

Postseason Gamelog
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

Standard Batting

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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 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 32 72 61 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 30 .082 .125 .082 .207 -40 5 0 0 8 0 0 1 AS,CYA-6
5 Seasons 156 373 307 19 37 3 1 0 14 0 0 19 148 .121 .171 .137 .308 -16 42 4 0 46 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 387 319 20 38 3 1 0 15 0 0 20 154 .121 .171 .137 .308 -16 44 4 0 48 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2007 23 SFG NL 51 -9 0 0 0 0 5 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
2008 24 SFG NL 81 -9 0 0 0 0 8 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $405,000 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-23
2009 25 SFG NL 86 -9 -0 -1 0 0 8 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $650,000 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-18
2010 26 SFG NL 83 -13 -1 0 1 0 8 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $9,000,000 1 AS,CYA-10
2011 27 SFG NL 72 -12 -0 -1 1 0 7 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.3 0.0 $14,000,000 1 AS,CYA-6
5 Seasons 373 -51 -1 -1 2 0 37 9 -6 -0.7 -6 -0.7 0.0 $24,055,000

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 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (3 Series) 5 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 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2007 SFG NL 23 P 24 24 0 146.1 24 11 13 0 0 1.000 -3 -4 1.48 1.00 .965 1.68 1.67 10 2 17% 1
2008 SFG NL 24 P 34 33 2 227.0 26 9 17 0 1 1.000 -4 -4 1.03 0.76 .959 1.73 1.72 20 3 13% 0 AS,CYA-1,MVP-23
2009 SFG NL 25 P 32 32 4 225.1 40 13 25 2 3 .950 -5 -4 1.52 1.19 .955 1.72 1.70 20 5 20% 0 AS,CYA-1,MVP-18
2010 SFG NL 26 P 33 33 1 212.1 27 7 18 2 1 .926 -4 -4 1.06 0.76 .954 1.73 1.72 27 3 10% 0 AS,CYA-10
2011 SFG NL 27 P 33 33 1 217.0 40 12 27 1 0 .975 0 0 1.62 1.18 .955 1.80 1.79 23 14 38% 2 AS,CYA-6
5 Seasons P 156 155 8 1028.0 157 52 100 5 5 .968 -16 -3 1.33 0.97 .957 1.74 1.72 100 27 21% 3
5 Seasons TOT 156 155 8 1028.0 157 52 100 5 5 .968 -16 -18 1.33 0.97 .957 1.74 1.72 100 27 21% 3
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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  7.0 (3rd)
2009 NL  6.3 (9th)

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

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

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

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  2. Jered Weaver (942)
  3. Chad Billingsley (930)
  4. Dave Boswell (929)
  5. Lady Baldwin (927)
  6. Jon Lester (925)
  7. Bernie Boland (924)
  8. Rich Harden (923)
  9. Cole Hamels (923)
  10. Jim Hughes (922)
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  1. Doug Drabek (951)
  2. Bernie Boland (945)
  3. Bill Singer (942)
  4. Dock Ellis (942)
  5. Ron Darling (941)
  6. Ray Caldwell (940)
  7. Luis Tiant (938)
  8. Ewell Blackwell (937)
  9. Frank Sullivan (937)
  10. Jack McDowell (935)
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  1. Paul Moskau (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Daniel Hudson (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Roy Oswalt (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Josh Johnson (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Doug Drabek (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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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$14,000,000
201228San Francisco Giants$18,000,000
201329San Francisco Giants$22,000,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$24,055,000Does 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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