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
2013 Contract Status: 4th-Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 2 yrs/$40.5M (12-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 5.148, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Rick Thurman BHSC [*]
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| All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #258. Rube Walberg… #259. Orval Overall… #260. Ed Killian… #261. TIM LINCECUM… #262. Gus Weyhing… #263. Red Lucas… #264. Jon Matlack… |
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | 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 | 168 | 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 | 171 | 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 | 127 | 1.207 | 7.3 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 9.1 | 2.56 | AS,CYA-6 |
| 2012 | 28 | SFG | NL | 10 | 15 | .400 | 5.18 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 186.0 | 183 | 111 | 107 | 23 | 90 | 3 | 190 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 825 | 67 | 1.468 | 8.9 | 1.1 | 4.4 | 9.2 | 2.11 | |
| 6 Yrs | 79 | 56 | .585 | 3.31 | 189 | 188 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1214.0 | 1025 | 480 | 447 | 89 | 469 | 23 | 1317 | 29 | 4 | 73 | 5073 | 120 | 1.231 | 7.6 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 9.8 | 2.81 | ||||
| 162 Game Avg. | 14 | 10 | .585 | 3.31 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 219 | 185 | 87 | 81 | 16 | 85 | 4 | 238 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 915 | 120 | 1.231 | 7.6 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 9.8 | 2.81 | ||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | IP | G | GS | R | RA9 | RA9opp | RA9def | RA9role | PPFp | RA9avg | RAA | WAA | WAAadj | WAR | RAR | waaWL% | 162WL% | Awards | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 23 | SFG | NL | 146.1 | 24 | 24 | 70 | 4.31 | 4.74 | 0.06 | 0.19 | 101.4 | 4.94 | 11 | 1.1 | -0.1 | 2.1 | 25 | .547 | .507 | $ | ||
| 2008 | 24 | SFG | NL | 227.0 | 34 | 33 | 72 | 2.85 | 4.57 | -0.10 | 0.17 | 101.5 | 4.92 | 54 | 6.1 | 1.1 | -0.2 | 7.6 | 74 | .678 | .537 | $405,000 | AS,CYA-1,MVP-23 |
| 2009 | 25 | SFG | NL | 225.1 | 32 | 32 | 69 | 2.76 | 4.56 | 0.05 | 0.18 | 100.5 | 4.72 | 49 | 5.6 | -0.2 | 7.1 | 71 | .676 | .535 | $650,000 | AS,CYA-1,MVP-18 | |
| 2010 | 26 | SFG | NL | 212.1 | 33 | 33 | 84 | 3.56 | 4.30 | 0.18 | 0.16 | 98.0 | 4.20 | 15 | 1.6 | -0.2 | 3.0 | 35 | .549 | .510 | $9,000,000 | AS,CYA-10 | |
| 2011 | 27 | SFG | NL | 217.0 | 33 | 33 | 74 | 3.07 | 4.15 | 0.02 | 0.15 | 92.9 | 3.98 | 21 | 2.4 | -0.1 | 3.9 | 41 | .573 | .515 | $14,000,000 | AS,CYA-6 | |
| 2012 | 28 | SFG | NL | 186.0 | 33 | 33 | 111 | 5.37 | 4.14 | -0.05 | 0.16 | 88.5 | 3.85 | -34 | -3.3 | -0.1 | -2.1 | -15 | .399 | .479 | $18,000,000 | ||
| 6 Seasons | 1214.0 | 189 | 188 | 480 | 3.56 | 4.40 | 0.02 | 0.17 | 97.2 | 4.43 | 115 | 13.5 | 1.1 | -0.8 | 21.6 | 232 | .571 | .514 | $42,055,000 | ||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Series | Rslt | Opp | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2012 | 28 | SFG | NL | NLDS | W | CIN | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.474 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.4 | |
| 2012 | 28 | SFG | NL | NLCS | W | STL | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1.500 | 8.1 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 1.00 |
| 2012 | 28 | SFG | NL | WS | W | DET | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.214 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 15.4 | 8.00 | |
| 2 Yrs (6 Series) | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.47 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 54.2 | 34 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 212 | 0.878 | 5.6 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 10.4 | 4.50 | ||||||
| 2 NLDS | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.59 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0.391 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 12.9 | 22.00 | ||||||
| 2 NLCS | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.86 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 1.238 | 7.7 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 8.6 | 2.50 | ||||||
| 2 WS | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.45 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 0.873 | 5.4 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 10.3 | 4.20 | ||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | 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 | 33 | 61 | 45 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26 | .089 | .196 | .089 | .285 | -14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 Yrs | 190 | 434 | 352 | 21 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 174 | .116 | .175 | .131 | .305 | -16 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 162 Game Avg. | 162 | 370 | 300 | 18 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 148 | .116 | .175 | .131 | .305 | -16 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | G | PA | Rbat | Rbaser | Rdp | Rfield | Rpos | RAA | WAA | Rrep | RAR | WAR | waaWL% | 162WL% | oWAR | dWAR | oRAR | 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 | 33 | 61 | -8 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 0.1 | .501 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | $18,000,000 | 1 | |
| 6 Seasons | 190 | 434 | -62 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 60 | -2 | -0.2 | 12 | 10 | -0.1 | .499 | .500 | -0.2 | 0.0 | 10 | $42,055,000 | |||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Series | Opp | Rslt | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||
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| 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 |
| 2012 | 28 | SFG | NL | NLDS | CIN | W | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 28 | SFG | NL | NLCS | STL | W | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 28 | SFG | NL | WS | DET | W | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 Yrs (6 Series) | 12 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 NLDS | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 NLCS | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 WS | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 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% | lgCS% | 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% | 25% | 1 | |
| 2008 | SFG | NL | 24 | P | 34 | 33 | 2 | 227.0 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | -5 | -4 | 1.03 | 0.76 | .959 | 1.73 | 1.72 | 20 | 3 | 13% | 27% | 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% | 29% | 0 | AS,CYA-1,MVP-18 |
| 2010 | SFG | NL | 26 | P | 33 | 33 | 1 | 212.1 | 27 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .926 | -6 | -6 | 1.06 | 0.76 | .954 | 1.73 | 1.72 | 27 | 3 | 10% | 29% | 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% | 28% | 2 | AS,CYA-6 |
| 2012 | SFG | NL | 28 | P | 33 | 33 | 0 | 186.0 | 37 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | -2 | -2 | 1.79 | 1.12 | .950 | 1.77 | 1.75 | 25 | 2 | 7% | 27% | 1 | |
| 6 Seasons | P | 189 | 188 | 8 | 1214.0 | 194 | 67 | 122 | 5 | 5 | .974 | -21 | -3 | 1.40 | 1.00 | .956 | 1.74 | 1.73 | 125 | 29 | 19% | 28% | 4 | ||||
| 6 Seasons | TOT | 189 | 188 | 8 | 1214.0 | 194 | 67 | 122 | 5 | 5 | .974 | -21 | -20 | 1.40 | 1.00 | .956 | 1.74 | 1.73 | 125 | 29 | 19% | 28% | 4 | ||||
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| Black Ink | Pitching - 21 (88), Average HOFer ≈ 40 |
| Gray Ink | Pitching - 77 (321), Average HOFer ≈ 185 |
| Hall of Fame Monitor | Pitching - 64 (199), Likely HOFer ≈ 100 |
| Hall of Fame Standards | Pitching - 20 (304), Average HOFer ≈ 50 |
| JAWS | Starting Pitcher (378th), 21.5 career WAR/21.5 7yr-peak WAR/21.5 JAWS Average HOF P (out of 58) = 67.9 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.8 JAWS |
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| Year | Age | Team | Salary | Sources | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 24 | San Francisco Giants | $405,000 | ||
| 2009 | 25 | San Francisco Giants | $650,000 | ||
| 2010 | 26 | San Francisco Giants | $9,000,000 | ||
| 2011 | 27 | San Francisco Giants | $14,000,000 | ||
| 2012 | 28 | San Francisco Giants | $18,000,000 | contracts | |
| 2013 | 29 | San Francisco Giants | $22,000,000 | ||
| Earliest Free Agent: 2014 | |||||
| Career to date (may be incomplete) | $42,055,000 | Does not include future salaries | |||
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