Mike Lincoln
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: April 10, 1975 in Carmichael, CA
High School: Casa Roble (Orangevale, CA)
School: University of Tennessee
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 13th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1999
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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
1999 24 MIN AL 3 10 .231 6.84 18 15 0 0 0 0 76.1 102 59 58 11 26 0 27 1 0 4 353 74 1.677 12.0 1.3 3.1 3.2 1.04
2000 25 MIN AL 0 3 .000 10.89 8 4 1 0 0 0 20.2 36 25 25 10 13 0 15 2 0 1 109 47 2.371 15.7 4.4 5.7 6.5 1.15
2001 26 PIT NL 2 1 .667 2.68 31 0 5 0 0 0 40.1 34 16 12 3 11 0 24 4 0 2 168 171 1.116 7.6 0.7 2.5 5.4 2.18
2002 27 PIT NL 2 4 .333 3.11 55 0 9 0 0 0 72.1 80 28 25 7 27 8 50 0 0 2 309 136 1.479 10.0 0.9 3.4 6.2 1.85
2003 28 PIT NL 3 4 .429 5.20 36 0 14 0 0 5 36.1 38 22 21 5 13 0 28 1 0 1 153 84 1.404 9.4 1.2 3.2 6.9 2.15
2004 29 STL NL 3 2 .600 5.19 13 0 1 0 0 0 17.1 10 12 10 1 6 0 14 1 0 0 71 82 0.923 5.2 0.5 3.1 7.3 2.33
2008 33 CIN NL 2 5 .286 4.48 64 0 12 0 0 0 70.1 66 37 35 10 24 1 57 3 0 3 297 99 1.280 8.4 1.3 3.1 7.3 2.38
2009 34 CIN NL 1 1 .500 8.22 19 0 8 0 0 0 23.0 29 21 21 7 19 2 9 4 0 1 115 52 2.087 11.3 2.7 7.4 3.5 0.47
8 Seasons 16 30 .348 5.22 244 19 50 0 0 5 356.2 395 220 207 54 139 11 224 16 0 14 1575 87 1.497 10.0 1.4 3.5 5.7 1.61
162 Game Avg. 4 8 .348 5.22 63 5 13 0 0 1 92 102 57 54 14 36 3 58 4 0 4 407 87 1.497 10.0 1.4 3.5 5.7 1.61
PIT (3 yrs) 7 9 .438 3.50 122 0 28 0 0 5 149.0 152 66 58 15 51 8 102 5 0 5 630 125 1.362 9.2 0.9 3.1 6.2 2.00
MIN (2 yrs) 3 13 .188 7.70 26 19 1 0 0 0 97.0 138 84 83 21 39 0 42 3 0 5 462 66 1.825 12.8 1.9 3.6 3.9 1.08
CIN (2 yrs) 3 6 .333 5.40 83 0 20 0 0 0 93.1 95 58 56 17 43 3 66 7 0 4 412 81 1.479 9.2 1.6 4.1 6.4 1.53
STL (1 yr) 3 2 .600 5.19 13 0 1 0 0 0 17.1 10 12 10 1 6 0 14 1 0 0 71 82 0.923 5.2 0.5 3.1 7.3 2.33
NL (6 yrs) 13 17 .433 4.30 218 0 49 0 0 5 259.2 257 136 124 33 100 11 182 13 0 9 1113 102 1.375 8.9 1.1 3.5 6.3 1.82
AL (2 yrs) 3 13 .188 7.70 26 19 1 0 0 0 97.0 138 84 83 21 39 0 42 3 0 5 462 66 1.825 12.8 1.9 3.6 3.9 1.08

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
1999 24 MIN AL 18 353 318 59 102 24 4 11 1 2 26 27 .321 .368 .525 .893 .318 167 5 1 2 6 0
2000 25 MIN AL 8 109 94 25 36 5 0 10 1 1 13 15 .383 .468 .755 1.223 .377 71 4 2 0 0 0
2001 26 PIT NL 31 168 151 16 34 11 0 3 0 1 11 24 .225 .293 .358 .651 .248 54 2 4 1 1 0
2002 27 PIT NL 55 309 276 28 80 14 2 7 1 1 27 50 .290 .349 .431 .780 .327 119 10 0 2 4 8
2003 28 PIT NL 36 153 137 22 38 8 0 5 2 2 13 28 .277 .342 .445 .787 .314 61 6 1 1 1 0
2004 29 STL NL 13 71 61 12 10 3 0 1 0 0 6 14 .164 .243 .262 .505 .188 16 0 1 1 2 0
2008 33 CIN NL 64 297 264 37 66 7 1 10 1 1 24 57 .250 .316 .398 .714 .280 105 6 3 3 3 1
2009 34 CIN NL 19 115 89 21 29 9 0 7 0 2 19 9 .326 .464 .663 1.127 .301 59 3 4 3 0 2
8 Seasons 244 1575 1390 220 395 81 7 54 6 10 139 224 .284 .352 .469 .821 .302 652 36 16 13 17 11
162 Game Avg. 63 407 359 57 102 21 2 14 2 3 36 58 .284 .352 .469 .821 .302 169 9 4 3 4 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
1999 24 MIN AL 18 15 3 9 3 1 1 5 10 .333 1 2 0 0 4 27% 39 63 20 16 7 1 7 4.7 3.7 4.6 72 8 7 0 0 97
2000 25 MIN AL 8 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 3 .250 0 1 0 0 0 0% 23 32 18 4 0 1 1 6.2 6.2 3.4 75 3 1 0 0 96
2 Seasons 26 19 3 12 4 1 1 6 13 .316 1 3 0 0 4 21% 36 63 18 20 7 2 8 5.0 4.2 4.4 73 11 8 0 0 97
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
1999 24 MIN AL 18 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.988 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 2 1 6.7 36
2000 25 MIN AL 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.760 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 2 0 2 0 5.3 24
2001 26 PIT NL 31 31 5 2 1 2 0 2 0% 9 7 21 8 38% 6 0.895 11 7 12 11 2 18 11 20 15 7 16 5 3.9 19
2002 27 PIT NL 55 55 9 2 4 3 0 3 0% 14 11 36 13 36% 6 0.792 16 16 23 17 6 32 21 34 24 13 26 10 3.9 20
2003 28 PIT NL 36 36 14 3 4 8 5 3 63% 14 5 22 3 14% 8 1.495 16 7 12 17 6 13 12 24 10 13 10 9 3.0 15
2004 29 STL NL 13 13 1 3 2 2 0 2 0% 3 1 7 2 29% 7 1.278 7 3 3 6 3 4 5 8 9 1 9 3 4.0 20
2008 33 CIN NL 64 64 12 2 5 1 0 1 0% 11 10 49 12 24% 7 1.025 19 13 32 17 13 34 27 37 21 21 24 9 3.3 18
2009 34 CIN NL 19 19 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 9 1 11% 8 0.726 4 6 9 3 3 13 5 14 6 5 8 0 3.6 20
8 Seasons 244 225 50 13 18 16 5 11 31% 53 36 144 39 27% 0.974 74 53 96 72 33 120 81 144 88 61 97 37 3.6 19

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%
1999 24 MIN AL 353 52% 3.1% 7.7% 7.4% 11.1% 38% 0.86 1.25 81% 19% 7.7% 11% 64 5 8%
2000 25 MIN AL 109 50% 9.2% 13.8% 11.9% 13.8% 42% 1.09 2.29 63% 27% 33.3% 9% 32 4 13%
2001 26 PIT NL 168 33% 1.8% 14.3% 6.6% 8.3% 41% 1.00 1.34 74% 22% 5.6% 13% 31 2 6%
2002 27 PIT NL 309 33% 2.3% 16.2% 8.7% 7.4% 29% 0.96 1.61 72% 25% 6.9% 10% 63 10 16%
2003 28 PIT NL 153 34% 3.3% 18.3% 8.5% 8.5% 34% 1.00 1.58 69% 26% 9.4% 2% 27 6 22%
2004 29 STL NL 71 35% 1.4% 19.7% 8.5% 5.6% 40% 0.96 0.90 68% 16% 4.8% 16% 11 0 0%
2008 33 CIN NL 297 40% 3.4% 19.2% 8.1% 6.1% 27% 1.03 1.48 67% 17% 10.9% 11% 60 6 10%
2009 34 CIN NL 115 43% 6.1% 7.8% 16.5% 13.9% 55% 0.86 1.52 63% 19% 17.5% 7% 25 3 12%
8 Seasons 1575 41% 3.4% 14.2% 8.8% 9.0% 36% 0.95 1.44 72% 21% 10.1% 10% 313 36 12%
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
1999 24 MIN AL 353 1192 3.38 697 58% 24% 8% 25% 43% 76% 0% 44% 90% 49% 5% 18 11 13% 46 26 3 22% 2 7 0 0 0
2000 25 MIN AL 109 394 3.61 234 59% 28% 13% 26% 34% 72% 0% 43% 82% 56% 6% 6 2 14% 15 9 1 27% 6 4 0 0 0
2001 26 PIT NL 168 601 3.58 387 64% 28% 15% 24% 33% 72% 0% 47% 80% 59% 7% 11 8 27% 45 28 1 33% 4 3 0 0 0
2002 27 PIT NL 309 1099 3.56 673 61% 31% 12% 23% 34% 69% 8% 42% 83% 58% 7% 23 9 17% 54 32 5 38% 9 6 0 0 0
2003 28 PIT NL 153 534 3.49 325 61% 31% 12% 22% 34% 69% 0% 42% 83% 60% 7% 10 6 16% 24 11 0 32% 2 4 0 0 0
2004 29 STL NL 71 266 3.75 164 62% 32% 13% 24% 30% 68% 0% 42% 81% 52% 8% 6 6 21% 15 10 0 21% 2 0 0 0 0
2008 33 CIN NL 297 1132 3.81 690 61% 34% 12% 23% 31% 66% 1% 40% 81% 60% 5% 14 8 19% 56 28 5 37% 8 5 0 0 0
2009 34 CIN NL 115 386 3.36 223 58% 33% 10% 20% 37% 67% 5% 39% 85% 55% 8% 9 4 18% 21 13 1 44% 1 3 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1575 5604 3.56 3393 61% 30% 11% 23% 35% 70% 2% 43% 84% 56% 6% 97 54 18% 276 157 16 33% 34 32 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
1999 24 MIN AL 353 102 9 1 11 0 9 5 6 6 5 16 11 2 69% 3 4 1 139 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
2000 25 MIN AL 109 36 1 0 10 1 4 6 4 7 3 6 3 2 50% 1 1 0 48 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2001 26 PIT NL 168 34 3 1 3 0 9 3 0 0 3 10 6 2 60% 2 2 0 63 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
2002 27 PIT NL 309 80 12 1 7 1 10 5 2 2 5 18 9 2 50% 2 2 1 124 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
2003 28 PIT NL 153 38 6 0 5 0 3 5 0 2 3 6 1 0 17% 2 1 0 64 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2004 29 STL NL 71 10 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 100% 1 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
2008 33 CIN NL 297 66 12 0 10 0 14 5 5 3 7 13 5 4 38% 1 3 1 114 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2009 34 CIN NL 115 29 2 0 7 1 10 3 4 5 2 6 2 1 33% 0 1 0 47 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
8 Seasons 1575 395 46 3 54 3 61 33 21 26 28 78 40 13 51% 12 14 3 619 6 10 38% 5 10 1 0 0 0 4 2 41 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+
1999 24 3 10 .231 6.84 18 15 0 0 0 0 76.1 102 59 58 11 26 0 27 1 0 4 353 74 1.677 12.0 1.3 3.1 3.2 1.04 74
2000 25 3 13 .188 7.70 26 19 1 0 0 0 97.0 138 84 83 21 39 0 42 3 0 5 462 66 1.825 12.8 1.9 3.6 3.9 1.08 66
2001 26 5 14 .263 6.23 57 19 6 0 0 0 137.1 172 100 95 24 50 0 66 7 0 7 630 79 1.617 11.3 1.6 3.3 4.3 1.32 79
2002 27 7 18 .280 5.15 112 19 15 0 0 0 209.2 252 128 120 31 77 8 116 7 0 9 939 91 1.569 10.8 1.3 3.3 5.0 1.51 91
2003 28 10 22 .313 5.16 148 19 29 0 0 5 246.0 290 150 141 36 90 8 144 8 0 10 1092 90 1.545 10.6 1.3 3.3 5.3 1.60 90
2004 29 13 24 .351 5.16 161 19 30 0 0 5 263.1 300 162 151 37 96 8 158 9 0 10 1163 90 1.504 10.3 1.3 3.3 5.4 1.65 90
2005 30 13 24 .351 5.16 161 19 30 0 0 5 263.1 300 162 151 37 96 8 158 9 0 10 1163 90 1.504 10.3 1.3 3.3 5.4 1.65 90
2006 31 13 24 .351 5.16 161 19 30 0 0 5 263.1 300 162 151 37 96 8 158 9 0 10 1163 90 1.504 10.3 1.3 3.3 5.4 1.65 90
2007 32 13 24 .351 5.16 161 19 30 0 0 5 263.1 300 162 151 37 96 8 158 9 0 10 1163 90 1.504 10.3 1.3 3.3 5.4 1.65 90
2008 33 15 29 .341 5.02 225 19 42 0 0 5 333.2 366 199 186 47 120 9 215 12 0 13 1460 91 1.457 9.9 1.3 3.2 5.8 1.79 91
2009 34 16 30 .348 5.22 244 19 50 0 0 5 356.2 395 220 207 54 139 11 224 16 0 14 1575 87 1.497 10.0 1.4 3.5 5.7 1.61 87

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
1999 24 2 6 .250 5.96 77.0 96 57 51 10 24 27 1 1.558 11.2 2.8 3.2 1.13 1.2 18
2000 25 0 2 .000 9.00 21.0 33 23 21 9 12 15 2 2.143 14.1 5.1 6.4 1.25 3.9 8
2001 26 3 1 .750 2.41 41.0 32 12 11 3 10 24 4 1.024 7.0 2.2 5.3 2.40 0.7 31
2002 27 4 3 .571 3.18 68.0 78 27 24 7 26 47 0 1.529 10.3 3.4 6.2 1.81 0.9 55
2003 28 1 2 .333 4.89 35.0 36 21 19 5 12 27 1 1.371 9.3 3.1 6.9 2.25 1.3 36
2004 29 1 1 .500 4.50 18.0 10 10 9 1 6 15 1 0.889 5.0 3.0 7.5 2.50 0.5 13
2008 33 3 4 .429 4.37 68.0 65 37 33 10 24 55 3 1.309 8.6 3.2 7.3 2.29 1.3 64
2009 34 0 2 .000 8.18 22.0 28 22 20 7 18 9 4 2.091 11.5 7.4 3.7 0.50 2.9 19
8 Seasons 14 21 .400 4.83 350.0 378 209 188 52 132 219 16 1.457 9.7 5.6 1.66 1.3 244

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