Mike Lincoln

Michael George Lincoln

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 211 lb.

Born: April 10, 1975 in Carmichael, CA
High School: Casa Roble HS (Orangevale, CA)
School: University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 13th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1999
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Reds/Twins/Cardinals 1999-2010

Final Game: May 31, 2010
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Christy Mathewson… #3. Cy Young… #4. Tom Seaver… #5. Greg Maddux… #6. Pete Alexander… #7. Lefty Grove…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Christy Mathewson… #3. Cy Young… #4. Tom Seaver… #5. Greg Maddux… #6. Pete Alexander… #7. Lefty Grove…

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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
1996	21	MIN-min	A+	5	2	.714	4.07	12	11	0	0	0	0	59.2	64	31	27	5	25	0	24	3	1	4	263		1.492	9.7	0.8	3.8	3.6	0.96	FTM · FLOR
1997	22	MIN-min	A+	13	4	.765	2.28	20	20	0	1	1	0	134.0	130	41	34	4	25	0	75	4	2	4	553		1.157	8.7	0.3	1.7	5.0	3.00	FTM · FLOR
1998	23	MIN-min	AA	15	7	.682	3.22	26	26	0	1	0	0	173.1	180	80	62	13	35	0	109	5	0	5	720		1.240	9.3	0.7	1.8	5.7	3.11	NBR · EL
1999	24	MIN-min	AAA	5	2	.714	7.78	9	9	0	0	0	0	59.0	82	52	51	12	21	0	39	2	0	2	274		1.746	12.5	1.8	3.2	5.9	1.86	SLK · PCL
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-min	AAA	4	1	.800	3.87	12	12	0	2	1	0	74.1	72	35	32	4	16	1	37	2	0	3	306		1.184	8.7	0.5	1.9	4.5	2.31	SLK · PCL
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	48	2.371	15.7	4.4	5.7	6.5	1.15
2001	26	PIT-min	AAA	5	4	.556	3.44	18	13	1	1	0	0	91.2	90	39	35	10	25	0	71	4	1	3	388		1.255	8.8	1.0	2.5	7.0	2.84	NVL · PCL
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-min	AAA	0	0		1.23	10	0	7	0	0	2	14.2	14	2	2	0	2	0	15	0	0	1	61		1.091	8.6	0.0	1.2	9.2	7.50	NVL · PCL
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	137	1.479	10.0	0.9	3.4	6.2	1.85
2003	28	PIT-min	AAA	1	1	.500	0.71	8	0	1	0	0	0	12.2	8	2	1	1	4	0	9	1	0	1	52		0.947	5.7	0.7	2.8	6.4	2.25	NVL · PCL
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	85	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	83	0.923	5.2	0.5	3.1	7.3	2.33
2005		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
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	98	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
2010	35	CIN	NL	1	0	1.000	7.32	19	0	5	0	0	0	19.2	25	16	16	1	10	0	12	2	0	1	94	57	1.780	11.4	0.5	4.6	5.5	1.20
9 Yrs				17	30	.362	5.33	263	19	55	0	0	5	376.1	420	236	223	55	149	11	236	18	0	15	1669	85	1.512	10.0	1.3	3.6	5.6	1.58
162 Game Avg.				4	7	.362	5.33	63	5	13	0	0	1	91	101	57	54	13	36	3	57	4	0	4	402	85	1.512	10.0	1.3	3.6	5.6	1.58

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
CIN (3 yrs)				4	6	.400	5.73	102	0	25	0	0	0	113.0	120	74	72	18	53	3	78	9	0	5	506	76	1.531	9.6	1.4	4.2	6.2	1.47
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
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	83	0.923	5.2	0.5	3.1	7.3	2.33

NL (7 yrs)				14	17	.452	4.51	237	0	54	0	0	5	279.1	282	152	140	34	110	11	194	15	0	10	1207	97	1.403	9.1	1.1	3.5	6.3	1.76
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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1999	24	MIN	AL	76.1	18	15	59	6.96	5.50	-0.06	0.16	105.1	6.02	-8	-0.7	1.0	-0.1	0.0	2	.462	.496	$200,000
2000	25	MIN	AL	20.2	8	4	25	10.89	5.54	-0.34	0.01	108.3	6.38	-11	-0.9	.2	0.1	-0.6	-8	.390	.495	$207,500
2001	26	PIT	NL	40.1	31	0	16	3.57	4.82	-0.02	-0.36	105.0	4.70	5	0.5	1.2	-0.1	0.8	9	.516	.503	$
2002	27	PIT	NL	72.1	55	0	28	3.48	4.50	0.07	-0.33	102.5	4.20	6	0.6	1.1	-0.1	1.0	13	.511	.504	$267,500
2003	28	PIT	NL	36.1	36	0	22	5.45	4.85	-0.05	-0.36	102.3	4.64	-3	-0.3	1.5	-0.2	-0.2	0	.490	.498	$315,500
2004	29	STL	NL	17.1	13	0	12	6.23	4.50	0.18	-0.33	99.0	3.96	-4	-0.4	1.4	-0.1	-0.4	-3	.466	.497	$450,000

2008	33	CIN	NL	70.1	64	0	37	4.73	4.71	-0.14	-0.34	101.5	4.58	-1	-0.1	1.1	-0.1	0.4	6	.499	.500	$550,000
2009	34	CIN	NL	23.0	19	0	21	8.22	4.56	0.14	-0.33	99.7	4.07	-11	-1.1	.8	0.1	-0.8	-8	.445	.494	$1,500,000
2010	35	CIN	NL	19.2	19	0	16	7.32	4.47	0.23	-0.33	100.0	3.90	-8	-0.8	.8	0.0	-0.6	-6	.460	.495	$2,500,000
9 Seasons				376.1	263	19	236	5.64	4.87	-0.02	-0.22	103.0	4.82	-34	-3.2	1.1	-0.5	-0.4	6	.488	.498	$5,990,500

PIT (3 yrs)				149.0	122	0	66	3.99	4.67	0.02	-0.35	103.1	4.44	7	0.7	1.2	-0.3	1.6	22	.506	.502	$583,000
CIN (3 yrs)				113.0	102	0	74	5.89	4.64	-0.02	-0.34	100.9	4.36	-19	-1.9	1.0	-0.1	-1.0	-8	.481	.496	$4,550,000
MIN (2 yrs)				97.0	26	19	84	7.79	5.51	-0.12	0.13	105.8	6.10	-18	-1.6	.5	0.0	-0.6	-5	.440	.495	$407,500
STL (1 yr)				17.1	13	0	12	6.23	4.50	0.18	-0.33	99.0	3.96	-4	-0.4	1.4	-0.1	-0.4	-3	.466	.497	$450,000

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
1996	21	MIN-min	A+	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		FTM · FLOR
1997	22	MIN-min	A+	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		FTM · FLOR
1998	23	MIN-min	AA	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		NBR · EL
1999	24	MIN-min	AAA	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SLK · PCL
1999	24	MIN	AL	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2000	25	MIN-min	AAA	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SLK · PCL
2000	25	MIN	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2001	26	PIT-min	AAA	18	22	20	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.150	.150	.200	.350		4	0	0	2	0	0		NVL · PCL
2001	26	PIT	NL	31	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
2002	27	PIT-min	AAA	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		NVL · PCL
2002	27	PIT	NL	55	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	28	PIT-min	AAA	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		NVL · PCL
2003	28	PIT	NL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2004	29	STL	NL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2005		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2008	33	CIN	NL	64	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	34	CIN	NL	19	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	35	CIN	NL	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9 Yrs				263	16	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.067	.067	.067	.133	-65	1	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.067	.067	.067	.133	-65	1	0	0	1	0	0

PIT (3 yrs)				122	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.111	.111	.111	.222	-42	1	0	0	1	0	0
CIN (3 yrs)				102	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
MIN (2 yrs)				26	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (7 yrs)				237	15	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.071	.071	.071	.143	-63	1	0	0	1	0	0
AL (2 yrs)				26	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1999	24	MIN	AL	18	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$200,000	1
2000	25	MIN	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$207,500	/1
2001	26	PIT	NL	31	5	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
2002	27	PIT	NL	55	5	-1	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$267,500	1
2003	28	PIT	NL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$315,500	1
2004	29	STL	NL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$450,000	1

2008	33	CIN	NL	64	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$550,000	1
2009	34	CIN	NL	19	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$1,500,000	1
2010	35	CIN	NL	19	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$2,500,000	1
9 Seasons				263	16	-4	0	0	0	2	-2	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$5,990,500

PIT (3 yrs)				122	10	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.500	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$583,000
CIN (3 yrs)				102	5	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	-1	$4,550,000
MIN (2 yrs)				26	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$407,500
STL (1 yr)				13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$450,000

Standard Fielding

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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	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
1999	MIN	AL	24	P	18	15	76.1	17	5	12	0	0	1.000			2.00	0.94	.952	1.69	1.66	1	2	67%	33%	0
2000	MIN	AL	25	P	8	4	20.2	3	1	2	0	0	1.000			1.31	0.38	.957	1.61	1.60	1	1	50%	30%	0
2001	PIT	NL	26	P	31	0	40.1	13	1	11	1	1	.923			2.68	0.39	.959	1.74	1.73	0	1	100%	33%	1
2002	PIT	NL	27	P	55	0	72.1	15	4	11	0	2	1.000			1.87	0.27	.963	1.83	1.81	1	1	50%	32%	1
2003	PIT	NL	28	P	36	0	36.1	6	1	4	1	0	.833	-1	-6	1.24	0.14	.957	1.83	1.83	2	2	50%	31%	0
2004	STL	NL	29	P	13	0	17.1	4	1	2	1	0	.750	0	0	1.56	0.23	.965	1.82	1.82	0	0			0
2008	CIN	NL	33	P	64	0	70.1	18	6	11	1	1	.944	-1	-3	2.18	0.27	.959	1.73	1.72	1	1	50%	27%	0
2009	CIN	NL	34	P	19	0	23.0	8	2	6	0	1	1.000	1	9	3.13	0.42	.955	1.72	1.70	0	2	100%	29%	1
2010	CIN	NL	35	P	19	0	19.2	4	2	2	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.83	0.21	.955	1.74	1.72	0	0			0
	9 Seasons			P	263	19	376.1	88	23	61	4	5	.955	-1	-1	2.01	0.32	.958	1.75	1.75	6	10	63%	31%	3
	9 Seasons			TOT	263	19	376.1	88	23	61	4	5	.955	-1	-7	2.01	0.32	.958	1.75	1.75	6	10	63%	31%	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.

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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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

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Transactions

June 3, 1993: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 51st round of the 1993 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 2, 1994: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 37th round of the 1994 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 1, 1995: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 40th round of the 1995 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 4, 1996: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 13th round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1996.
December 20, 2000: Released by the Minnesota Twins.
February 3, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
December 21, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
January 9, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
December 21, 2005: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
February 5, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
October 30, 2008: Granted Free Agency.
December 4, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
November 1, 2010: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

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Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1999	24	Minnesota Twins	$200,000	4/6/99 USA Today
2000	25	Minnesota Twins	$207,500	2001 Joint Exhibit 1

2002	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	$267,500	4/3/02 AP
2003	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	$315,500	4/3/03 AP
2004	29	St. Louis Cardinals	$450,000	4/7/04 AP
2005	30	St. Louis Cardinals	$360,000

2008	33	Cincinnati Reds	$550,000
2009	34	Cincinnati Reds	$1,500,000
2010	35	Cincinnati Reds	$2,500,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$6,350,500

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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