Tim Lincecum | |||
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Lincecum pitching for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in 2016
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Free agent | |||
Starting pitcher | |||
Born: Bellevue, Washington |
June 15, 1984 |||
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MLB debut | |||
May 6, 2007, for the San Francisco Giants | |||
MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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Win–loss record | 110–89 | ||
Earned run average | 3.74 | ||
Strikeouts | 1,736 | ||
WHIP | 1.29 | ||
Teams | |||
Career highlights and awards | |||
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Timothy Leroy Lincecum (/ˈlɪnsᵻkʌm/ LIN-sə-kʌm; born June 15, 1984), nicknamed "The Freak", is an American professional baseball starting pitcher who is a free agent. He pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants from 2007 to 2015 and for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in 2016. Lincecum helped the Giants win three World Series championships in a five-year span. Lincecum was the team's ace starter in 2010 and as a relief pitcher in 2012 and 2014, winning the Babe Ruth Award in 2010 as the most valuable player of the MLB postseason.
After attending Liberty Senior High School in Renton, Washington, Lincecum played college baseball at the University of Washington. Pitching for the Washington Huskies, he won the 2006 Golden Spikes Award. That year, Lincecum became the first Washington Husky to be selected in the first round of an MLB Draft, when the San Francisco Giants selected him tenth overall.