Tim Lincecum Baseball player

Timothy Leroy Lincecum (/ˈlɪnsɨkʌm/ LIN-sə-kʌm; born June 15, 1984), nicknamed "The Freak", is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB).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 a MLB Draft, when the San Francisco Giants selected him tenth overall.Leading the National League in strikeouts for three consecutive years in a span from 2008 to 2010, Lincecum won back-to-back Cy Young Award's in 2008 and 2009, and has appeared in four All-Star Games, from 2008 through 2011. He was a member of the 2010, 2012 and 2014 World Series winning teams, winning the Babe Ruth Award in 2010 as the most valuable player of the MLB postseason. Lincecum has also led the National League in shutouts in 2009. Nicknamed "The Freak" for his ability to generate powerful pitches from his slight physique, Lincecum is one of only two pitchers in Major League history with at least three World Series rings, two Cy Young Awards, and two no-hitters, the other being Sandy Koufax. In 2013, Lincecum pitched the first Petco Park no-hitter against the San Diego Padres. He accomplished the feat the following year, also against the Padres. In doing so, he became the first pitcher in Major League history to no-hit the same team and franchise in back-to-back seasons.

Personal facts

Tim Lincecum
Alias (AKA)Lincecum Timothy LeRoy
Birth dateJune 15, 1984
Birth place
Bellevue Washington

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Baseball player

Career startMay 06, 2007
Awards
Cy Young Award
San Diego Padres
No-hitter
Golden Spikes Award
List of Major League Baseball strikeout champions
2010 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Babe Ruth Award
2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
List of World Series champions
2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
List of Major League Baseball shutout champions
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former teams
San Francisco Giants
position
Starting pitcher
teams
San Francisco Giants
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Tim Lincecum on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://gohuskies.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/lincecum_tim00.html
  2. http://mlb.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=oak
  3. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/tom_verducci/07/01/lincecum0707/index.html
  4. http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/mechanics/discussion/controlled_fury_tim_lincecum
  5. http://www.scoutingbook.com/players/p2025