Tim Lincecum is a San Francisco Giants legend.
That’s a fact and there is no way to build a case against it.
The man, over the first half of his career, was downright dominant.
MLB fan @mlbelites_ offered us all a reminder of how great “The Freak” was.
“This tweet is to remind you how great Tim Lincecum was: 10 year MLB career, 110-89, 3.74 ERA, 1,736 Ks, 4X All Star, 3X World Series Champion, 2X NL Cy Young, 3X NL Strikeout Leader, Pitched two no-hitters,” they tweeted.
This tweet is to remind you how great Tim Lincecum was
10 year MLB career
110-89
3.74 ERA
1,736 Ks
4X All Star
3X World Series Champion
2X NL Cy Young
3X NL Strikeout Leader
Pitched two no-hitters pic.twitter.com/u7SjvzJNhz— Baseball (@mlbelites_) January 28, 2023
From 2008 to 2011, he had three sub-3.00s ERA seasons and one 3.43 finish, with a boatload of strikeouts.
For a guy with such a small frame, he had some “big boy” stuff.
Lincecum is one of just three pitchers in MLB history to win multiple World Series, multiple Cy Youngs, throw multiple no-hitters, and earn multiple All-Star selections.
Justin Verlander and Sandy Koufax are the others.
The man was a beast for years during regular season play, but was also a certified playoff weapon.
He was a major player in the 2010 World Series and also contributed in the 2012 and 2014 success.
Overall, he has a 2.40 postseason ERA and a 2.25 World Series ERA, in 20 innings, with 23 strikeouts.
He will go down as a man with a furious peak but a sudden decline in performance from 2012 on, even if both no-hitters came after that point.
Too bad he couldn’t quite carry his early-career heroics into the second half of his MLB tenure.
He would be a Hall of Famer by now if that happened.
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