Timothy Leroy Lincecum is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball.
After attending Liberty Senior High School in Renton, Washington, Lincecum played college baseball at the University of Washington. Pitching for the Washington Huskies, Lincecum won the 2006 Golden Spikes Award. That year, he 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.
Lincecum won the NL Cy Young Award in 2008 and 2009, and has appeared in four All-Star Games, from 2008 through 2011. He was a member of the 2010 and 2012 World Series champions, winning the Babe Ruth Award in 2010 as the most valuable player of the MLB postseason. He has also led the National League in strikeouts three times, from 2008 through 2010. On July 13, 2013, he pitched a no-hitter against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park.
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