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Timothy Leroy Lincecum ( ; born June 15, 1984), nicknamed "The Freak", is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He pitched for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2007 through 2015. 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. Lincecum led the National League in strikeouts for three consecutive years in a span from to , and shutouts in . Lincecum won back-to-back Cy Young Awards in and , and has appeared in four All-Star Games, from 2008 through 2011. He was a member of the 2010, 2012, and the 2014 World Series championship teams, as 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. In , Lincecum pitched the first Petco Park no-hitter against the San Diego Padres. He repeated the feat the following year, also against the Padres. In doing so, he became the first pitcher in MLB history to no-hit the same team in back-to-back seasons. Nicknamed "The Freak" for his ability to generate powerful pitches from his slight physique, Lincecum is one of only two pitchers in MLB history to win multiple World Series championships, multiple Cy Young Awards, throw multiple no-hitters, and be elected to multiple All-Star Games, the other being Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax. ==Early life== Lincecum attended Liberty Senior High School in Renton, Washington, where he played two seasons of varsity baseball. As a senior he won state player of the year and led his school to the 2003 3A state championship title.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Player Bio: Tim Lincecum )〕 After high school Lincecum went on to pitch for the University of Washington. In 2006 he finished with a 12–4 win-loss record and a 1.94 earned run average (ERA), 199 strikeouts, and three saves in 125⅓ innings as a Washington Husky. He won the 2006 Golden Spikes Award, which is awarded annually to the best amateur baseball player.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award )〕 In the summer of 2004 Lincecum played for the amateur National Baseball Congress (NBC) Seattle Studs and won two games in the NBC World Series. In 2009 he was named NBC Graduate of the Year. In the summer of 2005, he played for the Harwich Mariners in the Cape Cod Baseball League. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tim Lincecum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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