Tim Lincecum: Major Motion Pitcher

Tim Lincecum won the 2008 Cy Young Award, joining Dwight Gooden, Bret Saberhagen and Fernando Valuenzuela as the only pitchers to earn the award in their first full season.

Lincecum led all major league pitchers in strikeouts (256) during the 2008 season.

Lincecum has a .968 fielding percentage for his career.

Lincecum is only the ninth picther in Giants history to record 200 or more strikeouts in a season since 1900.

Lincecum ranked third in the majors in ERA with a 2.62 mark during the 2008 season.

As a pitcher for the University of Washington, Lincecum set a Pac-10 conference record for strikeouts, totaling 491 over his career.

Lincecum proved equally effective against righties and lefties last year, holding both right-handed hitters and left-handed hitters to a .221 average.

June is by far Lincecum's worst month, performance-wise. He has career-4.52 ERA during that month. His best month? April (1.73).