Graduated from Liberty (Renton, WA) High School...led Patriots to 3A state championship in 2003, while being named Washington's Gatorade Player of Year...attended University of Washington...was tabbed nation's 2nd-best amateur prospect by Baseball America in 2006 after leading country in strikeouts during collegiate season...2-time Pacific-10 Conference Pitcher of Year is league's all-time leader with 491 career strikeouts...garnered 1st team All-America accolades in 2006, going 12-4 with 3 saves and 1.94 ERA (27er, 125.1ip) in 22 games (17 starts) for Huskies...put together brilliant summer in 2005 Cape Cod League and earned Baseball America Summer All-America honors...became 1st player ever to be named both Pac-10 Freshman of Year and Pac-10 Pitcher of Year in 2004...was cover boy for Major League Baseball 2K9, video game by 2K Sports...single.

Became 1st Giants Cy Young winner since 1967, and just 2nd ever, joining Mike McCormick...of 32 ballots submitted by two writers in each league city, Lincecum was listed 1st on 23 ballots, 2nd on 7 and 3rd on 1 to total 137 points, based on 5-3-1 tabulation system... joined Dwight Gooden (Mets, 1985), Bret Saberhagen (Royals, 1985) and Fernando Valenzuela (Dodgers, 1981) as only pitchers to win Cy Young Award in their 1st full big league season...was 24 years old when he won award, becoming youngest Cy Young winner, in either league, since Roger Clemens was 24 in 1986...also became 13th pitcher to win honor with team having sub .500 record...posted spectacular 18-5 record with 2.62 ERA (66er, 227.0ip) and ML-leading 265 strikeouts in 34 games (33 starts) for San Francisco in his 1st full big league season...established SF-era single season strikeout record, surpassing Jason Schmidt's 2004 total of 251...became just 9th Giant since 1900 to record at least 200 K's in single season (22nd occurrence) and became only Giant to lead Majors in modern era in strikeouts, 1st to pace NL since Bill Voiselle recorded 161 K's in 1944...his 265 punchouts were most in Majors since Randy Johnson had 290 and Johan Santana collected 265 in 2004...since 1900, only 3 other pitchers had as many strikeouts in their sophomore season as Lincecum: Vida Blue (301 for 1971 A's), Frank Tanana (269 for 1975 Angels) and Dwight Gooden (268 for 1985 Mets) (courtesy of Elias Sports Bureau)...also placed 23rd in NL MVP voting...was named NL Pitcher of Year by The Sporting News and was named Players Choice for Most Outstanding NL pitcher, announced by MLB Players Association...was also selected as Starter of Year in MLB.com's annual This Year in Baseball Awards presented by State Farm, which was voted on by fans...was selected to his 1st NL All-Star Game, becoming 13th starting pitcher in SF annals to be selected...besides leading all ML pitchers in strikeouts, ranked 3rd overall in both ERA and winning percentage (.782)...finished 2nd in NL in ERA behind New York's Johan Santana (2.53) and ranked 2nd in senior circuit in wins behind Arizona's Brandon Webb (22)...also ranked 2nd in NL with 26 quality starts, while his .221 opponents avg. against (182-for-824) led all NL hurlers...paced NL leaders in strikeouts per 9.0 innings (10.5), along with allowing fewest HRs per 9.0 innings (0.44)...fashioned NL-best 2.22 ERA (29er, 117.2ip) on road, while his 10 road victories were tied for 2nd-most in NL...in fact, his .833 winning pct. on road was 2nd-highest in SF history...only pitcher to have just 1 loss in at least 10 road decisions was Jason Schmidt in 2004 (9-1, .900)...logged most wins by Giants pitcher since Schmidt went 18-7 in 2004 and posted 3rdlowest ERA in SF history (since 1992) behind Bill Swift (2.08 - 1992) and Schmidt (2.34 - 2004)... was one of 5 pitchers in SF Giants history to win at least 18 of his 1st 23 decisions, joining Gaylord Perry (20-3 in 1966), Juan Marichal (19-4 in 1968, 18-5 in 1963 and 18-5 in 1966), John Burkett and Shawn Estes (18-5 in 1993) (courtesy of Bill Arnold/Sports Features Group)...proved to be SF's stopper, going 13-3 with 2.79 ERA (52er, 168.0ip) in 25 games following Giants losses, with club winning 17 of 25 contests...Cleveland's Cliff Lee (14 wins) was only other pitcher in 2008 to have as many as 13 wins in season following his club's losses... posted lowest avg. against with RISP in NL (2nd-lowest in Majors) with .167 clip (32-for-192)...registered 68 strikeouts in 192 at-bats with RISP in '08...left with lead in 5 contests in which he was eligible for win, but bullpen squandered those leads and he wound up with no decision...according to Elias Sports Bureau became just 4th pitcher ever to finish 13 games above .500 for team that was at least 13 games below .500 mark: Steve Carlton (27-10 for 1972 Phillies, 59-97), Eddie Rommell (27-13 with 1922 Athletics, 65-89) and Dazzy Vance (22-0 for 1925 Brooklyn Dodgers, 68-85)... struck out 10 or more batters on 9 different occasions, tying Jason Schmidt's 2004 record of double-digit K's in single season...fanned career-high 13 batters twice: July 26 vs. Arizona and Sept. 28 vs. Los Angeles...went 13-1 with 2.87 ERA (45er, 141.0ip) when Giants scored at least 3 runs of support for him (21 starts)...ranked among top 7 pitchers with highest differences over their teams' winning percentage in Major League history with +.339 difference (min. 15 wins) (courtesy of Elias Sports Bureau)...posted 11-2 mark with 2.57 ERA in 20 appearances (19 starts) during 1st half, while leading National League with 135 strikeouts... 135 strikeouts were 3rd-highest total prior to ASB in SF annals, trailing only Schmidt (139, 2003) and Marichal (137, 1967)...became 24th SF pitcher to register 11 wins prior to Break...tied Schmidt (2004) for 5th-best winning pct. (.846) in 1st Half...owned career high 6-game winning streak over 11 starts May 10-July 3...did not allow earned run in 7 of his starts, including 7.0-inning effort June 28 at Oakland in which he outdueled A's All-Star Justin Duchscherer in 1-0 SF triumph...was selected to 1st career All-Star Game by vote of players, managers and coaches, however, did not appear in Mid-Summer Classic at Yankee Stadium after suffering from flu-like symptoms...was charged with just his 3rd loss of season July 20 vs. Milwaukee in his 1st start in 2nd half after allowing 5 runs on 6 hits over 6.0 frames of Giants' 7-4 defeat...however, following that start reeled off career-high tying 6-game winning streak over his next 10 assignments from July 26-Sept. 13...posted 1.75 ERA (14er, 72.0ip) during stretch...last SF pitcher to have pair of 6-contest winning streaks in same season was Shawn Estes in 1997...left Aug. 8 start at Houston after getting hit by line drive off Brad Ausmus' bat with 1 out in 5th inning...suffered bruised right knee, but made his next scheduled start...recorded his 1st career complete game and 1st shutout Sept. 13 at San Diego, blanking Padres on 4 hits (3 walks) while striking out 12 in SF's 7-0 triumph...threw career-high 138 pitches in effort...with Sept. 13 start, surpassed 200-inning barrier for 1st time in his career...joined Matt Cain (217.2) as 1st Lincecum Swing and a Miss With 265 strikeouts last season, Tim Lincecum established a San Francisco record while placing 9th on the Giants' single-season list in franchise history...prior to game on Sept. 18 at Arizona, manager Bruce Bochy announced that Giants' pitching rotation would be changed to assign Lincecum an extra start, pitting him against Los Angeles-NL on regular season's final day...in that Sept. 28 contest, Lincecum earned his 18th win of season after allowing just 1 run on 4 hits over 7.0 innings with career-high tying 13 strikeouts in SF's 3-1 victory to conclude 2008 season...registered 9 strikeouts over his 1st 3.0 innings becoming 1st pitcher to record 1st 9 outs of game via strikeout since Sid Fernandez accomplished feat July 30, 1986...following game, donated jersey to Baseball Hall of Fame.