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Tim Lincecum makes the N.L. All-Star team for third straight year

July 7th, 2010 at Wed, 7th, 2010 at 10:18 am by Adam McFadden

Liberty High graduate and San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum made his third straight All-Star team earlier this week.
Lincecum, who has won the past two N.L. Cy Young awards, currently sports a 3.28 Earned Run Average (ERA). That’s the highest he’s had since his rookie year in 2007, when he posted a 4.00 mark.

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Lincecum’s 9.93 Strikeouts Per Nine Innings (K/9) and 3.78 Walks Per Nine Innings (BB/9) rates also represent the worst since 2007.
The decrease in K/9 is likely a fluke as Lincecum’s Contact% (percentage of time batters make contact) is lower than last year. In fact, the 73.2 percent rate is the best he’s ever had.
Lincecum’s SwStr% (swinging strike percentage) is 11.7, up from his 11.1 career rate – another good sign the strikeouts could be on the way back up.
The fact that 2010 has been disappointing shows just how lofty Lincecum has set the standards with early in his career.

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