How Tim Lincecum's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Tim Lincecum posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .240, near the starting pitcher average of .260 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 2009, posting .206, well below the starting pitcher average of .266 that year. The highest point came in 2016 at .395, well above the starting pitcher average of .260 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .258 in 2014 to .260 in 2015 and .395 in 2016. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 10 seasons.

Tim Lincecum Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Tim Lincecum Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Tim Lincecum's Opposing Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
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Tim Lincecum Opposing Batting Average by Team

Tim Lincecum's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Tim Lincecum Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Tim Lincecum's career Opposing Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Tim Lincecum Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Tim Lincecum Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Tim Lincecum's seasonal Opposing Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Tim Lincecum Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Tim Lincecum Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Tim Lincecum's MLB career with Opposing Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Tim Lincecum Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table