30. Tim Lincecum

You don’t acquire the nickname of “The Freak” as an athlete when you are undersized.  Well, that is unless you are Tim Lincecum.

The Golden Spikes winner from the University of Washington stood at 5" 11" and 170 pounds, and with a choir boy face, he did not look like a power pitcher, but he was not only as a Husky but for the Giants, who used a First Round Pick (10^thOverall) to take him in 2006.

Lincecum only needed one year to make it to the main roster, and in his sophomore year, he was named the Cy Young winner after posting an 18-5 record, a 2.62 ERA while leading the NL in Strikeouts (265), ERA+ (168), FIP (2.62), H/9 (7.2) and SO/9 (10.5).  It was the best season of his career but not his last great one.

The right-hander joined the elite group by becoming a back-to-back Cy Young winner.  Lincecum’s 2009 saw the Pitcher go 15-7 with a 2.48 ERA (his best) while again finishing first in Strikeouts (261) while again topping the NL in FIP (2.34).  These were Lincecum’s best years, but not his peak period still had some juice.

Lincecum went to his third consecutive All-Star Game in 2010 while also going number one in Ks for the third straight time.  Tenth in Cy Young voting, Lincecum, aced the Giants to their first World Series Title in years, and his star shone the brightest.

Lincecum went to his last All-Star Game in 2011, but following that year, he struggled and was no longer the same dominator he once was.  Every year, Lincecum’s stats eroded, but he was still helpful in their 2012 World Series win.  The Giants again won the World Series in 2014, though Lincecum’s participation was minimal.  He left the Giants for one final year in the Majors with the Angels in 2016, and though his career fizzled, you can’t discount that this is the only two-time Cy Young winner in franchise history.  Lincecum’s overall pitching stats are lower than other moundsmen in franchise history, but his brief period of dominance dwarfs many above him on this list.