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Mike Lincoln

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 211lb (188cm, 95kg)

Born: April 10, 1975 in Carmichael, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 51st round of the 1993 MLB June Amateur Draft from Casa Roble Fundamental HS (Orangevale, CA), the San Francisco Giants in the 37th round of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from American River College (Sacramento, CA), the San Francisco Giants in the 40th round of the 1995 MLB June Amateur Draft from American River College (Sacramento, CA) and the Minnesota Twins in the 13th round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN).

High School: Casa Roble Fundamental HS (Orangevale, CA)

Schools: American River College (Sacramento, CA), University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN)

Debut: April 7, 1999 (Age 23-362d, 17,415th in major league history)
vs. TOR 3.1 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER, L

Last Game: May 31, 2010 (Age 35-051d)
vs. STL 1.2 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1999 season

Full Name: Michael George Lincoln

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.2

ERA

5.33

263

376.1

236

WHIP

1.512

Summary of 55 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 3 tying, 15 go ahead

4 Tms
MIN	21
CIN	18
PIT	15
STL	1

Platoon
vs RHB	34
vs LHB	21

Home/Road
Away	28
Home	27

Outs
0	21
1	19
2	15

22 Opps
STL	6
BOS	5
SDP	4
CIN	4
CHW	4
SFG	3
CHC	3
PIT	3
ATL	3
CLE	3
COL	2
SEA	2
NYM	2
MON	2
TOR	2
TEX	1
NYY	1
KCR	1
PHI	1
HOU	1
FLA	1
MIL	1

51 Batters
Frank Thomas	2
Manny Ramirez	2
Fernando Tatís	2
Carlos Delgado	2
Rondell White	1
Vladimir Guerrero	1
Tony Fernández	1
Sammy Sosa	1
Troy O'Leary	1
Ed Taubensee	1
Jeff Keppinger	1
Raúl Ibañez	1
Edgar Gonzalez	1
Alfonso Soriano	1
Rubén Rivera	1
Derrek Lee	1
Henry Blanco	1
Richie Sexson	1
Colby Rasmus	1
Khalil Greene	1
Johnny Damon	1
Joe McEwing	1
Brandon Moss	1
Ryan Doumit	1
Kevin Youkilis	1
Carl Everett	1
Albert Pujols	1
Álex González	1
Alex Rodriguez	1
Brian Schneider	1
Coco Crisp	1
Chris Richard	1
Eddie Pérez	1
Juan González	1
Jason Varitek	1
José Macias	1
Aaron Rowand	1
Benito Santiago	1
Adam LaRoche	1
Javy López	1
Magglio Ordóñez	1
Paul Konerko	1
Adam Dunn	1
Austin Kearns	1
Rich Aurilia	1
Ken Griffey Jr.	1
Marcus Giles	1
Charles Johnson	1
Bernie Williams	1
Omar Quintanilla	1
Kevin Kouzmanoff	1

17 Parks
Metrodome (MIN)	13
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	9
PNC Pk (PIT)	5
Guaranteed (CHI)	4
Busch Stad (STL)	3
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	3
Petco Pk (SAN)	3
Turner Fld (ATL)	2
Oracle Park (SFO)	2
Shea Stad (NYC)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
Coors Fld (DEN)	2
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	1
SunLife Stad (MIA)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Am Fam Field (MIL)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1

Where Hit
7	19
8	11
78	9
89	8
9	8

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	17
2	13
4	9
1	8
5	4
6	2
7+	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	27
2·HR gms	11
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	35
1--	12
123	3
12-	3
--3	1
-2-	1

84 Runs
RISP	8
0 on	35
1 on	14
2 on	3
3 on	3
Any on	20

Inning
1	4
2	2
3	8
4	5
5	2
6	5
7	13
8	8
9	4
Extra	4

1-3	14
4-6	12
7-end	29

RelScore
+4..	13
+3	3
+2	5
+1	7
Tied	13
-1	3
-2	5
-3	5
-4..	1

Ahead	28
Tied	13
Behind	14

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-1	9
0-0	8
0-1	7
1-0	6
2-0	6
2-1	5
3-2	3
1-2	3
2-2	3
0-2	2
3-1	2
3-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	9
C	9
LF	8
CF	7
RF	6
3B	5
DH	4
SS	3
PH	2
2B	2

OrderPos
5th	10
6th	10
3rd	9
4th	8
7th	5
8th	5
1st	3
2nd	3
9th	2

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	16
Low Lev	26

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1999-04-07	Carlos Delgado	TOR	@	MIN	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	---	4,(3-0) BBBX	1	5	3	8%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
2	2	2	2	1999-04-07	Tony Fernández	TOR	@	MIN	ahead 3-0	t 3	1	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	6	5	7%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
3	3	3	1	1999-04-18	Manny Ramirez	CLE		MIN	tied 0-0	b 6	0	---	8,(2-2) CFFFBBFX	1	4	9	15%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
4	4	4	1	1999-04-23	Juan González	TEX	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 6	0	12-	4,(1-2) FBFX	3	4	9	22%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. McLemore Scores; R. Greer Scores
5	5	5	1	1999-05-04	Bernie Williams	NYY	@	MIN	behind 0-2	t 2	0	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	4	8	9%	41%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
6	6	6	1	1999-05-09	Johnny Damon	KCR	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 1	0	12-	3,(1-1) BCX	3	3	7	16%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); C. Beltrán Scores; C. Febles Scores
7	7	7	1	1999-05-19	Ken Griffey Jr.	SEA		MIN	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	6,(3-2) BBFBFX	1	3	8	9%	60%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
8	8	8	2	1999-05-19	Alex Rodriguez	SEA		MIN	ahead 1-0	b 3	1	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	2	6	15%	81%		Home Run (Line Drive); D. Wilson Scores
9	9	9	1	1999-06-07	Ed Taubensee	CIN	@	MIN	behind 2-7	t 5	2	1--	4,(1-2) FBFX	2	6	2	8%	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball); G. Vaughn Scores
10	10	10	1	1999-07-19	Joe McEwing	STL		MIN	tied 0-0	b 3	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	1	4	16%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Mercker Scores
11	11	11	2	1999-07-19	Fernando Tatís	STL		MIN	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	1--	3,(2-0) B1BX	2	5	5	13%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball); R. Lankford Scores
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	2000-06-28	Frank Thomas	CHW		MIN	tied 0-0	b 1	0	12-	3,(1-1) BCX	3	3	DH	15%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Durham Scores; J. Valentín Scores
13	13	2	2	2000-06-28	Frank Thomas	CHW		MIN	ahead 4-0	b 3	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	DH	4%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
14	14	3	3	2000-06-28	Magglio Ordóñez	CHW		MIN	ahead 5-0	b 3	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	9	3%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
15	15	4	1	2000-07-03	Carl Everett	BOS	@	MIN	behind 1-3	t 4	0	---	9,(3-2) BCBBFFFFX	1	5	8	10%	39%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
16	16	5	2	2000-07-03	Troy O'Leary	BOS	@	MIN	behind 2-3	t 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	7	11%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
17	17	6	3	2000-07-03	Jason Varitek	BOS	@	MIN	tied 3-3	t 4	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	2	17%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Sprague Scores
18	18	7	1	2000-07-17	Chris Richard	STL	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	7	9%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
19	19	8	2	2000-07-17	Fernando Tatís	STL	@	MIN	ahead 2-1	t 5	1	1--	4,(2-1) BBFX	2	4	DH	17%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); É. Rentería Scores
20	20	9	1	2000-07-22	Manny Ramirez	CLE	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	4,(2-1) BFBX	2	4	DH	16%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); O. Vizquel Scores
21	21	10	2	2000-07-22	Richie Sexson	CLE	@	MIN	behind 2-5	t 4	1	123	3,(2-0) BBX	4	8	7	27%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Ramirez Scores; T. Fryman Scores; R. Branyan Scores
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	2001-07-07	Paul Konerko	CHW		PIT	ahead 3-0	b 8	2	---	6,(3-2) BC1BBCX	1	5	3	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
23	23	2	1	2001-09-02	Rubén Rivera	CIN		PIT	behind 5-6	b 7	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	PH	38%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Casey Scores
24	24	3	1	2001-10-07	Sammy Sosa	CHC		PIT	behind 2-4	b 8	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	9	10%	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	2002-06-14	Austin Kearns	CIN		PIT	behind 0-2	b 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	9	14%	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
26	26	2	1	2002-06-27	José Macias	MON	@	PIT	ahead 4-2	t 7	0	--3	2,(0-1) FX	2	1	8	6%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); B. Wilkerson Scores
27	27	3	2	2002-06-27	Vladimir Guerrero	MON	@	PIT	ahead 6-2	t 7	1	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	3	9	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
28	28	4	1	2002-07-24	Adam Dunn	CIN		PIT	ahead 8-4	b 6	2	---	4,(1-2) CCBX	1	3	3	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
29	29	5	1	2002-08-10	Benito Santiago	SFG		PIT	ahead 4-3	b 7	1	123	3,(1-1) BSX	4	5	2	12%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); R. Aurilia Scores; J. Kent Scores; B. Bonds Scores
30	30	6	1	2002-09-04	Marcus Giles	ATL		PIT	ahead 4-0	b 8	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	5	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
31	31	7	2	2002-09-04	Henry Blanco	ATL		PIT	ahead 5-0	b 8	2	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	8	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	2003-07-08	Eddie Pérez	MIL		PIT	behind 3-6	b 7	1	---	5,(2-2) BCBFX	1	7	2	8%	18%		Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF)
33	33	2	1	2003-07-29	Rondell White	SDP	@	PIT	behind 4-6	t 9	0	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	6	7	35%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Hansen Scores
34	34	3	1	2003-08-10	Charles Johnson	COL		PIT	behind 2-5	b 9	2	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	9	2	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
35	35	4	1	2003-08-31	Javy López	ATL	@	PIT	ahead 7-2	t 4	2	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	5	2	3%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
36	36	5	1	2003-09-04	Álex González	FLA		PIT	ahead 2-1	b 7	2	1--	3,(1-1) BC1X	2	8	6	17%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); M. Cabrera Scores
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	2004-05-03	Derrek Lee	CHC	@	STL	ahead 3-2	t 8	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	3	15%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); A. Ramírez Scores
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	2008-04-26	Rich Aurilia	SFG		CIN	behind 4-7	b 6	1	---	3,(0-2) SCX	1	6	3	9%	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
39	39	2	1	2008-05-10 (1)	Carlos Delgado	NYM		CIN	ahead 10-4	b 7	1	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	7	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
40	40	3	2	2008-05-10 (1)	Brian Schneider	NYM		CIN	ahead 11-4	b 7	1	---	3,(0-2) CSX	1	8	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
41	41	4	1	2008-05-22	Kevin Kouzmanoff	SDP		CIN	ahead 5-2	b 7	1	-2-	3,(1-1) .CBX	2	5	5	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); A. González Scores
42	42	5	2	2008-05-22	Khalil Greene	SDP		CIN	ahead 7-2	b 7	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	6	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
43	43	6	1	2008-06-14	Kevin Youkilis	BOS	@	CIN	tied 4-4	t 10	1	---	5,(2-2) BFBCX	1	5	3	38%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
44	44	7	2	2008-06-14	Coco Crisp	BOS	@	CIN	ahead 5-4	t 10	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	8	10%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
45	45	8	1	2008-08-13	Brandon Moss	PIT		CIN	ahead 4-2	b 8	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	7	4%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
46	46	9	1	2008-08-24	Omar Quintanilla	COL		CIN	tied 3-3	b 12	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	4	41%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
47	47	10	1	2008-08-30	Aaron Rowand	SFG	@	CIN	behind 5-6	t 8	2	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	5	8	26%	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	2009-04-11	Ryan Doumit	PIT	@	CIN	ahead 5-1	t 9	2	123	3,(1-1) BSX	4	4	2	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Hinske Scores; F. Sanchez Scores; N. McLouth Scores
49	49	2	2	2009-04-11	Adam LaRoche	PIT	@	CIN	ahead 9-1	t 9	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
50	50	3	1	2009-05-16	Edgar Gonzalez	SDP		CIN	behind 2-5	b 7	1	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	9	PH	8%	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
51	51	4	1	2009-05-21	Raúl Ibañez	PHI	@	CIN	ahead 11-5	t 8	0	---	3,(1-1) .CBX	1	3	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
52	52	5	1	2009-05-26	Jeff Keppinger	HOU	@	CIN	tied 3-3	t 6	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	7	5	16%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
53	53	6	1	2009-06-01	Colby Rasmus	STL		CIN	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	2	8	10%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
54	54	7	1	2009-06-07	Alfonso Soriano	CHC	@	CIN	tied 3-3	t 14	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	1	7	34%	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	2010-04-05	Albert Pujols	STL	@	CIN	ahead 4-2	t 7	0	1--	1,(0-0) >X	2	3	3	10%	94%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); B. Ryan Scores