Doing a Double Take: Tim Lincecum’s 2009 Season Is Rivaling That of 2008

After he won the 2008 National League Cy Young, many people thought San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum couldn’t really get much better than what he did in his first full major league season.

Dude racked up strikeouts like they were going out of style, shot up the ranks as one of baseball’s best, and did all of this on a team that finished 20 games under .500.

However, adorned with his new rock star hair and a couple of new toys to play with, "The Freak" has had an encore season to make any doubters believe the sophomore slump does not exist.

First, the numbers through 16 starts:

2008: 9-1, 2.38 ERA, 109.2 IP, 93 H, 114 K, 43 BB, 1.24 WHIP

2009: 8-2, 2.37 ERA, 114 IP, 94 H, 132 K, 28 BB, 1.07 WHIP

Those are ...

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