Mike Lincoln | Major Leaguer 1999-2008

Full Name: Michael George Lincoln
Born: April 10,1975 in Carmichael, California
Height: 6-2 Weight: 211 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Casa Roble (Orangevale,CA)
College: University of Tennessee, American River College

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Prospect Rankings*
1999 - 10th ranked organizational prospect for Minnesota Twins

*According to Baseball America

Drafted: Selected by Montreal Expos in 51st Round (1400th overall) of 1993 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) ... Selected by San Francisco Giants in 37th Round (1040th overall) of 1994 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) ... Selected by San Francisco Giants in 40th Round (1111st overall) of 1995 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) ... Selected by Minnesota Twins in 13th Round (367th overall) of 1996 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Dec 20,2000] - Released by Twins. [Feb 3,2001] - Signed as Free Agent by Pirates. [Dec 21,2003] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 9,2004] - Signed as Free Agent by Cardinals.

Signed by: Tom O'Neil

Disabled List: [Aug 13,2001] - 15 Day Disabled list - (Injury unknown) [Aug 28,2001] - Activated [Mar 24,2003] - 15 Day Disabled list - (Injury unknown) [May 7,2004] - 15 Day Disabled list - (Injury unknown) [Nov 11,2004] - Activated [Apr 2,2005] - 15 Day Disabled list - (recovering from Tommy John surgery)

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1996	Fort Myers	FSL	21	Min	A+	5	2	4.07	12	11	0	0	0	0	59.2	64	31	27	5	25	24	4	1	9.65	0.75	3.77	3.62	1.49	--
1997	Fort Myers	FSL	22	Min	A+	13	4	2.28	20	20	1	1	0	0	134.0	130	41	34	4	25	75	4	2	8.73	0.27	1.68	5.04	1.16	--
1998	NewBritain	East	23	Min	AA	15	7	3.22	26	26	1	0	0	0	173.1	180	80	62	13	35	109	5	0	9.35	0.68	1.82	5.66	1.24	--
1999	Salt Lake	PCL	24	Min	AAA	5	2	7.78	9	9	0	0	0	0	59.0	82	52	51	12	21	39	2	0	12.51	1.83	3.20	5.95	1.75	--
	Minnesota	AL	24	Min	MLB	3	10	6.84	18	15	0	0	0	0	76.1	102	59	58	11	26	27	4	0	12.03	1.30	3.07	3.18	1.68	--
2000	Salt Lake	PCL	25	Min	AAA	4	1	3.87	12	12	2	1	0	0	74.1	72	35	32	4	16	37	3	0	8.72	0.48	1.94	4.48	1.18	--
	Minnesota	AL	25	Min	MLB	0	3	10.89	8	4	0	0	1	0	20.2	36	25	25	10	13	15	1	0	15.68	4.36	5.66	6.53	2.37	45%
2001	Nashville	PCL	26	Pit	AAA	5	4	3.44	18	13	1	0	1	0	91.2	90	39	35	10	25	71	3	1	8.84	0.98	2.45	6.97	1.25	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	26	Pit	MLB	2	1	2.68	31	0	0	0	5	0	40.1	34	16	12	3	11	24	2	0	7.59	0.67	2.45	5.36	1.12	55%
2002	Nashville	PCL	27	Pit	AAA	0	0	1.23	10	0	0	0	7	2	14.2	14	2	2	0	2	15	1	0	8.59	0.00	1.23	9.21	1.09	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	27	Pit	MLB	2	4	3.11	55	0	0	0	9	0	72.1	80	28	25	7	27	50	2	0	9.95	0.87	3.36	6.22	1.48	54%
2003	Nashville	PCL	28	Pit	AAA	1	1	0.71	8	0	0	0	1	0	12.2	8	2	1	1	4	9	1		5.69	0.71	2.84	6.40	0.95	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	28	Pit	MLB	3	4	5.20	36	0	0	0	14	5	36.1	38	22	21	5	13	28	1	0	9.41	1.24	3.22	6.94	1.40	55%
2004	St. Louis	NL	29	Stl	MLB	3	2	5.19	13	0	0	0	1	0	17.1	10	12	10	1	6	14	0	0	5.19	0.52	3.12	7.27	0.92	47%
2008	Cincinnati	NL	33	Cin	MLB	2	5	4.48	64	0	0	0	12	0	70.1	66	37	35	10	24	57	3	0	8.45	1.28	3.07	7.29	1.28	--

Major League Totals - 7 Season(s)						15	29	5.02	225	19	0	0	42	5	333.2	366	199	186	47	120	215	13	0	9.87	1.27	3.24	5.80	1.46	--
Minor League Totals - 8 Season(s)						48	21	3.55	115	91	5	2	9	2	619.1	640	282	244	49	153	379	23		9.30	0.71	2.22	5.51	1.28	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1999	Minnesota	AL	24	Min	MLB	p		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
2000	Minnesota	AL	25	Min	MLB	p	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2001	Nashville	PCL	26	Pit	AAA	p		18	20	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	.150	.150	.200	350	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	26	Pit	MLB	p	9	30	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	33%
2002	Nashville	PCL	27	Pit	AAA	p		10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	27	Pit	MLB	p	9	53	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	33%
2003	Nashville	PCL	28	Pit	AAA	p		8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	28	Pit	MLB	p	9	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2004	St. Louis	NL	29	Stl	MLB	p	9	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2008	Cincinnati	NL	33	Cin	MLB	p		61	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Major League Totals - 7 Season(s)								202	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	.083	.083	.083	166	--
Minor League Totals - 3 Season(s)								36	22	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	.136	.136	.182	318	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1996	Fort Myers	FSL	21	Min	A+	P	12			7	12	0	19	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1997	Fort Myers	FSL	22	Min	A+	P	20			10	29	1	40	2	-	-	-	.975	--

1998	NewBritain	East	23	Min	AA	P	26			17	42	1	60	3	-	-	-	.983	--

1999	Salt Lake	PCL	24	Min	AAA	P	9			2	8	0	10	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1999	Minnesota	AL	24	Min	MLB	P	18		76.1	5	12	0	17	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.00

2000	Salt Lake	PCL	25	Min	AAA	P	12			11	9	0	20	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2000	Minnesota	AL	25	Min	MLB	P	8		20.2	1	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.31

2001	Nashville	PCL	26	Pit	AAA	P	18			8	10	1	19	3	-	-	-	.947	--
2001	Pittsburgh	NL	26	Pit	MLB	P	31		40.1	1	11	1	13	1	-	-	-	.923	2.68

2002	Nashville	PCL	27	Pit	AAA	P	10			1	3	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2002	Pittsburgh	NL	27	Pit	MLB	P	55		72.1	4	11	0	15	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.87

2003	Nashville	PCL	28	Pit	AAA	P	8			2	2	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2003	Pittsburgh	NL	28	Pit	MLB	P	36	-	36.1	1	4	1	6	0	-	-	-	.833	1.24

2004	St. Louis	NL	29	Stl	MLB	P	13	-	17.1	1	2	1	4	0	-	-	-	.750	1.56

2008	Cincinnati	NL	33	Cin	MLB	P	64	-	70	6	11	1	18	1	-	-	-	.944	2.19

Awards

[1998] - Double-A All-Star SP, Eastern League All-Star RHP

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1999	200,000		1,222,537	80
2000	*175,000		1,369,505	80
2001	*200,000		1,609,512	75
2002	267,500		1,654,088	53
2003	315,500		1,773,364	53
2004	450,000		1,716,303	43
2005	360,000		1,825,756	50
2008	*550,000

Career:	$2,518,000	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes