Posted by Brian Joseph on Saturday, July 4, 2009 at 2:31 pm

Like Zack Greinke in April, San Francisco’s Tim Lincecum dominated BDD’s Pitcher of the Month voting in June and was the writer’s overwhelming choice receiving nine of 11 first-place votes for his impressive June performance.

Lincecum made six starts in June and all six were quality starts. The Giants went 4-2 in Lincecum’s starts and Lincecum posted a 3-1 record with a complete game shutout wins over the Oakland Athletics on June 12th and the St. Louis Cardinals on June 29th. Lincecum also tossed a second complete game win against the Athletics on June 23rd.

In all, Lincecum struck out 48 in 48-2/3 innings and posted a 1.48 ERA and a WHIP of 0.88. Opposing batters hit just .202 against the 2008 Cy Young Award winner and the Giant ace average over eight innings per start.

Also receiving first place votes were Felix Hernandez and Jon Lester. King Felix was 3-0 with a 0.94 ERA in five starts and was highlighted by a complete game shutout win over the San Diego Padres. Lester went 3-1 in five starts with a 1.85 ERA. He flirted with a no-hitter against the Texas Rangers on June 6th and finished out the game with a complete game no-hitter.

Previous Pitcher of the Month Winners

April: Zack Greinke, Kansas City Royals
Greinke was 5-0 with a 0.50 ERA and 0.89 WHIP

May: Justin Verlander, Detroit Tigers
Verlander was 5-0 with a 1.52 ERA and 0.895 WHIP