NEW YORK—Tim Lincecum was a big winner on a woeful team, which fit him perfectly.

Firing 97 mph fastballs from his miniature frame, the National League Cy Young award recipient is an anomaly in almost every way.

Lincecum joined Mike McCormick (1967) as the only San Francisco Giants to win the Cy Young, taking home pitching’s highest honor by a comfortable margin Tuesday following his second major league season.

“I was definitely surprised. I thought it was going to be a lot closer,” Lincecum said.

The slender kid with the whirling windup received...

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