Craig Kimbrel

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 215lb (183cm, 97kg)

Born: May 28, 1988 in Huntsville, AL us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 33rd round of the 2007 MLB June Amateur Draft from Wallace State Community College (Hanceville, AL) and the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 2008 MLB June Amateur Draft from Wallace State Community College (Hanceville, AL).

High School: Lee HS (Huntsville, AL)

School: Wallace State Community College (Hanceville, AL)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2011 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$13M (24) & 25 team option

Service Time (01/2024): 12.161 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: SportsMeter

National Team: us USA (WBC)

Full Name: Craig Michael Kimbrel

Nicknames: Dirty Craig

Pronunciation: \KIM-bruhl\

Twitter: @Kimbrel46

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Rookie of the Year
9x All-Star
2018 World Series
Rolaids Relief
Hoffman Rel
Rivera Rel

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2024

Career

WAR

0.5

23.9

ERA

0.82

2.38

791

424

11.0

768.1

1209

WHIP

0.636

0.985

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2008	20		3 Teams	3 Lgs	Rk-A-A+	ATL	3	2	.600	0.51	1.27	24	0	20	0	0	10	35.1	16	5	2	0	15	1	56	3	0	4	143	0.877	4.1	0.0	3.8	14.3	3.73
2008	20	-2.8	Myrtle Beach	CARL	A+	ATL	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	5	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	14	1.636	12.3	0.0	2.5	7.4	3.00
2008	20	-1.9	Rome	SALL	A	ATL	2	0	1.000	0.71	0.71	10	0	9	0	0	4	12.2	6	1	1	0	4	0	26	0	0	0	48	0.789	4.3	0.0	2.8	18.5	6.50
2008	20	-0.3	Danville	APPY	Rk	ATL	1	2	.333	0.47	1.89	12	0	11	0	0	6	19.0	5	4	1	0	10	1	27	3	0	4	81	0.789	2.4	0.0	4.7	12.8	2.70
2009	21		4 Teams	4 Lgs	A+-A-AA-AAA	ATL	2	3	.400	2.85	3.30	49	0	35	0	0	18	60.0	30	22	19	2	45	1	103	3	1	10	254	1.250	4.5	0.3	6.8	15.5	2.29
2009	21	-5.9	Gwinnett	IL	AAA	ATL	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	1	10	2.000	0.0	0.0	18.0	13.5	0.75
2009	21	-3.3	Mississippi	SOUL	AA	ATL	2	1	.667	0.77	0.77	12	0	12	0	0	6	11.2	3	1	1	0	7	0	17	1	0	1	45	0.857	2.3	0.0	5.4	13.1	2.43
2009	21	-1.9	Myrtle Beach	CARL	A+	ATL	0	2	.000	5.47	6.49	19	0	8	0	0	2	26.1	18	19	16	2	28	1	45	1	1	8	123	1.747	6.2	0.7	9.6	15.4	1.61
2009	21	-0.6	Rome	SALL	A	ATL	0	0		0.90	0.90	16	0	14	0	0	10	20.0	9	2	2	0	6	0	38	1	0	0	76	0.750	4.1	0.0	2.7	17.1	6.33
2009	21	-2.3	Peoria Saguaros	AZFL	Fal		0	1	.000	10.45	11.32	11	0	5	0	0	0	10.1	7	13	12	1	16	0	18	2	0	0	56	2.226	6.1	0.9	13.9	15.7	1.13
2010	22	-4.6	Gwinnett	IL	AAA	ATL	3	2	.600	1.62	2.10	48	0	43	0	0	23	55.2	28	13	10	3	35	0	83	4	1	8	230	1.132	4.5	0.5	5.7	13.4	2.37
2010	22	-6.7	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	4	0	1.000	0.44	0.87	21	0	7	0	0	1	20.2	9	2	1	0	16	1	40	0	0	4	88	1.210	3.9	0.0	7.0	17.4	2.50
2011	23	-5.5	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	4	3	.571	2.10	2.22	79	0	64	0	0	46	77.0	48	19	18	3	32	1	127	1	0	4	306	1.039	5.6	0.4	3.7	14.8	3.97
2012	24	-4.5	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	3	1	.750	1.01	1.01	63	0	56	0	0	42	62.2	27	7	7	3	14	0	116	2	0	5	231	0.654	3.9	0.4	2.0	16.7	8.29
2013	25	-3.1	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	4	3	.571	1.21	1.34	68	0	60	0	0	50	67.0	39	10	9	4	20	2	98	3	0	3	258	0.881	5.2	0.5	2.7	13.2	4.90
2014	26	-2.5	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	0	3	.000	1.61	1.90	63	0	54	0	0	47	61.2	30	13	11	2	26	0	95	2	0	6	244	0.908	4.4	0.3	3.8	13.9	3.65
2015	27	-1.4	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	4	2	.667	2.58	2.88	61	0	53	0	0	39	59.1	40	19	17	6	22	1	87	1	0	4	239	1.045	6.1	0.9	3.3	13.2	3.95
2016	28	1.3	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2016	28	-0.6	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	2	6	.250	3.40	3.74	57	0	47	0	0	31	53.0	28	22	20	4	30	0	83	4	0	6	220	1.094	4.8	0.7	5.1	14.1	2.77
2017	29	0.4	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	5	0	1.000	1.43	1.43	67	0	51	0	0	35	69.0	33	11	11	6	14	0	126	4	0	5	254	0.681	4.3	0.8	1.8	16.4	9.00
2018	30	1.4	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	5	1	.833	2.74	2.74	63	0	57	0	0	42	62.1	31	19	19	7	31	0	96	2	0	7	247	0.995	4.5	1.0	4.5	13.9	3.10
2019	31	4.3	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	0	0		2.45	2.45	4	1	1	0	0	0	3.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	14	0.818	4.9	2.5	2.5	9.8	4.00
2019	31	2.7	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	0	4	.000	6.53	6.53	23	0	17	0	0	13	20.2	21	15	15	9	12	0	30	2	0	0	96	1.597	9.1	3.9	5.2	13.1	2.50
2020	32	3.6	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	0	1	.000	5.28	5.28	18	0	11	0	0	2	15.1	10	9	9	2	12	1	28	2	0	4	69	1.435	5.9	1.2	7.0	16.4	2.33
2021	33		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	CHW	4	5	.444	2.26	2.87	63	0	43	0	0	24	59.2	31	19	15	6	23	1	100	3	1	8	235	0.905	4.7	0.9	3.5	15.1	4.35
2021	33	4.1	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	2	3	.400	0.49	1.47	39	0	35	0	0	23	36.2	13	6	2	1	13	0	64	0	1	3	137	0.709	3.2	0.2	3.2	15.7	4.92
2021	33	4.5	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	2	2	.500	5.09	5.09	24	0	8	0	0	1	23.0	18	13	13	5	10	1	36	3	0	5	98	1.217	7.0	2.0	3.9	14.1	3.60
2022	34	4.8	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	6	7	.462	3.75	4.65	63	0	47	0	0	22	60.0	51	31	25	4	28	2	72	5	1	7	260	1.317	7.7	0.6	4.2	10.8	2.57
2023	35	5.8	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	8	6	.571	3.26	3.65	71	0	45	0	0	23	69.0	44	28	25	10	28	1	94	4	2	4	278	1.043	5.7	1.3	3.7	12.3	3.36
2024	36	6.6	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	3	0	1.000	0.82	1.64	11	0	9	0	0	7	11.0	5	2	1	0	2	0	17	1	0	0	40	0.636	4.1	0.0	1.6	13.9	8.50
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (15 seasons)					Majors		52	42	.553	2.38	2.65	791	0	621	0	0	424	768.1	447	226	203	66	310	10	1209	36	4	67	3065	0.985	5.2	0.8	3.6	14.2	3.90
Minors (5 seasons)					Minors		8	7	.533	1.86	2.38	126	2	99	0	0	51	155.0	77	41	32	6	96	2	246	11	2	22	644	1.116	4.5	0.3	5.6	14.3	2.56
Other (1 season)					Other		0	1	.000	10.45	11.32	11	0	5	0	0	0	10.1	7	13	12	1	16	0	18	2	0	0	56	2.226	6.1	0.9	13.9	15.7	1.13
All Levels (17 Seasons)							60	50	.545	2.38	2.70	928	2	725	0	0	475	933.2	531	280	247	73	422	12	1473	49	6	89	3765	1.021	5.1	0.7	4.1	14.2	3.49

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		3	2	.600	1.61	2.04	55	2	45	0	0	23	61.2	31	14	11	4	40	0	90	5	1	9	257	1.151	4.5	0.6	5.8	13.1	2.25
AA (1 season)					Minors		2	1	.667	0.77	0.77	12	0	12	0	0	6	11.2	3	1	1	0	7	0	17	1	0	1	45	0.857	2.3	0.0	5.4	13.1	2.43
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		0	2	.000	4.80	5.70	21	0	8	0	0	2	30.0	23	19	16	2	29	1	48	1	1	8	137	1.733	6.9	0.6	8.7	14.4	1.66
A (2 seasons)					Minors		2	0	1.000	0.83	0.83	26	0	23	0	0	14	32.2	15	3	3	0	10	0	64	1	0	0	124	0.765	4.1	0.0	2.8	17.6	6.40
Rk (1 season)					Minors		1	2	.333	0.47	1.89	12	0	11	0	0	6	19.0	5	4	1	0	10	1	27	3	0	4	81	0.789	2.4	0.0	4.7	12.8	2.70