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Craig Kimbrel \KIM-brull\

Craig Michael Kimbrel (twitter: @kimbrel46)

Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: May 28, 1988 in Huntsville, Alabama, US
High School: Lee HS (Huntsville, AL)
School: Wallace State Community College (Hanceville) (Hanceville, AL)

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

Prospect Ratings by Baseball America:
Pre-2011: Rated #86 Prospect

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Pitching: 2013 / 2012 / 2011 / 2010 / 2009 / 2008
Batting: 2010

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Minors Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2008	20	3 Teams	3 Lgs	Rk-A-A+	ATL	3	2	.600	0.51	24	20	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	Danville	APPY	Rk	ATL	1	2	.333	0.47	12	11	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
2008	20	Rome	SALL	A	ATL	2	0	1.000	0.71	10	9	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	Myrtle Beach	CARL	A+	ATL	0	0		0.00	2	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
2009	21	4 Teams	4 Lgs	A+-A-AA-AAA	ATL	2	3	.400	2.85	49	35	18	60.0	30	22	19	2	45	1	103	3	1	10	254	1.250	4.5	0.3	6.8	15.4	2.29
2009	21	Rome	SALL	A	ATL	0	0		0.90	16	14	10	20.0	9	2	2	0	6	0	38	1	0	0	76	0.750	4.0	0.0	2.7	17.1	6.33
2009	21	Myrtle Beach	CARL	A+	ATL	0	2	.000	5.47	19	8	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	Mississippi	SOUL	AA	ATL	2	1	.667	0.77	12	12	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	Gwinnett	IL	AAA	ATL	0	0		0.00	2	1	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
2010	22	Gwinnett	IL	AAA	ATL	3	2	.600	1.62	48	43	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
3 Seasons						8	7	.533	1.85	121	98	51	151.0	74	40	31	5	95	2	242	10	2	22	627	1.119	4.4	0.3	5.7	14.4	2.55
A (2 seasons)				A		2	0	1.000	0.83	26	23	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
AAA (2 seasons)				AAA		3	2	.600	1.56	50	44	23	57.2	28	13	10	3	39	0	86	4	1	9	240	1.162	4.4	0.5	6.1	13.4	2.21
A+ (2 seasons)				A+		0	2	.000	4.80	21	8	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
AA (1 season)				AA		2	1	.667	0.77	12	12	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
Rk (1 season)				Rk		1	2	.333	0.47	12	11	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

Minors Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
2008	20	3 Teams	3 Lgs	A-A+-Rk	ATL	24	0	0	0
2008	20	Danville	APPY	Rk	ATL	12	0	0	0
2008	20	Rome	SALL	A	ATL	10	0	0	0
2008	20	Myrtle Beach	CARL	A+	ATL	2	0	0	0
2009	21	4 Teams	4 Lgs	A-AA-A+-AAA	ATL	49	0	0	0
2009	21	Rome	SALL	A	ATL	16	0	0	0
2009	21	Myrtle Beach	CARL	A+	ATL	19	0	0	0
2009	21	Mississippi	SOUL	AA	ATL	12	0	0	0
2009	21	Gwinnett	IL	AAA	ATL	2	0	0	0
2010	22	Gwinnett	IL	AAA	ATL	48	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
3 Seasons						121	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
A (2 seasons)				A		26	0	0	0
AAA (2 seasons)				AAA		50	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
A+ (2 seasons)				A+		21	0	0	0
AA (1 season)				AA		12	0	0	0
Rk (1 season)				Rk		12	0	0	0

Minors Fielding

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff		G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	SB	CS	CS%
2008	20	3 Teams	3 Lgs	Rk-A-A+	ATL	P	24	11	1	9	1	0	.909	0.42	2	0	0%
2008	20	Danville	APPY	Rk	ATL	P	12	9	1	7	1	0	.889	0.67	0	0
2008	20	Rome	SALL	A	ATL	P	10	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.10	2	0	0%
2008	20	Myrtle Beach	CARL	A+	ATL	P	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.50	0	0
2009	21	4 Teams	4 Lgs	A+-A-AA-AAA	ATL	P	49	16	3	10	3	1	.813	0.27	6	2	25%
2009	21	Rome	SALL	A	ATL	P	16	4	1	1	2	0	.500	0.13	1	0	0%
2009	21	Myrtle Beach	CARL	A+	ATL	P	19	10	1	8	1	1	.900	0.47	3	2	40%
2009	21	Mississippi	SOUL	AA	ATL	P	12	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	0.17	1	0	0%
2009	21	Gwinnett	IL	AAA	ATL	P	2	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	1	0	0%
2010	22	Gwinnett	IL	AAA	ATL	P	48	7	3	3	1	0	.857	0.13	3	0	0%
3 Seasons							121	34	7	22	5	1	.853	0.24	11	2	15%

Teams Played For

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff
2008	20	Danville Braves	Appalachian League	Rk	ATL		2008-06-18	2008-07-25
2008	20	Rome Braves	South Atlantic League	A	ATL		2008-07-30	2008-08-27
2008	20	Myrtle Beach Pelicans	Carolina League	A+	ATL		2008-08-29	2008-09-01
2009	21	Myrtle Beach Pelicans	Carolina League	A+	ATL		2009-04-09	2009-07-28
2009	21	Rome Braves	South Atlantic League	A	ATL		2009-05-03	2009-06-21
2009	21	Mississippi Braves	Southern League	AA	ATL		2009-07-31	2009-08-31
2009	21	Gwinnett Braves	International League	AAA	ATL		2009-09-02	2009-09-06
2010	22	Gwinnett Braves	International League	AAA	ATL		2010-04-08	2010-09-06
2010	22	Atlanta Braves	National League	MLB	ATL	1	2010-05-07	2010-10-02
2011	23	Atlanta Braves	National League	MLB	ATL	1	2011-03-31	2011-09-28
2012	24	Atlanta Braves	National League	MLB	ATL	1	2012-04-10	2012-10-03
2013	25	Atlanta Braves	National League	MLB	ATL	1	2013-04-01	2013-05-21

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