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Craig Kimbrel

Craig M. Kimbrel

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

Born: May 28, 1988 in Huntsville, AL
High School: Lee HS (Huntsville, AL)
School: Wallace State Community College (Hanceville) (Hanceville, AL)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 2008 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 2008. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 7, 2010
Team: Braves 2010-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$590k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.066, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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All-Star

Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
2008	20	ATL-min	Rk,A,A+	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	DAN,ROM,MYR · APPY,SALL,CARL
2009	21	ATL-min	A+,A,AA,AAA	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	MYR,ROM,MSS,GWI · CARL,SALL,SOUL,IL
2010	22	ATL-min	AAA	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	GWI · IL
2010	22	ATL	NL	4	0	1.000	0.44	21	7	1	20.2	9	2	1	0	16	1	40	0	0	4	88	914	1.210	3.9	0.0	7.0	17.4	2.50
2011	23	ATL	NL	4	3	.571	2.10	79	64	46	77.0	48	19	18	3	32	1	127	1	0	4	306	183	1.039	5.6	0.4	3.7	14.8	3.97	AS,CYA-9,MVP-23,RoY-1
2012	24	ATL	NL	0	0		2.00	18	17	14	18.0	10	4	4	0	10	0	28	0	0	1	73	196	1.111	5.0	0.0	5.0	14.0	2.80
3 Yrs				8	3	.727	1.79	118	88	61	115.2	67	25	23	3	58	2	195	1	0	9	467	217	1.081	5.2	0.2	4.5	15.2	3.36
162 Game Avg.				5	2	.727	1.79	68	51	35	67	39	14	13	2	33	1	112	1	0	5	269	217	1.081	5.2	0.2	4.5	15.2	3.36

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
2010	22	ATL	NL	20.2	21	2	0.87	4.50	0.04	-0.34	96.6	3.99	7	0.8	.6	-0.2	0.7	9	.537	.505	$
2011	23	ATL	NL	77.0	79	19	2.22	4.14	0.05	-0.31	98.5	3.73	12	1.4	1.8	0.3	2.3	20	.518	.509	$419,000	AS,CYA-9,MVP-23,RoY-1
2012	24	ATL	NL	18.0	18	4	2.00	4.28	0.03	-0.32	100.8	3.97	4	0.4	1.7	0.1	0.6	6	.522	.502	$
3 Seasons				115.2	118	25	1.95	4.23	0.04	-0.32	98.5	3.81	23	2.6	1.5	0.2	3.6	34	.522	.505	$419,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2010	22	ATL	NL	NLDS	L	SFG	0	1	.000	2.08	4	0	2	0	0	0	4.1	1	2	1	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	13	0.462	2.1	0.0	2.1	14.5	7.00
1 NLDS							0	1	.000	2.08	4	0	2	0	0	0	4.1	1	2	1	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	13	0.462	2.1	0.0	2.1	14.5	7.00

All-Star Pitching

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	W	L	W-L%	ERA	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2011	ATL	NL	23	0	0	0		0.00	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3.000	0.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
2010	22	ATL	NL	21	88	72	2	9	2	0	0	3	0	16	40	.125	.284	.153	.437	.281	11	1	0	0	0	1	2
2011	23	ATL	NL	79	306	270	19	48	4	1	3	1	3	32	127	.178	.266	.233	.499	.317	63	4	1	1	2	1	2
2012	24	ATL	NL	18	73	63	4	10	1	0	0	1	0	10	28	.159	.274	.175	.449	.286	11	1	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				118	467	405	25	67	7	1	3	5	3	58	195	.165	.270	.210	.480	.306	85	6	1	1	2	2	4
162 Game Avg.				68	269	233	14	39	4	1	2	3	2	33	112	.165	.270	.210	.480	.306	49	3	1	1	1	1	2
MLB Averages																.256	.322	.401	.723	.295

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2010	22	ATL	NL	8.0	0.8	97	0.5	1.1	-0.6	.68	0.4	0.3	7.3	0.8	0.68	5.4	3	4	14
2011	23	ATL	NL	15.0	1.6	320	1.9	10.7	-8.8	1.93	1.4	-0.4	15.4	1.6	1.93	15.3	43	16	19
2012	24	ATL	NL	4.0	0.4	75	1.2	2.9	-1.7	2.10	0.5	0.1	4.3	0.4	2.10	4.1	12	3	2
3 Yrs				26.9	2.8	492	3.6	14.8	-11.2	1.71	2.2	-0.1	26.9	2.8	1.71	24.8	58	23	35

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2010	22	ATL	NL	21	21	7	4	0	1	1	0	100%	3	2	3	1	33%	8	.682	3	4	14	5	3	13	2	19	1	3	1	5	3.0	18
2011	23	ATL	NL	79	79	64	4	3	54	46	8	85%	54	0	4	0	0%	9	1.933	43	16	19	60	11	8	3	76	1	6	1	28	2.9	17
2012	24	ATL	NL	18	18	17	0	0	15	14	1	93%	15	0	0	0		9	2.100	12	3	2	17	0	1	0	18	0	0	0	4	3.0	17
3 Yrs				118	118	88	8	3	70	61	9	87%	72	2	7	1	14%		1.723	58	23	35	82	14	22	5	113	2	9	2	37	2.9	17

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
2010	22	ATL	NL	88	53%	0.0%	45.5%	18.2%	2.3%	22%	0.39	0.21	36%	16%	0.0%	13%	16	1	6%
2011	23	ATL	NL	306	52%	1.0%	41.5%	10.5%	2.6%	17%	0.79	0.80	46%	15%	4.7%	20%	57	4	7%
2012	24	ATL	NL	73	52%	0.0%	38.4%	13.7%	1.4%	10%	1.33	1.36	48%	17%	0.0%	20%	16	1	6%
3 Yrs				467	52%	0.6%	41.8%	12.4%	2.4%	16%	0.78	0.74	45%	15%	3.1%	19%	89	6	7%
MLB Averages					46%	2.5%	18.7%	8.3%	7.5%	33%	0.81	1.09	69%	18%	7.4%	13%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2010	22	ATL	NL	88	384	4.36	224	58%	31%	25%	29%	14%	69%	1%	40%	63%	43%	8%	7	2	20%	18	11	0	35%	8	4	0	0	0
2011	23	ATL	NL	307	1314	4.28	843	64%	32%	26%	24%	17%	68%	0%	44%	61%	55%	6%	17	8	34%	103	68	5	28%	28	8	-1	0	0
2012	24	ATL	NL	73	306	4.19	202	66%	29%	25%	29%	17%	71%	0%	47%	65%	68%	7%	5	1	51%	37	24	1	21%	9	4	0	0	0
3 Yrs				468	2004	4.28	1269	63%	31%	26%	26%	17%	69%	1%	43%	62%	55%	6%	29	11	34%	158	103	6	29%	45	16	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				24%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
2010	22	ATL	NL	88	9	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5	1	3	20%	2	4	3	36	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
2011	23	ATL	NL	306	48	7	1	3	0	4	2	1	2	1	8	5	2	63%	2	4	2	110	1	3	25%	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	8	0
2012	24	ATL	NL	73	10	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	67%	0	1	0	29	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3 Yrs				467	67	13	1	3	0	11	2	1	2	1	16	8	6	50%	4	9	5	175	5	3	63%	5	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	18	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2010	22	4	0	1.000	0.44	21	7	1	20.2	9	2	1	0	16	1	40	0	4	88	914	1.210	3.9	0.0	7.0	17.4	2.50	914
2011	23	8	3	.727	1.75	100	71	47	97.2	57	21	19	3	48	2	167	1	8	394	221	1.075	5.3	0.3	4.4	15.4	3.48	221
2012	24	8	3	.727	1.79	118	88	61	115.2	67	25	23	3	58	2	195	1	9	467	217	1.081	5.2	0.2	4.5	15.2	3.36	217

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2010	22	2	0	1.000	0.43	21.0	9	1	1	0	16	41	0	1.190	3.9	6.9	17.6	2.56	0.0	21
2011	23	6	2	.750	2.31	74.0	49	21	19	3	33	123	1	1.108	6.0	4.0	15.0	3.73	0.4	79
2012	24	1	0	1.000	2.65	17.0	11	6	5	0	11	26	0	1.294	5.8	5.8	13.8	2.36	0.0	18
3 Yrs		9	2	.818	2.01	112.0	69	28	25	3	60	190	1	1.152	5.5		15.3	3.17	0.2	118

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 2011 *	Awards (yr lg award) 2011 NL Rookie of the Year	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2011 NL (23, 0%) 0.00 Career Shares (1712th)	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2011 NL (9, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (283rd)
Games Played s c a p y 2011 NL 79 (2nd)	Saves s c a p y 2011 NL 46 (1st) 2012 NL 14 (1st) Active 61 (38th) Career 61 (223rd)	Games Finished s c a p y 2011 NL 64 (1st) 2012 NL 17 (3rd)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2012 NL 1.2 (9th)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Pitching - 6 (378), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 7 (1687), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 14 (784), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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