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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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.5

23.9

ERA

1.13

2.39

788

421

8.0

765.1

1206

WHIP

0.375

0.984

2008 Player Pitching Game Log

2008 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2008-06-18	Rk-APPY	Danville Braves		Burlington Royals	8-9	S	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	1	0	0
2	2008-06-21	Rk-APPY	Danville Braves	@	Greeneville Astros	8-9	S	2.0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	4	2	1	1
3	2008-06-23	Rk-APPY	Danville Braves	@	Princeton Rays	8-8		1.0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
4	2008-06-26	Rk-APPY	Danville Braves		Greeneville Astros	8-9	S	1.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	1	0
5	2008-06-30	Rk-APPY	Danville Braves	@	Johnson City Cardinals	8-9	S	2.0	0	1	0	2	3	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	4	0	0	0
6	2008-07-05	Rk-APPY	Danville Braves	@	Kingsport Mets	8-9		2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	1	0	0
7	2008-07-11	Rk-APPY	Danville Braves		Burlington Royals	9-9		1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0
8	2008-07-15	Rk-APPY	Danville Braves	@	Bristol White Sox	8-9	W	2.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	0
9	2008-07-19	Rk-APPY	Danville Braves	@	Princeton Rays	9-10	L	1.1	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	0
10	2008-07-21	Rk-APPY	Danville Braves		Pulaski Mariners	8-9	S	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	0
11	2008-07-24	Rk-APPY	Danville Braves	@	Bluefield Orioles	9-9	S	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0
12	2008-07-25	Rk-APPY	Danville Braves	@	Bluefield Orioles	8-9	L	1.1	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	9	1	4	3	1
		Player Moved from Rk-APPY to A-SALL
13	2008-07-30	A-SALL	Rome Braves		Greenville Drive	7-9	S	2.1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	1	0	0
14	2008-08-01	A-SALL	Rome Braves		Greenville Drive	9-9	W	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
15	2008-08-03	A-SALL	Rome Braves	@	Hickory Crawdads	9-9	S	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1
16	2008-08-06	A-SALL	Rome Braves	@	Charleston RiverDogs	9-9	S	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	1	2	1	0
17	2008-08-09	A-SALL	Rome Braves	@	Charleston RiverDogs	9-10	W	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	1	1	0	0
18	2008-08-14	A-SALL	Rome Braves		Hagerstown Suns	9-9		1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0
19	2008-08-16	A-SALL	Rome Braves		Lake County Captains	7-8		1.1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	1	0
20	2008-08-18	A-SALL	Rome Braves		Lake County Captains	9-9		1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	1	0
21	2008-08-24	A-SALL	Rome Braves	@	Savannah Sand Gnats	7-7	S	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0
22	2008-08-27 (2)	A-SALL	Rome Braves	@	Columbus Catfish	6-6		1.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0
		Player Moved from A-SALL to A+-CARL
23	2008-08-29	A+-CARL	Myrtle Beach Pelicans		Kinston Indians	7-8		1.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	2	1	0
24	2008-09-01	A+-CARL	Myrtle Beach Pelicans		Kinston Indians	8-9		2.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	6	1	1	0

2008 Player Pitching Splits

2008 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	24	143	122	5	16	1	0	0	2	0	15	56	.131	.241	.139	.380	.239	17	2	3	2	1	1

Home	11	61	55	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	4	24	.164	.246	.164	.410	.290	9	2	2	0	0	0
Away	13	82	67	4	7	1	0	0	2	0	11	32	.105	.238	.119	.357	.194	8	0	1	2	1	1

June	5	37	27	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	8	10	.037	.297	.074	.371	.059	2	0	2	0	0	0
July	8	51	46	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	22	.087	.140	.087	.227	.160	4	0	1	1	1	1
August	10	47	41	1	7	0	0	0	2	0	5	22	.171	.261	.171	.432	.368	7	1	0	1	0	0
September	1	8	8	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	.500	1.000	.667	4	1	0	0	0	0

As Reliever	24	143	122	5	16	1	0	0	2	0	15	56	.131	.241	.139	.380	.239	17	2	3	2	1	1

vs RHB as RHP	24	80	71		7	1	0	0			6	35	.099	.177	.113	.290	.189	8	2	1	1	1	0
vs LHB as RHP	22	63	51		9	0	0	0			9	21	.177	.323	.177	.499	.300	9	0	2	1	0	1

Bases Empty	24	76	66		8	1	0	0			8	31	.121	.237	.136	.373	.229	9	0	2	0	0	0
Runners On	19	67	56		8	0	0	0			7	25	.143	.246	.143	.389	.250	8	2	1	2	1	1

vs. Younger Batters	15	35	30		3	1	0	0			3	13	.100	.206	.133	.339	.177	4	0	1	1	0	0
vs. Older Batters	24	108	92		13	0	0	0			12	43	.141	.252	.141	.394	.260	13	2	2	1	1	1

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	3	2	.600	0.51	24	0	10	35.1	16	5	2	0	15	1	56	3	0	0	143	0.877	14.3	3.73

Home	1	0	1.000	0.54	11	0	4	16.2	9	1	1	0	4	0	24	2	0	0	61	0.780	13.0	6.00
Away	2	2	.500	0.48	13	0	6	18.2	7	4	1	0	11	1	32	1	0	0	82	0.964	15.4	2.91

June	0	0		0.00	5	0	4	8.1	1	2	0	0	8	0	10	2	0	0	37	1.080	10.8	1.25
July	1	2	.333	0.69	8	0	3	13.0	4	2	1	0	2	1	22	1	0	0	51	0.462	15.2	11.00
August	2	0	1.000	0.75	10	0	3	12.0	7	1	1	0	5	0	22	0	0	0	47	1.000	16.5	4.40
September	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	2.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	2.000	9.0

As Reliever	3	2	.600	0.51	24	0	10	35.1	16	5	2	0	15	1	56	3	0	0	143	0.877	14.3	3.73

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

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