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Craig Kimbrel

Q: When was Craig Kimbrel born?

Craig Kimbrel was born on May 28, 1988.

Q: Where was Craig Kimbrel born?

Craig Kimbrel was born in Huntsville, AL .

Q: How tall is Craig Kimbrel?

Craig Kimbrel is 6-0 (183 cm) tall.

Q: How much does Craig Kimbrel weigh?

Craig Kimbrel weighs 215 lbs (97 kg).

Q: How many seasons has Craig Kimbrel played?

Craig Kimbrel is in his 14th season.

Q: When was Craig Kimbrel drafted?

Craig Kimbrel was 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) .

Q: How many strikeouts does Craig Kimbrel have?

Craig Kimbrel has 88 strikeouts this season and 1,186 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How much is Craig Kimbrel worth?

Craig Kimbrel makes $10,000,000.00 this year. His current contract terms are 1 yr/$10M (23).

Q: How many teams has Craig Kimbrel played for?

Craig Kimbrel has played for 7 teams; the Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies.

Q: How many World Series has Craig Kimbrel won?

Craig Kimbrel has won 1 World Series.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Team: Philadelphia Phillies (majors)

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)

Debut: May 7, 2010 (Age 21-344d, 19,728th in major league history)
vs. PHI 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2011 season

2023 Contract Status: Signed thru 2023, 1 yr/$10M (23)

Service Time (01/2023): 11.161 • Free Agent: 2024

Agents: SportsMeter

National Team: us USA (WBC)

Full Name: Craig Michael Kimbrel

Nicknames: Dirty Craig

Pronunciation: \KIM-brehl\

Twitter: @Kimbrel46

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Rookie of the Year
9x All-Star
2018 World Series
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SUMMARY

2023

Career

WAR

1.8

23.5

ERA

3.27

2.40

777

417

66.0

754.1

1186

WHIP

1.076

0.993

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Last 5 Games

Last 5 Games Table
Date	Tm		Opp	Result	App,Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	WPA	aLI	cWPA	acLi	RE24
2023-09-22	PHI		NYM	W 5-4 (10)	9-9,BS	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	4	18	10	1	3	0	3	0	0	-0.190	2.07	-0.02%	0.31	-0.474
2023-09-21	PHI		NYM	W 5-4	8-8, H	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	5	16	10	1	2	1	0	1	1	0.124	3.59	0.02%	0.82	0.526
2023-09-20	PHI	@	ATL	W 6-5 (10)	9-9, W	4	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	14	9	2	3	0	1	0	0	0.147	3.14	0.04%	1.41	0.547
2023-09-15	PHI	@	STL	W 5-4	8-8, H	2	1.0	0	0	0	3	2	0	6	32	16	5	3	0	1	0	0	0.092	2.40	0.04%	1.64	0.519
2023-09-12	PHI		ATL	L 6-7 (10)	10-GF(10), L	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	20	14	1	3	2	2	0	0	-0.048	3.45	-0.02%	1.96	0.153

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2008	20	ATL-min	Rk,A,A+	3	2	.600	0.51	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	DAN,ROM,MYR APPY,SALL,CARL
2009	21	ATL-min	A+,A,AA,AAA	2	3	.400	2.85	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	MYR,ROM,MSS,GWI CARL,SALL,SOUL,IL
2010	22	ATL-min	AAA	3	2	.600	1.62	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	GWI IL
2010	22	ATL	NL	4	0	1.000	0.44	21	0	7	0	0	1	20.2	9	2	1	0	16	1	40	0	0	4	88	914	1.53	1.210	3.9	0.0	7.0	17.4	2.50
2011	23	ATL	NL	4	3	.571	2.10	79	0	64	0	0	46	77.0	48	19	18	3	32	1	127	1	0	4	306	183	1.52	1.039	5.6	0.4	3.7	14.8	3.97	AS,CYA-9,MVP-23,RoY-1
2012	24	ATL	NL	3	1	.750	1.01	63	0	56	0	0	42	62.2	27	7	7	3	14	0	116	2	0	5	231	399	0.78	0.654	3.9	0.4	2.0	16.7	8.29	AS,CYA-5,MVP-8
2013	25	ATL	NL	4	3	.571	1.21	68	0	60	0	0	50	67.0	39	10	9	4	20	2	98	3	0	3	258	311	1.93	0.881	5.2	0.5	2.7	13.2	4.90	AS,CYA-4,MVP-11
2014	26	ATL	NL	0	3	.000	1.61	63	0	54	0	0	47	61.2	30	13	11	2	26	0	95	2	0	6	244	223	1.83	0.908	4.4	0.3	3.8	13.9	3.65	AS,CYA-9
2015	27	SDP	NL	4	2	.667	2.58	61	0	53	0	0	39	59.1	40	19	17	6	22	1	87	1	0	4	239	145	2.68	1.045	6.1	0.9	3.3	13.2	3.95
2016	28	BOS-min	AAA	0	0		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		PAW IL
2016	28	BOS	AL	2	6	.250	3.40	57	0	47	0	0	31	53.0	28	22	20	4	30	0	83	4	0	6	220	132	2.92	1.094	4.8	0.7	5.1	14.1	2.77	AS
2017	29	BOS	AL	5	0	1.000	1.43	67	0	51	0	0	35	69.0	33	11	11	6	14	0	126	4	0	5	254	319	1.42	0.681	4.3	0.8	1.8	16.4	9.00	AS,CYA-6
2018	30	BOS	AL	5	1	.833	2.74	63	0	57	0	0	42	62.1	31	19	19	7	31	0	96	2	0	7	247	161	3.13	0.995	4.5	1.0	4.5	13.9	3.10	AS
2019	31	CHC-min	AAA	0	0		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	IWA PCL
2019	31	CHC	NL	0	4	.000	6.53	23	0	17	0	0	13	20.2	21	15	15	9	12	0	30	2	0	0	96	68	8.00	1.597	9.1	3.9	5.2	13.1	2.50
2020	32	CHC	NL	0	1	.000	5.28	18	0	11	0	0	2	15.1	10	9	9	2	12	1	28	2	0	4	69	87	3.97	1.435	5.9	1.2	7.0	16.4	2.33
2021	33	TOT	MLB	4	5	.444	2.26	63	0	43	0	0	24	59.2	31	19	15	6	23	1	100	3	1	8	235	191	2.43	0.905	4.7	0.9	3.5	15.1	4.35	AS
2021	33	CHC	NL	2	3	.400	0.49	39	0	35	0	0	23	36.2	13	6	2	1	13	0	64	0	1	3	137	865	1.10	0.709	3.2	0.2	3.2	15.7	4.92
2021	33	CHW	AL	2	2	.500	5.09	24	0	8	0	0	1	23.0	18	13	13	5	10	1	36	3	0	5	98	87	4.56	1.217	7.0	2.0	3.9	14.1	3.60
2022	34	LAD	NL	6	7	.462	3.75	63	0	47	0	0	22	60.0	51	31	25	4	28	2	72	5	1	7	260	108	3.23	1.317	7.7	0.6	4.2	10.8	2.57
2023	35	PHI	NL	8	6	.571	3.27	68	0	44	0	0	23	66.0	43	27	24	9	28	1	88	4	2	4	268	132	3.82	1.076	5.9	1.2	3.8	12.0	3.14	AS
14 Yrs				49	42	.538	2.40	777	0	611	0	0	417	754.1	441	223	201	65	308	10	1186	35	4	67	3015	171	2.47	0.993	5.3	0.8	3.7	14.2	3.85
162 Game Avg.				4	4	.538	2.40	68	0	53	0	0	36	66	39	20	18	6	27	1	104	3	0	6	264	171	2.47	0.993	5.3	0.8	3.7	14.2	3.85

ATL (5 yrs)				15	10	.600	1.43	294	0	241	0	0	186	289.0	153	51	46	12	108	4	476	8	0	22	1127	266	1.52	0.903	4.8	0.4	3.4	14.8	4.41
BOS (3 yrs)				12	7	.632	2.44	187	0	155	0	0	108	184.1	92	52	50	17	75	0	305	10	0	18	721	184	2.43	0.906	4.5	0.8	3.7	14.9	4.07
CHC (3 yrs)				2	8	.200	3.22	80	0	63	0	0	38	72.2	44	30	26	12	37	1	122	4	1	7	302	136	3.67	1.115	5.4	1.5	4.6	15.1	3.30
PHI (1 yr)				8	6	.571	3.27	68	0	44	0	0	23	66.0	43	27	24	9	28	1	88	4	2	4	268	132	3.82	1.076	5.9	1.2	3.8	12.0	3.14
LAD (1 yr)				6	7	.462	3.75	63	0	47	0	0	22	60.0	51	31	25	4	28	2	72	5	1	7	260	108	3.23	1.317	7.7	0.6	4.2	10.8	2.57
SDP (1 yr)				4	2	.667	2.58	61	0	53	0	0	39	59.1	40	19	17	6	22	1	87	1	0	4	239	145	2.68	1.045	6.1	0.9	3.3	13.2	3.95
CHW (1 yr)				2	2	.500	5.09	24	0	8	0	0	1	23.0	18	13	13	5	10	1	36	3	0	5	98	87	4.56	1.217	7.0	2.0	3.9	14.1	3.60

NL (11 yrs)				35	33	.515	2.27	566	0	448	0	0	308	547.0	331	158	138	43	223	9	845	22	4	44	2196	175	2.40	1.013	5.4	0.7	3.7	13.9	3.79
AL (4 yrs)				14	9	.609	2.73	211	0	163	0	0	109	207.1	110	65	63	22	85	1	341	13	0	23	819	164	2.66	0.941	4.8	1.0	3.7	14.8	4.01

Player Value--Pitching

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Craig Kimbrel?

Craig Kimbrel is 35 years old.

When was Craig Kimbrel born?

Craig Kimbrel was born on May 28, 1988.

Where was Craig Kimbrel born?

Craig Kimbrel was born in Huntsville, AL.

How tall is Craig Kimbrel?

Craig Kimbrel is 6-0 (183 cm) tall.

How much does Craig Kimbrel weigh?

Craig Kimbrel weighs 215 lbs (97 kg).

How many seasons has Craig Kimbrel played?

Craig Kimbrel is in his 14th season.

When was Craig Kimbrel drafted?

Craig Kimbrel was 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).

What position does Craig Kimbrel play?

Craig Kimbrel is a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts does Craig Kimbrel have?

Craig Kimbrel has 88 strikeouts this season and 1,186 strikeouts over his career.

How much is Craig Kimbrel worth?

Craig Kimbrel makes $10,000,000.00 this year. His current contract terms are 1 yr/$10M (23).

How many teams has Craig Kimbrel played for?

Craig Kimbrel has played for 7 teams; the Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies.

How many World Series has Craig Kimbrel won?

Craig Kimbrel has won 1 World Series.

What is Craig Kimbrel's Twitter account?

Craig Kimbrel is on Twitter at Kimbrel46.

What are Craig Kimbrel's nicknames?

Dirty Craig is a nickname for Craig Kimbrel.

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