Craig Kimbrel

Position: 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)

Debut: May 7, 2010 (Age 21-344d, 19,727th 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

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

0.0

23.4

ERA

3.18

2.41

793

424

11.1

768.2

1209

WHIP

1.235

0.994

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-8

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 0, Entered with runners on base: 0

2019 Pitching Game Log

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2019 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	543	81	Jun 27	CHC		ATL	W,9-7	9-GF	S(1)	99	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	4.21	5	20	13	3	1	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	0.078	2.19	0.07%	0.53	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	544	85	Jul 1	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-18	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	3	3	3	0	2	2	0	13.50	14.71	6	19	12	1	5	0	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-2.49	8b --- 0 out d10	8b end d13
3	545	87	Jul 3	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	9-GF	BL(0-1)	1	0.2	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	16.88	12.96	5	18	10	1	1	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	4.38	-0.796	7.16	-0.78%	-1.72	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end d 1
4	546	89	Jul 6	CHC	@	CHW	W,6-3	9-GF	S(2)	2	1.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	12.27	10.30	5			5	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.046	1.35	0.04%	0.54	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
5	547	91	Jul 12	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	9-GF	S(3)	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.64	8.79	3	10	7	2	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.18	0.169	3.75	0.17%	0.53	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
6	548	95	Jul 16	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	9-9		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	7.94	7.98	5	25	10	2	3	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.12	0.143	5.50	0.15%	0.53	9t --- 0 out tie	9t 3 out tie
7	549	96	Jul 17	CHC		CIN	W,5-2	9-GF	S(4)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.75	6.66	3	12	8	1	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.036	.78	0.04%	0.53	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
8	550	97	Jul 19	CHC		SDP	W,6-5	9-GF	S(5)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	5.87	5.82	4			3	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.96	0.169	4.77	0.16%	0.53	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
9	551	98	Jul 20	CHC		SDP	W,6-5	9-GF	S(6)	0	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.19	6.21	4	20	8	4	0	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.14	0.169	5.14	0.17%	0.53	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
10	552	101	Jul 23	CHC	@	SFG	L,4-5	11-11		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.66	5.49	3			2	4	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	0.138	3.05	0.14%	0.50	11b --- 0 out tie	11b 3 out tie
11	553	102	Jul 24	CHC	@	SFG	W,4-1	9-GF	S(7)	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.22	5.28	5	18	14	3	2	0	5	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.041	1.31	0.04%	0.50	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
12	554	104	Jul 27	CHC	@	MIL	L,3-5	10-GF(10)	BL(0-2)	2	0.0	2	3	3	1	0	2	0	6.75	8.00	3			3	2	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	-0.788	5.89	-0.93%	-3.00	10b --- 0 out a1	10b end d 2
13	555	107	Jul 31	CHC	@	STL	W,2-0	9-GF	S(8)	3	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.17	7.24	5	17	14	1	5	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.07	0.093	6.90	0.13%	0.51	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	556	110	Aug 3	CHC		MIL	W,4-1	9-GF	S(9)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.68	6.77	4	10	8	2	2	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.036	.98	0.05%	0.53	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
15	557	124	Aug 18	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-1	9-9		14	0.2	1	1	1	0	2	1	1	6.08	7.49	4	15	12	2	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.001	.18	0.00%	-0.72	9b --- 0 out a7	9b 1-- 2 out a6
16	558	125	Aug 20	CHC		SFG	W,5-3	9-GF	S(10)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.65	7.05	3			0	4	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.078	2.00	0.09%	0.53	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
17	559	126	Aug 21	CHC		SFG	W,12-11	9-GF	S(11)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.28	6.54	3	11	8	2	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.18	0.169	4.31	0.20%	0.53	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
18	560	130	Aug 25	CHC		WSN	L,5-7	9-9		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.96	6.40	5	25	14	3	1	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.59	0.143	7.50	0.18%	0.53	9t --- 0 out tie	9t 3 out tie
19	561	132	Aug 28	CHC	@	NYM	W,10-7	9-GF	S(12)	2	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.67	6.27	5	19	10	2	2	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.02	0.040	4.31	0.05%	0.49	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
20	562	133	Aug 29	CHC	@	NYM	W,4-1	9-GF	S(13)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.42	6.00	3	20	11	5	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.040	1.12	0.05%	0.49	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	563	136	Sep 1	CHC		MIL	L,0-4	9-9		2	0.2	2	3	3	1	1	1	0	5.68	6.64	5	22	12	5	1	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.150	2.13	-0.20%	-2.58	9t --- 0 out d1	9t --- 2 out d4
22	564	153	Sep 19	CHC		STL	L,4-5	10-10	L(0-3)	17	0.2	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	5.95	6.98	3	13	8	1	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	-0.300	5.57	-0.64%	-0.58	10t --- 0 out tie	10t --- 2 out d1
23	565	155	Sep 21	CHC		STL	L,8-9	9-GF	BL(0-4)	1	1.0	2	2	2	1	2	2	0	6.53	8.00	5	17	9	1	2	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.622	2.26	-0.61%	-1.47	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end d 1
							15-8		W-L:0-4,Sv:13,BSv:3	1.7	20.2	21	15	15	12	30	9	2	6.53	8.00	96	311	60%	17%	19%	0.49		35%	0%	0		0	---%	2	2	0	81	5	0	0	0	1	0	1.82	-1.067	3.42	-1.42%	-4.24

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