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

0.5

23.9

ERA

1.13

2.39

788

421

8.0

765.1

1206

WHIP

0.375

0.984

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-15

Days of Rest

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	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	2010	NLDS g1	Oct 7	ATL	@	SFG	L,0-1	8-GF(8)		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.08	1	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.029	7.38	0.26%	0.50	8b 1-- 1 out d1	8b end d 1
2	2010	NLDS g2	Oct 8	ATL	@	SFG	W,5-4	8-9		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.00	-0.67	6	33	23	5	7	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	0.235	25.50	2.08%	0.95	8b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
3	2010	NLDS g3	Oct 10	ATL		SFG	L,2-3	9-9	HL(0-1)	1	0.2	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	2.70	0.38	4	19	12	4	2	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.88	0.019	60.31	0.22%	0.05	9t --- 0 out a1	9t 12- 2 out a1
4	2010	NLDS g4	Oct 11	ATL		SFG	L,2-3	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.08	0.54	2	7	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.059	17.00	0.73%	0.86	9t 1-- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
2012 Postseason		Year	Series	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
5	2012	NLWC g1	Oct 5	ATL		STL	L,3-6	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.09	3	11	7	3	1	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.008	2.08	0.10%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
2013 Postseason		Year	Series	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
6	2013	NLDS g2	Oct 4	ATL		LAD	W,4-3	8-GF	S(1)	4	1.1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	4.55	5	25	13	3	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.27	0.175	34.57	1.48%	0.54	8t --- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
2016 Postseason		Year	Series	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
7	2016	ALDS g2	Oct 7	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-6	8-GF(8)		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	-2.85	1	6	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.12	8b --- 2 out d6	8b end d 6
8	2016	ALDS g3	Oct 10	BOS		CLE	L,3-4	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	-1.35	3	12	9	4	3	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.042	5.67	0.28%	0.54	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
2017 Postseason		Year	Series	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
9	2017	ALDS g2	Oct 6	BOS	@	HOU	L,2-8	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.16	4			3	0	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.01%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 7
10	2017	ALDS g4	Oct 9	BOS		HOU	L,4-5	8-9		2	1.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	4.50	4.16	8	38	24	2	3	1	4	2	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.330	30.96	-4.01%	-1.83	8t 1-- 2 out tie	9t -23 2 out d2
2018 Postseason		Year	Series	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
11	2018	ALDS g1	Oct 5	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	8-GF	S(1)	4	1.1	1	1	1	0	3	1	0	6.75	8.41	5			6	4	0	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	0.115	29.31	1.01%	-0.23	8t 1-- 2 out a2	9t end a 1
12	2018	ALDS g4	Oct 9	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	9-GF	S(2)	3	1.0	1	2	2	2	1	0	1	11.57	9.16	7			3	6	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.02	0.042	78.03	0.53%	-1.49	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 1
13	2018	ALCS g2	Oct 14	BOS		HOU	W,7-5	9-GF	S(3)	4	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	10.80	6.76	5	16	10	3	2	1	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.036	15.36	0.51%	-0.47	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 2
14	2018	ALCS g4	Oct 17	BOS	@	HOU	W,8-6	8-GF	S(4)	2	2.0	2	1	1	3	1	0	1	8.44	7.29	11	35	19	8	3	1	5	3	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.53	0.103	77.40	2.02%	0.01	8b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 2
15	2018	ALCS g5	Oct 18	BOS	@	HOU	W,4-1	9-GF	S(5)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	7.11	6.48	4	14	9	4	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.042	14.17	0.48%	0.51	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
16	2018	WS g1	Oct 23	BOS		LAD	W,8-4	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.14	5.48	3			4	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.016	10.44	0.47%	0.53	9t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
17	2018	WS g2	Oct 24	BOS		LAD	W,4-2	9-GF	S(6)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.40	5.20	3	9	7	2	2	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.078	53.07	2.32%	0.53	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
18	2018	WS g3	Oct 26	BOS	@	LAD	L,2-3	9-10		1	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.66	5.23	6			3	2	1	4	1	3	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.62	0.194	109.02	4.50%	0.69	9b 1-- 2 out tie	10b 3 out tie
19	2018	WS g4	Oct 27	BOS	@	LAD	W,9-6	9-GF		0	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	5.91	6.54	6			6	0	2	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.007	37.21	0.27%	-1.53	9b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 3
2020 Postseason		Year	Series	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
20	2020	NLWC g2	Oct 2	CHC		MIA	L,0-2	7-8		5	1.1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	4.69	5			4	5	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.071	9.58	0.51%	1.08	7t 1-3 2 out d2	8t 3 out d2
2021 Postseason		Year	Series	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	2021	ALDS g2	Oct 8	CHW	@	HOU	L,4-9	7-7		6	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	27.00	22.67	4	13	7	2	1	0	4	3	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.166	13.64	-1.49%	-3.06	7b 12- 1 out d1	7b 3 out d5
22	2021	ALDS g3	Oct 10	CHW		HOU	W,12-6	8-8	H(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.00	16.17	1	4	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.007	2.80	0.04%	0.11	8t --- 2 out a3	8t 3 out a3
23	2021	ALDS g4	Oct 12	CHW		HOU	L,1-10	8-8		1	1.0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	9.00	11.17	6	30	16	6	0	4	1	0	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.08	-0.008	1.56	-0.09%	-0.47	8t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d6
2023 Postseason		Year	Series	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
24	2023	NLWC g1	Oct 3	PHI		MIA	W,4-1	9-GF	S(1)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.26	4	15	8	3	0	2	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.035	8.69	0.20%	0.52	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
25	2023	NLDS g1	Oct 7	PHI	@	ATL	W,3-0	9-GF	S(2)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.26	3	12	7	1	0	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.047	9.19	0.47%	0.55	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
26	2023	NLDS g4	Oct 12	PHI		ATL	W,3-1	7-8	H(1)	4	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.59	4	23	13	5	2	0	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.39	0.128	52.97	1.59%	0.86	7t 12- 2 out a2	8t --- 2 out a2
27	2023	NLCS g1	Oct 16	PHI		ARI	W,5-3	9-GF	S(3)	3	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.76	3	16	9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	0.077	40.29	1.12%	0.52	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
28	2023	NLCS g3	Oct 19	PHI	@	ARI	L,1-2	9-GF	L(0-1)	2	0.1	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.08	5.10	5	24	13	3	3	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.15	-0.358	65.53	-4.19%	-2.08	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
29	2023	NLCS g4	Oct 20	PHI	@	ARI	L,5-6	8-8	BL(0-2)	0	0.2	3	3	3	0	1	1	1	7.20	7.66	6	21	12	2	2	1	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	-0.420	56.85	-8.00%	-1.93	8b --- 0 out a2	8b 12- 2 out tie
30	2023	NLCS g6	Oct 23	PHI		ARI	L,1-5	8-8		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	6.00	6.76	4	20	10	4	3	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.008	5.15	0.21%	0.52	8t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
											30.0	23	17	15	20	32	4	4	4.50		132																			0

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