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Craig Kimbrel

Relief Pitcher

Atlanta Braves

Bats / Throws Right / Right
Date of Birth 5/28/1988 (36)
Height, Weight 6'0", 215 lb
Hometown Huntsville, AL

2024 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average
Sv IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
23 52.1 5.33 1.36 31.5% 13.4%
14th 3
Sv
149th 45
IP
293rd 4.00
ERA
222nd 1.28
WHIP
38th 23.7%
K%
324th 9.1%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
93.9 13.3% 31.2% 50.9% 2.4% 5.12 3.32
224th 94.6
FB MPH
129th 12.7%
SwStr%
76th 29.2%
CSW%
197th 51.8%
Str-ICR
10th 5.6%
MTK%
72nd 4.98
PLV
158th -
PLA

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Craig Kimbrel Overview

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Year Team G GS IP W-L Sv Hld ERA WHIP xERA FIP xFIP PLA K% BB% H/9 HR/9 BABIP HR/FB% LOB% ICR GB% SwStr% CSW% IPR PLV
2010 ATL 21 0 20.2 4-0 1 - 0.44 1.21 - 1.49 - - 45.5% 18.2% 3.9 0.00 .281 - 92.0% - - - - - -
2011 ATL 79 0 77.0 4-3 46 - 2.10 1.04 - 1.52 - - 41.5% 10.5% 5.6 0.35 .317 - 80.7% - - - - - -
2012 ATL 63 0 62.2 3-1 42 - 1.01 0.65 - 0.76 - - 50.2% 6.1% 3.9 0.43 .250 - 92.8% - - - - - -
2013 ATL 68 0 67.0 4-3 50 - 1.21 0.88 - 1.93 - - 38.0% 7.8% 5.2 0.54 .263 - 92.2% - - - - - -
2014 ATL 63 0 61.2 0-3 47 - 1.61 0.91 - 1.83 - - 38.9% 10.7% 4.4 0.29 .243 - 81.5% - - - - - -
2015 SD 61 0 59.1 4-2 39 - 2.58 1.04 - 2.68 - - 36.4% 9.2% 6.1 0.91 .276 - 80.6% - - - - - -
2016 BOS 57 0 53.0 2-6 31 - 3.40 1.09 - 2.92 - - 37.7% 13.6% 4.8 0.68 .245 - 70.9% - - - - - -
2017 BOS 67 0 69.0 5-0 35 - 1.43 0.68 - 1.42 - - 49.6% 5.5% 4.3 0.78 .262 - 93.9% - - - - - -
2018 BOS 63 0 62.1 5-1 42 0 2.74 0.99 - 3.13 - - 38.9% 12.6% 4.5 1.01 .218 - 83.0% - - 18.5% 34.6% 0.72 -
2019 CHC 23 0 20.2 0-4 13 0 6.53 1.60 - 8.12 - - 31.3% 12.5% 9.1 3.92 .279 - 89.3% - - 15.6% 29.3% 0.55 -
2020 CHC 18 0 15.1 0-1 2 3 5.28 1.43 5.43 3.99 3.39 2.55 40.6% 17.4% 5.9 1.17 .320 33.3% 70.8% 51.9% 29.6% 13.3% 35.3% 0.72 5.28
2021 CHC/CWS 63 0 59.2 4-5 24 6 2.26 0.91 2.18 2.43 2.66 2.73 42.6% 9.8% 4.7 0.91 .243 17.6% 78.2% 40.4% 29.6% 19.9% 37.3% 0.79 5.28
2022 LAD 63 0 60.0 6-7 22 2 3.75 1.32 4.07 3.23 3.89 2.55 27.7% 10.8% 7.7 0.60 .313 10.0% 67.6% 37.4% 41.9% 13.2% 30.5% 0.57 5.31
2023 PHI 71 0 69.0 8-6 23 7 3.26 1.04 3.26 3.81 3.56 2.28 33.8% 10.1% 5.7 1.30 .239 22.7% 77.4% 38.8% 33.8% 15.7% 33.2% 0.69 5.38
2024 BAL 57 0 52.1 7-5 23 4 5.33 1.36 4.37 4.18 3.85 3.32 31.5% 13.4% 6.9 1.20 .287 22.6% 61.9% 39.0% 36.6% 13.3% 31.2% 0.59 5.12
RP MLB Percentile 68 0 57 93-7 95 43 16 35 33 38 59 55 89 7 71 32 52 23 11 27 19 61 77 68 78
RP MLB AVG 41 0 45.0 3-2 3 7 4.00 1.28 4.11 4.05 4.01 3.38 23.7% 9.1% 8.0 1.07 .288 17.6% 72.5% 36.8% 44.8% 12.7% 29.2% 0.53 4.98
Career 837 0 809.2 56-47 440 22 2.59 1.01 - - - 0.37 38.8% 10.4% 5.4 0.81 .267 29.0% 79.3% 30.3% 35.6% 16.0% 33.2% 0.67 5.28

Craig Kimbrel Repertoire

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Craig Kimbrel Game Log

Craig Kimbrel Standard

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS Sv Hld P Strikes Balls TBF H 1B 2B 3B HR K BB HB WP
2010 ATL 21 0 20.2 4-0 0 1 - 384 224 160 88 9 7 2 0 0 40 16 0 4
2011 ATL 79 0 77.0 4-3 0 46 - 1,314 843 471 306 48 40 4 1 3 127 32 1 4
2012 ATL 63 0 62.2 3-1 0 42 - 936 661 275 231 27 23 1 0 3 116 14 2 5
2013 ATL 68 0 67.0 4-3 0 50 - 1,039 668 371 258 39 28 7 0 4 98 20 3 3
2014 ATL 63 0 61.2 0-3 0 47 - 1,048 680 368 244 30 24 4 0 2 95 26 2 6
2015 SD 61 0 59.1 4-2 0 39 - 1,008 636 372 239 40 27 6 1 6 87 22 1 4
2016 BOS 57 0 53.0 2-6 0 31 - 941 573 368 220 28 17 7 0 4 83 30 4 6
2017 BOS 67 0 69.0 5-0 0 35 - 1,148 784 364 254 33 21 6 0 6 126 14 4 5
2018 BOS 63 0 62.1 5-1 0 42 0 1,111 691 420 247 31 13 9 2 7 96 31 2 7
2019 CHC 23 0 20.2 0-4 0 13 0 392 241 151 96 21 7 5 0 9 30 12 2 0
2020 CHC 18 0 15.1 0-1 0 2 3 300 179 121 69 10 6 1 1 2 28 12 2 4
2021 CHC/CWS 63 0 59.2 4-5 0 24 6 1,008 635 373 235 31 19 5 1 6 100 23 3 8
2022 LAD 63 0 60.0 6-7 0 22 2 1,077 672 405 260 51 32 14 1 4 72 28 5 7
2023 PHI 71 0 69.0 8-6 0 23 7 1,122 727 395 278 44 26 8 0 10 94 28 4 4
2024 BAL 57 0 52.1 7-5 0 23 4 963 586 377 232 40 25 7 1 7 73 31 5 3
RP MLB Percentile 68 0 57 93-7 0 95 43 71 62 16 61 47 50 48 15 17 87 7 7 19
RP MLB AVG 41 0 45.0 3-2 0 3 7 745 480 265 191 39 26 7 1 5 46 17 2 2
Career 837 0 809.2 56-47 0 440 22 13,791 8,800 4,991 3,257 482 315 86 8 73 1,265 339 40 70

Craig Kimbrel Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG SLG OPS wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA xERA
2010 ATL 45.5% 18.2% .125 .153 .437 .222 .281 .281 - - - - - - - -
2011 ATL 41.5% 10.5% .178 .233 .499 .233 .317 .331 - - - - - - - -
2012 ATL 50.2% 6.1% .126 .172 .358 .168 .250 .273 - - - - - - - -
2013 ATL 38.0% 7.8% .166 .247 .487 .222 .263 .285 - - - - - - - -
2014 ATL 38.9% 10.7% .142 .189 .431 .209 .243 .256 - - - - - - - -
2015 SD 36.4% 9.2% .185 .306 .570 .254 .276 .310 - - - - - - - -
2016 BOS 37.7% 13.6% .152 .255 .538 .252 .245 .275 - - - - - - - -
2017 BOS 49.6% 5.5% .140 .243 .445 .199 .262 .303 - - - - - - - -
2018 BOS 38.9% 12.6% .146 .305 .565 .256 .218 .265 - - - - - - - -
2019 CHC 31.3% 12.5% .259 .654 1.019 .410 .279 .404 - - - - - - - -
2020 CHC 40.6% 17.4% .182 .345 .693 .312 .320 .370 .200 .344 .322 .527 91.1 96.7 15.3 5.43
2021 CHC/CWS 42.6% 9.8% .150 .272 .515 .230 .243 .284 .148 .225 .249 .324 90.5 90.3 19.6 2.18
2022 LAD 27.7% 10.8% .227 .351 .675 .301 .313 .331 .223 .313 .292 .381 89.1 91.2 14.8 4.07
2023 PHI 33.8% 10.1% .181 .337 .610 .269 .239 .289 .192 .275 .276 .359 90.0 91.0 18.2 3.26
2024 BAL 31.5% 13.4% .208 .365 .694 .309 .287 .328 .215 .323 .294 .406 90.7 91.8 16.9 4.37
RP MLB Percentile 89 7 75 56 48 43 52 41 70 33 29 14 4 18 24 33
RP MLB AVG 23.7% 9.1% .236 .382 .695 .304 .288 .317 .232 .307 .279 .359 87.9 89.4 12.6 4.11
Career 38.8% 10.4% .169 .281 .546 .254 .267 .301 .172 .280 .281 .387 90.1 91.3 17.1 -

Craig Kimbrel Pitch › Mix

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Year Team FF% (MPH) SI% (MPH) FC% (MPH) SL% (MPH) ST% (MPH) CB% (MPH) CH% (MPH) FS% (MPH) KN% (MPH) Fastball% Secondary%
2018 BOS 14.1% (97.5) - - - - 8.6% (86.8) - - - 14.1% 8.6%
2019 CHC 9.9% (95.7) - - - - 6.4% (85.8) - - - 9.9% 6.4%
2020 CHC 62.3% (96.9) - - - - 37.7% (86.0) - - - 62.3% 37.7%
2021 CHC/CWS 58.0% (96.5) - - - - 39.8% (86.1) - - - 58.0% 39.8%
2022 LAD 68.4% (95.8) - - - - 31.5% (85.7) - - - 68.4% 31.5%
2023 PHI 67.2% (95.8) - - - - 32.8% (86.2) - - - 67.2% 32.8%
2024 BAL 65.6% (93.9) - - - 3.8% (85.7) 29.9% (84.3) 0.5% (88.3) - - 65.6% 34.3%
RP MLB Percentile 95 (33) - - - 7 (94) 86 (90) - - - 91.4% 8.0%
RP MLB AVG 40.1% (94.6) 27.8% (93.6) 22.5% (89.3) 30.0% (85.5) 21.8% (81.9) 17.4% (79.6) 16.3% (86.1) 19.8% (86.6) 29.1% (65.1) 48.9% 51.0%
Career 51.7% (95.7) - - - 0.6% (-) 27.3% (85.7) 0.1% (88.3) - - 51.7% 28.0%

Craig Kimbrel Pitch › Results

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Year Team FF CSW% SI CSW% FC CSW% SL CSW% ST CSW% CB CSW% CH CSW% FS CSW% KN CSW% Fastball CSW% Secondary CSW%
2018 BOS 34.4% (27) - - - - 45.8% (21) - - - 34.4% 343.8%
2019 CHC 30.8% (7) - - - - 40.0% (8) - - - 30.8% 412.0%
2020 CHC 33.7% (25) - - - - 38.1% (15) - - - 33.7% 38.1%
2021 CHC/CWS 32.8% (92) - - - - 43.9% (102) - - - 32.8% 45.9%
2022 LAD 30.1% (81) - - - - 31.3% (61) - - - 30.1% 31.3%
2023 PHI 33.7% (112) - - - - 32.1% (64) - - - 33.7% 32.1%
2024 BAL 32.1% (86) - - - 24.3% (6) 29.9% (34) 40.0% (2) - - 32.1% 29.4%
RP MLB Percentile 83 (3) - - - 27 (58) 53 (9) 96 (68) - - 83.7% 47.1%
RP MLB AVG 27.8% (28) 27.0% (10) 26.8% (13) 30.3% (28) 29.0% (16) 28.5% (10) 22.4% (11) 23.9% (23) 5.9% (1) 28.3% 29.7%
Career 32.4% (430) - - - 24.3% (6) 35.8% (305) 40.0% (2) - - 32.4% 58.7%

Craig Kimbrel Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR
2018 BOS - - - - - - - - 17.0% - - - - -
2019 CHC - - - - - - - - 18.9% - - - - -
2020 CHC 29.6% 40.7% 22.2% 7.4% 55.6% 40.7% 25.9% 33.3% 15.3% 48.1% 33.3% 3.7% 14.8% 51.9%
2021 CHC/CWS 29.6% 26.9% 31.5% 12.0% 44.4% 25.7% 41.3% 33.0% 14.9% 59.2% 21.3% 13.0% 6.5% 40.4%
2022 LAD 41.9% 19.4% 25.8% 12.9% 32.3% 36.1% 37.4% 26.5% 17.5% 62.6% 20.6% 7.7% 9.0% 37.4%
2023 PHI 33.8% 25.8% 29.1% 11.3% 42.4% 35.5% 30.9% 33.6% 18.1% 60.9% 21.2% 7.9% 9.9% 38.8%
2024 BAL 36.6% 23.6% 25.2% 14.6% 39.0% 34.1% 31.7% 34.1% 16.9% 60.9% 25.2% 3.3% 10.6% 39.0%
RP MLB Percentile 19 28 56 87 16 15 34 94 27 28 38 88 9 27
RP MLB AVG 44.8% 21.3% 24.1% 9.8% 34.3% 40.4% 33.7% 25.9% 18.1% 63.1% 24.1% 5.8% 7.1% 36.8%
Career 35.6% 24.5% 27.5% 12.4% 39.9% 33.7% 34.6% 31.6% 17.0% 60.5% 22.5% 7.6% 9.4% 30.3%

Craig Kimbrel Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR IPA%
2018 BOS .146 .256 .218 .265 - - - - - - - - - -
2019 CHC .259 .410 .279 .404 - - - - - - - - - -
2020 CHC .182 .312 .320 .370 .200 .344 .322 .527 91.1 96.7 15.3 33.3% 51.9% 20.3%
2021 CHC/CWS .150 .230 .243 .284 .148 .225 .249 .324 90.5 90.3 19.6 17.6% 40.4% 18.7%
2022 LAD .227 .301 .313 .331 .223 .313 .292 .381 89.1 91.2 14.8 10.0% 37.4% 22.3%
2023 PHI .181 .269 .239 .289 .192 .275 .276 .359 90.0 91.0 18.2 22.7% 38.8% 21.2%
2024 BAL .208 .309 .287 .328 .215 .323 .294 .406 90.7 91.8 16.9 22.6% 39.0% 20.7%
RP MLB Percentile 75 43 52 41 70 33 29 14 4 18 24 23 27 81
RP MLB AVG .236 .304 .288 .317 .232 .307 .279 .359 87.9 89.4 12.6 17.6% 36.8% 24.3%
Career .169 .254 .267 .301 .172 .280 .281 .387 90.1 91.3 17.1 29.0% 30.3% 15.7%

Craig Kimbrel Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS% IPR Str-ICR
2018 BOS - 62.2% 46.2% - 40.2% 17.0% 59.8% - - 16.0% 18.5% 34.6% 10.6% 59.4% 0.72 -
2019 CHC - 61.5% 47.7% - 32.6% 18.9% 67.4% - - 13.8% 15.6% 29.3% 13.3% 56.1% 0.55 -
2020 CHC 44.7% 59.7% 37.7% 24.1% 35.4% 15.3% 64.6% 71.2% 52.5% 22.0% 13.3% 35.3% 9.0% 56.3% 0.72 50.3%
2021 CHC/CWS 42.3% 63.0% 45.6% 30.4% 43.7% 14.9% 56.3% 72.1% 33.3% 17.4% 19.9% 37.3% 10.8% 59.9% 0.79 54.3%
2022 LAD 45.6% 62.4% 45.1% 28.8% 29.2% 17.5% 70.8% 80.4% 52.7% 17.3% 13.2% 30.5% 14.4% 57.7% 0.57 51.6%
2023 PHI 49.5% 64.8% 47.3% 29.5% 33.1% 18.1% 66.9% 75.3% 48.5% 17.5% 15.7% 33.2% 13.5% 60.9% 0.69 54.3%
2024 BAL 45.4% 60.9% 43.0% 24.9% 30.9% 16.9% 69.1% 78.4% 48.9% 17.9% 13.3% 31.2% 12.8% 56.7% 0.59 50.9%
RP MLB Percentile 40 12 6 9 82 27 82 82 80 74 61 77 5 21 68 42
RP MLB AVG 46.0% 64.3% 47.8% 30.4% 26.5% 18.1% 73.5% 82.7% 56.4% 16.5% 12.7% 29.2% 17.0% 58.9% 0.53 51.8%
Career 34.2% 63.8% 45.3% 28.2% 35.3% 17.0% 64.7% 76.3% 45.9% 17.2% 16.0% 33.2% 12.3% 58.6% 0.67 55.0%

Craig Kimbrel Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% aLoc% x-mLoc% gLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% iLoc% oLoc% mmLoc%
2018 BOS - - - - - - - - - -
2019 CHC - - - - - - - - - -
2020 CHC 44.7% 28.3% 24.7% 47.0% 34.3% 20.7% 45.0% 29.7% 45.7% 4.7%
2021 CHC/CWS 42.3% 23.6% 23.4% 52.9% 30.7% 22.5% 46.8% 27.9% 48.7% 5.4%
2022 LAD 45.6% 22.5% 25.8% 51.7% 34.5% 22.5% 43.0% 29.1% 45.1% 6.3%
2023 PHI 49.5% 27.8% 28.1% 44.1% 29.8% 24.6% 45.6% 24.0% 48.0% 8.2%
2024 BAL 45.4% 27.9% 27.9% 44.3% 38.3% 21.1% 40.6% 24.2% 47.9% 6.3%
RP MLB Percentile 40 18 17 69 87 88 27 16 65 32
RP MLB AVG 46.0% 33.6% 25.5% 40.9% 29.3% 24.9% 45.8% 29.1% 45.4% 6.9%
Career 34.2% 25.6% 26.2% 48.1% 33.3% 22.6% 44.1% 26.5% 47.3% 6.5%

Craig Kimbrel Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2018 BOS 53.6% 11.8% 34.6% 6.9% 56.3% 51.4% 21.6% - 25.0%
2019 CHC 55.6% 14.8% 29.6% 11.5% 56.3% 43.8% 16.1% - 25.9%
2020 CHC 56.7% 10.7% 33.0% 9.4% 56.3% 49.3% 30.6% 25.3% 28.3%
2021 CHC/CWS 55.1% 12.1% 33.3% 8.6% 63.0% 55.3% 22.0% 24.4% 29.8%
2022 LAD 56.7% 11.7% 32.4% 11.9% 63.1% 52.7% 22.9% 20.9% 20.6%
2023 PHI 57.5% 10.8% 33.4% 11.0% 62.5% 55.2% 22.5% 18.9% 24.8%
2024 BAL 57.0% 14.6% 29.1% 10.2% 53.6% 47.7% 22.2% 19.3% 26.1%
RP MLB Percentile 24 10 30 5 5 25 61 10 92
RP MLB AVG 58.5% 11.7% 30.4% 14.2% 61.7% 51.0% 21.6% 24.7% 19.8%
Career 56.0% 12.2% 32.5% 9.9% 59.4% 51.8% 22.3% 15.7% 25.4%

Craig Kimbrel PLV

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL PLA
2018 BOS 1,111 - - - - - - - - -
2019 CHC 392 - - - - - - - - -
2020 CHC 300 5.28 54.7% 8.9% 36.4% 18.2% 0.8% 2.8 +3 2.55
2021 CHC/CWS 1,008 5.28 51.8% 14.9% 33.3% 18.6% 2.0% -12.1 -2 2.73
2022 LAD 1,077 5.31 55.6% 13.3% 31.1% 24.5% 2.5% 13.8 +15 2.55
2023 PHI 1,122 5.38 57.9% 14.8% 27.3% 30.7% 2.0% - +1 2.28
2024 BAL 963 5.12 51.7% 14.2% 34.1% 17.7% 2.4% 4.1 +2 3.32
RP MLB Percentile 71 78 93 5 72 72 97 42 54 55
RP MLB AVG 745 4.98 46.1% 17.6% 36.3% 9.7% 5.6% - +3 3.38
Career 13,791 5.28 54.5% 14.0% 31.6% 22.9% 2.1% - +19 0.37
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