Craig Kimbrel
Craig Michael Kimbrel
Born: May 28, 1988
Huntsville, AL USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 215
Career: 2010-2022
Draft: Round 33 (2007 June Amateur Draft, Atlanta Braves)
Draft: Round 3 (2008 June Amateur Draft, Atlanta Braves)
School: Wallace State CC
Minor League Statistics
Craig Kimbrel compiled a career record of 38 wins and 33 losses in his 688-game career with the Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers. He began playing during the 2010 season and last took the field during the 2022 campaign.
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Pitching:
| Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.44 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 88 |
| 2011 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.10 | 79 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 77.0 | 48 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 127 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 306 |
| 2012 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.01 | 63 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 62.7 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 116 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 231 |
| 2013 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 4 | 3 | .571 | 1.21 | 68 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 67.0 | 39 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 258 |
| 2014 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 0 | 3 | .000 | 1.61 | 63 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 61.7 | 30 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 95 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 244 |
| 2015 | NL | San Diego Padres | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.58 | 61 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 59.3 | 40 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 87 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 239 |
| 2016 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 2 | 6 | .250 | 3.40 | 57 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 53.0 | 28 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 220 |
| 2017 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 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 |
| 2018 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.74 | 63 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 62.3 | 31 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 96 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 247 |
| 2019 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 0 | 4 | .000 | 6.53 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 20.7 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 96 |
| 2020 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.28 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15.3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 69 |
| 2021 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 2 | 3 | .400 | 0.49 | 39 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 36.7 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 137 |
| 2021 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.09 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23.0 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 98 |
| 2022 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.28 | 42 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 40.0 | 43 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 182 |
| Totals | 38 | 33 | .535 | 2.30 | 688 | 0 | 556 | 0 | 0 | 392 | 668.3 | 390 | 187 | 171 | 53 | 269 | 8 | 1080 | 28 | 2 | 63 | 2669 |
Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2011 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2012 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2013 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2014 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2015 | NL | San Diego Padres | 61 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2019 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2020 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2021 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 646 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 21 | 0 | 20.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 79 | 0 | 77.0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | .139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 63 | 0 | 62.7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .718 | .079 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 68 | 0 | 67.0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .940 | .103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 63 | 0 | 61.7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.459 | .159 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 | NL | San Diego Padres | P | 61 | 0 | 59.3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 1.062 | .115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 57 | 0 | 53.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .340 | .035 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 67 | 0 | 69.0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.565 | .179 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 63 | 0 | 62.3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .722 | .079 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 23 | 0 | 20.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .435 | .043 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 18 | 0 | 15.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .587 | .056 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 39 | 0 | 36.7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .736 | .077 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | AL | Chicago White Sox | P | 24 | 0 | 23.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .391 | .042 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 16.7 |
| 2022 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | P | 42 | 0 | 40.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .900 | .095 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 688 | 0 | 668.3 | 26 | 43 | 2 | 2 | .972 | .929 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 14.3 |
Postseason - Pitching:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLDS2 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.08 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 2012 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLWC | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2013 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLDS2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2016 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2017 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS2 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | |
| 2018 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS1 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| 2018 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALCS | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | |
| 2018 | AL | Boston Red Sox | WS | 0 | 0 | 4.15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| 2020 | NL | Chicago Cubs | NLWC3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2021 | AL | Chicago White Sox | ALDS1 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | |
| Totals | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.13 | 23 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 24.0 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 103 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLDS2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2012 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLWC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2013 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLDS2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2016 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALCS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | AL | Boston Red Sox | WS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2020 | NL | Chicago Cubs | NLWC3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2021 | AL | Chicago White Sox | ALDS1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLDS2 | P | 4 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 2012 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLWC | P | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 2013 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLDS2 | P | 1 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 2016 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS2 | P | 2 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 2017 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS2 | P | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 2018 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS1 | P | 2 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 2018 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALCS | P | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 2018 | AL | Boston Red Sox | WS | P | 4 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 2020 | NL | Chicago Cubs | NLWC3 | P | 1 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 2021 | AL | Chicago White Sox | ALDS1 | P | 3 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| Totals | 23 | 0 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
Awards
2011 - NL Rookie of the Year
2012 - NL Rolaids Relief Man Award
2014 - NL Reliever of the Year Award
2017 - AL TSN All-Star RP
2017 - AL Reliever of the Year Award
Statistical data from Baseball Databank, made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
