Craig Kimbrel

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2010-2026)

Active Player
W–L 57–50
ERA 2.65
WHIP 1.03
SO 1,317
Pitcher PIV 30862.0
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
5'11" / 215 lb
Born
5/28/1988 in Huntsville, AL, USA
MLB Debut
2010-05-07
Awards
9× All-Star · Rookie of the Year · 3× Reliever of the Year

Full name: Craig Michael Kimbrel

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Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
57 50 890 0 0 0 441 861.7 522 254 79 364 1,317 2.65 30862.0

Career ERA 2.65 vs. league average 4.12 across their career seasons — 35.6% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
2010 ATL NL 4 0 21 0 0 0 1 20.7 9 1 16 40 0.44 4.08 (+89%) 1322.7
2011 ATL NL 4 3 79 0 0 0 46 77.0 48 18 32 127 2.10 3.94 (+47%) 4739.2
2012 ATL NL 3 1 63 0 0 0 42 62.7 27 7 14 116 1.01 4.01 (+75%) 5131.5
2013 ATL NL 4 3 68 0 0 0 50 67.0 39 9 20 98 1.21 3.87 (+69%) 3289.2
2014 ATL NL 0 3 63 0 0 0 47 61.7 30 11 26 95 1.61 3.74 (+57%) 2975.2
2015 SDN NL 4 2 61 0 0 0 39 59.3 40 17 22 87 2.58 3.96 (+35%) 1926.3
2016 BOS AL 2 6 57 0 0 0 31 53.0 28 20 30 83 3.40 4.19 (+19%) 1700.8
2017 BOS AL 5 0 67 0 0 0 35 69.0 33 11 14 126 1.43 4.36 (+67%) 5142.6
2018 BOS AL 5 1 63 0 0 0 42 62.3 31 19 31 96 2.74 4.15 (+34%) 1610.4
2019 CHN NL 0 4 23 0 0 0 13 20.7 21 15 12 30 6.53 4.51 (-45%) -1808.0
2020 CHN NL 0 1 18 0 0 0 2 15.3 10 9 12 28 5.28 4.45 (-19%) 184.3
2021 CHN NL 2 3 39 0 0 0 23 36.7 13 2 13 64 0.49 4.27 (+88%) 2926.1
2021 CHA AL 2 2 24 0 0 0 1 23.0 18 13 10 36 5.09 4.27 (-19%) -170.1
2022 LAN NL 6 7 63 0 0 0 22 60.0 51 25 28 72 3.75 3.97 (+6%) 1122.5
2023 PHI NL 8 6 71 0 0 0 23 69.0 44 25 28 94 3.26 4.33 (+25%) 920.1
2024 BAL AL 7 5 57 0 0 0 23 52.3 40 31 31 73 5.33 4.08 (-31%) -132.3
2025 ATL NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 1 0.00 — 0.0
2025 HOU AL 0 1 13 0 0 0 0 11.0 9 3 6 16 2.45 4.16 (+41%) -18.6
2026 KC AL 1 2 39 0 0 0 1 40.0 30 18 18 35 4.05 4.17 (+3%) -
Career · 19 seasons 57 50 890 0 0 0 441 861.2 522 254 364 1,317 2.65 — 30,862

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
851 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .251 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .000 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .407 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS .000 vs. league average .726 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
2010 ATL NL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2011 ATL NL 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2012 ATL NL 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2013 ATL NL 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2014 ATL NL 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2015 SDN NL 61 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
2016 BOS AL 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2017 BOS AL 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2018 BOS AL 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2019 CHN NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2020 CHN NL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2021 CHN NL 39 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
2021 CHA AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2022 LAN NL 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2023 PHI NL 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2024 BAL AL 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2025 ATL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2025 HOU AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 18 seasons 851 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 — — — — 0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2023 NLCS PHI 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2023 NLDS1 PHI 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2023 NLWC2 PHI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2021 ALDS1 CHA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2020 NLWC3 CHN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2018 ALCS BOS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2018 ALDS1 BOS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2018 WS BOS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2017 ALDS2 BOS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2016 ALDS2 BOS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2013 NLDS2 ATL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2012 NLWC ATL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2010 NLDS2 ATL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
0 3 30 0 10 30.0 23 15 20 32 4.50

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2023 NLCS PHI 0 2 4 0 1 3.0 5 4 4 4 12.00
2023 NLDS1 PHI 0 0 2 0 1 2.0 0 0 1 1 0.00
2023 NLWC2 PHI 0 0 1 0 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0.00
2021 ALDS1 CHA 0 0 3 0 0 2.0 3 2 1 0 9.00
2020 NLWC3 CHN 0 0 1 0 0 1.3 0 0 2 2 0.00
2018 ALCS BOS 0 0 3 0 3 4.0 4 2 4 4 4.50
2018 ALDS1 BOS 0 0 2 0 2 2.3 2 3 2 4 11.57
2018 WS BOS 0 0 4 0 1 4.3 3 2 2 2 4.15
2017 ALDS2 BOS 0 0 2 0 0 2.0 4 1 1 2 4.50
2016 ALDS2 BOS 0 0 2 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 3 0.00
2013 NLDS2 ATL 0 0 1 0 1 1.3 0 0 2 2 0.00
2012 NLWC ATL 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0.00
2010 NLDS2 ATL 0 1 4 0 0 4.3 1 1 1 7 2.08

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home45800000—
Away39320000.000

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home458447.22451201827142.41
Away393374.02471161645682.79

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2025-09-27 HOULAA — 1.0000020
2025-09-21 HOUSEA — 1.0000030
2025-09-19 HOUSEA — 1.0111001
2025-09-17 HOUTEX — 1.0000010
2025-09-14 HOUATL — 1.0322011
2025-09-09 HOUTOR L 0.1210010
2025-09-07 HOUTEX — 1.0000100
2025-09-05 HOUTEX — 0.2000110
2025-09-04 HOUNYY — 1.0000110
2025-09-01 HOULAA — 1.0200020

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 851 0 33 47 4 2

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
2010 ATL P 21 0 0 0 1 0
2011 ATL P 79 0 4 7 0 0
2012 ATL P 63 0 0 5 0 0
2013 ATL P 68 0 3 4 0 0
2014 ATL P 63 0 4 6 0 0
2015 SDN P 61 0 4 3 1 1
2016 BOS P 57 0 0 2 0 0
2017 BOS P 67 0 6 6 0 1
2018 BOS P 63 0 2 3 0 0
2019 CHN P 23 0 0 1 0 0
2020 CHN P 18 0 0 1 0 0
2021 CHN P 39 0 2 1 0 0
2021 CHA P 24 0 0 1 0 0
2022 LAN P 63 0 3 3 0 0
2023 PHI P 71 0 2 0 1 0
2024 BAL P 57 0 3 2 1 0
2025 ATL P 1 0 0 1 0 0
2025 HOU P 13 0 0 1 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position Games
Pitcher 851

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
2023 Reliever of the Month June
2017 Reliever of the Month May
2017 Reliever of the Year Award
2017 TSN All-Star RP
2017 TSN Reliever of the Year
2014 Reliever of the Year Award
2013 Reliever of the Month August
2013 This Year in Baseball Closer of the Year MLB.com GIBBY
2012 Reliever of the Month September
2012 Reliever of the Year Award
2011 MLB Players Choice Outstanding Rookie
2011 Reliever of the Month August
2011 Rookie of the Month August
2011 Rookie of the Month June
2011 Rookie of the Year
2011 TSN Rookie of the Year
2011 This Year in Baseball Rookie of the Year MLB.com GIBBY

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2016 BOS AL $11,000,000
2015 SDN NL $9,000,000
2014 ATL NL $7,000,000
2013 ATL NL $655,000
2012 ATL NL $590,000
2011 ATL NL $419,000
Total Career Earnings $28,664,000

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
2017 Cy Young Award AL 6th 27.0 210 0
2014 Cy Young Award NL 9th 3.0 210 0
2013 Cy Young Award NL 4th 39.0 210 0
2013 Most Valuable Player NL 11th 27.0 420 0
2012 Cy Young Award NL 5th 41.0 224 1
2012 Most Valuable Player NL 8th 73.0 448 0
2011 Cy Young Award NL 9th 2.0 224 0
2011 Most Valuable Player NL 23th 1.0 448 0
2011 Rookie of the Year NL 1st 160.0 160 32

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Frequently Asked Questions about Craig Kimbrel

What years did Craig Kimbrel play?
Craig Kimbrel played in Major League Baseball from 2010 to 2026.
Was Craig Kimbrel a pitcher?
Yes. Craig Kimbrel pitched in the major leagues, recording 57 wins and 1317 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Craig Kimbrel hit?
Craig Kimbrel hit 0 career home runs.