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 1322 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Craig Kimbrel hit?

Craig Kimbrel hit 0 career home runs.

What teams has Craig Kimbrel played for?

Craig Kimbrel has played for 10 teams: the Atlanta Braves (2010–2014, 2025), the San Diego Padres (2015), the Boston Red Sox (2016–2018), the Chicago Cubs (2019–2021), the Chicago White Sox (2021), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2022), the Philadelphia Phillies (2023), the Baltimore Orioles (2024), the Houston Astros (2025), and the Kansas City Royals (2026).

Has Craig Kimbrel won a Cy Young Award?

No. Craig Kimbrel has not won the Cy Young Award through the 2025 season, the latest in the site's award records.

What awards has Craig Kimbrel won?

Craig Kimbrel has won the Rookie of the Year award (2011). He has been selected to 9 All-Star Games.

What are Craig Kimbrel's career stats?

In 897 games, Craig Kimbrel has gone 57-53 with a 2.69 ERA, 1,322 strikeouts, 867.2 innings pitched, and 441 saves.

What was Craig Kimbrel's salary?

Craig Kimbrel's last recorded salary was $11,000,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $11,000,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $419,000, in 2011. The Salary History table lists each season from 2011 to 2016.

What position does Craig Kimbrel play?

Craig Kimbrel plays primarily as a pitcher, the position where he has appeared in the most games.

How tall is Craig Kimbrel and how much does he weigh?

Craig Kimbrel is listed at 5 feet 11 inches and 215 pounds.

What number does Craig Kimbrel wear?

Craig Kimbrel wears number 26, according to MLB's 2026 roster data.

What was Craig Kimbrel's career ERA?

Craig Kimbrel finished with a 2.69 career ERA, going 57-53 with 1,322 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Craig Kimbrel have?

Craig Kimbrel recorded 1,322 career strikeouts.

Craig Kimbrel

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

Craig Kimbrel is a pitcher who has played in Major League Baseball since 2010 for 9 teams, including the Atlanta Braves, a span of 17 seasons. Across 897 career appearances, he has gone 57-53 with a 2.69 ERA, 1,322 strikeouts, and 441 saves. Craig Kimbrel is a 9-time All-Star, a Rookie of the Year, and a 3-time Reliever of the Year. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 30862.0.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

Active Player

W–L 57–53

ERA 2.69

WHIP 1.04

SO 1,322

Pitcher PIV thru 2025 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
Jersey: #26

Full name: Craig Michael Kimbrel

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Career Pitching Statistics

Craig Kimbrel — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
57	53	897	0	0	0	441	867.2	532	259	79	368	1,322	2.69	30862.0

Career ERA 2.69 vs. league average 4.12 across their career seasons — 34.8% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Craig Kimbrel Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2010	ATL	NL	4	0	21	1	20.2	9	1	16	40	0.44	4.08 (+89%)	1322.7
2011	ATL	NL	4	3	79	46	77.0	48	18	32	127	2.10	3.94 (+47%)	4739.2
2012	ATL	NL	3	1	63	42	62.2	27	7	14	116	1.01	4.01 (+75%)	5131.5
2013	ATL	NL	4	3	68	50	67.0	39	9	20	98	1.21	3.87 (+69%)	3289.2
2014	ATL	NL	0	3	63	47	61.2	30	11	26	95	1.61	3.74 (+57%)	2975.2
2015	SDN	NL	4	2	61	39	59.1	40	17	22	87	2.58	3.96 (+35%)	1926.3
2016	BOS	AL	2	6	57	31	53.0	28	20	30	83	3.40	4.19 (+19%)	1700.8
2017	BOS	AL	5	0	67	35	69.0	33	11	14	126	1.43	4.36 (+67%)	5142.6
2018	BOS	AL	5	1	63	42	62.1	31	19	31	96	2.74	4.15 (+34%)	1610.4
2019	CHN	NL	0	4	23	13	20.2	21	15	12	30	6.53	4.51 (-45%)	-1808.0
2020	CHN	NL	0	1	18	2	15.1	10	9	12	28	5.28	4.45 (-19%)	184.3
2021	CHN	NL	2	3	39	23	36.2	13	2	13	64	0.49	4.27 (+88%)	2926.1
2021	CHA	AL	2	2	24	1	23.0	18	13	10	36	5.09	4.27 (-19%)	-170.1
2022	LAN	NL	6	7	63	22	60.0	51	25	28	72	3.75	3.97 (+6%)	1122.5
2023	PHI	NL	8	6	71	23	69.0	44	25	28	94	3.26	4.33 (+25%)	920.1
2024	BAL	AL	7	5	57	23	52.1	40	31	31	73	5.33	4.08 (-31%)	-132.3
2025	ATL	NL	0	0	1	0	1.0	1	0	1	1	0.00	—	0.0
2025	HOU	AL	0	1	13	0	11.0	9	3	6	16	2.45	4.16 (+41%)	-18.6
2026	KC	AL	1	5	46	1	46.0	40	23	22	40	4.50	4.18 (-8%)	-
Career · 19 seasons			57	53	897	441	867.2	532	259	368	1,322	2.69	—	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

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

Craig Kimbrel — 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

Craig Kimbrel — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2023	NLCS	PHI	4	.000
2023	NLDS1	PHI	2	.000
2023	NLWC2	PHI	1	.000
2021	ALDS1	CHA	3	.000
2020	NLWC3	CHN	1	.000
2018	ALCS	BOS	3	.000
2018	ALDS1	BOS	2	.000
2018	WS	BOS	4	.000
2017	ALDS2	BOS	2	.000
2016	ALDS2	BOS	2	.000
2013	NLDS2	ATL	1	.000
2012	NLWC	ATL	1	.000
2010	NLDS2	ATL	4	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Craig Kimbrel — 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

Craig Kimbrel — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2023	NLCS	PHI	2	4	1	3.0	5	4	4	4	12.00
2023	NLDS1	PHI	0	2	1	2.0	0	0	1	1	0.00
2023	NLWC2	PHI	0	1	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0.00
2021	ALDS1	CHA	0	3	0	2.0	3	2	1	0	9.00
2020	NLWC3	CHN	0	1	0	1.1	0	0	2	2	0.00
2018	ALCS	BOS	0	3	3	4.0	4	2	4	4	4.50
2018	ALDS1	BOS	0	2	2	2.1	2	3	2	4	11.57
2018	WS	BOS	0	4	1	4.1	3	2	2	2	4.15
2017	ALDS2	BOS	0	2	0	2.0	4	1	1	2	4.50
2016	ALDS2	BOS	0	2	0	1.1	0	0	0	3	0.00
2013	NLDS2	ATL	0	1	1	1.1	0	0	2	2	0.00
2012	NLWC	ATL	0	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0.00
2010	NLDS2	ATL	1	4	0	4.1	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

Craig Kimbrel — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	458	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	393	2	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Craig Kimbrel — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	458	447.2	245	120	182	714	2.41
Away	393	374.0	247	116	164	568	2.79

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Craig Kimbrel — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2025-09-27	HOU	LAA	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2025-09-21	HOU	SEA	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2025-09-19	HOU	SEA	—	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1
2025-09-17	HOU	TEX	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2025-09-14	HOU	ATL	—	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	1
2025-09-09	HOU	TOR	L	0.1	2	1	0	0	1	0
2025-09-07	HOU	TEX	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2025-09-05	HOU	TEX	—	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0
2025-09-04	HOU	NYY	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0
2025-09-01	HOU	LAA	—	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Craig Kimbrel — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	851	0	33	47	4	2

Season-by-Season Fielding

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

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Craig Kimbrel Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	851

Awards & Honors

Craig Kimbrel — 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

Craig Kimbrel's recorded salaries total $28,664,000 over 6 seasons, 2011 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Kimbrel's career ran from 2010 to 2026. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2010.

Craig Kimbrel — 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 recorded salary (partial)			$28,664,000

Award Voting History

Craig Kimbrel — 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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Craig Kimbrel: the record in brief

The debut date in the bio is May 7, 2010; Craig Kimbrel is an active player, and this profile updates as the season goes on. Kimbrel played for the Atlanta Braves (2010 through 2025), the San Diego Padres (2015), the Boston Red Sox (2016 through 2018), the Chicago Cubs (2019 to 2021), the Chicago White Sox (2021), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2022), the Philadelphia Phillies (2023), and the Baltimore Orioles (2024), with further stops in the season rows. Born on May 28, 1988, in Huntsville, AL, USA, Kimbrel is listed as a pitcher and threw and hit right-handed. Size on record: 5-foot-11 and 215 pounds. Craig Kimbrel was the playing name; the full given name is Craig Michael.

Across 897 games (0 starts), Kimbrel has recorded 57 wins against 53 losses with a 2.69 ERA. The totals include 1,322 strikeouts and 441 saves. Against a 4.12 league ERA for the same years, Kimbrel was 34.8% better. Kimbrel won 8 games in 2023, the most of any season listed.

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 1322 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Craig Kimbrel hit?: Craig Kimbrel hit 0 career home runs.
What teams has Craig Kimbrel played for?: Craig Kimbrel has played for 10 teams: the Atlanta Braves (2010–2014, 2025), the San Diego Padres (2015), the Boston Red Sox (2016–2018), the Chicago Cubs (2019–2021), the Chicago White Sox (2021), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2022), the Philadelphia Phillies (2023), the Baltimore Orioles (2024), the Houston Astros (2025), and the Kansas City Royals (2026).
Has Craig Kimbrel won a Cy Young Award?: No. Craig Kimbrel has not won the Cy Young Award through the 2025 season, the latest in the site's award records.
What awards has Craig Kimbrel won?: Craig Kimbrel has won the Rookie of the Year award (2011). He has been selected to 9 All-Star Games.
What are Craig Kimbrel's career stats?: In 897 games, Craig Kimbrel has gone 57-53 with a 2.69 ERA, 1,322 strikeouts, 867.2 innings pitched, and 441 saves.
How much has Craig Kimbrel earned in his career?: Craig Kimbrel's recorded salaries total $28,664,000 over 6 seasons, 2011 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Kimbrel's career ran from 2010 to 2026. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2010.
What was Craig Kimbrel's salary?: Craig Kimbrel's last recorded salary was $11,000,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $11,000,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $419,000, in 2011. The Salary History table lists each season from 2011 to 2016.
What position does Craig Kimbrel play?: Craig Kimbrel plays primarily as a pitcher, the position where he has appeared in the most games.
How tall is Craig Kimbrel and how much does he weigh?: Craig Kimbrel is listed at 5 feet 11 inches and 215 pounds.
What number does Craig Kimbrel wear?: Craig Kimbrel wears number 26, according to MLB's 2026 roster data.
What was Craig Kimbrel's career ERA?: Craig Kimbrel finished with a 2.69 career ERA, going 57-53 with 1,322 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Craig Kimbrel have?: Craig Kimbrel recorded 1,322 career strikeouts.