Craig Kimbrel

Bats R Throws R5'11" 215 lbBorn 1988 Huntsville, USADebut 2010Team HOU9x All-StarDraft 2007 R33 #1006 Atlanta Braves, Wallace State CCContract 1 y/$2.5M (26) 2026: $655,080

Awards: Reliever of the Year Award x2, Rolaids Relief Man Award, Rookie of the Year, TSN All-Star

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	146	26.5	10.5	2.79	20.2	6.09	105.4
2027							103.8
2028							104.7

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 37

His ten closest age-37 comparables averaged 115 PITCH+ the next season; 4 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Joe Nathan	2012	123.1	131.7	250
2	J. J. Putz	2014	115.8	did not play
3	Sergio Romo	2020	115.1	100.7	259
4	Grant Balfour	2015	112.3	did not play
5	Mark Melancon	2022	112.4	did not play
6	Tyler Clippard	2022	111.8	did not play
7	David Robertson	2022	114.2	108.1	269
8	Joakim Soria	2021	114.0	did not play
9	Francisco Cordero	2012	106.9	did not play
10	Matt Thornton	2014	109.8	118.5	171

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	HOU	14	0	0
2024	BAL	57	0	0
2023	PHI	71	0	0
2022	LAD	63	0	0
2021	CWS	63	1	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-118.1
2020	CHC	18	0	0
2019	CHC	23	0	0
2018	BOS	63	0	0
2017	BOS	67	0	0
2016	BOS	57	0	0
2015	SD	61	1	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-131.2
2014	ATL	63	0	0
2013	ATL	68	0	0
2012	ATL	63	0	0
2011	ATL	79	0	0
2010	ATL	21	0	0
Career		851	2	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-124.7

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									146				103.8
2026*									154				99.8	100.9	100.7
2025	HOU	0	1	2.25	14	0	0	12.0	49	2	7	17	94.9	95.5	90.5
2024	BAL	7	5	5.33	57	0	23	52.3	232	7	31	73	100.8	101.4	102.2
2023	PHI	8	6	3.26	71	0	23	69.0	278	10	28	94	114.7	98.0	112.7
2022	LAD	6	7	3.75	63	0	22	60.0	260	4	28	72	102.8	98.6	101.4
2021	CWS	4	5	2.26	63	0	24	59.7	235	6	23	100	126.3	99.7	125.9
2020	CHC	0	1	5.28	18	0	2	15.3	69	2	12	28	100.7	99.5	100.2
2019	CHC	0	4	6.53	23	0	13	20.7	96	9	12	30	69.6	102.1	71.7
2018	BOS	5	1	2.74	63	0	42	62.3	247	7	31	96	119.7	101.4	121.1
2017	BOS	5	0	1.43	67	0	35	69.0	254	6	14	126	138.7	100.0	138.7
2016	BOS	2	6	3.40	57	0	31	53.0	220	4	30	83	123.2	99.5	122.7
2015	SD	4	2	2.58	61	0	39	59.3	239	6	22	87	118.5	99.5	118.0
2014	ATL	0	3	1.61	63	0	47	61.7	244	2	26	95	132.9
2013	ATL	4	3	1.21	68	0	50	67.0	258	4	20	98	127.9
2012	ATL	3	1	1.01	63	0	42	62.7	231	3	14	116	146.5
2011	ATL	4	3	2.10	79	0	46	77.0	306	3	32	127	125.3
2010	ATL	4	0	0.44	21	0	1	20.7	88	0	16	40	128.4
Career		56	48	2.58	851	0	440	821.7	3306	75	346	1282	120.7		120.5

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	1					100.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	0.000
2015	1					0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	0.000

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	HOU	P	14	12	0	2	0	0	1.000	-0.3
2024	BAL	P	57	52	3	2	1	0	0.833	+0.4
2023	PHI	P	71	69	2	0	1	0	0.667	-0.7
2022	LAD	P	63	60	3	3	0	0	1.000	-0.4
2021	CWS	P	63	60	2	2	0	0	1.000	-0.1
2020	CHC	P	18	15	0	1	0	0	1.000	-0.0
2019	CHC	P	23	21	0	1	0	0	1.000	+0.2
2018	BOS	P	63	62	2	3	0	0	1.000	+0.4
2017	BOS	P	67	69	6	6	0	1	1.000	-0.0
2016	BOS	P	57	53	0	2	0	0	1.000	-0.1
2015	SD	P	61	59	4	3	1	1	0.875	-0.2
2014	ATL	P	63	62	4	6	0	0	1.000
2013	ATL	P	68	67	3	4	0	0	1.000
2012	ATL	P	63	63	0	5	0	0	1.000
2011	ATL	P	79	77	4	7	0	0	1.000
2010	ATL	P	21	21	0	0	1	0	0.000

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2025	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Pit	59	14.2 IP, 29% K	2.54
2025	AAA	Round Rock Express	Pit	92	21.0 IP, 30% K	3.86
2025	AAA	nan	Pit	151	35.2 IP, 30% K	3.32
2010	AAA	Gwinnett Braves	Pit	230	55.2 IP, 36% K	1.63
2009	AA	Mississippi Braves	Pit	45	11.2 IP, 38% K	0.80
2009	A+	Myrtle Beach Pelicans	Pit	123	26.1 IP, 37% K	5.52
2009	A	Rome Braves	Pit	76	20.0 IP, 50% K	0.90
2008	A	Rome Braves	Pit	48	12.2 IP, 54% K	0.74
2008	Rk	Danville Braves	Pit	81	19.0 IP, 33% K	0.47

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021		0.000		0.000
2015		0.000		0.000

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2021	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason pitching

Year	L	ERA	G	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2023	2	6.00	7	3	6.0	6	1	5	5	1.83
2021	0	9.00	3	0	2.0	3	1	1	0	2.00
2020	0	0.00	1	0	1.3	0	0	2	2	1.50
2018	0	5.91	9	6	10.7	9	2	8	10	1.59
2017	0	4.50	2	0	2.0	4	0	1	2	2.50
2016	0	0.00	2	0	1.3	0	0	0	3	0.00
2013	0	0.00	1	1	1.3	0	0	2	2	1.50
2012	0	0.00	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0.00
2010	1	2.08	4	0	4.3	1	0	1	7	0.46
Career	3	4.50	30	10	30.0	23	4	20	32	1.43

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	BOS	$11,000,000
2015	SD	$9,000,000
2014	ATL	$7,000,000
2013	ATL	$655,000
2012	ATL	$590,000
2011	ATL	$419,000

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.