Craig Kimbrel
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 0" 215LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 3, #96, Atlanta Braves | Wallace State CC

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 6 7 3.75 63 0 22 60.0 72 1.32
13 Seasons 41 36 2.31 709 0 394 688.1 1098 0.98
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 63 6-7 3.75 60.0 72 1.32
13 Seasons 709 41-36 2.31 688.1 1098 0.98

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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 Sweet
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 27 1008 129 6 4.7 2.5 87.3 110.4 10.0 31.8 .164 .258 .254 .232 .317 26.4 36.4 9.2 2.58 2.18
2016 28 935 103 6 5.8 2.7 89.9 111.4 20.9 35.9 .168 .310 .252 .278 .370 33.0 37.7 13.6 3.40 3.21
2017 29 1148 110 13 11.8 5.1 92.0 112.1 18.3 31.8 .163 .319 .199 .236 .432 45.5 49.6 5.5 1.44 2.35
2018 30 1111 118 11 9.3 4.5 89.1 117.0 22.3 35.6 .172 .295 .255 .265 .362 33.1 38.9 12.6 2.74 2.92
2019 31 392 52 10 19.2 10.4 92.6 115.3 15.6 48.1 .261 .568 .410 .390 .535 47.1 31.3 12.5 6.53 7.18
2020 32 300 27 5 18.5 7.4 91.1 105.6 15.3 55.6 .195 .387 .312 .332 .497 51.9 41.2 16.2 5.28 4.73
2021 33 1008 109 7 6.4 3.0 90.5 114.3 19.7 41.3 .158 .268 .230 .236 .349 39.8 42.7 9.4 2.26 2.32
2022 34 1077 155 14 9.0 5.4 90.7 110.7 16.0 29.7 .205 .349 .301 .292 .347 43.9 27.9 10.1 3.75 3.51
Player 6979 803 72 9.0 4.5 90.1 117.0 17.4 35.6 .178 .319 .261 .268 .377 38.2 38.5 10.4
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 35.8 22.1 8.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Kimbrel relies on 2 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(68.5%) ,
Curveball
(31.5%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 46.5 14.0 31.0 8.5 34.9 35.7 29.5 3.1 34.9 26.4 19.4 3.9 4.7 2.5
2016 31.1 33.0 24.3 11.7 39.8 30.1 30.1 4.9 23.3 33.0 21.4 7.8 5.8 2.7
2017 37.3 32.7 21.8 8.2 28.2 37.3 34.5 1.8 25.5 29.1 22.7 8.2 11.8 5.1
2018 29.7 27.1 30.5 12.7 22.0 36.4 41.5 3.4 25.4 34.7 19.5 7.6 9.3 4.5
2019 28.8 32.7 34.6 3.8 30.8 42.3 26.9 0.0 21.2 30.8 21.2 5.8 19.2 10.4
2020 33.3 25.9 33.3 7.4 33.3 33.3 33.3 3.7 18.5 25.9 33.3 0.0 18.5 7.4
2021 30.3 33.9 27.5 8.3 28.4 37.6 33.9 2.8 19.3 35.8 21.1 13.8 6.4 3.0
2022 41.3 31.0 18.7 9.0 34.8 38.1 27.1 5.8 28.4 27.1 20.6 9.0 9.0 5.4
Player 36.0 28.5 26.3 9.2 31.5 36.4 32.1 3.5 25.9 30.5 21.2 7.8 9.0 4.5
MLB 44.9 23.1 25.0 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.8 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.7 6.7 4.6
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2022 Curveball LAD R 339 85.7 44.0 0.4 1 10.2 -1.2 -10
2022 4-Seamer LAD R 738 95.8 15.4 0.9 6 10.4 0.9 9
2021 4-Seamer CWS R 585 96.5 14.8 1.1 7 10.3 0.6 6
2021 Curveball CWS R 401 86.1 42.6 -0.8 -2 10.4 -0.4 -4
2020 4-Seamer CHC R 187 96.9 15.0 0.6 4 10.7 0.5 5
2020 Curveball CHC R 113 86.0 43.7 -0.2 0 11.0 0.4 4
2019 Curveball CHC R 126 85.9 45.7 1.0 2 8.7 0.5 5
2019 4-Seamer CHC R 251 96.2 14.9 0.7 5 10.2 1.2 13
2018 4-Seamer BOS R 718 97.1 13.6 1.4 9 9.3 0.3 4
2018 Curveball BOS R 391 86.6 45.0 1.5 3 10.5 1.0 11
2018 Changeup BOS R 1 91.3 30.9 3.3 12 13.6 -0.2 -2
2017 4-Seamer BOS R 783 98.3 12.7 0.7 5 11.7 0.5 5
2017 Curveball BOS R 360 87.3 45.6 3.0 7 8.9 1.0 13
2017 Sinker BOS R 3 98.0 21.2 3.6 20 17.5 1.5 10
2016 Curveball BOS R 289 87.2 44.7 1.2 3 11.9 0.0 0
2016 4-Seamer BOS R 629 98.0 11.3 2.0 15 8.2 -0.5 -6
2016 Sinker BOS R 2 98.4 9.2 -8.1 -47 13.7 -1.4 -9
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2022 4-Seamer -0.2 -1 738 68.5 170 .259 .408 .340 23.4 25.3 18.5 .199 .345 .294 44.8
2022 Curveball 0.1 1 339 31.5 88 .167 .244 .257 43.6 33.0 24.8 .215 .356 .297 42.0
2021 4-Seamer -0.9 -6 585 58.0 144 .180 .385 .293 33.2 36.8 27.5 .177 .335 .279 48.6
2021 Curveball -3.1 -13 401 39.8 86 .111 .111 .151 59.3 52.3 33.6 .134 .173 .182 22.2
2020 4-Seamer 0.7 1 187 62.3 41 .206 .471 .352 30.5 34.1 23.7 .217 .502 .366 60.0
2020 Curveball -1.0 -1 113 37.7 27 .143 .143 .256 48.4 51.9 35.0 .160 .201 .278 28.6
2019 4-Seamer 1.0 3 251 64.0 57 .326 .783 .510 24.8 19.3 19.6 .342 .776 .493 52.8
2019 Curveball 1.4 2 126 32.1 35 .156 .406 .271 50.0 48.6 32.1 .159 .306 .238 33.3
2018 4-Seamer -0.5 -4 718 64.6 179 .171 .388 .301 33.3 35.2 23.5 .183 .341 .291 38.9
2018 Curveball -2.6 -10 391 35.2 68 .082 .098 .143 55.6 48.5 28.4 .145 .181 .200 14.3
2018 Changeup -3.6 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seamer -2.9 -23 783 68.2 190 .131 .251 .206 39.3 48.4 28.0 .161 .343 .245 47.6
2017 Curveball -0.8 -3 360 31.4 61 .158 .211 .249 55.3 54.1 37.5 .160 .243 .229 41.7
2017 Sinker 5.7 0 3 0.3 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .485 .510 .437 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2020 4-Seam Fastball 180 96.9 94 17.5 1:30 1:15 15
2020 Knuckle Curve 109 86.0 68 14.5 8:00 7:45 15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 584 96.5 93 17.7 1:30 1:15 15
2021 Knuckle Curve 400 86.1 62 13.5 8:00 7:45 15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 737 95.8 93 17.6 1:30 1:15 15
2022 Knuckle Curve 339 85.7 62 14.3 8:00 7:45 15
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 1,008 49.2 67.3 72.5 25.4 38.5 39.4 61.1 46.0 36.6 8.3 76.2
2016 935 46.0 62.3 75.7 29.1 44.9 41.9 68.2 44.4 34.9 7.2 82.1
2017 1,148 51.0 62.2 66.4 34.9 40.8 45.2 63.8 48.8 42.7 7.8 69.7
2018 1,111 43.2 64.8 74.3 31.9 37.8 43.1 56.3 46.1 40.0 6.5 76.4
2019 392 42.2 73.0 79.3 28.0 44.3 40.6 56.3 47.7 32.6 7.4 82.1
2020 300 46.7 55.7 71.8 21.9 48.6 37.7 58.8 37.7 35.4 6.0 83.3
2021 1,008 45.1 63.1 70.1 31.1 34.5 40.4 63.2 45.6 43.7 6.4 68.3
2022 1,077 50.2 64.3 79.6 25.7 48.6 43.4 63.6 45.1 29.2 7.6 76.8
Player 6,979 47.2 64.1 73.3 29.4 41.0 42.0 62.1 45.8 37.6 7.2 75.5
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.7 7.2 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2015 99 99 99 93 97 85 60 73 95 99 18 99 10 99 97 83 77
2016 84 99 93 61 72 91 54 12 63 99 1 97 51 99 94 67 79
2017 99 100 89 52 99 54 1 1 1 100 87 100 96 99 90 69 74
2018 91 97 95 79 76 68 7 25 69 99 4 99 89 96 79 66 70
2019 90 65 52 71
2020 95 49 51 75
2021 98 99 97 89 97 92 71 13 38 99 30 100 80 91 65 63 73
2022 64 84 70 47 56 58 19 5 11 80 16 74 11 83 57 58 83
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.1 4 4.2 0 4 5 0 0.0
2017 24.2 6 8.5 -3 6 5 4 66.7
2018 21.2 9 7.7 1 4 5 3 33.3
2019 24.1 9 6.3 3 1 6 2 22.2
2020 23.6 2 2.2 0 0 2 1 50.0
2021 20.7 7 5.7 1 4 7 1 14.3
2022 23.4 4 6.0 -2 3 8 0 0.0
Player 22.7 41 40.7 0 22 38 11 26.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 4 3 6 3 5 5 4 4 5 4 6 5 3 3 5 5 5 3 2 4 6 3 4 3 3 5 6 4 3 4 5
2017 6 6 11 8 8 8 8 9 9 6 8 9 8 6 9 9 9 9 7 9 9 8 8 10 10 8 9 8 10 9 10
2018 9 7 10 7 7 7 8 10 9 7 7 6 5 6 7 9 8 10 4 9 9 7 7 9 8 9 10 5 10 6 9
2019 9 5 6 7 7 6 6 8 7 6 7 7 4 4 5 8 4 7 5 5 7 5 5 7 7 7 9 6 8 5 8
2020 2 1 3 2 2 2 0 2 3 2 2 2 1 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 3
2021 7 5 11 4 7 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 2 2 5 7 7 5 6 5 6 5 3 6 4 7 5 3 7 3 9
2022 4 7 7 5 6 8 5 5 6 4 8 5 3 3 5 8 7 7 4 6 8 6 6 6 5 7 9 4 6 5 10
Player 41 34 54 36 42 44 38 45 46 36 44 40 26 27 38 49 43 43 30 41 48 36 35 43 39 46 50 31 46 34 54
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 98 98 0 98.3 0.3 ↑ 97.1 -1.2 ↓ 96.2 -0.9 ↓ 96.9 0.7 ↑ 96.5 -0.4 ↓ 95.8 -0.7 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 0 0 0 0 0 91.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Breaking Velocity 87.8 87.2 -0.6 ↓ 87.3 0.1 ↑ 86.6 -0.7 ↓ 85.9 -0.7 ↓ 86 0.1 ↑ 86.1 0.1 ↑ 85.7 -0.4 ↓
Exit Velocity 87.3 89.9 2.6 ↑ 92 2.1 ↑ 89.1 -2.9 ↓ 92.6 3.5 ↑ 91.1 -1.5 ↓ 90.5 -0.6 ↓ 90.7 0.2 ↑
Launch Angle 10 20.9 10.9 ↑ 18.3 -2.6 ↓ 22.3 4 ↑ 15.6 -6.7 ↓ 15.3 -0.3 ↓ 19.7 4.4 ↑ 16 -3.7 ↓
Barrel % 4.7 5.8 1.1 ↑ 11.8 6 ↑ 9.3 -2.5 ↓ 19.2 9.9 ↑ 18.5 -0.7 ↓ 6.4 -12.1 ↓ 9 2.6 ↑
Hard Hit % 26.4 33 6.6 ↑ 45.5 12.5 ↑ 33.1 -12.4 ↓ 47.1 14 ↑ 51.9 4.8 ↑ 39.8 -12.1 ↓ 43.9 4.1 ↑
Sweet Spot % 31.8 35.9 4.1 ↑ 31.8 -4.1 ↓ 35.6 3.8 ↑ 48.1 12.5 ↑ 55.6 7.5 ↑ 41.3 -14.3 ↓ 29.7 -11.6 ↓
xBA .164 .168 0.004 ↑ .163 -0.005 ↓ .172 0.009 ↑ .261 0.089 ↑ .195 -0.066 ↓ .158 -0.037 ↓ .205 0.047 ↑
BA .185 .152 -0.033 ↓ .14 -0.012 ↓ .146 0.006 ↑ .259 0.113 ↑ .182 -0.077 ↓ .15 -0.032 ↓ .227 0.077 ↑
xwOBA .232 .278 0.046 ↑ .236 -0.042 ↓ .265 0.029 ↑ .39 0.125 ↑ .332 -0.058 ↓ .236 -0.096 ↓ .292 0.056 ↑
wOBA .254 .252 -0.002 ↓ .199 -0.053 ↓ .255 0.056 ↑ .41 0.155 ↑ .312 -0.098 ↓ .23 -0.082 ↓ .301 0.071 ↑
xSLG .258 .31 0.052 ↑ .319 0.009 ↑ .295 -0.024 ↓ .568 0.273 ↑ .387 -0.181 ↓ .268 -0.119 ↓ .349 0.081 ↑
SLG .306 .255 -0.051 ↓ .243 -0.012 ↓ .305 0.062 ↑ .654 0.349 ↑ .345 -0.309 ↓ .272 -0.073 ↓ .351 0.079 ↑
K% 36.4 37.7 1.3 ↑ 49.6 11.9 ↑ 38.9 -10.7 ↓ 31.3 -7.6 ↓ 41.2 9.9 ↑ 42.7 1.5 ↑ 27.9 -14.8 ↓
BB% 9.2 13.6 4.4 ↑ 5.5 -8.1 ↓ 12.6 7.1 ↑ 12.5 -0.1 ↓ 16.2 3.7 ↑ 9.4 -6.8 ↓ 10.1 0.7 ↑
Swing % 46 44.4 -1.6 ↓ 48.8 4.4 ↑ 46.1 -2.7 ↓ 47.7 1.6 ↑ 37.7 -10 ↓ 45.6 7.9 ↑ 45.1 -0.5 ↓
Whiff% 36.6 34.9 -1.7 ↓ 42.7 7.8 ↑ 40 -2.7 ↓ 32.6 -7.4 ↓ 35.4 2.8 ↑ 43.7 8.3 ↑ 29.2 -14.5 ↓
In Zone % 49.2 46 -3.2 ↓ 51 5 ↑ 43.2 -7.8 ↓ 42.2 -1 ↓ 46.7 4.5 ↑ 45.1 -1.6 ↓ 50.2 5.1 ↑
Out of Zone % 50.8 54 3.2 ↑ 49 -5 ↓ 56.8 7.8 ↑ 57.8 1 ↑ 53.3 -4.5 ↓ 54.9 1.6 ↑ 49.8 -5.1 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 25.4 29.1 3.7 ↑ 34.9 5.8 ↑ 31.9 -3 ↓ 28 -3.9 ↓ 21.9 -6.1 ↓ 31.1 9.2 ↑ 25.7 -5.4 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 31.8 37.7 5.9 ↑ 24.4 -13.3 ↓ 26.7 2.3 ↑ 35.4 8.7 ↑ 22.1 -13.3 ↓ 30.8 8.7 ↑ 32.2 1.4 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 61.1 68.2 7.1 ↑ 63.8 -4.4 ↓ 56.3 -7.5 ↓ 56.3 0 58.8 2.5 ↑ 63.2 4.4 ↑ 63.6 0.4 ↑
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2016 212 .249 117 0 0.0 95 19 20.0
2017 253 .200 135 0 0.0 118 26 22.0
2018 247 .255 131 0 0.0 116 58 50.0
2019 92 .399 45 1 2.2 47 9 19.1
2020 68 .312 32 7 21.9 36 11 30.6
2021 222 .232 116 6 5.2 106 56 52.8
2022 252 .298 129 39 30.2 123 81 65.9

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 94 17.9 11.7% 1.1% 99 22.0 1.0% 16.2%
2011 402 16.7 16.7% 2.2% 197 19.8 2.0% 8.1%
2012 278 18.7 2.5% 4.3% 105 20.6 0.0% 4.8%
2013 317 19.5 1.9% 3.2% 148 23.1 0.7% 14.2%
2014 295 21.8 0.7% 7.1% 162 25.4 0.6% 19.1%
2015 325 24.0 2.2% 20.3% 147 28.1 1.4% 40.1%
2016 282 23.4 8.5% 12.8% 161 27.1 11.2% 32.3%
2017 352 22.2 0.0% 6.0% 174 26.0 0.0% 24.1%
2018 354 22.9 0.0% 9.9% 168 25.3 0.0% 13.7%
2019 105 23.0 0.0% 4.8% 68 27.2 0.0% 30.9%
2020 93 22.1 0.0% 3.2% 61 25.5 0.0% 27.9%
2021 294 24.4 0.0% 13.6% 174 26.8 0.0% 28.2%
2022 281 22.8 0.0% 6.8% 229 25.3 0.0% 17.5%
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Pitch Distribution

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