Craig Kimbrel
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 215LBS | Age: 36
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 3, #96, Atlanta Braves | Wallace State CC
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 6 7 3.75 63 0 22 60 72 1.32
2023 8 6 3.26 71 0 23 69 94 1.04
2024 7 5 5.33 57 0 23 52.1 73 1.36
15 Seasons 56 47 2.59 837 0 440 809.2 1,265 1.01
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 63 6-7 3.75 60 72 1.32
2023 71 8-6 3.26 69 94 1.04
2024 57 7-5 5.33 52.1 73 1.36
15 Seasons 837 56-47 2.59 809.2 1,265 1.01
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA 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 2.20
2016 28 935 103 6 5.8 2.7 89.9 111.4 20.9 35.9 .168 .309 .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 .361 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 7.2 91.1 105.6 15.3 55.6 .195 .387 .312 .332 .497 51.9 40.6 17.4 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 .348 39.8 42.6 9.8 2.26 2.32
2022 34 1077 155 14 9.0 5.4 90.7 110.7 16.0 29.7 .204 .348 .301 .291 .347 43.9 27.7 10.8 3.75 3.49
2023 35 1122 152 16 10.5 5.8 90.1 110.2 18.3 40.1 .192 .338 .269 .281 .369 46.7 33.8 10.1 3.26 3.28
2024 36 963 123 13 10.6 5.6 91.1 120.0 17.3 37.4 .218 .381 .309 .320 .405 43.1 31.5 13.4 5.33 4.31
Player 9064 1078 101 9.4 4.7 90.3 120.0 17.5 36.5 .184 .328 .267 .275 .379 40.0 37.0 10.8
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Kimbrel relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(65.7%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(28.9%) ,
Sweeper
(4.9%) ,
Changeup
(0.5%) ,


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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 7.2
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
2023 34.2 32.2 27.6 5.9 31.6 31.6 36.8 1.3 27.0 31.6 21.1 8.6 10.5 5.8
2024 31.7 29.3 30.1 8.9 34.1 32.5 33.3 1.6 27.6 30.9 24.4 4.9 10.6 5.6
Player 35.3 29.1 26.9 8.7 31.8 35.3 32.9 3.0 26.3 30.7 21.5 7.6 9.4 4.7
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2024 Curveball BAL R 278 84.3 47.6 0.5 11.7GLV 1.8 -8.9 -1.0 11.7GLV 2.3
2024 Sweeper BAL R 47 85.6 39.7 3.7 15.2GLV 2.1 -2.0 3.6 15.2GLV 0.9
2024 Changeup BAL R 5 88.3 33.9 -0.7 15.5ARM 1.0 1.4 3.5 15.5ARM 1.3
2024 4-Seam Fastball BAL R 633 93.9 15.7 2.0 9.6ARM -1.4 15.5 -0.3 9.6ARM 2.1
2023 Curveball PHI R 356 86.2 46.1 2.6 9.9GLV -0.1 -9.2 -0.7 9.9GLV 0.9
2023 Sweeper PHI R 11 85.2 40.3 4.9 15.8GLV 3.6 -2.4 3.9 15.8GLV 1.7
2023 4-Seam Fastball PHI R 754 95.8 14.7 1.2 10.5ARM 1.1 15.2 -0.6 10.5ARM 3.1
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.1 0 633 65.7 167 .203 .421 .340 28.9 32.9 27.8 .209 .408 .340 46.9
2024 Curveball -0.6 -2 278 28.9 49 .261 .283 .274 34.0 22.4 23.9 .248 .339 .274 36.1
2024 Sweeper 0.6 0 47 4.9 14 .077 .077 .114 44.4 50.0 21.9 .206 .256 .240 33.3
2024 Changeup -8.1 0 5 0.5 1 -- -- .700 50.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.3 10 754 67.2 190 .185 .346 .288 30.6 34.7 26.5 .185 .345 .293 48.0
2023 Curveball 1.3 5 357 31.8 83 .156 .299 .240 39.4 32.5 23.7 .213 .337 .273 47.1
2023 Sweeper -5.9 -1 11 1.0 3 .667 1.000 .717 20.0 0.0 0.0 .063 .080 .060 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Curveball 278 84.3 70 16.7 8:00 7:30 30
2024 4-Seam Fastball 629 93.9 92 17.9 1:15 1:15 0
2024 Sweeper 47 85.6 64 16.5 8:00 8:30 -30
2023 Curveball 357 86.2 66 15.4 8:00 7:30 30
2023 4-Seam Fastball 754 95.8 93 18.2 1:15 1:15 0
2023 Sweeper 11 85.2 67 17.1 8:00 8:30 -30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2010 100 446 7 8 -4 -2 10
2011 304 1,305 14 12 -4 -2 19
2012 230 930 14 14 2 -3 27
2013 261 1,056 16 12 -5 -1 22
2014 243 1,047 7 14 -4 -3 14
2015 238 1,004 8 9 -5 -3 8
2016 224 953 15 3 -6 -5 6
2017 265 1,200 12 19 -2 -4 24
2018 297 1,304 5 16 -4 -5 12
2019 92 377 -5 4 -3 -1 -4
2020 73 327 5 1 -3 -2 1
2021 241 1,033 7 16 -5 -2 15
2022 258 1,077 14 0 -8 -6 1
2023 305 1,253 8 15 -6 -4 12
2024 231 963 1 10 -8 -4 -2
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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 58.0 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
2023 1,122 52.9 63.4 74.3 29.1 46.8 41.2 62.8 47.3 33.1 9.6 72.2
2024 963 49.2 64.3 78.7 22.3 42.2 41.5 54.7 43.0 30.9 7.3 82.9
Player 9,064 48.1 64.0 74.0 28.6 41.7 41.9 61.3 45.7 36.4 7.5 75.8
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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 98 96 84 75
2016 84 99 93 61 72 91 54 12 63 99 1 97 51 99 95 67 77
2017 99 100 89 52 99 54 1 1 1 100 92 100 96 99 91 68 73
2018 91 97 95 79 79 68 7 25 69 99 6 99 89 96 81 66 70
2019 89 66 52 70
2020 94 51 50 74
2021 98 99 97 89 97 92 71 13 38 99 29 100 80 90 68 62 73
2022 66 85 71 48 52 58 19 5 11 79 13 73 11 81 60 56 82
2023 85 95 85 66 81 56 13 20 4 98 25 91 53 80 80 67 86
2024 34 79 56 30 16 64 7 3 13 93 2 85 2 47 68 60 82
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.1 4 3.4 1 3 4 0 0.0
2017 24.2 6 8.7 -3 4 6 4 66.7
2018 21.2 9 7.9 1 3 7 2 22.2
2019 24.1 9 5.8 3 3 4 2 22.2
2020 23.6 2 2.1 0 0 2 1 50.0
2021 20.7 7 5.3 2 4 7 1 14.3
2022 23.4 4 6.0 -2 3 8 0 0.0
2023 23.0 11 8.8 2 2 9 2 18.2
2024 22.9 7 8.0 -1 3 8 2 28.6
Player 22.8 59 56.0 3 25 55 14 23.7
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 4 3 3 5 4 3 4 4 4 2 4 5 2 2 4 4 2 3 3 5 2 2 5 5 3 3 4 5 2 3 2
2017 6 9 6 8 9 8 9 9 6 7 9 10 8 8 9 9 8 8 11 9 10 10 11 10 9 8 9 9 9 9 7
2018 9 11 8 7 10 9 10 7 7 4 6 10 8 7 7 8 6 7 9 9 8 10 9 10 5 5 7 9 10 10 4
2019 9 8 5 7 5 5 8 6 4 4 5 5 6 5 6 5 5 5 7 6 6 7 7 9 5 6 4 5 8 5 5
2020 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 1 3 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 1 1 3 2 2 3 1
2021 7 7 3 5 6 5 8 5 2 3 5 9 5 3 7 8 5 4 6 7 4 5 9 5 4 3 6 6 4 5 5
2022 4 5 3 8 6 5 7 7 3 4 5 7 8 5 6 8 6 6 5 6 6 6 9 10 5 4 8 8 6 5 4
2023 11 7 6 11 9 9 10 7 9 8 8 11 9 8 10 10 10 8 9 10 9 8 11 11 7 7 9 8 9 8 7
2024 7 8 5 8 8 9 9 9 6 6 7 8 9 8 9 6 9 8 8 11 9 6 11 8 8 8 8 7 8 9 8
Player 59 60 41 61 60 55 68 56 44 39 50 68 56 48 61 60 53 51 60 66 56 56 75 70 47 45 58 59 58 57 43
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 98.0 98.0 0.0 98.3 0.3 97.1 -1.2 96.2 -0.9 96.9 0.7 96.5 -0.4 95.8 -0.7 95.8 0.0 93.9 -1.9
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 91.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 88.3 0.0
Breaking Velocity 87.4 87.2 -0.2 87.3 0.1 86.6 -0.7 85.9 -0.7 86.0 0.1 86.1 0.1 85.7 -0.4 86.1 0.4 84.4 -1.7
Exit Velocity 87.3 89.9 2.6 92.0 2.1 89.1 -2.9 92.6 3.5 91.1 -1.5 90.5 -0.6 90.7 0.2 90.1 -0.6 91.1 1.0
Launch Angle 10.0 20.9 10.9 18.3 -2.6 22.3 4.0 15.6 -6.7 15.3 -0.3 19.7 4.4 16.0 -3.7 18.3 2.3 17.3 -1.0
Barrel % 4.7 5.8 1.1 11.8 6.0 9.3 -2.5 19.2 9.9 18.5 -0.7 6.4 -12.1 9.0 2.6 10.5 1.5 10.6 0.1
Hard Hit % 26.4 33.0 6.6 45.5 12.5 33.1 -12.4 47.1 14.0 51.9 4.8 39.8 -12.1 43.9 4.1 46.7 2.8 43.1 -3.6
LA 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 40.1 10.4 37.4 -2.7
xBA .164 .168 0.004 .163 -0.005 .172 0.009 .261 0.089 .195 -0.066 .158 -0.037 .204 0.046 .192 -0.012 .218 0.026
BA .185 .152 -0.033 .140 -0.012 .146 0.006 .259 0.113 .182 -0.077 .150 -0.032 .227 0.077 .181 -0.046 .208 0.027
xwOBA .232 .278 0.046 .236 -0.042 .265 0.029 .390 0.125 .332 -0.058 .236 -0.096 .291 0.055 .281 -0.010 .320 0.039
wOBA .254 .252 -0.002 .199 -0.053 .255 0.056 .410 0.155 .312 -0.098 .230 -0.082 .301 0.071 .269 -0.032 .309 0.040
xSLG .258 .309 0.051 .319 0.010 .295 -0.024 .568 0.273 .387 -0.181 .268 -0.119 .348 0.080 .338 -0.010 .381 0.043
SLG .306 .255 -0.051 .243 -0.012 .305 0.062 .654 0.349 .345 -0.309 .272 -0.073 .351 0.079 .337 -0.014 .365 0.028
K% 36.4 37.7 1.3 49.6 11.9 38.9 -10.7 31.3 -7.6 40.6 9.3 42.6 2.0 27.7 -14.9 33.8 6.1 31.5 -2.3
BB% 9.2 13.6 4.4 5.5 -8.1 12.6 7.1 12.5 -0.1 17.4 4.9 9.8 -7.6 10.8 1.0 10.1 -0.7 13.4 3.3
Swing % 46.0 44.4 -1.6 48.8 4.4 46.1 -2.7 47.7 1.6 37.7 -10.0 45.6 7.9 45.1 -0.5 47.3 2.2 43.0 -4.3
Whiff% 36.6 34.9 -1.7 42.7 7.8 40.0 -2.7 32.6 -7.4 35.4 2.8 43.7 8.3 29.2 -14.5 33.1 3.9 30.9 -2.2
In Zone % 49.2 46.0 -3.2 51.0 5.0 43.2 -7.8 42.2 -1.0 46.7 4.5 45.1 -1.6 50.2 5.1 52.9 2.7 49.2 -3.7
Out of Zone % 50.8 54.0 3.2 49.0 -5.0 56.8 7.8 57.8 1.0 53.3 -4.5 54.9 1.6 49.8 -5.1 47.1 -2.7 50.8 3.7
Out of Zone Swing % 25.4 29.1 3.7 34.9 5.8 31.9 -3.0 28.0 -3.9 21.9 -6.1 31.1 9.2 25.7 -5.4 29.1 3.4 22.3 -6.8
First Pitch Swing % 31.8 37.7 5.9 24.4 -13.3 26.7 2.3 35.4 8.7 21.7 -13.7 30.8 9.1 32.2 1.4 31.0 -1.2 24.1 -6.9
First Pitch Strike % 61.1 68.2 7.1 63.8 -4.4 56.3 -7.5 56.3 0.0 58.0 1.7 63.2 5.2 63.6 0.4 62.8 -0.8 54.7 -8.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 211 .250 117 0 0.0 94 19 20.2
2017 Shifts 253 .200 135 0 0.0 118 26 22.0
2018 Shifts 247 .255 131 0 0.0 116 58 50.0
2019 Shifts 92 .399 45 1 2.2 47 9 19.1
2020 Shifts 68 .312 32 7 21.9 36 11 30.6
2021 Shifts 229 .232 121 7 5.8 108 57 52.8
2022 Shifts 252 .298 129 39 30.2 123 81 65.9
2023 Shades 275 .271 161 3 1.9 114 16 14.0
2024 Shades 231 .309 114 9 7.9 117 45 38.5
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 94 17.9 11.7% 1.1% 91 21.5 1.1% 9.9%
2011 401 16.7 16.7% 2.0% 187 19.7 2.1% 4.8%
2012 278 18.7 2.5% 4.3% 100 20.4 0.0% 2.0%
2013 316 19.5 1.9% 2.8% 138 22.9 0.7% 10.1%
2014 295 21.8 0.7% 7.1% 151 25.2 0.7% 13.2%
2015 323 24.0 2.2% 19.8% 133 27.8 1.5% 36.8%
2016 282 23.4 8.5% 12.8% 149 26.5 11.4% 28.2%
2017 350 22.2 0.0% 5.4% 165 25.9 0.0% 20.0%
2018 353 22.9 0.0% 9.6% 160 25.2 0.0% 10.0%
2019 103 23.0 0.0% 2.9% 64 27.2 0.0% 28.1%
2020 93 22.1 0.0% 3.2% 55 25.1 0.0% 20.0%
2021 293 24.4 0.0% 13.3% 164 26.7 0.0% 23.8%
2022 277 22.7 0.0% 5.8% 216 25.0 0.0% 13.4%
2023 294 18.5 0.3% 0.0% 184 20.5 0.0% 2.2%
2024 279 17.2 3.6% 0.7% 143 18.7 0.0% 0.7%

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Pitch Distribution