Craig Kimbrel

2026 seasonregular season

Bats/Throws: R/R
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 215 lb
Age: 38
Born: Huntsville, AL, USA
MLB debut: 2010-05-07
Drafted: 2008

Pitch qualityour Stuff+ grades

How nasty each pitch is from its physical shape alone — velocity, spin, movement, extension and release point — on a scale where 100 is league average and every 10 points is one standard deviation. It does not see where the pitch was thrown, the count, or what happened to it, so a pitcher with great stuff and poor command can still give up runs. How it is built

113overall

Four-seam fastball117
Sweeper109
Knuckle curve108

Pitching

Season	G	GS	IP	ERA	WHIP	K	BB	HR	K/9	W-L	SV
2026	46	0	46.0	4.50	1.35	40	22	4	7.83	1-5	1

Last 10 games

Game	Dec	IP	H	ER	BB	K	P
09/16@HOUW	HLD	1.0	1	0	0	0	17
09/13@BOSL	L	0.1	0	1	2	0	16
09/09vAZW	HLD	1.0	2	0	0	1	13
09/07vAZL	L	1.0	5	4	1	1	25
09/05vTORL	L	1.0	1	0	1	1	22
09/03vMIAW	HLD	0.2	0	0	0	1	9
09/02vMIAL		1.0	1	0	0	1	9
08/29@CLEW		1.0	0	0	0	0	9
08/22vDETW	SV	1.0	0	0	1	2	20
08/20vATHW		1.0	0	0	0	0	12

Full 2026 game log (46 games)

Game	Dec	IP	H	ER	BB	K	HR	P
09/16@HOUW	HLD	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	17
09/13@BOSL	L	0.1	0	1	2	0	0	16
09/09vAZW	HLD	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	13
09/07vAZL	L	1.0	5	4	1	1	0	25
09/05vTORL	L	1.0	1	0	1	1	0	22
09/03vMIAW	HLD	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	9
09/02vMIAL		1.0	1	0	0	1	0	9
08/29@CLEW		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	9
08/22vDETW	SV	1.0	0	0	1	2	0	20
08/20vATHW		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	12
08/19vATHW	W	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	13
08/15@LAAL		1.1	1	0	0	0	0	13
08/12@LADL		1.0	0	0	1	0	0	10
08/02vCWSL		1.0	1	2	2	1	0	22
07/30vTEXW		0.2	1	0	1	1	0	14
07/28vTEXL		1.0	1	1	1	1	0	30
07/21@TORW		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	12
07/19@BOSL		1.0	0	0	0	2	0	14
07/17@BOSL		1.0	0	0	1	1	0	20
07/12vSEAL		1.2	2	1	1	2	0	42
07/09vNYYL		1.0	2	1	0	1	0	18
07/05@HOUL		1.0	1	0	0	0	0	12
07/04@HOUL		1.1	1	0	0	1	0	19
06/30@KCW		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	8
06/28vAZW		1.0	0	0	0	1	0	10
06/26vAZW		1.0	0	0	1	1	0	22
06/25vKCW		1.0	1	2	1	2	1	25
06/22vKCL		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	14
06/20vWSHL		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	11
06/14@LAAW		0.1	0	0	2	0	0	18
06/13@LAAL		0.2	2	1	0	1	0	17
05/26@BALL		1.0	1	0	0	2	0	15
05/20@WSHL		2.2	2	2	0	2	1	32
05/18@WSHW		1.0	2	0	0	0	0	24
05/15vNYYL		1.0	2	1	0	0	1	17
05/14vDETW		1.0	0	0	0	1	0	19
05/09@AZL		1.0	0	0	2	1	0	19
05/07@COLL	L	1.0	3	4	1	2	1	29
05/04@COLW	HLD	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	15
05/02@LAAL		1.0	1	0	1	1	0	12
04/28vWSHW		1.0	0	0	0	3	0	14
04/23vMINW		0.2	2	3	1	1	0	19
04/19@CHCL	L	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	8
04/18@CHCL		1.0	1	0	1	0	0	14
04/13@LADL		1.0	1	0	0	0	0	13
04/11vATHL		1.0	1	0	0	2	0	10

Career by season

Season	G	IP	ERA	WHIP	K	BB	HR	K/9	W-L	SV
2010ATL	21	20.2	0.44	1.21	40	16	0	17.42	4-0	1
2011ATL	79	77.0	2.10	1.04	127	32	3	14.84	4-3	46
2012ATL	63	62.2	1.01	0.65	116	14	3	16.66	3-1	42
2013ATL	68	67.0	1.21	0.88	98	20	4	13.16	4-3	50
2014ATL	63	61.2	1.61	0.91	95	26	2	13.86	0-3	47
2015SD	61	59.1	2.58	1.04	87	22	6	13.20	4-2	39
2016BOS	57	53.0	3.40	1.09	83	30	4	14.09	2-6	31
2017BOS	67	69.0	1.43	0.68	126	14	6	16.43	5-0	35
2018BOS	63	62.1	2.74	0.99	96	31	7	13.86	5-1	42
2019CHC	23	20.2	6.53	1.60	30	12	9	13.06	0-4	13
2020CHC	18	15.1	5.28	1.43	28	12	2	16.43	0-1	2
2021CHC	39	36.2	0.49	0.71	64	13	1	15.71	2-3	23
2021CWS	24	23.0	5.09	1.22	36	10	5	14.09	2-2	1
20212 teams	63	59.2	2.26	0.91	100	23	6	15.08	4-5	24
2022LAD	63	60.0	3.75	1.32	72	28	4	10.80	6-7	22
2023PHI	71	69.0	3.26	1.04	94	28	10	12.26	8-6	23
2024BAL	57	52.1	5.33	1.36	73	31	7	12.55	7-5	23
2025ATL	1	1.0	0.00	2.00	1	1	0	9.00	0-0	0
2025HOU	13	11.0	2.45	1.36	16	6	2	13.09	0-1	0
20252 teams	14	12.0	2.25	1.42	17	7	2	12.75	0-1	0
2026NYM	14	15.0	6.00	1.47	15	6	3	9.00	0-2	0
2026TB	19	18.2	3.86	1.23	17	10	1	8.20	0-0	0
2026KC	13	12.1	3.65	1.38	8	6	0	5.84	1-3	1
20263 teams	46	46.0	4.50	1.35	40	22	4	7.83	1-5	1

Stats from the MLB Stats API, regular season only. A traded player's combined season appears as one row per club plus the total.