Craig Kimbrel Stats, Game Log, Team, Position

Craig Kimbrel | Kansas City Royals

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Craig Kimbrel

Kansas City Royals#26 · Relief PitcherActive

Height6' 0"Weight215 lbsAge38Experience17th Season

1SVTied-132nd

4.05ERA

35KTied-365th

1.20WHIP

Player Information

PositionRelief Pitcher

Jersey#26

Date of Birth28/5/1988

BirthplaceHuntsville, AL

CollegeWallace State CC

Experience17th Season

Draft2008: Rd 3, Pk 96 (ATL)

Bats / ThrowsRight/Right

MLB Debut2010

StatusActive

Awards

🏆 Relief Man Award3x 2017, 2014, 2012

🏆 Rookie of the Year1x 2011

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Season, Postseason & Career

Split	GP	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Regular Season	39	40.0	30	20	18	4	18	35
Projected	46	47.1	36	24	21	5	21	42
Career	890	861.2	522	283	254	79	364	1317

Pitching by Season

Season	GP	W	L	W%	WAR	ERA	WHIP	IP	K	BB	K/BB	H	R	ER	SV	HLD	BLSV
2010	21	4	0	1.000	0.7	0.44	1.21	20.2	40	16	2.5	9	2	1	1	2	0
2011	79	4	3	.571	2.3	2.10	1.04	77.0	127	32	4.0	48	19	18	46	0	8
2012	63	3	1	.750	3.2	1.01	0.65	62.2	116	14	8.3	27	7	7	42	0	3
2013	68	4	3	.571	3.3	1.21	0.88	67.0	98	20	4.9	39	10	9	50	0	4
2014	63	0	3	.000	2.5	1.61	0.91	61.2	95	26	3.7	30	13	11	47	0	4
2015	61	4	2	.667	1.3	2.58	1.04	59.1	87	22	4.0	40	19	17	39	0	4
2016	57	2	6	.250	0.9	3.40	1.09	53.0	83	30	2.8	28	22	20	31	1	2
2017	67	5	0	1.000	3.6	1.43	0.68	69.0	126	14	9.0	33	11	11	35	1	4
2018	63	5	1	.833	2.3	2.74	0.99	62.1	96	31	3.1	31	19	19	42	0	5
2019	23	0	4	.000	-0.5	6.53	1.60	20.2	30	12	2.5	21	15	15	13	0	3
2020	18	0	1	.000	-0.1	5.28	1.43	15.1	28	12	2.3	10	9	9	2	3	1
2021	39	2	3	.400	2.5	0.49	0.71	36.2	64	13	4.9	13	6	2	23	0	2
2021	24	2	2	.500	0.0	5.09	1.22	23.0	36	10	3.6	18	13	13	1	6	3
2021	63	4	5	.444	2.5	2.26	0.91	59.2	100	23	4.3	31	19	15	24	6	5
2022	63	6	7	.462	0.2	3.75	1.32	60.0	72	28	2.6	51	31	25	22	2	5
2023	71	8	6	.571	1.8	3.26	1.04	69.0	94	28	3.4	44	28	25	23	7	5
2024	57	7	5	.583	-1.1	5.33	1.36	52.1	73	31	2.4	40	35	31	23	4	6
2025	1	0	0	.000	0.1	0.00	2.00	1.0	1	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2025	13	0	1	.000	0.3	2.45	1.36	11.0	16	6	2.7	9	4	3	0	2	0
2025	14	0	1	.000	0.4	2.25	1.42	12.0	17	7	2.4	10	4	3	0	2	0
2026	14	0	2	.000	-0.2	6.00	1.47	15.0	15	6	2.5	16	12	10	0	1	0
2026	19	0	0	.000	0.1	3.86	1.23	18.2	17	10	1.7	13	8	8	0	0	1
2026	6	1	0	1.000	0.3	0.00	0.47	6.1	3	2	1.5	1	0	0	1	0	0
2026	39	1	2	.333	0.2	4.05	1.20	40.0	35	18	1.9	30	20	18	1	1	1
Career	890	57	50	.533	--	2.65	1.03	861.2	1317	364	3.6	522	283	254	441	29	60

Postseason Pitching by Season

Season	GP	L	W%	ERA	WHIP	IP	K	BB	K/BB	H	R	ER	SV	HLD	BLSV
2010	4	1	.000	2.08	0.46	4.1	7	1	7.0	1	2	1	0	1	0
2012	1	0	.000	0.00	0.00	1.0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013	1	0	.000	0.00	1.50	1.1	2	2	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2016	2	0	.000	0.00	0.00	1.1	3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017	2	0	.000	4.50	2.50	2.0	2	1	2.0	4	1	1	0	0	0
2018	9	0	.000	5.91	1.59	10.2	10	8	1.3	9	7	7	6	0	0
2020	1	0	.000	0.00	1.50	1.1	2	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	3	0	.000	9.00	2.00	2.0	0	1	0.0	3	3	2	0	1	0
2023	7	2	.000	6.00	1.83	6.0	5	5	1.0	6	4	4	3	1	1
Career	30	3	.000	4.50	1.43	30.0	32	20	1.6	23	17	15	10	3	1

Opponent Batting by Season

Season	P	TBF	P-TBF	OBA	OOBP	OSLUG	OOPS	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BH	SH	SF	IBB
2010	384	88	4.364	.125	.284	.153	.437	2	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	1
2011	1314	306	4.294	.178	.266	.233	.499	4	1	3	63	19	1	1	2	1
2012	936	231	4.052	.126	.186	.172	.358	1	0	3	37	6	2	0	0	0
2013	1039	258	4.027	.166	.240	.247	.487	7	0	4	58	10	3	0	0	2
2014	1047	244	4.291	.142	.242	.189	.430	4	0	2	40	14	2	3	0	0
2015	1008	239	4.218	.185	.264	.306	.569	6	1	6	66	17	1	0	0	1
2016	935	220	4.250	.152	.283	.255	.539	7	0	4	47	21	4	1	1	0
2017	1148	254	4.520	.140	.202	.243	.444	6	0	6	57	10	4	1	0	0
2018	1111	247	4.498	.146	.260	.305	.565	9	2	7	65	20	2	1	0	0
2019	392	96	4.083	.259	.365	.654	1.019	5	0	9	53	15	2	0	1	0
2020	300	69	4.348	.182	.348	.345	.693	1	1	2	19	6	2	0	0	1
2021	600	137	4.380	.106	.190	.146	.336	2	0	1	18	6	0	0	1	0
2021	408	98	4.163	.217	.316	.458	.774	3	1	5	38	12	3	0	2	1
2021	1008	235	4.289	.150	.243	.272	.514	5	1	6	56	18	3	0	3	1
2022	1077	260	4.142	.227	.324	.351	.675	14	1	4	79	26	5	1	1	2
2023	1122	278	4.036	.181	.273	.337	.611	8	0	10	82	26	4	0	3	1
2024	963	232	4.151	.208	.329	.365	.694	7	1	7	70	31	5	1	3	1
2025	14	3	4.667	.500	.667	.500	1.167	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2025	216	46	4.696	.225	.326	.375	.701	0	0	2	15	4	0	0	0	0
2025	230	49	4.694	.238	.347	.381	.728	0	0	2	16	4	0	0	0	0
2026	245	64	3.828	.286	.349	.536	.885	3	1	3	30	10	0	1	1	1
2026	343	80	4.288	.191	.313	.324	.636	6	0	1	22	12	2	0	0	0
2026	77	19	4.053	.059	.158	.059	.217	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2026	665	163	4.080	.213	.309	.376	.685	9	1	4	53	22	2	1	1	1
Career	14679	3469	4.231	.172	.268	.287	.555	95	9	79	872	267	42	10	15	12

Expanded Pitching by Season

Season	P/I	K/9	GB	FB	G/F	IR	IRS	WP	BK	SB	CS
2010	18.6	17.4	9	23	0.4	3	1	4	0	3	0
2011	17.1	14.8	65	81	0.8	4	0	4	0	1	3
2012	14.9	16.7	49	50	1.0	4	0	5	0	8	1
2013	15.5	13.2	64	71	0.9	3	1	3	0	3	2
2014	17.0	13.9	52	68	0.8	14	2	6	0	5	1
2015	17.0	13.2	60	69	0.9	5	1	4	0	8	1
2016	17.6	14.1	32	71	0.5	15	4	6	0	2	0
2017	16.6	16.4	41	69	0.6	13	1	5	0	4	6
2018	17.8	13.9	35	83	0.4	16	5	7	0	4	0
2019	19.0	13.1	15	37	0.4	0	0	0	0	2	2
2020	19.6	16.4	9	18	0.5	1	0	4	0	2	0
2021	16.4	15.7	20	40	0.5	14	0	3	1	1	0
2021	17.7	14.1	13	36	0.4	1	1	5	0	5	1
2021	16.9	15.1	33	76	0.4	15	1	8	1	6	1
2022	18.0	10.8	64	91	0.7	3	1	7	1	3	1
2023	16.3	12.3	52	100	0.5	1	1	4	2	12	0
2024	18.4	12.6	39	84	0.5	2	0	3	1	15	1
2025	14.0	9.0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2025	19.6	13.1	7	17	0.4	1	0	0	0	4	2
2025	19.2	12.8	7	18	0.4	1	0	0	0	4	3
2026	16.3	9.0	13	30	0.4	2	1	1	0	0	1
2026	18.4	8.2	17	34	0.5	5	4	3	0	6	0
2026	12.2	4.3	4	10	0.4	3	0	0	1	0	2
2026	16.6	7.9	34	74	0.5	10	5	4	1	6	3
Career	17.0	13.8	660	1083	0.6	110	23	74	6	88	25

Game Log

Game	Result	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	GB	FB	P	TBF	Dec	Rel	ERA
@ CLE2026 Regular Season	W 8-3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	9	3	-	-	4.05
vs DET2026 Regular Season	W 3-1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	20	4	-	SV(1)	4.15
vs ATH2026 Regular Season	W 6-2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	2	-	-	4.26
vs ATH2026 Regular Season	W 9-7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	13	3	W(1-2)	-	4.38
@ LAA2026 Regular Season	L 1-0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	13	4	-	-	4.50
@ LAD2026 Regular Season	L 4-2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	10	3	-	-	4.67
vs CHW2026 Regular Season	L 9-1	1.0	1	2	2	0	2	1	0	3	22	6	-	-	4.81
vs TEX2026 Regular Season	W 3-2	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	14	4	-	-	4.41
vs TEX2026 Regular Season	L 4-1	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	30	6	-	-	4.50
@ TOR2026 Regular Season	W 12-2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	3	-	-	4.35
@ BOS2026 Regular Season	L 6-1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	14	3	-	-	4.50
@ BOS2026 Regular Season	L 5-3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	20	4	-	-	4.66
vs SEA2026 Regular Season	L 8-2	1.2	2	1	1	0	1	2	5	0	42	8	-	-	4.82
vs NYY2026 Regular Season	L 12-4	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	18	5	-	-	4.78
@ HOU2026 Regular SeasonWeek 27	L 2-0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	12	3	-	-	4.62
@ HOU2026 Regular SeasonWeek 27	L 10-8	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	19	5	-	BLSV(1)	4.81
@ KC2026 Regular SeasonWeek 26	W 10-4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	8	3	-	-	5.09
vs ARI2026 Regular SeasonWeek 26	W 5-1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	10	3	-	-	5.32
vs ARI2026 Regular SeasonWeek 26	W 6-1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	22	4	-	-	5.57
vs KC2026 Regular SeasonWeek 26	W 13-2	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	2	0	2	25	5	-	-	5.85
vs KC2026 Regular SeasonWeek 25	L 2-1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	14	3	-	-	5.21
vs WSH2026 Regular SeasonWeek 25	L 4-3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	3	-	-	5.50
@ LAA2026 Regular SeasonWeek 24	W 8-3	0.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	18	4	-	-	5.82
@ LAA2026 Regular SeasonWeek 24	L 8-0	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	17	4	-	-	5.94
@ BAL2026 Regular SeasonWeek 21	L 6-1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	15	4	-	-	5.63
@ WSH2026 Regular SeasonWeek 20	L 8-4	2.2	2	2	2	1	0	2	2	6	32	10	-	-	6.00
@ WSH2026 Regular SeasonWeek 20	W 16-7 F/12	1.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	24	5	-	-	5.84
vs NYY2026 Regular SeasonWeek 20	L 5-2	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	17	4	-	-	6.35
vs DET2026 Regular SeasonWeek 20	W 9-4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	19	3	-	-	6.10
@ ARI2026 Regular SeasonWeek 19	L 2-1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	19	5	-	-	6.75
@ COL2026 Regular SeasonWeek 19	L 6-2	1.0	3	4	4	1	1	2	1	3	29	7	L(0-2)	-	7.56
@ COL2026 Regular SeasonWeek 18	W 4-2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	15	4	-	HLD(1)	3.68
@ LAA2026 Regular SeasonWeek 18	L 4-3 F/10	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	12	5	-	-	4.26
vs WSH2026 Regular SeasonWeek 17	W 8-0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	14	3	-	-	5.06
vs MIN2026 Regular SeasonWeek 17	W 10-8	0.2	2	3	3	0	1	1	0	3	19	5	-	-	6.23
@ CHC2026 Regular SeasonWeek 16	L 2-1 F/10	0.2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	8	2	L(0-1)	-	0.00
@ CHC2026 Regular SeasonWeek 16	L 4-2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	14	4	-	-	0.00
@ LAD2026 Regular SeasonWeek 15	L 4-0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	13	3	-	-	0.00
vs ATH2026 Regular SeasonWeek 15	L 11-6	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	10	4	-	-	0.00