P Craig 'Dirty Craig' Kimbrel #31
Cleveland Guardians MLB
Age: 35 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Great
11/01/2023
 OA: 50 POT: 50
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P CRAIG 'DIRTY CRAIG' KIMBREL #31 - AGE: 35 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GREAT
G GS Rec SV ERA IP HA HR BB K WHIP WAR
75 0 2-3 1 3.88 62.2 54 8 37 88 1.45 0.5
PITCHING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.
Stuff 75 70 80 75
Movement 60 55 65 60
Control 45 45 45 45
PITCHING RATINGS
Pitch Cur. Pot.
Fastball 70 70
Slider 50 50
Knuckle Curve 70 70
 
 
OTHER PITCHING RATINGS
Velocity 97-99 Mph
Stamina 30
Suggested Role Bullpen
Type Flyball Pitcher
Hold Runners 45
Defense 50
RUN/BUNT RATINGS
Running Speed: 25
Stealing Ability: 30
Baserunning Inst.: 35
Sacrifice Bunt: 50
Bunt for Hit: 25
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result Start IP H R ER BB K Dec
09/30/2023 @ DET Loss, 12-14 0.1 3 3 3 2 1
09/29/2023 @ DET Loss, 6-16 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
09/26/2023 CIN Win, 10-1 1.0 1 0 0 0 3
09/23/2023 BAL Win, 5-2 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
09/20/2023 @ KC Loss, 4-7 1.0 2 2 2 1 0
09/19/2023 @ KC Loss, 5-8 0.2 1 1 1 1 0
09/16/2023 TEX Loss, 4-7 0.1 1 1 1 1 0
09/15/2023 TEX Loss, 3-5 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
09/13/2023 @ SF Loss, 3-7 0.1 1 0 0 0 1
09/12/2023 @ SF Win, 6-5 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
PERSONALITY
Birthday:05/28/1988
Born in:Huntsville, AL
Nationality:American
Height:6' 0"
Weight:210 lbs
Local Popularity:Extremely Popular
National Pop.:Extremely Popular
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$3,180,000
Signed Through:2024 Season
Major Service:12 Years, 162 Days
Service This Yr:186 Days
40-Man Service:12 Years, 162 Days
Pro Service:15 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:2 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2023 PITCHING STATS
Pitching G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG CG% SHO QS QS%
Overall 75 0 2 3 1 3.88 62.2 54 27 27 8 37 88 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Pitching SVO BS SV% RA GF BR/9 H/9 K/9 BB/9 FIP WHIP FIP- WAR BABIP        
Overall 3 2 33.3 75 9 13.64 7.76 12.64 5.31 3.99 1.45 92 0.5 .324        
Pitching AB H 2B 3B HR R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS      
vs. LHB 102 18 4 2 1 11 17 42 4 0 0 .176 .285 .284 .569      
vs. RHB 132 36 4 0 7 16 20 46 0 1 4 .273 .385 .462 .847      
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2023 PITCHING SPLITS
Split G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K  
April 9 0 0 0 0 1.17 7.2 5 1 1 0 3 9  
May 14 0 0 2 0 4.50 12.0 10 6 6 2 5 17  
June 9 0 1 0 0 0.96 9.1 5 1 1 0 5 15  
July 13 0 0 0 1 1.46 12.1 4 2 2 0 6 14  
August 14 0 1 1 0 7.20 10.0 14 8 8 6 10 14  
September 16 0 0 0 0 7.15 11.1 16 9 9 0 8 19  
Spring Training 7 0 0 0 0 1.42 6.1 4 1 1 1 5 11  
Last Year 71 0 4 3 1 2.77 65.0 43 22 20 4 23 103  
2 Years Ago 16 0 0 1 2 4.00 18.0 13 11 8 6 10 28  
Career 859 7 45 34 313 2.47 842.1 500 249 231 73 362 1379  
Home 39 0 1 2 0 4.22 32.0 25 15 15 6 20 42  
Road 36 0 1 1 1 3.52 30.2 29 12 12 2 17 46  
Grass 73 0 2 3 1 3.92 62.0 52 27 27 8 34 87  
Turf 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.2 2 0 0 0 3 1  
Day 22 0 1 0 0 4.35 20.2 20 10 10 3 9 28  
Night 53 0 1 3 1 3.64 42.0 34 17 17 5 28 60  
As Reliever / Substitution 75 0 2 3 1 3.88 62.2 54 27 27 8 37 88  
CAREER PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2010 Atlanta - MLB 22 21 0 4 0 1 0.44 20.2 9 2 1 0 16 40 0 0 1.21 .290 1.51 0.7 922
2011 Atlanta - MLB 23 79 0 4 3 46 2.10 77.0 48 19 18 3 32 127 0 0 1.04 .317 1.54 2.6 181
2012 Atlanta - MLB 24 63 0 3 1 42 1.01 62.2 27 7 7 3 14 116 0 0 0.65 .250 0.91 2.7 392
2013 Atlanta - MLB 25 68 0 4 3 50 1.21 67.0 39 10 9 4 20 98 0 0 0.88 .267 1.92 1.9 309
2014 Atlanta - MLB 26 63 0 0 3 47 1.61 61.2 30 13 11 2 26 95 0 0 0.91 .235 1.91 1.7 228
2015 San Diego - MLB 27 61 0 4 2 39 2.58 59.1 40 19 17 6 22 87 0 0 1.04 .276 2.76 1.1 151
2016 Boston - MLB 28 57 0 2 6 31 3.40 53.0 28 22 20 4 30 83 0 0 1.09 .245 2.98 1.0 124
2017 Boston - MLB 29 67 0 5 0 35 1.43 69.0 33 11 11 6 14 126 0 0 0.68 .262 1.51 2.6 304
2018 Oakland - MLB 30 45 0 3 3 9 3.61 42.1 32 19 17 7 21 72 0 0 1.25 .321 3.34 1.0 128
2018 Milwaukee - MLB 30 29 0 1 0 2 0.93 29.0 9 4 3 1 13 44 0 0 0.76 .157 2.00 1.1 468
2018 Total - MLB 30 74 0 4 3 11 2.52 71.1 41 23 20 8 34 116 0 0 1.05 .256 2.80 2.1 182
2019 Boston - MLB 31 56 7 3 3 5 3.57 70.2 51 29 28 8 41 97 0 0 1.30 .281 3.97 0.8 121
2020 Boston - MLB 32 88 0 6 3 2 3.63 84.1 44 34 34 11 43 175 0 0 1.03 .311 2.43 2.2 119
2021 Cleveland - MLB 33 16 0 0 1 2 4.00 18.0 13 11 8 6 10 28 0 0 1.28 .206 6.44 -0.4 110
2022 Cleveland - MLB 34 71 0 4 3 1 2.77 65.0 43 22 20 4 23 103 0 0 1.02 .312 2.23 2.1 156
2023 Cleveland - MLB 35 75 0 2 3 1 3.88 62.2 54 27 27 8 37 88 0 0 1.45 .324 3.99 0.5 112
Total MLB 859 7 45 34 313 2.47 842.1 500 249 231 73 362 1379 0 0 1.02 .279 2.46 21.6 170
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2008 Danville - R 20 12 0 1 2 6 0.47 19.0 5 4 1 0 10 27 0 0 0.79 .122 2.25 0.5 820
2008 Rome - A 20 10 0 2 0 4 0.71 12.2 6 1 1 0 4 26 0 0 0.79 .333 0.04 0.7 566
2008 Myrtle Beach - A+ 20 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.2 5 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1.64 .500 2.38 0.1 999
2008 Total - A+ 20 12 0 2 0 4 0.55 16.1 11 1 1 0 5 29 0 0 0.98 .393 0.57 0.8 730
2009 Rome - A 21 16 0 0 0 10 0.90 20.0 9 2 2 0 6 38 0 0 0.75 .290 0.45 1.0 447
2009 Myrtle Beach - A+ 21 19 0 0 2 2 5.47 26.1 18 19 16 2 28 45 0 0 1.75 .340 3.96 0.1 73
2009 Total - A+ 21 35 0 0 2 12 3.50 46.1 27 21 18 2 34 83 0 0 1.32 .321 2.44 1.1 114
2009 Mississippi - AA 21 12 0 2 1 6 0.77 11.2 3 1 1 0 7 17 0 0 0.86 .150 2.34 0.3 513
2009 Gwinnett - AAA 21 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 2.00 .000 6.20 -0.0 999
2016 Worcester - AAA 28 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.00 .500 12.20 -0.0 999
Total IL 3 1 0 0 0 0.00 2.1 1 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 2.14 .200 7.06 999.0
Total SL 12 0 2 1 6 0.77 11.2 3 1 1 0 7 17 0 0 0.86 .150 2.34 512.9
Total CAR 21 0 0 2 2 4.80 30.0 23 19 16 2 29 48 0 0 1.73 .368 3.77 83.2
Total SAL 26 0 2 0 14 0.83 32.2 15 3 3 0 10 64 0 0 0.77 .306 0.29 487.0
Total APP 12 0 1 2 6 0.47 19.0 5 4 1 0 10 27 0 0 0.79 .122 2.25 819.5
CAREER POSTSEASON PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2018 Milwaukee - MLB 30 6 0 0 0 0 5.79 4.2 4 3 3 2 0 4 0 0 0.86 .167 7.74 -0.2 75
2022 Cleveland - MLB 34 6 0 0 0 1 3.60 5.0 4 2 2 1 3 5 0 0 1.40 .231 5.75 -0.1 120
Total MLB 12 0 0 0 1 4.66 9.2 8 5 5 3 3 9 0 0 1.14 .200 6.71 93.3
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2008 Myrtle Beach - A+ P 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2008 Rome - A P 10 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2008 Danville - R P 12 0 1 7 0 9 1 .889 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2009 Gwinnett - AAA P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2009 Mississippi - AA P 12 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2009 Myrtle Beach - A+ P 19 0 1 8 1 10 1 .900 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2009 Rome - A P 16 0 1 1 0 4 2 .500 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2010 Atlanta - MLB P 21 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 20.2 0.00 0.0 .000
2011 Atlanta - MLB P 79 0 4 7 0 11 0 1.000 77.0 1.29 0.0 .000
2012 Atlanta - MLB P 63 0 0 5 0 5 0 1.000 62.2 0.72 0.0 .000
2013 Atlanta - MLB P 68 0 3 4 0 7 0 1.000 67.0 0.94 0.0 .000
2014 Atlanta - MLB P 63 0 4 6 0 10 0 1.000 61.2 1.46 0.0 .000
2015 San Diego - MLB P 61 0 4 3 1 8 1 .875 59.1 1.06 -0.8 .000
2016 Boston - MLB P 57 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 53.0 0.34 -0.2 .000
2016 Worcester - AAA P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2017 Boston - MLB P 67 0 6 6 1 12 0 1.000 69.0 1.57 +1.6 .000
2018 Oakland - MLB P 43 0 1 6 0 7 0 1.000 42.1 1.49 +0.2 1.029
2018 Milwaukee - MLB P 28 0 0 4 0 4 0 1.000 29.0 1.24 +0.5 1.029
2019 Boston - MLB P 55 7 2 5 1 7 0 1.000 70.2 0.89 +0.4 1.202
2020 Boston - MLB P 87 0 2 3 1 5 0 1.000 84.1 0.53 -0.5 1.016
2021 Cleveland - MLB P 16 0 0 2 0 3 1 .667 18.0 1.00 -0.6 .505
2022 Cleveland - MLB P 69 0 2 3 0 5 0 1.000 65.0 0.69 +0.6 1.033
2023 Cleveland - MLB P 75 0 6 5 0 11 0 1.000 62.2 1.58 -0.3 1.039
TOTAL P 926 7 38 80 5 125 7 .944 842.1 1.26 +0.7 1.029
PLAYER HISTORY
06/07/2007 Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 33rd round of the 2007 MLB June Amateur Draft from Wallace State Community College (Hanceville) (Hanceville, AL). Did not sign.
06/05/2008 Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 2008 MLB June Amateur Draft from Wallace State Community College (Hanceville) (Hanceville, AL).
07/12/2011 Selected to the 2011 MLB All-Star Game.
11/01/2011 Voted the 2011 MLB NL Rookie of the Year.
07/10/2012 Selected to the 2012 MLB All-Star Game.
11/01/2012 Voted the 2012 MLB NL Rolaids Reliever.
07/16/2013 Selected to the 2013 MLB All-Star Game.
07/15/2014 Selected to the 2014 MLB All-Star Game.
10/22/2014 Voted the 2014 MLB NL Hoffman Reliever of the Year.
04/05/2015 Traded by the Atlanta Braves to the San Diego Padres with OF Melvin Upton Jr. for OF Jordan Paroubeck, OF Cameron Maybin, OF Carlos Quentin, P Matt Wisler, and a 2015 Competitive Balance Round A pick.
11/13/2015 Traded by the San Diego Padres to the Boston Red Sox for P Logan Allen, IF Carlos Asuaje, IF Javier Guerra, and OF Manny Margot.
07/12/2016 Selected to the 2016 MLB All-Star Game.
07/02/2017 Was selected to the 2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
10/28/2017 Wins the 2017 Mariano Rivera AL Reliever of the Year Award.
07/10/2018 Earns his 300th career Major League Baseball save!
07/28/2018 Was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for CF Greg Allen, 2B Dilson Herrera, 1B Luke Voit.
11/27/2018 Became a free agent.
12/08/2018 Signed a 3-year contract worth a total of $42,000,000 with the Boston Red Sox organization.
01/01/2019 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 80 (80); Movement: 55 (55); Control: 40 (40).
09/05/2019 Injured (Strained forearm), out for 5 weeks.
01/01/2020 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 80 (80); Movement: 50 (50); Control: 45 (45).
10/28/2020 Was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Cleveland Indians, along with CL Edwin Diaz, in exchange for SP Cole Sands, RF Sammy Siani, 3B Kendall Simmons, C Jeferson Quero, CF Jeisson Rosario.
01/01/2021 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 80 (80); Movement: 40 (40); Control: 40 (40).
06/08/2021 Injured (mild shoulder inflammation),day-to-day for one week.
06/23/2021 Injured on 06/20/2021, diagnosed with a torn flexor tendon in his elbow, will miss 8-9 months.
11/25/2021 Signed a 1-year contract (qualifying offer) worth a total of $15,000,000.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 80 (80); Movement: 45 (45); Control: 45 (45).
11/05/2022 Wins the 2022 World Series with the Cleveland Guardians.
11/15/2022 Signed a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $6,660,000 with the Cleveland Guardians organization.
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 65 (65); Movement: 55 (55); Control: 40 (40).
07/28/2023 Injured on 07/26/2023, diagnosed with a sore back, is day-to-day.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year G Rank
2011 79 2
2020 88 7
Year SV Rank
2011 46 1
2012 42 1
2013 50 1
2014 47 1
2015 39 4
2016 31 8
2017 35 3
Year HLD Rank
2022 27 3
Year RA Rank
2020 88 5
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