Craig Kimbrel

P | Chicago White Sox Age: 33 (5/28/1988) Throws:

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2021 Season Stats

W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%
4-5	59.2	1.96	0.89	42.2%	9.3%	37.3%

Craig Kimbrel P | CWS

Four-Seamer | 59%
Curveball | 41%
Changeup | 0%
All

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 All

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Strike%	GB%	FB%	AVG	BABIP	PLUS%
2017	98.3	68.6%	33.6%	54.6%	21.7%	14.2%	36.0%	69.8%	26.2%	52.4%	.132	.224	47.6%
2018	97.1	64.7%	24.4%	51.0%	16.8%	13.8%	30.6%	64.0%	23.6%	51.7%	.169	.224	47.4%
2019	96.2	66.8%	18.5%	54.6%	11.8%	15.6%	27.5%	64.9%	25.7%	48.6%	.333	.290	43.9%
2020	96.9	61.6%	21.8%	53.2%	13.4%	20.4%	33.9%	64.5%	30.0%	35.0%	.206	.278	48.9%
2021	96.5	59.0%	21.0%	54.4%	15.6%	16.9%	32.6%	64.1%	16.9%	50.7%	.176	.232	45.5%

Year	# Thrown	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	Strikes	Balls	AVG
2017	787	197	13	6	0	5	93	12	549	238	.132
2018	719	181	9	8	2	7	63	25	460	259	.169
2019	262	59	6	3	0	7	11	10	170	92	.333
2020	186	41	3	1	1	2	14	6	120	66	.206
2021	596	148	10	5	1	6	53	20	382	214	.176

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	Weak%	Medium%	Hard%	Pull%	Oppo%	BABIP	BACON
2017	26.2%	21.4%	52.4%	11.4%	11.9%	58.3%	29.8%	19.0%	29.8%	.224	.267
2018	23.6%	24.7%	51.7%	23.9%	20.2%	52.8%	27.0%	19.1%	32.6%	.224	.283
2019	25.7%	25.7%	48.6%	0.0%	0.0%	54.3%	45.7%	17.1%	20.0%	.290	.421
2020	30.0%	35.0%	35.0%	0.0%	10.0%	45.0%	45.0%	35.0%	30.0%	.278	.350
2021	16.9%	32.4%	50.7%	5.6%	12.7%	53.5%	33.8%	12.7%	31.0%	.232	.293

Year	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Contact%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Swing%	Strike%
2017	33.6%	54.6%	21.7%	14.2%	36.0%	60.9%	41.7%	68.1%	55.5%	69.8%
2018	24.4%	51.0%	16.8%	13.8%	30.6%	66.5%	48.8%	72.0%	50.2%	64.0%
2019	18.5%	54.6%	11.8%	15.6%	27.5%	76.0%	63.6%	78.5%	49.2%	64.9%
2020	21.8%	53.2%	13.4%	20.4%	33.9%	69.5%	63.2%	71.4%	44.1%	64.5%
2021	21.0%	54.4%	15.6%	16.9%	32.6%	66.5%	54.4%	69.6%	47.1%	64.1%

Year	Early CS%	2-Str O-Swing%	F-Strike%	TF-Strike%
2017	22.5%	24.1%	46.2%	42.6%
2018	17.6%	19.8%	43.1%	38.7%
2019	18.2%	16.7%	67.8%	47.5%
2020	30.5%	20.3%	65.9%	56.1%
2021	19.7%	16.2%	52.7%	44.6%

Year	aLoc%	h-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	v-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%
2017	29.5%	29.0%	41.6%	56.2%	28.6%	15.2%	7.8%	46.3%	25.3%	42.2%	54.6%	7.4%
2018	33.4%	29.1%	37.6%	50.1%	28.5%	21.4%	7.4%	48.3%	31.7%	37.3%	51.0%	8.6%
2019	30.2%	28.6%	41.2%	43.5%	30.5%	26.0%	11.1%	56.5%	38.5%	22.9%	54.6%	12.2%
2020	28.5%	27.4%	44.1%	45.7%	25.8%	28.5%	6.5%	56.5%	28.5%	31.7%	53.2%	12.4%
2021	36.1%	7.4%	56.5%	54.0%	28.7%	17.3%	2.5%	51.2%	33.6%	33.1%	54.4%	10.5%

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Strike%	GB%	FB%	AVG	BABIP	PLUS%
2017	87.2	31.5%	33.2%	47.4%	18.6%	31.3%	49.9%	65.1%	75.0%	4.2%	.148	.296	57.9%
2018	86.6	35.3%	36.4%	32.7%	21.4%	20.4%	41.8%	58.9%	42.9%	21.4%	.081	.172	49.2%
2019	85.9	33.2%	39.0%	23.1%	22.3%	10.0%	32.3%	54.6%	40.0%	26.7%	.143	.214	43.1%
2020	86.1	37.8%	24.3%	35.1%	13.2%	24.6%	37.7%	51.8%	42.9%	14.3%	.143	.429	44.7%
2021	86.1	40.6%	41.4%	33.4%	26.3%	17.8%	44.1%	61.5%	51.4%	18.9%	.108	.243	52.9%

Year	# Thrown	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	Strikes	Balls	AVG
2017	361	65	8	0	0	1	33	2	235	126	.148
2018	392	69	4	1	0	0	33	6	231	161	.081
2019	130	39	1	2	0	2	19	2	71	59	.143
2020	114	27	3	0	0	0	14	5	59	55	.143
2021	410	88	9	0	0	0	46	2	252	158	.108

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	Weak%	Medium%	Hard%	Pull%	Oppo%	BABIP	BACON
2017	75.0%	20.8%	4.2%	0.0%	20.8%	66.7%	12.5%	41.7%	8.3%	.296	.321
2018	42.9%	35.7%	21.4%	0.0%	14.3%	82.1%	3.6%	14.3%	21.4%	.172	.172
2019	40.0%	33.3%	26.7%	0.0%	6.7%	66.7%	26.7%	33.3%	26.7%	.214	.313
2020	42.9%	42.9%	14.3%	0.0%	0.0%	71.4%	28.6%	42.9%	14.3%	.429	.429
2021	51.4%	29.7%	18.9%	14.3%	10.8%	75.7%	13.5%	32.4%	10.8%	.243	.243

Year	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Contact%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Swing%	Strike%
2017	33.2%	47.4%	18.6%	31.3%	49.9%	45.1%	20.6%	71.2%	33.8%	65.1%
2018	36.4%	32.7%	21.4%	20.4%	41.8%	44.4%	20.8%	85.5%	38.5%	58.9%
2019	39.0%	23.1%	22.3%	10.0%	32.3%	50.0%	30.8%	89.5%	44.6%	54.6%
2020	24.3%	35.1%	13.2%	24.6%	37.7%	51.6%	33.3%	76.9%	27.2%	51.8%
2021	41.4%	33.4%	26.3%	17.8%	44.1%	39.7%	20.4%	72.7%	43.7%	61.5%

Year	Early CS%	2-Str O-Swing%	F-Strike%	TF-Strike%
2017	38.4%	28.4%	109.2%	106.2%
2018	27.7%	31.0%	88.4%	82.6%
2019	11.4%	35.7%	35.9%	35.9%
2020	30.8%	27.5%	48.1%	44.4%
2021	25.1%	32.8%	79.5%	72.7%

Year	aLoc%	h-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	v-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%
2017	23.3%	25.2%	51.5%	12.7%	22.7%	64.5%	8.6%	69.3%	18.6%	24.4%	47.4%	4.0%
2018	20.2%	22.2%	57.7%	6.6%	13.5%	79.8%	4.3%	63.5%	20.4%	29.6%	32.7%	4.0%
2019	25.4%	20.0%	54.6%	4.6%	10.8%	84.6%	0.0%	53.8%	16.2%	43.1%	23.1%	7.1%
2020	28.1%	20.2%	51.8%	11.4%	21.1%	67.5%	4.4%	57.0%	21.9%	35.1%	35.1%	4.6%
2021	33.2%	9.8%	56.6%	6.3%	13.9%	79.8%	1.0%	60.2%	15.9%	33.4%	33.4%	6.1%

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Strike%	GB%	FB%	AVG	BABIP	PLUS%
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Year	# Thrown	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	Strikes	Balls	AVG
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Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	Weak%	Medium%	Hard%	Pull%	Oppo%	BABIP	BACON
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Year	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Contact%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Swing%	Strike%
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Year	Early CS%	2-Str O-Swing%	F-Strike%	TF-Strike%
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Year	aLoc%	h-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	v-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%
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2021

Pitch Type	MPH	Usage%	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Strike%	GB%	FB%	AVG	BABIP	PLUS%
Four-Seamer	98.3	68.6%	33.6%	54.6%	21.7%	14.2%	36.0%	69.8%	26.2%	52.4%	.132	.224	47.6%
Curveball	87.2	31.5%	33.2%	47.4%	18.6%	31.3%	49.9%	65.1%	75.0%	4.2%	.148	.296	57.9%
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