How Craig Kimbrel's Assists Compares to Similar Players

Craig Kimbrel has totaled 47 career Assists, well below the league average of 312.0 — production that has significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Assists season came in 2011, posting 7, well below the league average of 41.7 that year. The lowest point came in 2010 at 0, well below the league average of 41.6 that year. Output has held steady over recent seasons. The Assists total has gone from 0 in 2023 to 2 in 2024 and 2 in 2025, rising over the span. That level has become his established baseline entering 2026. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Assists profile — ranging from 0 to 7 — though the career average has remained well below league norms.

Craig Kimbrel Lifetime Assists

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Craig Kimbrel Assists Per Season

Craig Kimbrel's Assists for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Craig Kimbrel Assists per season line chart

Craig Kimbrel Assists by Team

Craig Kimbrel's career Assists totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Craig Kimbrel career Assists by team bar chart

Craig Kimbrel Cumulative Assists — Career Progression

A running total of Craig Kimbrel's career Assists, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Craig Kimbrel Assists year-over-year waterfall chart

Craig Kimbrel Assists Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Craig Kimbrel's seasonal Assists alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Craig Kimbrel Assists distribution box chart versus comparable players

Craig Kimbrel Assists — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Craig Kimbrel's MLB career with Assists alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Craig Kimbrel Assists season-by-season breakdown table