Craig Kimbrel Career ERA Overview

Craig Kimbrel's ERA was 2.31 for his 13-year Major League Baseball career. 2010 was his best season when his ERA was 0.44 and his worst season was 2019 when his ERA was 6.53. Craig Kimbrel outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, besting USA (4.3461226399548), Millenial (4.4765613485252), Y (3.0750522047158), mlb (4.3614031148122), and RP (4.3865965377218) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

Earned run average (ERA) is a metric that shows how many earned runs on average, a pitcher or team's pitcher, gives up over the course of nine innings. It is calculated by dividing earned runs by innings pitched then multiplying the result by 9. Generally, for ERA, lower is better. (Source)

Craig Kimbrel Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Career2.311.972.22
Season Avg.2.642.482.59
162 Game Avg.2.311.972.22
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Craig Kimbrel ERA By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Craig Kimbrel's yearly ERA for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison, are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, RP, and players from their country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.
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Craig Kimbrel ERA By Year Change

This waterfall chart attempts to show how Craig Kimbrel's career ERA changed per season. This data is cumulative for each season, each column represents the career ERA Craig Kimbrel had at that season in his career.
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Craig Kimbrel ERA By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Craig Kimbrel and related player groups by summarizing ERA for each season played by Craig Kimbrel. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and medians to draw your conclusions!
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Craig Kimbrel ERA Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Craig Kimbrel ERA stats per season for his full MLB career with the aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, RP, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of Craig Kimbrel career.

Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.
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