Craig Counsell
Craig John Counsell
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 21, 1970 in South Bend, IN
High School: Whitefish Bay (Milwaukee, WI)
School: University of Notre Dame
Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 11th round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1995
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1995 COL NL 24 SS 3 0 5.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.60 0.67 .950 4.50 3.97
1997 FLA NL 26 2B 51 47 425.2 276 124 149 3 37 .989 2.7 7.6 1.7 0.3 1.4 1 5.77 5.35 .980 5.07 4.31
1998 FLA NL 27 2B 104 101 892.2 541 237 299 5 72 .991 5.3 7.1 3.3 -2.7 6.0 2 5.40 5.15 .982 5.09 4.38
1999 TOT NL 28 2B 50 33 317.1 190 74 114 2 17 .989 5.2 19.7 6.2 3.6 2.6 -1 5.33 3.76 .981 5.05 4.19
1999 FLA NL 28 2B 12 10 89.0 50 20 29 1 4 .980 0.1 1.3 1.1 0.2 0.9 -1 4.96 4.08 .982 5.05 4.19
1999 LAD NL 28 2B 38 23 228.1 140 54 85 1 13 .993 5.1 26.8 5.1 3.4 1.7 0 5.48 3.66 .981 5.05 4.19
1999 LAD NL 28 SS 2 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 4.50 3.80
2000 ARI NL 29 2B 25 15 145.1 77 32 43 2 12 .974 1.3 10.7 0.3 -0.9 1.2 1 4.64 3.00 .982 4.96 4.34
2000 ARI NL 29 3B 23 13 130.2 42 3 37 2 6 .952 5.5 50.5 4.5 3.5 1.0 1 2.76 1.74 .950 2.64 2.18
2000 ARI NL 29 SS 6 5 44.1 20 3 15 2 2 .900 -1.2 -32.5 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -1 3.65 3.00 .970 4.51 3.88
2001 ARI NL 30 SS 58 46 415.1 199 70 124 5 31 .975 -2.0 -5.8 -2.0 -0.2 -1.8 0 4.20 3.34 .968 4.47 3.93
2001 ARI NL 30 2B 55 45 403.2 229 95 133 1 34 .996 8.1 24.1 6.1 0.4 5.6 2 5.08 4.15 .983 4.86 4.19
2001 ARI NL 30 3B 38 22 240.0 87 27 58 2 4 .977 4.0 20.0 4.0 1.6 2.4 0 3.19 2.24 .948 2.57 2.17
2001 ARI NL 30 1B 2 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 40.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 6.00 1.00 1.000 9.30 7.85
2002 ARI NL 31 3B 94 88 774.2 267 66 194 7 13 .974 11.2 17.3 12.2 7.3 4.9 -1 3.02 2.77 .956 2.71 2.29
2002 ARI NL 31 SS 22 11 117.0 61 23 37 1 8 .984 1.2 12.3 2.2 1.9 0.3 -1 4.62 2.73 .969 4.52 4.00
2002 ARI NL 31 2B 13 10 82.0 47 24 23 0 5 1.000 0.9 13.2 0.9 1.5 -0.6 0 5.16 3.62 .981 4.96 4.28
2003 ARI NL 32 3B 57 49 429.0 140 33 105 2 9 .986 11.7 32.7 11.7 8.2 3.5 0 2.90 2.42 .954 2.74 2.36
2003 ARI NL 32 SS 26 18 167.2 90 23 66 1 9 .989 9.2 65.8 9.2 3.3 5.9 0 4.78 3.42 .972 4.52 3.99
2003 ARI NL 32 2B 10 7 67.2 31 9 22 0 5 1.000 1.8 31.9 1.8 0.7 1.1 0 4.12 3.10 .984 5.12 4.39
2003 ARI NL 32 1B 2 0 4.0 3 3 0 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 6.75 1.50 1.000 9.67 8.00
2004 MIL NL 33 SS 129 128 1130.2 531 165 357 9 70 .983 5.4 5.7 5.4 -4.2 9.6 0 4.16 4.05 .973 4.45 3.94
2004 MIL NL 33 3B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
2005 ARI NL 34 2B 143 140 1244.1 770 304 458 8 97 .990 17.9 17.3 18.9 3.6 15.3 -1 5.51 5.33 .981 4.98 4.30
2005 ARI NL 34 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -360.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.00
2006 ARI NL 35 SS 88 83 736.2 432 127 296 9 75 .979 14.4 23.5 11.4 2.0 9.4 3 5.17 4.81 .972 4.41 4.00
2006 ARI NL 35 3B 7 2 23.0 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.6 83.5 1.6 0.8 0.8 0 3.13 1.14 .950 2.70 2.37
2006 ARI NL 35 2B 2 2 16.0 12 5 7 0 0 1.000 0.3 22.5 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 6.75 6.00 .983 5.06 4.35
2007 MIL NL 36 3B 50 27 297.2 94 21 73 0 10 1.000 5.6 22.6 4.6 2.5 2.1 1 2.84 1.88 .952 2.68 2.25
2007 MIL NL 36 SS 27 17 170.2 76 20 55 1 14 .987 2.1 14.8 1.1 -0.4 1.5 1 3.96 2.78 .975 4.44 4.00
2007 MIL NL 36 2B 24 22 195.0 108 46 61 1 14 .991 2.5 15.4 2.5 1.9 0.6 0 4.94 4.46 .984 4.86 4.23
2008 MIL NL 37 3B 38 30 268.1 78 23 54 1 6 .987 0.2 0.9 0.2 1.5 -1.3 0 2.58 2.03 .955 2.60 2.23
2008 MIL NL 37 SS 24 19 185.1 105 30 73 2 13 .981 2.9 18.8 3.9 3.8 0.1 -1 5.00 4.29 .976 4.43 3.95
2008 MIL NL 37 2B 19 11 112.0 58 16 42 0 5 1.000 1.2 12.9 1.2 1.4 -0.2 0 4.66 3.05 .981 4.83 4.04
2009 MIL NL 38 2B 50 45 396.1 223 92 131 0 37 1.000 5.06 4.46 .984 4.86 4.16
2009 MIL NL 38 3B 43 26 255.2 89 27 58 4 5 .955 2.99 1.98 .957 2.57 2.18
2009 MIL NL 38 SS 27 19 185.2 106 35 70 1 20 .991 5.09 3.89 .974 4.38 3.95
12 Seasons 2B 546 478 4298.0 2562 1058 1482 22 335 .991 47.2 13.2 43.2 9.8 33.3 4 5.32 4.65 .982 4.99 4.27
12 Seasons SS 413 346 3162.1 1623 497 1095 31 243 .981 31.7 12.0 30.7 5.8 24.9 1 4.53 3.85 .972 4.45 3.96
9 Seasons 3B 351 257 2419.1 805 202 585 18 53 .978 39.8 19.7 38.8 25.4 13.4 1 2.93 2.24 .954 2.67 2.26
2 Seasons 1B 4 0 7.0 5 4 1 0 1 1.000 0.1 17.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 6.43 1.25 1.000 9.51 7.92
14 Seasons TOT 1314 1081 9886.2 4995 1761 3163 71 632 .986 118.8 14.4 112.8 41.1 71.6 6 4.48 3.75 .960 4.25 3.65
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1995 COL NL 24 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1997 FLA NL 26 51 47 51 51 0 0 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1997 COL NL 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 FLA NL 27 107 101 107 104 0 0 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1999 LAD NL 28 50 23 50 40 0 0 0 38 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 3
1999 FLA NL 28 37 10 37 12 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
2000 ARI NL 29 67 33 67 47 0 0 0 25 23 6 0 0 0 0 0 26 1
2001 ARI NL 30 141 113 141 131 0 0 2 55 38 58 0 0 0 0 0 13 5
2002 ARI NL 31 112 109 112 112 0 0 0 13 94 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
2003 ARI NL 32 89 74 89 83 0 0 2 10 57 26 0 0 0 0 0 8 3
2004 MIL NL 33 140 128 140 130 0 0 0 0 1 129 0 0 0 0 0 9 2
2005 ARI NL 34 150 140 150 144 0 0 0 143 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2006 ARI NL 35 105 87 105 94 0 0 0 2 7 88 0 0 0 0 0 14 1
2007 MIL NL 36 122 66 122 93 0 0 0 24 50 27 0 0 0 0 0 35 0
2008 MIL NL 37 110 60 110 75 0 0 0 19 38 24 0 0 0 0 0 38 0
2009 MIL NL 38 130 90 130 109 0 0 0 50 44 27 0 0 0 0 0 25 2
14 Seasons 1415 1081 1415 1228 0 0 4 546 352 413 0 0 0 0 0 227 19
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1997 FLA NL 26 1875 64% 71% 32% 193 90% 0 124 46 47 31 148 125 18 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 37 10 9 9 1 30 10 19 5 1 3
1998 FLA NL 27 4146 58% 74% 30% 414 84% 6 234 82 91 60 304 253 41 2 5 5 0 3 2 3 72 22 13 24 5 65 29 36 6 4 2
1999 LAD NL 28 1018 56% 74% 30% 103 99% 0 53 24 17 12 86 74 8 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 13 5 0 5 3 13 8 5 0 0 0
1999 FLA NL 28 411 56% 74% 32% 33 97% 0 20 5 11 4 29 25 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0
2000 ARI NL 29 634 57% 71% 25% 56 95% 0 32 18 11 3 44 37 4 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 12 4 2 2 1 10 3 6 2 2 0
2001 ARI NL 30 1735 65% 70% 27% 145 99% 0 95 35 44 16 133 114 13 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 34 15 5 8 2 32 10 20 1 0 1
2002 ARI NL 31 339 70% 72% 27% 30 100% 1 24 12 9 3 23 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0
2003 ARI NL 32 284 63% 66% 30% 25 92% 0 9 3 3 3 22 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 3 0 4 3 1 1 1 0
2005 ARI NL 34 5605 57% 75% 32% 523 94% 0 305 119 130 56 459 396 54 0 5 8 0 3 5 5 97 42 17 25 3 95 29 66 2 1 1
2006 ARI NL 35 64 31% 77% 33% 8 100% 0 5 1 3 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 MIL NL 36 901 60% 72% 29% 72 94% 0 46 20 23 3 61 53 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 14 6 2 2 1 13 3 10 1 1 0
2008 MIL NL 37 496 54% 73% 30% 50 90% 0 16 7 6 3 42 34 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 2 1 5 3 2 0 0 0
2009 MIL NL 38 1820 59% 72% 28% 149 95% 0 92 37 36 19 131 109 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 37 12 6 9 2 31 12 19 5 3 2
12 Seasons 19328 59% 73% 30% 1801 92% 7 1055 409 431 214 1489 1265 174 2 20 22 0 14 8 15 335 124 56 90 19 306 111 191 24 14 9
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1995 COL NL 24 22 82% 77% 32% 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
1999 LAD NL 28 17 41% 82% 35% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 ARI NL 29 214 58% 71% 25% 18 83% 0 3 2 1 0 15 10 5 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
2001 ARI NL 30 1809 61% 70% 25% 145 97% 1 70 34 26 10 124 88 28 0 3 5 0 3 2 5 31 14 1 6 6 0 29 15 13 2 1 0
2002 ARI NL 31 485 57% 74% 28% 50 98% 0 22 13 6 3 38 28 9 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 8 3 2 1 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1
2003 ARI NL 32 738 54% 72% 30% 76 95% 0 23 10 12 1 66 58 7 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 9 4 1 4 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 0
2004 MIL NL 33 4968 61% 75% 31% 452 89% 0 165 83 71 12 357 295 54 0 6 9 0 6 3 9 70 25 9 19 3 4 64 34 28 5 1 3
2005 ARI NL 34 9 67% 78% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 ARI NL 35 3286 50% 75% 34% 349 89% 4 127 52 64 11 296 243 43 2 0 9 3 5 1 6 75 25 7 26 5 3 68 32 35 4 2 2
2007 MIL NL 36 738 56% 75% 27% 62 95% 0 20 14 6 0 55 36 15 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 14 8 0 4 0 1 13 8 5 1 1 0
2008 MIL NL 37 812 58% 72% 32% 86 87% 1 30 11 17 2 73 55 13 1 3 2 0 0 2 2 13 5 0 7 0 0 12 5 7 1 0 1
2009 MIL NL 38 809 56% 72% 30% 79 95% 0 35 15 18 3 70 59 10 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 20 7 1 9 1 2 20 8 12 0 0 0
12 Seasons 13907 57% 74% 30% 1318 91% 6 496 234 222 42 1096 874 184 3 16 31 4 17 10 27 243 92 21 77 15 11 224 113 107 14 5 7
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2000 ARI NL 29 572 64% 71% 24% 38 100% 0 3 1 2 0 37 30 7 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 6 3 1 5 1 0 1 2 100%
2001 ARI NL 30 1025 64% 72% 26% 80 96% 1 27 20 2 5 58 47 9 0 3 2 0 2 0 2 4 2 0 3 0 0 0 4 75%
2002 ARI NL 31 3352 61% 71% 27% 261 94% 2 68 55 2 11 191 166 23 2 2 7 0 5 2 6 13 8 0 11 1 0 1 16 50%
2003 ARI NL 32 1883 58% 70% 31% 142 92% 3 32 25 2 5 106 88 14 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 9 8 0 8 0 0 0 11 73%
2004 MIL NL 33 1 0% 100% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 ARI NL 35 98 48% 70% 29% 7 100% 0 2 1 0 1 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2007 MIL NL 36 1272 60% 74% 32% 101 91% 0 21 19 1 1 73 56 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 0 9 1 1 0 5 80%
2008 MIL NL 37 1157 62% 73% 30% 87 86% 1 23 20 2 1 54 41 13 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 4 0 6 0 0 0 5 80%
2009 MIL NL 38 1180 54% 75% 30% 95 86% 0 27 22 5 0 58 49 8 1 1 4 0 2 2 3 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 3 67%
9 Seasons 10540 60% 72% 29% 811 92% 7 203 163 16 24 583 482 92 6 8 18 1 11 6 14 53 38 1 47 3 1 2 47 68%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 88% 63%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2001 ARI NL 30 15 67% 93% 20% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 ARI NL 32 20 55% 60% 20% 1 100% 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 35 60% 74% 20% 3 100% 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93% 83%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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