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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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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1995 24 COL NL 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 /6
1997 26 TOT NL 52 189 164 20 49 9 2 1 16 1 1 18 17 .299 .376 .396 .773 108 65 5 3 3 1 2 4
1997 26 COL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 26 FLA NL 51 189 164 20 49 9 2 1 16 1 1 18 17 .299 .376 .396 .773 108 65 5 3 3 1 2 4
1998 27 FLA NL 107 399 335 43 84 19 5 4 40 3 0 51 47 .251 .355 .373 .729 98 125 5 4 8 1 7 4
1999 28 TOT NL 87 195 174 24 38 7 0 0 11 1 0 14 24 .218 .274 .259 .532 40 45 2 0 5 2 0 4/6
1999 28 FLA NL 37 73 66 4 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 10 .152 .211 .167 .378 1 11 1 0 2 0 0 4
1999 28 LAD NL 50 122 108 20 28 6 0 0 9 1 0 9 14 .259 .311 .315 .626 63 34 1 0 3 2 0 4/6
2000 29 ARI NL 67 176 152 23 48 8 1 2 11 3 3 20 18 .316 .400 .421 .821 104 64 4 2 1 1 0 45/6
2001 30 ARI NL 141 533 458 76 126 22 3 4 38 6 8 61 76 .275 .359 .362 .721 82 166 9 2 6 6 3 645/3
2002 31 ARI NL 112 489 436 63 123 22 1 2 51 7 5 45 52 .282 .348 .351 .699 78 153 10 1 4 3 3 564
2003 32 ARI NL 89 351 303 40 71 6 3 3 21 11 4 41 32 .234 .328 .304 .631 61 92 4 2 3 2 0 564/3
2004 33 MIL NL 140 545 473 59 114 19 5 2 23 17 4 59 88 .241 .330 .315 .645 69 149 5 5 5 3 9 *6/5
2005 34 ARI NL 150 670 578 85 148 34 4 9 42 26 7 78 69 .256 .350 .375 .726 89 217 8 8 2 4 4 *4/6
2006 35 ARI NL 105 415 372 56 95 14 4 4 30 15 8 31 47 .255 .327 .347 .674 70 129 1 9 2 1 0 6/54
2007 36 MIL NL 122 334 282 31 62 12 2 3 24 4 2 41 47 .220 .323 .309 .632 65 87 7 3 6 2 4 564
2008 37 MIL NL 110 302 248 31 56 14 1 1 14 3 1 46 42 .226 .355 .302 .658 77 75 5 5 1 2 1 564
2009 38 MIL NL 130 459 404 61 115 22 8 4 39 3 4 42 54 .285 .357 .408 .766 105 165 12 6 3 4 0 456
14 Seasons 1415 5059 4380 612 1129 208 39 39 360 100 47 548 613 .258 .345 .350 .694 81 1532 77 50 49 32 33
162 Game Avg. 162 579 501 70 129 24 4 4 41 11 5 63 70 .258 .345 .350 .694 81 175 9 6 6 4 4
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
ARI (6 yrs) 664 2634 2299 343 611 106 16 24 193 68 35 276 294 .266 .348 .357 .705 80 821 36 24 18 17 10
MIL (4 yrs) 502 1640 1407 182 347 67 16 10 100 27 11 188 231 .247 .341 .338 .679 80 476 29 19 15 11 14
FLA (3 yrs) 195 661 565 67 143 29 7 5 58 4 1 74 74 .253 .346 .356 .701 89 201 11 7 13 2 9
COL (2 yrs) 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 33 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAD (1 yr) 50 122 108 20 28 6 0 0 9 1 0 9 14 .259 .311 .315 .626 63 34 1 0 3 2 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1997 26 FLA NL NLDS SFG W 3 7 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .400 .500 .600 1.100 3 0 0 1 0 0
1997 26 FLA NL NLCS ATL W 5 17 14 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 .429 .529 .429 .958 6 0 0 0 0 3
1997 26 FLA NL WS CLE W 7 29 22 4 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 6 5 .182 .345 .227 .572 5 0 0 0 1 0
2001 30 ARI NL NLDS STL W 5 18 16 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 2 .188 .278 .375 .653 6 1 0 0 0 0
2001 30 ARI NL NLCS ATL W 5 23 21 5 8 3 0 0 4 1 0 0 3 .381 .381 .524 .905 11 0 0 2 0 0
2001 30 ARI NL WS NYY W 6 29 24 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 .083 .120 .208 .328 5 0 1 4 0 0
2008 37 MIL NL NLDS PHI L 4 12 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (7 Series) 35 135 114 12 27 5 0 2 14 2 0 12 23 .237 .313 .333 .646 38 1 1 7 1 3
3 NLDS 12 37 33 2 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 3 5 .212 .278 .333 .611 11 1 0 1 0 0
2 NLCS 10 40 35 5 14 3 0 0 6 1 0 3 6 .400 .447 .486 .933 17 0 0 2 0 3
2 WS 13 58 46 5 6 1 0 1 3 1 0 6 12 .130 .241 .217 .458 10 0 1 4 1 0

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 4.9 14.8 3.9 4.9 -1.0 1 5.06 4.46 .984 4.86 4.16
2009 MIL NL 38 3B 43 26 255.2 89 27 58 4 5 .955 -0.4 -1.9 -0.4 -0.6 0.2 0 2.99 1.98 .957 2.57 2.18
2009 MIL NL 38 SS 27 19 185.2 106 35 70 1 20 .991 4.5 29.1 3.5 2.6 0.9 1 5.09 3.89 .974 4.38 3.95
12 Seasons 2B 546 478 4298.0 2562 1058 1482 22 335 .991 52.1 14.5 47.1 14.7 32.3 5 5.32 4.65 .982 4.99 4.27
12 Seasons SS 413 346 3162.1 1623 497 1095 31 243 .981 36.2 13.7 34.2 8.4 25.8 2 4.53 3.85 .972 4.45 3.96
9 Seasons 3B 351 257 2419.1 805 202 585 18 53 .978 39.4 19.5 38.4 24.8 13.6 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 .986 127.8 15.5 119.8 48.0 71.7 8 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr lg award)
2001 NL NLCS MVP

Triples s c a p y
2009 NL  8 (8th)
Active  39 (34th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Active  548 (48th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2005 NL  26 (8th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
Active  47 (50th)

AB per SO s c a p y
Active  7.1 (48th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (2006), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2170), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (899), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 1, 1992: Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 11th round of the 1992 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1992.

July 27, 1997: Traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Florida Marlins for Mark Hutton.

June 15, 1999: Traded by the Florida Marlins to the Los Angeles Dodgers for a player to be named later. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Ryan Moskau (minors) (July 15, 1999) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.

March 15, 2000: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

March 20, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

December 1, 2003: Traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks with Chris Capuano, Chad Moeller, Lyle Overbay, Jorge de la Rosa and Junior Spivey to the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named later, Shane Nance and Richie Sexson. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Noochie Varner (minors) (December 15, 2003) to the Arizona Diamondbacks to complete the trade.

October 29, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

December 21, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

October 31, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

November 29, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

October 31, 2008: Granted Free Agency.

January 23, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1997Florida Marlins$150,000
1998Florida Marlins$185,000
1999Florida Marlins$245,000
2002Arizona Diamondbacks$1,516,667
2003Arizona Diamondbacks$2,516,667
2004Milwaukee Brewers$3,166,667
2005Arizona Diamondbacks$1,350,000
2006Arizona Diamondbacks$1,750,000
2007Milwaukee Brewers$2,800,000
2008Milwaukee Brewers$2,800,000
2009Milwaukee Brewers$1,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$17,480,001
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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