Craig Counsell

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: August 21, 1970 in South Bend, IN us

Draft: Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 11th round of the 1992 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN).

High School: Whitefish Bay HS (Whitefish Bay, WI)

School: University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN)

Debut: September 17, 1995 (Age 25-027d, 16,802nd in major league history)
vs. FLA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 2011 (Age 41-038d)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1997 season

Agents: Barry Meister

Full Name: Craig John Counsell

Nicknames: Chicken

Pronunciation: \council\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.4

4741

1208

.255

647

RBI

390

103

OBP

.342

SLG

.344

OPS

.686

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2011 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2011 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 5	MIL		ATL	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	3	8	0	11	2
2	10 (4)	Apr 10	MIL		CHC	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	11	Apr 13	MIL	@	PIT	W,6-0	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
4	14 (2)	Apr 17 (1)	MIL	@	WSN	L,4-8	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
5	17 (2)	Apr 19	MIL	@	PHI	W,9-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	19 (1)	Apr 22	MIL		HOU	W,14-7	GF	15	3.0	1	2	0	3	0
7	20	Apr 23	MIL		HOU	L,6-9	CG	46	10.0	1	2	0	3	1
8	23 (2)	Apr 26	MIL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
9	26 (2)	Apr 30	MIL	@	HOU	L,1-2	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	28 (1)	May 2	MIL	@	ATL	L,2-6	GF	4	1.1	0	1	0	1	0
11	29	May 4 (1)	MIL	@	ATL	L,3-8	GS	32	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	33 (3)	May 7	MIL	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
13	39 (5)	May 14	MIL		PIT	W,8-2	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
14	42 (2)	May 17	MIL	@	LAD	L,0-3	GF	11	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
15	44 (1)	May 19	MIL	@	SDP	L,0-1	CG	34	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
16	48 (3)	May 23	MIL		WSN	W,11-3	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
17	49	May 24	MIL		WSN	W,7-6	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	50	May 25	MIL		WSN	W,6-4	GS	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	56 (5)	Jun 1	MIL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
20	59 (2)	Jun 5	MIL	@	FLA	W,6-5	CG	49	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	61 (1)	Jun 7	MIL		NYM	L,1-2	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	62	Jun 8	MIL		NYM	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	64 (1)	Jun 10	MIL		STL	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
24	65	Jun 11	MIL		STL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
25	71 (5)	Jun 17	MIL	@	BOS	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	4	2	1	7	2
26	75 (3)	Jun 21	MIL		TBR	W,5-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	78 (2)	Jun 25	MIL		MIN	W,11-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	80 (1)	Jun 28	MIL	@	NYY	L,2-12	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	84 (3)	Jul 2	MIL	@	MIN	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	0	7	0	7	0
30	85	Jul 3	MIL	@	MIN	L,7-9	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
31	87 (1)	Jul 5	MIL		ARI	L,3-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	88	Jul 6	MIL		ARI	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
33	91 (2)	Jul 9	MIL		CIN	L,4-8	GF	10	1.0	0	0	1	1	0
34	93 (1)	Jul 14	MIL	@	COL	L,3-12	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	1
35	94	Jul 15	MIL	@	COL	L,0-4	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	105 (10)	Jul 27	MIL		CHC	W,2-0	GF	26	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
37	106	Jul 28	MIL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
38	109 (2)	Jul 31	MIL		HOU	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	112 (2)	Aug 3	MIL		STL	W,10-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	113	Aug 5	MIL	@	HOU	W,8-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	114	Aug 6	MIL	@	HOU	W,7-5	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
42	115	Aug 7	MIL	@	HOU	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
43	116	Aug 9	MIL	@	STL	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	121 (4)	Aug 14	MIL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	42	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
45	126 (4)	Aug 19	MIL	@	NYM	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
46	127	Aug 20	MIL	@	NYM	W,11-9	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
47	129 (1)	Aug 22 (1)	MIL	@	PIT	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
48	130	Aug 22 (2)	MIL	@	PIT	L,2-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	131	Aug 23	MIL	@	PIT	W,11-4	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	1
50	132	Aug 24	MIL	@	PIT	L,0-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	139 (6)	Sep 2	MIL	@	HOU	W,8-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	140	Sep 3	MIL	@	HOU	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
53	142 (1)	Sep 5	MIL	@	STL	W,4-1	GF	21	6.0	2	2	0	4	2
54	143	Sep 6	MIL	@	STL	L,2-4	GS	30	7.0	3	1	0	4	1
55	144	Sep 7	MIL	@	STL	L,0-2	GF	19	5.0	1	4	0	5	1
56	148 (3)	Sep 11	MIL		PHI	W,3-2	GF	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
57	152 (3)	Sep 17	MIL	@	CIN	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
58	158 (5)	Sep 24	MIL		FLA	W,6-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	159	Sep 25	MIL		FLA	W,9-5	GF	13	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
60	160	Sep 26	MIL		PIT	L,8-9	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	162 (1)	Sep 28	MIL		PIT	W,7-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
							63gm		315.2	42	86	2	130	16