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.

2009 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2009 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 9	MIL	@	SFG	L,1-7	GS	33	7.0	1	4	1	6	2	3B
2	6 (2)	Apr 12	MIL		CHC	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
3	7	Apr 13	MIL		CIN	L,6-7	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
4	8	Apr 14	MIL		CIN	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
5	9	Apr 15	MIL		CIN	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
6	10	Apr 17	MIL	@	NYM	L,4-5	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
7	11	Apr 18	MIL	@	NYM	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
8	14 (2)	Apr 22	MIL	@	PHI	W,3-1	GS	30	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
9	18 (3)	Apr 26	MIL	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
10	20 (1)	Apr 28	MIL		PIT	W,6-5	GF	12	4.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	23 (2)	May 1	MIL		ARI	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
12	24	May 2	MIL		ARI	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
13	27 (2)	May 5	MIL	@	PIT	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
14	28	May 6	MIL	@	CIN	W,15-3	GS	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
15	29	May 7	MIL	@	CIN	L,5-6	GF	17	4.2	2	1	0	3	0	3B
16	31 (1)	May 9	MIL		CHC	W,12-6	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
17	34 (2)	May 13	MIL		FLA	W,8-6	GS	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B SS
18	37 (2)	May 17	MIL	@	STL	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B 2B
19	38	May 18	MIL	@	STL	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
20	41 (2)	May 21	MIL	@	HOU	W,4-3	GS	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B 3B
21	42	May 22	MIL	@	MIN	L,3-11	GS	40	8.0	2	4	1	7	1	2B SS
22	43	May 23	MIL	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
23	44	May 24	MIL	@	MIN	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	0	6	0	6	2	SS
24	45	May 25	MIL		STL	W,1-0	CG	36	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
25	46	May 26	MIL		STL	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
26	47	May 27	MIL		STL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
27	48	May 29	MIL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
28	49	May 30	MIL		CIN	W,9-5	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	3	2B
29	50	May 31	MIL		CIN	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	52 (1)	Jun 2	MIL	@	FLA	L,3-10	GS	43	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B SS
31	54 (1)	Jun 4	MIL	@	FLA	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
32	55	Jun 5	MIL	@	ATL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
33	56	Jun 6	MIL	@	ATL	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
34	57	Jun 7	MIL	@	ATL	L,7-8	CG	40	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
35	58	Jun 9	MIL		COL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
36	60 (1)	Jun 11	MIL		COL	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
37	62 (1)	Jun 13	MIL		CHW	L,1-7	GS	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B 3B
38	63	Jun 14	MIL		CHW	L,4-5	GF	14	3.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
39	64	Jun 15	MIL	@	CLE	W,14-12	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
40	65	Jun 16	MIL	@	CLE	W,7-5	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
41	66	Jun 17	MIL	@	CLE	W,9-8	CG	50	11.0	5	5	0	10	1	2B
42	67	Jun 19	MIL	@	DET	L,4-10	CG	31	6.1	0	2	0	2	0	2B
43	68	Jun 20	MIL	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
44	69	Jun 21	MIL	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
45	70	Jun 23	MIL		MIN	L,3-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
46	71	Jun 24	MIL		MIN	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
47	72	Jun 25	MIL		MIN	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
48	73	Jun 26	MIL		SFG	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
49	76 (2)	Jun 29	MIL		NYM	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
50	77	Jun 30	MIL		NYM	W,6-3	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	78	Jul 1	MIL		NYM	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
52	79	Jul 2	MIL	@	CHC	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
53	80	Jul 3	MIL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	42	9.2	4	5	0	9	3	2B
54	81	Jul 4	MIL	@	CHC	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	2B
55	83 (1)	Jul 7	MIL		STL	L,0-5	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
56	84	Jul 8	MIL		STL	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
57	85	Jul 9	MIL		STL	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
58	86	Jul 10	MIL		LAD	L,8-12	CG	47	10.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
59	87	Jul 11	MIL		LAD	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
60	88	Jul 12	MIL		LAD	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
61	89	Jul 16	MIL	@	CIN	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
62	90	Jul 17	MIL	@	CIN	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
63	91	Jul 18	MIL	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
64	92	Jul 19	MIL	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
65	93	Jul 20	MIL	@	PIT	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
66	94	Jul 21	MIL	@	PIT	W,2-0	GS	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B 2B
67	95	Jul 22	MIL	@	PIT	L,7-8	GF	23	4.2	1	1	0	2	1	SS
68	96	Jul 24	MIL		ATL	L,4-9	CG	49	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
69	97	Jul 25	MIL		ATL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
70	98	Jul 26	MIL		ATL	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
71	99	Jul 27	MIL		WSN	L,6-14	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
72	101 (1)	Jul 29	MIL		WSN	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
73	102	Jul 30	MIL		WSN	W,7-3	GS	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS 3B
74	103	Jul 31	MIL	@	SDP	L,7-11	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	104	Aug 1	MIL	@	SDP	L,2-4	GF	11	2.1	0	2	0	2	0	SS
76	105	Aug 2	MIL	@	SDP	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	4	5	0	9	3	SS
77	107 (1)	Aug 4	MIL	@	LAD	L,4-17	CG	49	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
78	108	Aug 5	MIL	@	LAD	W,4-1	GS	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS 3B
79	109	Aug 7	MIL	@	HOU	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
80	111 (1)	Aug 9	MIL	@	HOU	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
81	112	Aug 11	MIL		SDP	L,6-13	GF	12	3.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
82	113	Aug 12	MIL		SDP	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
83	114	Aug 13	MIL		SDP	W,12-9	CG	48	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
84	116 (1)	Aug 15	MIL		HOU	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
85	117	Aug 16	MIL		HOU	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
86	118	Aug 17	MIL	@	PIT	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
87	119	Aug 18	MIL	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
88	121 (1)	Aug 21	MIL	@	WSN	W,7-3	GS	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS 3B
89	122	Aug 22	MIL	@	WSN	W,11-9	GF	8	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
90	123	Aug 23	MIL	@	WSN	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
91	125 (1)	Aug 25	MIL		CIN	L,6-8	GS	61	13.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS 2B
92	126	Aug 26	MIL		CIN	L,3-4	CG	46	10.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
93	128 (1)	Aug 28	MIL		PIT	W,8-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
94	129	Aug 29	MIL		PIT	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
95	130	Aug 30	MIL		PIT	W,4-1	GS	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	4	SS 3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	133 (2)	Sep 3	MIL	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
97	138 (4)	Sep 8	MIL		STL	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
98	139	Sep 9	MIL		STL	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
99	141 (1)	Sep 12	MIL	@	ARI	W,9-2	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 3B
100	142	Sep 13	MIL	@	ARI	W,5-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
101	143	Sep 14	MIL	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
102	146 (2)	Sep 17	MIL	@	CHC	W,7-4	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
103	149 (2)	Sep 20	MIL		HOU	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
104	151 (1)	Sep 22	MIL		CHC	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
105	155 (3)	Sep 26	MIL		PHI	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
106	156	Sep 27	MIL		PHI	L,5-6	CG	47	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
107	160 (3)	Oct 2	MIL	@	STL	W,12-6	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
108	161	Oct 3	MIL	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
109	162	Oct 4	MIL	@	STL	W,9-7	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
							120gm		837.2	154	259	5	418	62