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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.

2004 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2004 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	MIL	@	STL	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
2	2	Apr 6	MIL	@	STL	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
3	4 (1)	Apr 8	MIL	@	STL	W,11-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
4	5	Apr 9	MIL		HOU	L,7-13	CG	49	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
5	6	Apr 10	MIL		HOU	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
6	8 (1)	Apr 12	MIL	@	SFG	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
7	9	Apr 13	MIL	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
8	10	Apr 14	MIL	@	SFG	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
9	11	Apr 15	MIL	@	HOU	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
10	12	Apr 16	MIL	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	1	5	0	6	3	SS
11	13	Apr 17	MIL	@	HOU	L,5-14	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
12	14	Apr 18	MIL	@	HOU	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	2	SS
13	15	Apr 20	MIL		ARI	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
14	16	Apr 21	MIL		ARI	W,10-6	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
15	17	Apr 22	MIL		ARI	L,9-11	GS	49	10.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
16	18	Apr 23	MIL		STL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
17	20 (1)	Apr 25	MIL		STL	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
18	21	Apr 27	MIL		CIN	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
19	23 (1)	Apr 30	MIL		PIT	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	0	10	0	10	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	25 (1)	May 2	MIL		PIT	L,3-4	CG	45	11.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
21	26	May 4	MIL	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
22	29 (2)	May 7	MIL	@	NYM	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
23	30	May 8	MIL	@	NYM	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
24	31	May 9	MIL	@	NYM	L,5-6	CG	50	10.2	3	3	0	6	0	SS
25	32	May 11	MIL		MON	W,8-5	GS	43	11.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
26	33	May 12	MIL		MON	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
27	34	May 13	MIL		MON	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
28	36 (1)	May 15	MIL		ATL	L,6-11	CG	47	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
29	37	May 16	MIL		ATL	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
30	38	May 18	MIL	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
31	39	May 19	MIL	@	MON	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
32	40	May 20	MIL	@	MON	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
33	41	May 22	MIL	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
34	42	May 23	MIL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
35	45 (2)	May 27	MIL		LAD	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
36	46	May 28	MIL		SDP	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
37	47	May 29	MIL		SDP	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
38	48	May 30	MIL		SDP	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	50 (1)	Jun 1	MIL	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
40	51	Jun 2	MIL	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
41	52	Jun 4	MIL	@	SDP	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
42	53	Jun 5	MIL	@	SDP	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
43	54	Jun 6	MIL	@	SDP	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
44	55	Jun 8	MIL	@	ANA	W,1-0	CG	59	17.0	3	8	0	11	0	SS
45	57 (1)	Jun 10	MIL	@	ANA	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
46	58	Jun 11	MIL		HOU	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
47	59	Jun 12	MIL		HOU	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
48	60	Jun 13	MIL		HOU	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
49	61	Jun 15	MIL		SEA	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
50	62	Jun 16	MIL		SEA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
51	63	Jun 17	MIL		SEA	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	3	6	1	10	2	SS
52	64	Jun 18	MIL		MIN	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
53	65	Jun 19	MIL		MIN	W,7-6	GS	26	5.1	0	3	0	3	0	SS
54	67 (1)	Jun 22	MIL		COL	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
55	69 (1)	Jun 24	MIL		COL	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
56	70	Jun 25	MIL	@	MIN	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
57	71	Jun 26	MIL	@	MIN	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
58	72	Jun 27	MIL	@	MIN	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
59	74 (1)	Jun 30	MIL	@	COL	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	75	Jul 1	MIL	@	COL	W,10-9	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
61	77 (1)	Jul 2 (2)	MIL	@	PIT	L,2-13	CG	44	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
62	78	Jul 3	MIL	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	8	0	9	2	SS
63	80 (1)	Jul 5	MIL		CHC	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
64	81	Jul 6	MIL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
65	82	Jul 7	MIL		CHC	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
66	83	Jul 8	MIL		CIN	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
67	84	Jul 9	MIL		CIN	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
68	85	Jul 10	MIL		CIN	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
69	86	Jul 11	MIL		CIN	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
70	87	Jul 15	MIL	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
71	88	Jul 16	MIL	@	CHC	W,3-2	GS	22	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
72	90 (1)	Jul 18	MIL	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
73	91	Jul 19	MIL	@	CIN	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
74	93 (1)	Jul 21	MIL	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
75	94	Jul 22	MIL	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
76	95	Jul 23	MIL	@	HOU	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
77	96	Jul 24	MIL	@	HOU	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
78	97	Jul 25	MIL	@	HOU	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
79	98	Jul 26	MIL		CHC	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
80	99	Jul 27	MIL		CHC	L,1-7	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
81	100	Jul 28	MIL		CHC	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
82	101	Jul 29	MIL		CHC	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
83	102	Jul 30	MIL		PIT	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
84	103	Jul 31	MIL		PIT	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	104	Aug 1	MIL		PIT	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
86	105	Aug 3	MIL		NYM	L,3-12	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
87	106	Aug 4	MIL		NYM	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
88	107	Aug 5	MIL		NYM	L,6-11	CG	46	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
89	108	Aug 6	MIL	@	FLA	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
90	109	Aug 7	MIL	@	FLA	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
91	110	Aug 8	MIL	@	FLA	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
92	111	Aug 10	MIL	@	ATL	W,3-2	CG	44	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
93	112	Aug 11	MIL	@	ATL	L,3-10	CG	45	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
94	113	Aug 12	MIL	@	ATL	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
95	114	Aug 13	MIL		FLA	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
96	115	Aug 14	MIL		FLA	L,1-11	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
97	116	Aug 15	MIL		FLA	L,3-5	CG	46	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
98	117	Aug 17	MIL		CHC	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
99	118	Aug 18	MIL		CHC	L,5-7	CG	47	11.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
100	119	Aug 19	MIL		CHC	L,6-9	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
101	120	Aug 20	MIL		PHI	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
102	121	Aug 21	MIL		PHI	L,6-8	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
103	123 (1)	Aug 23	MIL	@	CHC	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
104	124	Aug 24	MIL	@	CHC	L,4-13	CG	45	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
105	125	Aug 25	MIL	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	37	8.2	2	2	0	4	2	SS
106	126	Aug 27	MIL	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
107	127	Aug 28	MIL	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	33	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	SS
108	128	Aug 29	MIL	@	PHI	L,0-10	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
109	129	Aug 30	MIL		PIT	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
110	131 (1)	Sep 1	MIL		PIT	L,2-5	CG	45	10.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
111	132	Sep 2	MIL		PIT	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
112	134 (1)	Sep 4	MIL		CIN	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
113	135	Sep 5	MIL		CIN	L,2-9	GS	35	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
114	136	Sep 6	MIL	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
115	137	Sep 7	MIL	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
116	139 (1)	Sep 10	MIL	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
117	140	Sep 11	MIL	@	CIN	L,0-9	CG	42	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
118	144 (3)	Sep 16	MIL		SFG	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	SS
119	145	Sep 17	MIL	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
120	146	Sep 18	MIL	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
121	147	Sep 19	MIL	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
122	149 (1)	Sep 21	MIL		STL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
123	150	Sep 22	MIL		STL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
124	152 (1)	Sep 24	MIL		HOU	L,0-1	CG	39	10.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
125	153	Sep 25	MIL		HOU	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
126	156 (2)	Sep 28	MIL	@	ARI	L,8-9	CG	48	10.2	5	7	0	12	1	SS
127	158 (1)	Sep 30	MIL	@	STL	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
128	159	Oct 1	MIL	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
129	160	Oct 2	MIL	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
130	161	Oct 3	MIL	@	STL	L,4-9	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH SS
							130gm		1131.0	165	357	9	531	70