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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.

2007 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2007 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 2	MIL		LAD	W,7-1	CG	29	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
2	3 (1)	Apr 4	MIL		LAD	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
3	5 (1)	Apr 7	MIL		CHC	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
4	6	Apr 8	MIL		CHC	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
5	7	Apr 9	MIL	@	FLA	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
6	8	Apr 10 susp	MIL	@	FLA	W,3-2	CG	46	13.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
7	9	Apr 11	MIL	@	FLA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
8	13 (3)	Apr 17	MIL	@	CIN	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
9	14	Apr 18	MIL		PIT	W,7-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
10	16 (1)	Apr 20	MIL		HOU	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
11	17	Apr 21	MIL		HOU	W,6-4	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
12	18	Apr 22	MIL		HOU	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
13	19	Apr 23	MIL	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	51	12.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
14	22 (2)	Apr 27	MIL	@	HOU	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
15	23	Apr 28	MIL	@	HOU	L,1-10	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
16	24	Apr 29	MIL	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
17	25	Apr 30	MIL		STL	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	29 (3)	May 4	MIL		PIT	W,10-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
19	31 (1)	May 6	MIL		PIT	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
20	33 (1)	May 8	MIL		WSN	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
21	34	May 9	MIL		WSN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
22	35	May 11	MIL	@	NYM	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
23	36	May 12	MIL	@	NYM	W,12-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
24	38 (1)	May 14	MIL	@	PHI	L,6-8	GF	17	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
25	39	May 15	MIL	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	35	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
26	41 (1)	May 17	MIL	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
27	42	May 18	MIL		MIN	L,1-8	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
28	43	May 19	MIL		MIN	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	3B
29	44	May 20	MIL		MIN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
30	45	May 21	MIL	@	LAD	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
31	47 (1)	May 23	MIL	@	LAD	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
32	50 (2)	May 27	MIL	@	SDP	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
33	52 (1)	May 29	MIL		ATL	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
34	53	May 30	MIL		ATL	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
35	54	May 31	MIL		FLA	W,4-3	GS	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B 3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	56 (1)	Jun 2	MIL		FLA	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
37	58 (1)	Jun 4	MIL		CHC	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
38	60 (1)	Jun 6	MIL		CHC	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
39	61	Jun 8	MIL	@	TEX	L,6-9	CG	43	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
40	62	Jun 9	MIL	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	1	2	0	3	0	SS
41	63	Jun 10	MIL	@	TEX	W,9-6	CG	49	12.0	0	5	0	5	2	2B
42	64	Jun 12	MIL	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
43	66 (1)	Jun 14	MIL	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
44	67	Jun 15	MIL	@	MIN	W,11-3	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
45	68	Jun 16	MIL	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
46	69	Jun 17	MIL	@	MIN	L,9-10	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
47	71 (1)	Jun 19	MIL		SFG	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
48	72	Jun 20	MIL		SFG	W,7-5	GF	25	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
49	73	Jun 22	MIL		KCR	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
50	74	Jun 23	MIL		KCR	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
51	75	Jun 24	MIL		KCR	L,3-4	GS	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
52	76	Jun 25	MIL		HOU	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
53	80 (3)	Jun 30	MIL	@	CHC	W,13-4	GF	16	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	82 (1)	Jul 2	MIL	@	PIT	W,10-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
55	83	Jul 3	MIL	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
56	84	Jul 4	MIL	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
57	88 (3)	Jul 8	MIL	@	WSN	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
58	91 (2)	Jul 15	MIL		COL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
59	95 (3)	Jul 19	MIL		ARI	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	3	SS
60	96	Jul 20	MIL		SFG	L,4-8	GF	4	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	SS
61	97	Jul 21	MIL		SFG	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
62	99 (1)	Jul 23	MIL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	45	11.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
63	100	Jul 24	MIL	@	CIN	W,5-3	GS	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS 3B
64	101	Jul 25	MIL	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
65	103 (1)	Jul 27	MIL	@	STL	W,12-2	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH SS
66	104	Jul 28 (1)	MIL	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	42	8.2	2	3	0	5	2	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	112 (7)	Aug 5	MIL		PHI	L,6-8	CG	53	11.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
68	114 (1)	Aug 7	MIL	@	COL	L,4-11	CG	44	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
69	120 (5)	Aug 15	MIL		STL	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
70	123 (2)	Aug 18	MIL		CIN	W,8-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
71	125 (1)	Aug 20	MIL	@	ARI	W,9-0	GF	12	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B SS
72	126	Aug 21	MIL	@	ARI	W,7-4	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
73	127	Aug 22	MIL	@	ARI	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
74	132 (4)	Aug 29	MIL	@	CHC	W,6-1	GS	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS 3B
75	134 (1)	Aug 31	MIL		PIT	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	135	Sep 1	MIL		PIT	W,12-3	GF	14	3.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
77	136	Sep 2	MIL		PIT	W,7-4	GF	12	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
78	137	Sep 3	MIL		HOU	L,7-9	GS	42	9.0	4	3	1	8	2	2B 3B
79	138	Sep 4	MIL		HOU	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
80	139	Sep 5	MIL		HOU	W,14-2	GF	18	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
81	140	Sep 7	MIL	@	CIN	L,4-11	GF	14	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH SS
82	141	Sep 8	MIL	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS 3B
83	142	Sep 9	MIL	@	CIN	W,10-5	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
84	144 (1)	Sep 11	MIL	@	PIT	W,6-1	GF	11	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
85	147 (2)	Sep 15	MIL		CIN	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
86	148	Sep 16	MIL		CIN	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
87	149	Sep 17	MIL	@	HOU	W,6-0	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
88	150	Sep 18	MIL	@	HOU	W,9-1	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
89	151	Sep 19	MIL	@	HOU	L,4-5	GS	41	9.1	1	4	0	5	1	SS 3B
90	153 (1)	Sep 21	MIL	@	ATL	W,4-1	GS	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B 3B
91	154	Sep 22	MIL	@	ATL	L,3-4	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
92	157 (2)	Sep 25	MIL		STL	W,9-1	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
93	161 (3)	Sep 29	MIL		SDP	W,4-3	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
							101gm		663.1	87	189	2	278	38