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Full Name: Craig John Counsell Primary Position: 2B,SS,3B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/177 First Game: September 17, 1995
Birthdate: August 21, 1970 MLB Experience: 11 years
Birthplace: South Bend, Indiana
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

Biography[]

Craig Counsell (Craig John Counsell) was born on August 21, 1970 in South Bend, Indiana. He made his Major League debut on September 17, 1995 for the Colorado Rockies. In 1997, his rookie year, he hit .299 with 1 home run and 16 RBI. Counsell played for the Colorado Rockies, Florida Marlins, Los Angeles Dodgers, Arizona Diamondbacks and Milwaukee Brewers over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Craig Counsell's best season was 2005, when he stole 26 bases.

Scouting Report[]

Statistics[]

Batting Stats[]

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1995 COL N 3 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 FLA N 51 164 20 49 1 16 .299 .376 .396 9 2 18 17 3 3 1 2 5
1997 COL N 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 TOT N 52 164 20 49 1 16 .299 .376 .396 9 2 18 17 3 3 1 2 5
1998 FLA N 107 335 43 84 4 40 .251 .355 .373 19 5 51 47 4 8 3 7 5
1999 LA N 50 108 20 28 0 9 .259 .311 .315 6 0 9 14 0 3 1 0 1
1999 FLA N 37 66 4 10 0 2 .152 .211 .167 1 0 5 10 0 2 0 0 1
1999 TOT N 87 174 24 38 0 11 .218 .274 .259 7 0 14 24 0 5 1 0 2
2000 ARI N 67 152 23 48 2 11 .316 .400 .421 8 1 20 18 2 1 3 0 4
2001 ARI N 141 458 76 126 4 38 .275 .359 .362 22 3 61 76 2 6 6 3 9
2002 ARI N 112 436 63 123 2 51 .282 .348 .351 22 1 45 52 1 4 7 3 10
2003 ARI N 89 303 40 71 3 21 .234 .328 .304 6 3 41 32 2 3 11 0 4
2004 MIL N 140 473 59 114 2 23 .241 .330 .315 19 5 59 88 5 5 17 9 5
2005 ARI N 150 578 85 148 9 42 .256 .350 .375 34 4 78 69 8 2 26 4 8
2006 ARI N 105 372 56 95 4 30 .255 .327 .347 14 4 31 47 9 2 15 0 1
2007 MIL N 122 282 31 62 3 24 .220 .323 .309 12 2 41 47 3 6 4 4 7
Total 1175 3728 520 958 34 307 .257 .343 .347 172 30 460 517 39 45 94 32 60

Fielding Stats[]

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1995 COL N SS 3 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1997 FLA N 2B 51 47 425.2 124 149 3 37 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1998 FLA N 2B 104 101 892.2 237 299 5 72 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1999 LA N SS 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1999 LA N 2B 38 23 228.1 54 85 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1999 FLA N 2B 12 10 89 20 29 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1999 TOT N 2B 50 33 317.1 74 114 2 17 0 0 0 0 0 .989
2000 ARI N SS 6 5 44.1 3 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .900
2000 ARI N 2B 25 15 145.1 32 43 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 .974
2000 ARI N 3B 23 13 130.2 3 37 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 .952
2001 ARI N 3B 38 22 240 27 58 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .977
2001 ARI N SS 58 46 415.1 70 124 5 31 0 0 0 0 0 .975
2001 ARI N 1B 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2001 ARI N 2B 55 45 403.2 95 133 1 34 0 0 0 0 0 .996
2002 ARI N SS 22 11 117 23 37 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 .984
2002 ARI N 2B 13 10 82 24 23 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2002 ARI N 3B 94 88 774.2 66 194 7 13 0 0 0 0 0 .974
2003 ARI N SS 26 18 167.2 23 66 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 .989
2003 ARI N 2B 10 7 67.2 9 22 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2003 ARI N 3B 57 49 429 33 105 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 .986
2003 ARI N 1B 2 0 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2004 MIL N SS 129 128 1130.2 165 357 9 70 0 0 0 0 0 .983
2004 MIL N 3B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2005 ARI N SS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2005 ARI N 2B 143 140 1244.1 305 459 8 97 0 0 0 0 0 .990
2006 ARI N 2B 2 2 16 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2006 ARI N SS 88 83 736.2 127 296 9 75 0 0 0 0 0 .979
2006 ARI N 3B 7 2 23 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2007 MIL N 3B 50 27 297.2 21 73 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2007 MIL N SS 27 17 170.2 20 55 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 .987
2007 MIL N 2B 24 22 195 46 61 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 .991
Total 2B 477 422 3789.2 951 1310 22 293 0 0 0 0 0 .990
Total 3B 270 201 1895.1 152 473 13 42 0 0 0 0 0 .980
Total 1B 4 0 7 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total SS 362 308 2791.1 432 952 28 210 0 0 0 0 0 .980

Transactions[]

  • Selected by Colorado Rockies in the 11th round of the free-agent draft (June 1, 1992 - signed June 10, 1992).
  • Traded by Colorado Rockies to Florida Marlins in exchange for Mark Hutton (July 27, 1997).
  • Traded by Florida Marlins to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for a player to be named later (June 15, 1999); Florida Marlins received Ryan Moskau (July 15, 1999).
  • Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (March 15, 2000).
  • Signed by Arizona Diamondbacks (March 20, 2000).
  • Traded by Arizona Diamondbacks with Junior Spivey, Lyle Overbay, Chad Moeller, Chris Capuano and Jorge de la Rosa to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Richie Sexson, Shane Nance and a player to be named later (December 1, 2003); Arizona Diamondbacks received Noochie Varner (December 15, 2003).
  • Granted free agency (October 29, 2004).
  • Signed by Arizona Diamondbacks (December 21, 2004).
  • Granted free agency (October 31, 2006).
  • Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (November 29, 2006).

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