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Craig Counsell

Position: Manager

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

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

High School: Whitefish Bay HS (Milwaukee, WI)

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

Full Name: Craig John Counsell

Nicknames: Chicken

Pronunciation: \council\

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SUMMARY

2021

Career

G

918

W

474

L

444

W-L%

.556

.516

Managerial Stats

Last Played in 2011

Managerial Stats Table
Rk	Year	Age	Tm	Lg		W	L	W-L%	G	Finish	Wpost	Lpost	W-L%post	Challenges	Overturned	Overturn%	Ejections
1	2015	44	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	2nd of 2	61	76	.445	137	4	0	0		25	12	48.0%	2
2	2016	45	Milwaukee Brewers	NL		73	89	.451	162	4	0	0		47	22	46.8%	3
3	2017	46	Milwaukee Brewers	NL		86	76	.531	162	2	0	0		43	17	39.5%	2
4	2018	47	Milwaukee Brewers	NL		96	67	.589	163	1	6	4	.600	34	7	20.6%	5
5	2019	48	Milwaukee Brewers	NL		89	73	.549	162	2	0	1	.000	28	16	57.1%	3
6	2020	49	Milwaukee Brewers	NL		29	31	.483	60	4	0	2	.000	10	4	40.0%	3
7	2021	50	Milwaukee Brewers	NL		40	32	.556	72	1	0	0		7	5	71.4%	2
					7 years	474	444	.516	918	2.6	6	7	.462	194	83	42.8%%	20

Managerial Tendencies

Managerial Tendencies Table
						Stealing 2nd				Stealing 3rd				Sac Bunts				Intentional Walks				Substitutions
Rk	Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	Ch	Att	Rate	Rate+	Ch	Att	Rate	Rate+	Ch	Att	Rate	Rate+	PA	IBB	Rate	Rate+	PH/G	PH/G+	PR/G	PR/G+	P/G	P/G+
1	2015	44	MIL	NL	137	1177	85	7.2%	98	791	12	1.5%	96	1127	16	1.4%	102	5210	30	0.6%	94	1.83	109	0.10	78	4.1	97
2	2016	45	MIL	NL	162	1432	179	12.5%	173	950	45	4.7%	239	1425	20	1.4%	118	6188	33	0.5%	82	1.80	107	0.02	22	4.2	97
3	2017	46	MIL	NL	162	1405	120	8.5%	134	946	37	3.9%	216	1293	11	0.9%	86	6164	45	0.7%	116	1.81	106	0.11	96	4.4	103
4	2018	47	MIL	NL	163	1474	113	7.7%	118	952	34	3.6%	230	1360	6	0.4%	54	6114	34	0.6%	84	1.84	105	0.10	87	4.4	101
5	2019	48	MIL	NL	162	1474	88	6.0%	101	962	27	2.8%	226	1384	5	0.4%	60	6251	28	0.4%	86	2.02	110	0.09	71	4.6	105
6	2020	49	MIL	NL	60	493	24	4.9%	80	327	2	0.6%	48	462	0	0.0%	0	2186	1	0.0%	12	1.13	151	0.23	113	4.2	94
7	2021	50	MIL	NL	72	567	35	6.2%	103	437	5	1.1%	95	579	4	0.7%	126	2693	9	0.3%	70	2.08	116	0.10	96	4.2	95
	7 years				918	8022	644	8.0%	122	5365	162	3.0%	192	7630	62	0.8%	87	34806	180	0.5%	88	1.83	109	0.10	77	4.3	100

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