Photo of Craig Counsell

Photo of Craig Counsell

Photo of Craig Counsell

Craig Counsell

Position: Manager

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

High School: Whitefish Bay HS (Whitefish Bay, WI)

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

Full Name: Craig John Counsell

Nicknames: Chicken

Pronunciation: \council\

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SUMMARY

2025

Career

G

74

1568

W

45

835

L

29

733

W-L%

.608

.533

Managerial Stats

Last Played in 2011

Managerial Stats Table
Rk	Year	Age	Tm	Lg		W	L	W-L%	T	G	Finish	Wpost	Lpost	W-L%post	Challenges	Overturned	Overturn%	Ejections
1	2015	44	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	2nd of 2	61	76	.445	0	137	4	0	0		25	12	48.0%	2
2	2016	45	Milwaukee Brewers	NL		73	89	.451	0	162	4	0	0		47	22	46.8%	3
3	2017	46	Milwaukee Brewers	NL		86	76	.531	0	162	2	0	0		43	17	39.5%	2
4	2018	47	Milwaukee Brewers	NL		96	67	.589	0	163	1	6	4	.600	34	7	20.6%	5
5	2019	48	Milwaukee Brewers	NL		89	73	.549	0	162	2	0	1	.000	28	16	57.1%	3
6	2020	49	Milwaukee Brewers	NL		29	31	.483	0	60	4	0	2	.000	10	4	40.0%	3
7	2021	50	Milwaukee Brewers	NL		95	67	.586	0	162	1	1	3	.250	7	5	71.4%	5
8	2022	51	Milwaukee Brewers	NL		86	76	.531	0	162	2	0	0		33	19	57.6%	2
9	2023	52	Milwaukee Brewers	NL		92	70	.568	0	162	1	0	2	.000	29	14	48.3%	3

10	2024	53	Chicago Cubs	NL		83	79	.512	0	162	2	0	0		38	23	60.5%	3
11	2025	54	Chicago Cubs	NL		45	29	.608	0	74	1	0	0		24	16	66.7%	2
			Milwaukee Brewers		9 years	707	625	.531	0	1332	2.2	7	12	.368	256	116	45.3%%	28
			Chicago Cubs		2 years	128	108	.542	0	236	1.7	0	0		62	39	62.9%%	5
					11 years	835	733	.533	0	1568	2.1	7	12	.368	318	155	48.7%%	33

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%	95	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%	115	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%	85	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	162	1379	89	6.5%	114	986	9	0.9%	83	1345	5	0.4%	58	5990	19	0.3%	61	1.90	100	0.08	80	4.3	94
8	2022	51	MIL	NL	162	1457	110	7.5%	115	947	12	1.3%	99	1424	11	0.8%	91	6057	12	0.2%	78	0.78	111	0.09	53	4.4	103
9	2023	52	MIL	NL	162	1484	130	8.8%	108	985	17	1.7%	80	1515	7	0.5%	42	5990	7	0.1%	50	0.76	94	0.23	142	4.2	98

10	2024	53	CHC	NL	162	1407	136	9.7%	104	975	29	3.0%	142	1398	16	1.1%	96	6032	7	0.1%	45	0.86	110	0.09	49	4.1	95
11	2025	54	CHC	NL	74	652	84	12.9%	140	498	15	3.0%	154	686	5	0.7%	55	2754	7	0.3%	84	0.57	77	0.19	102	4.4	102
	MIL (9 years)				1332	11775	938	8.0%	119	7846	195	2.5%	158	11335	81	0.7%	77	50150	209	0.4%	83	1.57	107	0.11	83	4.3	100
	CHC (2 years)				236	2059	220	10.7%	115	1473	44	3.0%	146	2084	21	1.0%	81	8786	14	0.2%	59	0.77	100	0.12	66	4.2	98
	11 years				1568	13834	1158	8.4%	118	9319	239	2.6%	156	13419	102	0.8%	78	58936	223	0.4%	81	1.45	106	0.11	80	4.3	99

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