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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	25-16 / in Starts: 19-10
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	17 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1997	NLDS g1	Sep 30	FLA		SFG	W,2-1	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	8	1.53	0.036	23.83	0.32%	0.07	2B
2	1997	NLDS g2	Oct 1	FLA		SFG	W,7-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	.39	-0.010	6.49	-0.09%	-0.16	2B
3	1997	NLDS g3	Oct 3	FLA	@	SFG	W,6-2	6-GF	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.500	.600	1.100	1	.55	0.023	6.56	0.17%	0.93	2B
4	1997	NLCS g1	Oct 7	FLA	@	ATL	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.600	.625	1.225	8	.47	0.036	12.14	0.59%	0.66	2B
5	1997	NLCS g2	Oct 8	FLA	@	ATL	L,1-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.444	.545	.556	1.101	5	.02	0.000	.51	0.00%	-0.33	PH
6	1997	NLCS g3	Oct 10	FLA		ATL	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.417	.533	.500	1.033	8	.60	0.027	18.89	0.49%	-0.03	2B
7	1997	NLCS g5	Oct 12	FLA		ATL	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.500	.467	.967	8	.61	-0.013	25.15	-0.32%	0.12	2B
8	1997	NLCS g6	Oct 14	FLA	@	ATL	W,7-4	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.421	.522	.474	.995	8	1.10	0.104	48.95	2.95%	1.08	2B
9	1997	WS g1	Oct 18	FLA		CLE	W,7-4	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.409	.519	.500	1.019	8	.42	0.069	21.94	2.30%	0.49	2B
10	1997	WS g2	Oct 19	FLA		CLE	L,1-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.360	.484	.440	.924	8	.66	-0.056	34.93	-1.66%	-0.42	2B
11	1997	WS g3	Oct 21	FLA	@	CLE	W,14-11	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.367	.472	.433	.906	9	1.41	0.086	88.54	3.35%	0.89	2B
12	1997	WS g4	Oct 22	FLA	@	CLE	L,3-10	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.344	.462	.406	.868	9	.98	0.003	59.60	0.08%	-0.26	2B
13	1997	WS g5	Oct 23	FLA	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.465	.382	.847	9	.98	0.018	80.85	1.08%	0.05	2B
14	1997	WS g6	Oct 25	FLA		CLE	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.447	.368	.815	8	1.19	-0.031	91.85	-1.53%	-0.38	2B
15	1997	WS g7	Oct 26	FLA		CLE	W,3-2	CG(11)	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.293	.423	.341	.765	8	2.71	0.303	451.67	28.89%	0.58	2B
2001 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	2001	NLDS g1	Oct 9	ARI		STL	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	1.35	-0.147	21.09	-1.29%	-1.63	2B
17	2001	NLDS g2	Oct 10	ARI		STL	L,1-4	8-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	1.17	0.053	18.78	0.55%	0.40	PH 2B
18	2001	NLDS g3	Oct 12	ARI	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.556	.856	2	1.41	0.296	29.58	4.15%	2.03	2B
19	2001	NLDS g4	Oct 13	ARI	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.462	.747	7	.75	-0.060	14.41	-0.65%	-0.60	2B
20	2001	NLDS g5	Oct 14	ARI		STL	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.188	.278	.375	.653	2	1.31	-0.119	54.59	-2.72%	-1.13	2B
21	2001	NLCS g1	Oct 16	ARI		ATL	W,2-0	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.318	.450	.768	2	.49	0.024	12.87	0.35%	0.06	2B
22	2001	NLCS g2	Oct 17	ARI		ATL	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.269	.375	.644	1	1.16	-0.127	30.67	-2.17%	-1.04	SS
23	2001	NLCS g3	Oct 19	ARI	@	ATL	W,5-1	CG	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.286	.333	.429	.762	2	.61	0.060	19.19	1.11%	0.75	2B
24	2001	NLCS g4	Oct 20	ARI	@	ATL	W,11-4	CG	6	6	2	3	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.324	.361	.500	.861	2	.54	0.174	16.33	3.28%	3.66	2B
25	2001	NLCS g5	Oct 21	ARI	@	ATL	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.297	.333	.459	.793	2	.95	-0.003	16.99	0.00%	-0.18	2B
26	2001	WS g1	Oct 27	ARI		NYY	W,9-1	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.326	.512	.838	2	.49	0.069	25.71	2.34%	0.28	2B
27	2001	WS g2	Oct 28	ARI		NYY	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.298	.467	.765	2	.39	-0.041	20.53	-1.21%	-0.54	2B
28	2001	WS g3	Oct 30	ARI	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.245	.275	.429	.703	1	1.10	-0.109	45.66	-2.49%	-0.75	2B
29	2001	WS g4	Oct 31	ARI	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG(10)	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.264	.412	.676	2	1.75	-0.169	106.69	-6.04%	-1.17	2B
30	2001	WS g5	Nov 1	ARI	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG(12)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.237	.368	.606	2	1.08	-0.183	89.64	-8.77%	-1.63	2B
31	2001	WS g7	Nov 4	ARI		NYY	W,3-2	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.213	.250	.361	.611	2	1.41	-0.006	234.67	-0.54%	0.42	2B
2008 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	2008	NLDS g1	Oct 1	MIL	@	PHI	L,1-3	5-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.44	0.020	6.91	0.18%	0.16	2B
33	2008	NLDS g2	Oct 2	MIL	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	7	.58	-0.049	9.35	-0.47%	-0.44	3B
34	2008	NLDS g3	Oct 4	MIL		PHI	W,4-1	4-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	7	.76	-0.022	7.86	-0.12%	-0.50	2B
35	2008	NLDS g4	Oct 5	MIL		PHI	L,2-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	7	.69	-0.053	13.08	-0.65%	-0.72	3B
2011 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	2011	NLDS g3	Oct 4	MIL	@	ARI	L,1-8	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.06	-0.002	.62	-0.01%	-0.22	SS
37	2011	NLDS g5	Oct 7	MIL		ARI	W,3-2	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.23	-0.056	92.92	-1.28%	-0.22	2B
38	2011	NLCS g1	Oct 9	MIL		STL	W,9-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1						2B
39	2011	NLCS g4	Oct 13	MIL	@	STL	W,4-2	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5						2B
40	2011	NLCS g5	Oct 14	MIL	@	STL	L,1-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.09	PH
41	2011	NLCS g6	Oct 16	MIL		STL	L,6-12	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.38	-0.010	17.13	-0.28%	-0.22	PH
									139	118	12	27	5	0	2	14	12	3	23	1	7	1		1	2	0	.229	.303	.322	.625

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