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Craig Counsell

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Full name Craig John Counsell
Born August 21, 1970, South Bend, Indiana
First Game: September 17, 1995; Final Game: October 9, 2011
Managed First Game: May 4, 2015
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 177
Named NL League Championship Series Most Valuable Player (2001)
Ejections as manager: 2015 (2), 2016 (3), 2017 (2), 2018 (5), 2019 (3), 2020 (3), 2021 (5), 2022 (2), 2023 (3), 2024 (3). Total: 31
SABR Biography

Top Performances

Pitcher Matchups

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1995 COL N Daily Splits 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 0.0 1995 COL N 1997 COL N Daily 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1997 COL N 1997 FLA N Daily Splits 51 164 20 49 9 2 1 16 18 2 17 3 3 1 0 3 5 1 1 .299 .376 .396 1.6 1997 FLA N 1997 TOT N 52 164 20 49 9 2 1 16 18 2 17 3 3 1 0 3 5 1 1 .299 .376 .396 1.6 1997 TOT N 1998 FLA N Daily Splits 107 335 43 84 19 5 4 40 51 7 47 4 8 1 1 3 5 3 0 .251 .355 .373 1.0 1998 FLA N 1999 FLA N Daily Splits 37 66 4 10 1 0 0 2 5 0 10 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 .152 .211 .167 -1.1 1999 FLA N 1999 LA N Daily Splits 50 108 20 28 6 0 0 9 9 0 14 0 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 .259 .311 .315 -0.1 1999 LA N 1999 TOT N 87 174 24 38 7 0 0 11 14 0 24 0 5 2 0 3 2 1 0 .218 .274 .259 -1.2 1999 TOT N 2000 ARI N Daily Splits 67 152 23 48 8 1 2 11 20 0 18 2 1 1 1 1 4 3 3 .316 .400 .421 0.5 2000 ARI N 2001 ARI N Daily Splits 141 458 76 126 22 3 4 38 61 3 76 2 6 6 2 4 9 6 8 .275 .359 .362 0.8 2001 ARI N 2002 ARI N Daily Splits 112 436 63 123 22 1 2 51 45 3 52 1 4 3 2 11 10 7 5 .282 .348 .351 0.5 2002 ARI N 2003 ARI N Daily Splits 89 303 40 71 6 3 3 21 41 0 32 2 3 2 0 3 4 11 4 .234 .328 .304 -0.3 2003 ARI N 2004 MIL N Daily Splits 140 473 59 114 19 5 2 23 59 9 88 5 5 3 6 11 5 17 4 .241 .330 .315 -2.0 2004 MIL N 2005 ARI N Daily Splits 150 578 85 148 34 4 9 42 78 4 69 8 2 4 0 10 8 26 7 .256 .350 .375 2.2 2005 ARI N 2006 ARI N Daily Splits 105 372 56 95 14 4 4 30 31 0 47 9 2 1 0 4 1 15 8 .255 .327 .347 2.0 2006 ARI N 2007 MIL N Daily Splits 122 282 31 62 12 2 3 24 41 4 47 3 6 2 0 2 7 4 2 .220 .323 .309 -0.4 2007 MIL N 2008 MIL N Daily Splits 110 248 31 56 14 1 1 14 46 1 42 5 1 2 0 3 5 3 1 .226 .355 .302 0.1 2008 MIL N 2009 MIL N Daily Splits 130 404 61 115 22 8 4 39 42 0 54 6 3 4 0 2 12 3 4 .285 .357 .408 2.0 2009 MIL N 2010 MIL N Daily Splits 102 204 16 51 8 0 2 21 21 0 29 1 3 1 0 2 0 1 1 .250 .322 .319 -0.7 2010 MIL N 2011 MIL N Daily Splits 107 157 19 28 2 1 1 9 20 2 21 3 5 2 0 1 1 2 1 .178 .280 .223 -1.3 2011 MIL N Total (16 Years) Splits 1624 4741 647 1208 218 40 42 390 589 35 663 54 57 35 12 63 78 103 49 .255 .342 .344 4.8 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

       Division Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1997 FLA N Daily Splits 3 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .500 .600 1997 FLA N 2001 ARI N Daily Splits 5 16 2 3 0 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .188 .278 .375 2001 ARI N 2008 MIL N Daily Splits 4 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 2008 MIL N 2011 MIL N Daily Splits 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 2011 MIL N Total ( 4 Years) Splits 14 35 2 7 1 0 1 5 3 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .263 .314 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

League Championship Series Batting Record Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1997 FLA N Daily Splits 5 14 0 6 0 0 0 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .529 .429 1997 FLA N 2001 ARI N Daily Splits 5 21 5 8 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 .381 .381 .524 2001 ARI N 2011 MIL N Daily Splits 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 2011 MIL N Total ( 3 Years) Splits 14 37 5 14 3 0 0 6 3 3 6 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 .378 .425 .459 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

          World Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1997 FLA N Daily Splits 7 22 4 4 1 0 0 2 6 0 5 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 .182 .345 .227 1997 FLA N 2001 ARI N Daily Splits 6 24 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 1 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 .083 .120 .208 2001 ARI N Total ( 2 Years) Splits 13 46 5 6 1 0 1 3 6 0 12 1 4 1 0 4 0 1 0 .130 .241 .217 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1995 COL N Daily Splits SS 3 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 1.000 1997 FLA N Daily Splits 2B 51 47 42 425.2 124 149 3 37 0 .989 1998 FLA N Daily Splits 2B 104 101 93 892.2 237 299 5 72 0 .991 1999 FLA N Daily Splits 2B 12 10 6 89 20 29 1 4 0 .980 1999 LA N Daily Splits 2B 38 23 17 228.1 54 85 1 13 0 .993 1999 LA N SS 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1999 TOT N 2B 50 33 23 317.1 74 114 2 17 0 .989 2000 ARI N Daily Splits 2B 25 15 12 145.1 32 43 2 12 0 .974 2000 ARI N 3B 23 13 11 130.2 3 37 2 6 0 .952 2000 ARI N SS 6 5 4 44.1 3 15 2 2 0 .900 2001 ARI N Daily Splits SS 58 46 37 415.1 70 124 5 31 0 .975 2001 ARI N 2B 55 45 31 403.2 95 133 1 34 0 .996 2001 ARI N 3B 38 22 19 240 27 58 2 4 0 .977 2001 ARI N 1B 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2002 ARI N Daily Splits 3B 94 88 76 774.2 66 194 7 13 0 .974 2002 ARI N SS 22 11 8 117 23 37 1 8 0 .984 2002 ARI N 2B 13 10 3 82 24 23 0 5 0 1.000 2003 ARI N Daily Splits 3B 57 49 39 429 32 105 2 9 0 .986 2003 ARI N SS 26 18 15 167.2 23 66 1 9 0 .989 2003 ARI N 2B 10 7 6 67.2 9 22 0 5 0 1.000 2003 ARI N 1B 2 0 0 4 3 0 0 1 0 1.000 2004 MIL N Daily Splits SS 129 128 123 1130.2 165 357 9 70 0 .983 2004 MIL N 3B 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2005 ARI N Daily Splits 2B 143 140 129 1244.1 305 459 8 97 0 .990 2005 ARI N SS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2006 ARI N Daily Splits SS 88 83 76 736.2 127 296 9 75 0 .979 2006 ARI N 3B 7 2 0 23 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 2006 ARI N 2B 2 2 1 16 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 2007 MIL N Daily Splits 3B 50 27 27 297.2 21 73 0 10 0 1.000 2007 MIL N SS 27 17 12 170.2 20 55 1 14 0 .987 2007 MIL N 2B 24 22 19 195 46 61 1 14 0 .991 2008 MIL N Daily Splits 3B 38 30 24 268.1 23 54 1 6 0 .987 2008 MIL N SS 24 19 17 185.1 30 73 2 13 0 .981 2008 MIL N 2B 19 11 10 112 16 42 0 5 0 1.000 2009 MIL N Daily Splits 2B 50 45 41 396.1 92 131 0 37 0 1.000 2009 MIL N 3B 43 26 21 255.2 27 58 4 5 0 .955 2009 MIL N SS 27 19 14 185.2 35 70 1 20 0 .991 2010 MIL N Daily Splits SS 42 25 20 253.2 30 79 2 17 0 .982 2010 MIL N 3B 20 9 8 99 7 20 3 5 0 .900 2010 MIL N 2B 3 1 1 14.2 3 7 1 2 0 .909 2011 MIL N Daily Splits 2B 25 7 6 107.2 18 37 0 9 0 1.000 2011 MIL N SS 23 12 10 120 19 30 1 6 0 .980 2011 MIL N 3B 14 9 8 86 5 19 1 1 0 .960 2011 MIL N LF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2011 MIL N OF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 Total (14 Years) Splits 2B 574 486 417 4420.1 1080 1527 23 346 0 .991 Total (14 Years) SS 478 383 336 3536 546 1204 34 266 0 .981 Total (11 Years) 3B 385 275 233 2604.1 213 624 22 59 0 .974 Total ( 2 Years) 1B 4 0 0 7 4 1 0 1 0 1.000 Total ( 1 Year ) OF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 Total ( 1 Year ) LF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G

       Division Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1997 FLA N Daily Splits 2B 3 1 1 16 5 2 1 0 0 .875 2001 ARI N Daily Splits 2B 5 4 4 36 4 11 0 1 0 1.000 2008 MIL N Daily Splits 3B 2 2 1 15.2 3 3 0 1 0 1.000 2008 MIL N 2B 2 0 0 9.1 2 5 0 1 0 1.000 2011 MIL N Daily Splits 2B 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 2011 MIL N SS 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - Total ( 4 Years) Splits 2B 11 5 5 63.1 12 18 1 2 0 .968 Total ( 1 Year ) 3B 2 2 1 15.2 3 3 0 1 0 1.000 Total ( 1 Year ) SS 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

League Championship Series Fielding Record Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1997 FLA N Daily Splits 2B 4 4 4 36 7 9 1 1 0 .941 2001 ARI N Daily Splits 2B 4 4 4 36 8 7 0 3 0 1.000 2001 ARI N SS 1 1 1 9 0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2011 MIL N Daily Splits 2B 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 3 Years) Splits 2B 10 8 8 77 17 17 1 4 0 .971 Total ( 1 Year ) SS 1 1 1 9 0 4 0 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

          World Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1997 FLA N Daily Splits 2B 7 7 7 64 19 15 1 7 0 .971 2001 ARI N Daily Splits 2B 6 6 6 56 11 16 0 5 0 1.000 Total ( 2 Years) Splits 2B 13 13 13 120 30 31 1 12 0 .984 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

                       Managerial Record

Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 2015 MIL N 137 61 76 .445 573 614 5- 4 5 4 2016 MIL N 162 73 89 .451 671 733 4 2017 MIL N 162 86 76 .531 732 697 2 2018 MIL N 163 96 67 .589 754 659 1 2019 MIL N 162 89 73 .549 769 766 2 2020 MIL N 60 29 31 .483 247 264 4 2021 MIL N 162 95 67 .586 738 623 1 2022 MIL N 162 86 76 .531 725 688 2 2023 MIL N 162 92 70 .568 728 647 1 2024 CHI N 162 83 79 .512 736 669 15 Total (10 Years) 1494 790 704 .529 6673 6360 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING

        Wild-Card Game Managerial Record

Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 2019 MIL N 1 0 1 .000 3 4 2020 MIL N 2 0 2 .000 2 7 2023 MIL N 2 0 2 .000 5 11 2024 MIL N 3 1 2 .333 11 15 Total ( 4 Years) 8 1 7 .125 21 37 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING

       Division Series Managerial Record

Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 2018 MIL N 3 3 0 1.000 13 2 2021 MIL N 4 1 3 .250 6 12 Total ( 2 Years) 7 4 3 .571 19 14 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING

League Championship Series Managerial Record Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 2018 MIL N 7 3 4 .429 24 23

Ejection Information

Date Team Umpire Reason 7-27-2015 BOX MIL N Gerry Davis Replay ruling 8-15-2015 BOX MIL N Fieldin Culbreth Replay ruling (Overturned) 8-12-2016 BOX MIL N Bill Miller Balls and strikes 9- 4-2016 BOX MIL N Brian Gorman Obstruction call (runner placement) 9-21-2016 BOX MIL N Jerry Layne Fair/foul call 5-26-2017 BOX MIL N Jim Reynolds Arguing replay call 7-18-2017 BOX MIL N Mike Muchlinski Called third strike 4-15-2018 BOX MIL N Hunter Wendelstedt Called third strike 5-22-2018 BOX MIL N Angel Hernandez Balls and strikes 6- 6-2018 BOX MIL N Quinn Wolcott Balls and strikes 8-18-2018 BOX MIL N Cory Blaser Arguing about warning 9- 9-2018 BOX MIL N Tom Hallion Arguing about warning 5-19-2019 BOX MIL N Brian O'Nora Fair/foul call 5-25-2019 BOX MIL N Mike Estabrook Balls and strikes 9-28-2019 BOX MIL N Mark Carlson Call at HP 8-27-2020(2) BOX MIL N John Bacon Balls and strikes 9-13-2020 BOX MIL N Ron Kulpa Non-call of time out during appeal 9-15-2020 BOX MIL N Ron Kulpa Fighting 5-13-2021 BOX MIL N Jim Reynolds Fair/foul call 5-18-2021 BOX MIL N Brian Gorman Check swing Date Team Umpire Reason 7-10-2021 BOX MIL N Gabe Morales Balls and strikes 8-18-2021 BOX MIL N Ramon De Jesus Called third strike 9- 2-2021 BOX MIL N Ted Barrett Fair/Foul call 6-10-2022 BOX MIL N Ramon De Jesus Interference non-call 8- 4-2022 BOX MIL N Jerry Meals Called third strike 4-29-2023 BOX MIL N Adam Beck Balls and strikes 5- 6-2023 BOX MIL N Chris Guccione Number of pitcher disengagements 7- 8-2023 BOX MIL N John Tumpane Balk call 5-13-2024 BOX CHI N Junior Valentine Check swing 5-31-2024 BOX CHI N Brennan Miller HBP non-call 7-29-2024 BOX CHI N James Hoye Intentional HBP

Transaction Information

Selected by Colorado Rockies in the 11th round of the free-agent draft (June 1, 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).

Granted free agency (October 31, 2008).

Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (January 23, 2009).

Granted free agency (November 9, 2009).

Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (December 14, 2009).

Granted free agency (November 1, 2010).

Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (December 22, 2010).

Granted free agency (October 30, 2011).

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