Craig Counsell

2B/SS/3B · L/R · MLB · ACTIVE: 1995–2011 BORN: SOUTH BEND, USA
Career
1208 H · 42 HR · 390 RBI · 103 SB
.255 AVG · .686 OPS · 1624 G
2011 Season
.178 AVG · 1 HR · 9 RBI · 2 SB
.280 OBP · .223 SLG · .503 OPS
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Craig Counsell was a second baseman in MLB. Across 1624 career games, with a .255 batting average and 42 home runs. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and career profile.

Deep Data

Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Batting
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Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1995 COL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
1997 COL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 FLO 51 164 20 49 9 2 1 16 1 18 17 .299 .376 .396 .773
1998 FLO 107 335 43 84 19 5 4 40 3 51 47 .251 .355 .373 .729
1999 FLO 37 66 4 10 1 0 0 2 0 5 10 .152 .211 .167 .378
1999 LAD 50 108 20 28 6 0 0 9 1 9 14 .259 .311 .315 .626
2000 ARI 67 152 23 48 8 1 2 11 3 20 18 .316 .400 .421 .821
2001 ARI 141 458 76 126 22 3 4 38 6 61 76 .275 .359 .362 .721
2002 ARI 112 436 63 123 22 1 2 51 7 45 52 .282 .348 .351 .699
2003 ARI 89 303 40 71 6 3 3 21 11 41 32 .234 .328 .304 .631
2004 MIL 140 473 59 114 19 5 2 23 17 59 88 .241 .330 .315 .645
2005 ARI 150 578 85 148 34 4 9 42 26 78 69 .256 .350 .375 .726
2006 ARI 105 372 56 95 14 4 4 30 15 31 47 .255 .327 .347 .674
2007 MIL 122 282 31 62 12 2 3 24 4 41 47 .220 .323 .309 .632
2008 MIL 110 248 31 56 14 1 1 14 3 46 42 .226 .355 .302 .658
2009 MIL 130 404 61 115 22 8 4 39 3 42 54 .285 .357 .408 .766
2010 MIL 102 204 16 51 8 0 2 21 1 21 29 .250 .322 .319 .640
2011 MIL 107 157 19 28 2 1 1 9 2 20 21 .178 .280 .223 .503
Career Totals 1624 4741 647 1208 218 40 42 390 103 589 663 .255 .342 .344 .686
Awards & Achievements
  • NLCS MVP (1): 2001
Salary & Contract
Year Salary
1997$150,000
1998$185,000
1999$245,000
2002$1,516,667
2003$2,516,667
2004$3,166,667
2005$1,350,000
2006$1,750,000
2007$2,800,000
2008$2,800,000
2009$1,000,000
2010$2,100,000
2011$1,400,000

Career Total: $20,980,001 (13 seasons)

Average: $1,613,846

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

Contract Detail

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.