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Craig Counsell 2026 Season · MIL

Career: .255/.342/.344, 42 HR, 1208 H in 1624 games.

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Craig Counsell

#30

2B · MIL

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-11.4Career NUT

+8.4 to Weak

Career

.255AVG42HR390RBI1208H647R103SB

L/R · 6' 0", 180 lb · b. Aug 21, 1970 · South Bend, IN · Draft 1992 (11th Rd, #319)

Player Overview

Managing Career


2015	MIL	68	94	.420	162
2016	MIL	73	89	.451	162
2017	MIL	86	76	.531	162
2018	MIL	96	67	.589	163
2019	MIL	89	73	.549	162
2020	MIL	29	31	.483	60
2021	MIL	95	67	.586	162
2022	MIL	86	76	.531	162
2023	MIL	92	70	.568	162
Career	9 yrs	714	643	.526	1357

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Year by Year


1995	24	COL	—	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.000	.500	.000
1997	26	COL	—	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1997	26	FLA	+0.1	51	189	164	20	49	9	2	1	16	18	3	2	17	1	1	1	3	5	.299	.376	.396	.097	.772	.327
1997	26	TOT	+0.1	52	189	164	20	49	9	2	1	16	18	3	2	17	1	1	1	3	5	.299	.376	.396	.097	.772	.327
1998	27	FLA	-0.6	107	399	335	43	84	19	5	4	40	51	4	7	47	3	0	1	8	5	.251	.355	.373	.122	.728	.281
1999	28	FLA	—	37	73	66	4	10	1	0	0	2	5	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	1	.152	.211	.167	.015	.378	.179
1999	28	LAD	-0.6	50	122	108	20	28	6	0	0	9	9	0	0	14	1	0	2	3	1	.259	.311	.315	.056	.626	.292
1999	28	TOT	-1.6	87	195	174	24	38	7	0	0	11	14	0	0	24	1	0	2	5	2	.218	.274	.259	.041	.533	.250
2000	29	ARI	+0.4	67	176	152	23	48	8	1	2	11	20	2	0	18	3	3	1	1	4	.316	.400	.421	.105	.821	.346
2001	30	ARI	-0.5	141	533	458	76	126	22	3	4	38	61	2	3	76	6	8	6	6	9	.275	.359	.362	.087	.721	.318
2002	31	ARI	-0.7	112	489	436	63	123	22	1	2	51	45	1	3	52	7	5	3	4	10	.282	.348	.351	.069	.699	.314
2003	32	ARI	-1.1	89	351	303	40	71	6	3	3	21	41	2	0	32	11	4	2	3	4	.234	.328	.304	.070	.632	.252
2004	33	MIL	-2.2	140	545	473	59	114	19	5	2	23	59	5	9	88	17	4	3	5	5	.241	.330	.315	.074	.645	.290
2005	34	ARI	-0.3	150	670	578	85	148	34	4	9	42	78	8	4	69	26	7	4	2	8	.256	.350	.375	.119	.725	.276
2006	35	ARI	-1.1	105	415	372	56	95	14	4	4	30	31	9	0	47	15	8	1	2	1	.255	.327	.347	.092	.674	.283
2007	36	MIL	-1.4	122	334	282	31	62	12	2	3	24	41	3	4	47	4	2	2	6	7	.220	.323	.309	.089	.632	.252
2008	37	MIL	-0.5	110	302	248	31	56	14	1	1	14	46	5	1	42	3	1	2	1	5	.226	.355	.302	.076	.657	.266
2009	38	MIL	+0.3	130	459	404	61	115	22	8	4	39	42	6	0	54	3	4	4	3	12	.285	.357	.408	.123	.765	.317
2010	39	MIL	-0.6	102	230	204	16	51	8	0	2	21	21	1	0	29	1	1	1	3	0	.250	.322	.319	.069	.641	.282
2011	40	MIL	-1.4	107	187	157	19	28	2	1	1	9	20	3	2	21	2	1	2	5	1	.178	.280	.223	.045	.503	.197
Career	—	16 yrs	-11.4	1624	5476	4741	647	1208	218	40	42	390	589	54	35	663	103	49	35	57	78	.255	.342	.344	.089	.686	.286

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Counsell's career NUT of -11.4

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

0.4

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NUT by Season

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-1.6

+0.4

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-0.7

-1.1

-2.2

-0.3

-1.1

-1.4

-0.5

+0.3

-0.6

-1.4

Awards

1997World Series Championship

2001World Series Championship · NLCS MVP

2006MLBPAA Diamondbacks Heart and Hustle Award

2008Brewers Good Guy Award

2009Brewers Good Guy Award

2019Baseball America Major League Manager of the Year

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	IBB	SO	SB	CS	SF	SH	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	OPS	BAbip
1993	22	A+	131	578	471	79	132	26	3	5	59	95	3	1	68	14	8	4	5	8	.280	.401	.380	.100	.781	.316
1994	23	AA	83	345	300	47	84	20	1	5	37	37	5	4	32	4	1	2	1	6	.280	.366	.403	.123	.769	.298
1995	24	AAA	118	444	399	60	112	22	6	5	53	34	2	7	47	10	2	6	3	12	.281	.336	.404	.123	.740	.303
1996	25	AAA	25	99	75	17	18	3	0	2	10	24	0	1	7	4	3	0	0	2	.240	.424	.360	.120	.784	.242
1997	26	AAA	96	440	376	77	126	31	6	5	63	45	6	3	38	12	2	6	7	6	.335	.409	.489	.154	.898	.357
2000	29	AAA	50	224	198	45	69	14	3	3	27	22	1	3	20	4	1	2	1	1	.348	.413	.495	.147	.908	.373
2003	32	AAA	5	25	23	8	10	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.435	.458	.522	.087	.980	.500
2006	35	A+	1	4	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.333	.333	2.333	1.000
2006	35	AAA	2	12	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.000	.432	.200

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