Craig Counsell is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on August 21, 1970 in South Bend, Indiana, United States. Two-time World Series champion with the 1997 Florida Marlins and the 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks. His name was cited as the National League Championship Series Most Valuable Player during the Diamondbacks playoff series.
He was member from the 1997 Marlins team alongside He was a part of the 1997 Marlins team with Edgar Renteria…
Counsell was born in South Bend, Indiana. He grew up in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, and attended Whitefish Bay High School, where he played baseball. His father, John, worked for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB) as their director of the speakers bureau and director of community relations. Counsell attended college at the University of Notre Dame, where he played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball team. He was an infielder for the Irish, with a career batting average of .306, 204 runs, 166 RBI, 50 doubles and twice as many walks (166) as strikeouts (82) graduating in 1992.
The Colorado Rockies of MLB selected Counsell in the 11th round of the 1992 MLB Draft. He made his MLB debut with the Rockies on September 17, 1995, and appeared in only three games for Colorado that season. The Rockies traded Counsell to the Florida Marlins for Mark Hutton in July 1997. He immediately became the Marlins’ regular starting second baseman. He scored the winning run in the bottom of the 11th inning of Game 7 of the 1997 World Series for the Marlins, on an Édgar Rentería single over pitcher Charles Nagy’s head, after tying that game in the bottom of the ninth with a sacrifice fly.
He was married to a lady named Michelle who had 4 children.
