In the past few days, we have recounted the Colorado Rockies career of some players that have not been known for their career as Rockies. That would be a severe understatement for Craig Counsell.
Counsell only had two career plate appearances (four games played) with the Colorado Rockies before he was traded to the eventual World Series Champion Florida Marlins for pitcher Mark Hutton in 1997. He actually scored the winning run as the Marlins walked off the Cleveland Indians in extra innings in Game 7.
Counsell was actually one of the Rockies’ first draft picks as he was drafted in the 11th round of the 1992 Amateur Draft by the Rockies, a year before they were set to play MLB games.