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Michael Bourn
Michael Ray Bourn

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.
School University of Houston

Debut July 30, 2006

Born December 27, 1982 in Houston, TX

Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 4th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed July 24, 2003. (All Transactions)

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        Michael Bourn is fun to watch and might lead the NL in stolen bases. A shame he's not eligible for Rookie of the Year.

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2006 23 PHI NL  17    8    2    1   0  0   0    0   1  2   1   3  .125  .222  .125   -9    1   2   0   0   0   0
 2007 24 PHI NL 105  119   29   33   3  3   1    6  18  1  13  21  .277  .348  .378   85   45   1   0   2   0   1
 2008 25 HOU NL 138  467   57  107  10  4   5   29  41 10  37 111  .229  .288  .300   57  140   7   1   0   2   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      260  594   88  141  13  7   6   35  60 13  51 135  .237  .299  .313   62  186  10   1   2   2   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        370   55   88   8  4   4   22  37  8  32  84  .237  .299  .313   62  116   6   1   1   1   2
 Career High    138  467   57  107  10  4   5   29  41 10  37 111  .229  .288  .300   57  140   7   1   2   2   3
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2006 23 PHI NL   11   11    0   0.0   117| .125  .278| .222  .350| .125  .452| .347  .801|  -9  .000  -1.4  -0.1  33%
 2007 24 PHI NL  133   89   19   5.7   115| .277  .279| .348  .349| .378  .445| .726  .794|  85  .556  -3.2  -0.3  94%
 2008 25 HOU NL  514  381   45   3.2   106| .229  .265| .288  .336| .300  .423| .588  .759|  57  .311 -30.8  -3.0  80%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       658  481   64   3.6   108| .237  .268| .299  .339| .313  .428| .612  .767|  62  .356 -35.4  -3.4  82%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2006 23 PHI NL OF 15 8 0 0 0 1.000 .988 0.53 1.88 1.98 2.23 0 36.3 RF 14 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.57 1.75 2.10 2.10 0 34.3 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 2007 24 PHI NL OF 90 76 0 0 0 1.000 .984 0.84 1.94 2.25 2.30 15 304.0 LF 79 52 0 0 0 1.000 .985 0.66 1.55 2.15 2.00 6 217.7 CF 12 16 0 0 0 1.000 .988 1.33 2.30 2.54 2.71 6 56.7 RF 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.82 2.42 2.18 3 29.7 2008 25 HOU NL CF 130 291 9 5 2 .984 .990 2.31 2.26 2.68 2.61 111 1009.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2007 24 PHI NL CF 12 16 0 0 0 1.000 .988 1.33 2.30 2.54 2.71 6 56.7 2008 25 HOU NL CF 130 291 9 5 2 .984 .990 2.31 2.26 2.68 2.61 111 1009.0 2006 23 PHI NL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 2007 24 PHI NL LF 79 52 0 0 0 1.000 .985 0.66 1.55 2.15 2.00 6 217.7 2006 23 PHI NL OF 15 8 0 0 0 1.000 .988 0.53 1.88 1.98 2.23 0 36.3 2007 24 PHI NL OF 90 76 0 0 0 1.000 .984 0.84 1.94 2.25 2.30 15 304.0 2006 23 PHI NL RF 14 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.57 1.75 2.10 2.10 0 34.3 2007 24 PHI NL RF 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.82 2.42 2.18 3 29.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total CF* 142 307 9 5 2 .984 .990 2.23 2.26 2.67 2.62 117 1065.7 OF* 105 84 0 0 0 1.000 .985 0.80 1.93 2.22 2.29 15 340.3 80 142 20# LF* 80 52 0 0 0 1.000 .985 0.65 1.55 2.13 2.00 6 219.7 RF* 20 16 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.80 1.77 2.25 2.14 3 64.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 105 84 0 0 0 1.000 .985 0.80 1.93 2.22 2.30 15 340
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2007   NLDS  PHI COL     L   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Stolen Bases
2008 NL-41-4

Caught Stealing
2008 NL-10-7

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2067) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 5, 2000: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 19th round of the 2000 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 2003: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 4th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed July 24, 2003.

November 7, 2007: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Michael Costanzo (minors) and Geoff Geary to the Houston Astros for Brad Lidge and Eric Bruntlett.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2007Philadelphia Phillies$380,000
2008Houston Astros$396,000
Career (may be incomplete)$776,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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