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Michael Bourn
Michael Ray Bourn

Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 27, 1982 in Houston, TX
High School: Nimitz (Houston, TX)
School: University of Houston
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 4th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed July 24, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 30, 2006
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2006	23	PHI	NL	17	11	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	.125	.222	.125	.347	-9	1	0	0	2	0	0	9/7
2007	24	PHI	NL	105	133	119	29	33	3	3	1	6	18	1	13	21	.277	.348	.378	.727	86	45	1	0	1	0	2	78/9
2008	25	HOU	NL	138	514	467	57	107	10	4	5	29	41	10	37	111	.229	.288	.300	.588	57	140	3	2	7	1	0	*8
2009	26	HOU	NL	157	678	606	97	173	27	12	3	35	61	12	63	140	.285	.354	.384	.738	96	233	1	2	5	2	1	*8	GG
4 Seasons				417	1336	1200	185	314	40	19	9	70	121	25	114	275	.262	.327	.349	.676	79	419	5	4	15	3	3
162 Game Avg.				162	519	466	72	122	16	7	3	27	47	10	44	107	.262	.327	.349	.676	79	163	2	2	6	1	1

PHI (2 yrs)				122	144	127	31	34	3	3	1	6	19	3	14	24	.268	.340	.362	.703	80	46	1	0	3	0	2
HOU (2 yrs)				295	1192	1073	154	280	37	16	8	64	102	22	100	251	.261	.325	.348	.673	79	373	4	4	12	3	1

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2006	23	PHI	NL	11	11	0	0.0	117	.200	.125	.278	.222	.350	.125	.452	.347	.801	-9	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.111	.000	.000	.0
2007	24	PHI	NL	133	89	19	5.7	115	.330	.277	.277	.348	.348	.378	.443	.727	.791	86	.556	-3.0	-0.3	.852	.353	.101	1.9
2008	25	HOU	NL	514	381	45	3.2	106	.290	.229	.265	.288	.336	.300	.423	.588	.759	57	.311	-30.8	-3.0	.563	.216	.071	8.9
2009	26	HOU	NL	678	453	95	5.6	106	.366	.285	.265	.354	.338	.384	.420	.738	.758	96	.571	-3.3	-0.3	.778	.284	.099	5.7
4 Seasons				1336	934	159	4.6	107	.332	.262	.266	.327	.338	.349	.424	.676	.762	79	.470	-38.5	-3.7	.691	.263	.088	16.8
162 Game Avg.				519	363	62	4.6	107	.332	.262	.266	.327	.338	.349	.424	.676	.762	79	.470	-38.5	-3.7	.691	.263	.088	7

PHI (2 yrs)				144	100	19	5.1	115	.324	.268	.278	.340	.348	.362	.444	.703	.792	80	.502	-4.4	-0.4	.784	.331	.094	1.9
HOU (2 yrs)				1192	834	140	4.5	106	.333	.261	.265	.325	.337	.348	.421	.673	.758	79	.466	-34.1	-3.3	.680	.254	.087	14.8

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2007	24	PHI	NL	NLDS	COL	L	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2006	23	PHI	NL	11	0.0%	27.3%	9.1%	0.0%	0%	3.00	2.7			1.00	1.33	45%	14%	0.0%	0%
2007	24	PHI	NL	133	0.8%	15.8%	9.8%	5.3%	21%	1.62	5.7	119.0	19.8	1.43	1.79	73%	17%	2.9%	5%
2008	25	HOU	NL	514	1.0%	21.6%	7.2%	3.7%	18%	3.00	4.2	93.4	16.1	1.20	1.41	68%	13%	3.7%	11%
2009	26	HOU	NL	678	0.4%	20.7%	9.3%	6.2%	24%	2.22	4.3	202.0	17.3	1.40	1.84	69%	17%	1.8%	6%
4 Seasons				1336	0.7%	20.6%	8.5%	5.1%	22%	2.41	4.4	133.3	17.1	1.32	1.63	69%	15%	2.6%	8%
MLB Averages					2.7%	18.0%	8.9%	7.9%	34%	2.02	4.9	32.9	7.8	0.78	1.06	69%	19%	7.8%	13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2006	23	PHI	NL	0	0	100%	6	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	24	PHI	NL	1	0	62%	82	18	1	95%	17	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	6	50%	12	7	5	5	1	3	5	2	3
2008	25	HOU	NL	5	0	37%	181	41	10	80%	39	9	2	1	0	0	1	1	4	9	46%	17	12	5	7	2	5	26	11	13
2009	26	HOU	NL	8	0	40%	309	61	12	84%	56	8	4	4	1	0	4	2	8	23	53%	37	23	14	7	1	6	29	10	19
4 Seasons				14	0	42%	578	121	25	83%	113	20	7	5	1	0	6	3	16	38	51%	67	42	25	19	4	14	60	23	35
MLB Averages						31%				72%											39%

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2006	23	PHI	NL	11	91%	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	1.23	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	3	0	0%	2	2	100%	12	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
2007	24	PHI	NL	133	77%	33	8	3	11	1	0	0	0.69	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	33%	18	1	6%	5	1	20%	77	5	6%	3	2	67%	1	0	0%	0
2008	25	HOU	NL	514	75%	107	33	13	10	1	0	0	0.92	5	0	9	4	1	3	2	0	12	7	58%	72	3	4%	39	13	33%	243	25	10%	15	9	60%	21	8	38%	0
2009	26	HOU	NL	678	77%	173	46	17	2	0	0	0	1.87	3	0	4	1	2	2	1	0	12	5	42%	80	1	1%	32	13	41%	277	33	12%	17	7	41%	39	22	56%	0
4 Seasons				1336	76%	314	88	34	25	2	0	0	0.92	9	0	18	6	3	6	3	0	30	15	50%	173	5	3%	78	29	37%	609	63	10%	35	18	51%	62	31	50%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			72%			11%			32%			14%			51%			43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2006	23	PHI	NL	11	32	2.91	19	59%	32%	26%	5%	37%	68%	0%	41%	62%	27%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	9%	1	0	33%	0	0	0
2007	24	PHI	NL	133	530	3.98	320	60%	30%	14%	24%	31%	70%	4%	42%	79%	22%	5%	7	0	16%	21	5	11%	14	9	14%	0	0	0
2008	25	HOU	NL	514	2018	3.93	1267	63%	31%	14%	26%	29%	69%	0%	43%	79%	26%	5%	26	0	14%	71	20	11%	56	30	34%	0	0	0
2009	26	HOU	NL	678	2734	4.03	1673	61%	32%	14%	25%	28%	68%	0%	42%	79%	25%	5%	33	0	12%	82	20	8%	57	23	26%	0	0	0
4 Seasons				1336	5314	3.98	3279	62%	32%	14%	25%	29%	68%	1%	42%	79%	25%	5%	66	0	13%	174	45	10%	128	62	29%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.83		62%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	80%	26%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2006	23	17	11	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	.125	.222	.125	.347	-9	1	0	0	2	0	0
2007	24	122	144	127	31	34	3	3	1	6	19	3	14	24	.268	.340	.362	.703	80	46	1	0	3	0	2
2008	25	260	658	594	88	141	13	7	6	35	60	13	51	135	.237	.299	.313	.613	62	186	4	2	10	1	2
2009	26	417	1336	1200	185	314	40	19	9	70	121	25	114	275	.262	.327	.349	.676	79	419	5	4	15	3	3

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2006	23	17	9	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	17
2007	24	105	135	121	26	35	3	3	1	5	19	14	21	.289	.363	.388	.751	17	105
2008	25	138	518	475	56	115	11	4	5	29	44	40	111	.242	.303	.314	.617	45	138
2009	26	157	693	621	96	188	29	13	3	35	66	68	140	.303	.372	.406	.778	94	157
4 Seasons		417	1355	1225	180	338	43	20	9	69	130	123	275	.276	.343	.366	.709	156	417
162 Game Avg.		162	526	476	70	131	17	8	3	27	51	48	107	.276	.343	.366	.709	61	417

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Gold Gloves 2009 NL (OF)	At Bats s c a p y 2009 NL 606 (9th)	Triples s c a p y 2009 NL 12 (2nd)	Strikeouts s c a p y 2009 NL 140 (8th)
Stolen Bases s c a p y 2008 NL 41 (4th) 2009 NL 61 (1st)	Singles s c a p y 2009 NL 131 (4th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 2008 NL 10 (7th) 2009 NL 12 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink Batting - 2 (592), Average HOFer ≈ 27

Gray Ink Batting - 6 (1660), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 3 (1723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 4 (2808), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Jim Norris (968)
Benny Meyer (968)
Fred Odwell (967)
Billy Zitzmann (966)

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Billy North (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Black Ink	Batting - 2 (592), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 6 (1660), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 3 (1723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 4 (2808), Average HOFer ≈ 50