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Michael Bourn    \BORN\

Michael Ray Bourn

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

Born: December 27, 1982 in Houston, TX
High Schools: Nimitz HS (Irving, TX), Nimitz HS (Houston, TX)
School: University of Houston (Houston, TX)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 4th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed July 24, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 30, 2006 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Astros/Braves/Phillies/Indians 2006-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2016, 4 yrs/$48M (13-16) & 17 vesting option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 6.028, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: Scott Boras, previously: SFX [*]
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All-Star

Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2006 PHI NL 23 OF 15 0 0 36.1 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1 0 -23 0 1.98 0.53 .984 2.23 2.20
2006 PHI NL 23 RF 14 0 0 34.1 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1 0 -21 0 2.10 0.57 .980 2.10 2.09
2006 PHI NL 23 LF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 -60 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
2007 PHI NL 24 OF 90 15 6 304.0 76 76 0 0 0 1.000 2 6 10 23 2.25 0.84 .984 2.30 2.29
2007 PHI NL 24 LF 79 6 4 217.2 52 52 0 0 0 1.000 0 2 2 11 2.15 0.66 .984 2.00 1.99
2007 PHI NL 24 CF 12 6 1 56.2 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 1 3 30 63 2.54 1.33 .987 2.72 2.70
2007 PHI NL 24 RF 6 3 1 29.2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1 1 28 36 2.43 1.33 .981 2.18 2.17
2008 HOU NL 25 CF 130 111 108 1009.0 305 291 9 5 2 .984 -12 1 -14 1 2.68 2.31 .990 2.61 2.59
2008 HOU NL 25 OF 130 111 108 1009.0 305 291 9 5 2 .984 -12 1 -14 1 2.68 2.31 .985 2.21 2.20
2009 HOU NL 26 CF 154 150 148 1326.0 385 371 11 3 0 .992 -5 11 -5 10 2.59 2.48 .989 2.60 2.57 GG
2009 HOU NL 26 OF 154 150 148 1326.0 385 371 11 3 0 .992 -5 11 -5 9 2.59 2.48 .986 2.20 2.18 GG
2010 HOU NL 27 CF 138 133 128 1189.1 370 359 8 3 2 .992 25 30 25 30 2.78 2.66 .989 2.59 2.56 AS,GG
2010 HOU NL 27 OF 138 133 128 1189.1 370 359 8 3 2 .992 25 30 25 30 2.78 2.66 .987 2.17 2.15 AS,GG
2011 TOT NL 28 CF 156 154 151 1359.0 376 367 6 3 2 .992 6 -3 5 -2 2.47 2.39 .988 2.55 2.54
2011 TOT NL 28 OF 156 154 151 1359.0 376 367 6 3 2 .992 6 -3 5 -2 2.47 2.39 .986 2.16 2.15
2011 HOU NL 28 CF 103 101 99 883.1 261 256 3 2 0 .992 8 -6 10 -8 2.64 2.51 .988 2.55 2.54
2011 HOU NL 28 OF 103 101 99 883.1 261 256 3 2 0 .992 8 -6 10 -8 2.64 2.51 .986 2.16 2.15
2011 ATL NL 28 CF 53 53 52 475.2 115 111 3 1 2 .991 -1 3 -4 8 2.16 2.15 .988 2.55 2.54
2011 ATL NL 28 OF 53 53 52 475.2 115 111 3 1 2 .991 -1 3 -4 7 2.16 2.15 .986 2.16 2.15
2012 ATL NL 29 CF 153 151 148 1340.1 388 383 3 2 0 .995 38 24 34 21 2.59 2.52 .989 2.49 2.46 AS,MVP-18
2012 ATL NL 29 OF 153 151 148 1340.1 388 383 3 2 0 .995 38 24 34 21 2.59 2.52 .987 2.11 2.09 AS,MVP-18
2013 CLE AL 30 CF 23 22 21 197.0 61 59 2 0 1 1.000 6 3 38 18 2.79 2.65 .993 2.71 2.69
2013 CLE AL 30 OF 23 22 21 197.0 61 59 2 0 1 1.000 6 3 38 18 2.79 2.65 .990 2.24 2.22
8 Seasons OF 859 736 710 6761.0 1969 1914 39 16 7 .992 61 72 11 12 2.60 2.27 .986 2.18 2.17
7 Seasons CF 766 727 705 6477.1 1901 1846 39 16 7 .992 60 69 11 12 2.62 2.46 .989 2.57 2.55
2 Seasons LF 80 6 4 219.2 52 52 0 0 0 1.000 0 2 2 10 2.13 0.65 .984 2.00 1.99
2 Seasons RF 20 3 1 64.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 2 18 2.25 0.80 .981 2.14 2.11
8 Seasons TOT 859 736 710 6761.0 1969 1914 39 16 7 .992 61 72 11 10 2.60 2.27 .986 2.18 2.17
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
2006 PHI NL 23 RF -1 -21 -1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
2006 PHI NL 23 LF -0 -60 -0 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 PHI NL 24 LF 0 2 -1 1 -2 1 2 11 1 1
2007 PHI NL 24 CF 1 30 1 -1 2 0 3 63 3 0
2007 PHI NL 24 RF 1 28 1 1 -0 0 1 36 1 0
2008 HOU NL 25 CF -12 -14 -12 -15 4 0 1 1 2 -2
2009 HOU NL 26 CF -5 -5 -3 2 -5 -2 11 10 7 3
2010 HOU NL 27 CF 25 25 23 20 3 2 30 30 27 2
2011 HOU NL 28 CF 8 10 10 8 1 -2 -6 -8 -1 -3
2011 ATL NL 28 CF -1 -4 -1 -0 -1 0 3 8 3 0
2012 ATL NL 29 CF 38 34 35 18 17 3 24 21 21 2
2013 CLE AL 30 CF 6 38 4 1 3 2 3 18 2 1
7 Seasons CF 60 11 57 33 24 3 69 12 64 3
2 Seasons LF 0 2 -1 1 -2 1 2 10 1 1
2 Seasons RF 0 2 0 1 -1 0 1 18 1 0
8 Seasons TOT 67 10 65 43 21 2 72 10 66 4

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2006 PHI NL 23 17 0 17 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 15 0 2 6
2007 PHI NL 24 105 15 105 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 12 6 97 0 12 34
2008 HOU NL 25 138 111 138 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 130 0 130 0 11 3
2009 HOU NL 26 157 150 157 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 154 0 2 2
2010 HOU NL 27 141 133 141 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 138 0 4 2
2011 HOU NL 28 105 101 105 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 103 0 103 0 2 1
2011 ATL NL 28 53 53 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 0 53 0 0 0
2012 ATL NL 29 155 151 155 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 153 0 3 0
2013 CLE AL 30 24 22 24 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 23 0 2 0
8 Seasons 895 736 895 859 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 766 20 866 0 38 48
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2007 PHI NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 54.5% 5 0 0.0% 0 251 61% 76% 42% 30 53%
2008 HOU NL 25 5 0 4 1 2 9 0 1 3 3 62 42 3 45 9 1 13 0 1 18 4 0 25 14 1 163 69 42.3% 88 6 3.7% 3 4382 58% 75% 40% 566 53%
2009 HOU NL 26 3 0 3 0 2 11 0 1 1 9 87 54 0 62 14 7 18 2 1 27 4 0 38 20 0 232 94 40.5% 130 8 3.4% 3 5778 59% 75% 38% 759 50%
2010 HOU NL 27 3 0 2 1 0 8 2 2 1 3 66 46 1 51 9 2 9 3 1 12 4 0 33 23 0 171 85 49.7% 81 4 2.3% 4 5091 62% 75% 38% 665 55%
2011 HOU NL 28 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 2 1 43 27 1 26 6 0 18 4 1 11 1 0 26 14 0 124 52 41.9% 70 2 1.6% 1 3863 63% 75% 40% 481 54%
2011 ATL NL 28 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 1 31 19 1 25 7 0 5 1 0 10 1 1 11 6 0 82 34 41.5% 46 2 2.4% 1 2032 60% 72% 37% 242 46%
2012 ATL NL 29 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 66 44 0 30 6 1 21 11 0 13 2 0 33 22 0 163 85 52.1% 77 1 0.6% 2 5578 56% 74% 37% 684 56%
2013 CLE AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 7 7 0 9 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 5 4 0 24 14 58.3% 9 1 4.2% 1 836 47% 72% 38% 99 61%
7 Seasons 16 0 14 2 6 39 4 6 8 19 368 244 6 252 53 12 87 23 4 92 16 1 171 103 1 970 439 45.3% 506 24 2.5% 15 27811 59% 74% 38% 3526 53%
MLB Averages 44.9% 1.8% 58% 76% 39% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2006 PHI NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 86% 100% 57% 1 0%
2007 PHI NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 8 5 0 5 4 0 3 0 0 12 12 0 33 26 78.8% 7 0 0.0% 0 930 61% 75% 38% 109 48%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 8 5 0 5 4 0 3 0 0 12 12 0 33 26 78.8% 7 0 0.0% 0 937 61% 76% 38% 110 47%
MLB Averages 63.7% 2.3% 58% 76% 39% 46%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2006 PHI NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 0 152 62% 73% 31% 17 47%
2007 PHI NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 140 59% 72% 36% 12 67%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 8 5 62.5% 3 0 0.0% 0 292 60% 73% 34% 29 55%
MLB Averages 47.1% 2.3% 58% 76% 39% 50%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2010 *
2012 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2012 NL (18, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (1270th)

Gold Gloves
2009 NL (OF)
2010 NL (OF)
All multiple winners

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
2010 NL  25 (1st)
2012 NL  38 (1st)
Active  61 (22nd)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 NL  154 (2nd)
2011 NL  156 (3rd)
2012 NL  153 (2nd)
Active  766 (13th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 NL  371 (2nd)
2011 NL  367 (3rd)
2012 NL  383 (1st)
Active  1,846 (13th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 NL  9 (2nd)
2009 NL  11 (2nd)
2010 NL  8 (3rd)
2013 AL  2 (4th)
Active  39 (12th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 NL  5 (3rd)
Active  16 (20th)

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 NL  2 (2nd)
2010 NL  2 (5th)
2011 NL  2 (5th)
2013 AL  1 (1st)
Active  7 (24th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
2011 NL  156 (4th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
2009 NL  371 (3rd)
2011 NL  367 (3rd)
2012 NL  383 (1st)

Assists as OF s c a p y
2009 NL  11 (5th)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
2013 AL  1 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2010 NL  25 (1st)
2012 NL  38 (1st)
2013 AL  6 (2nd)
Active  60 (2nd)
Career  60 (18th)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2008 NL  2.68 (5th)
2009 NL  2.59 (4th)
2010 NL  2.78 (4th)
2012 NL  2.59 (5th)
Active  2.62 (13th)
Career  2.62 (82nd)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2010 NL  2.66 (3rd)
2012 NL  2.52 (2nd)
Active  2.46 (10th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 NL  .992 (5th)
2010 NL  .992 (4th)
2011 NL  .992 (4th)
2012 NL  .995 (3rd)
Active  .992 (8th)
Career  .992 (18th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
2010 NL  25 (1st)
2012 NL  38 (1st)
2013 AL  6 (3rd)
Active  61 (5th)
Career  61 (50th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
2008 NL  2.68 (5th)
2009 NL  2.59 (5th)
2010 NL  2.78 (3rd)
2012 NL  2.59 (5th)
Active  2.60 (12th)
Career  2.60 (65th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
2010 NL  2.66 (2nd)
2012 NL  2.52 (2nd)
Active  2.27 (19th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2012 NL  .995 (5th)
Active  .992 (11th)
Career  .992 (21st)

                                         

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