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Michael Bourn

Michael Ray Bourn

Position: Centerfielder
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
Teams (by GP): Astros/Phillies/Braves 2006-2011
2012 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$4.4M (11), 1 yr/$6.85M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.028, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Scott Boras, previously: SFX [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:00AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #982. Muddy Ruel… #983. George Case… #984. Gus Triandos… #985. MICHAEL BOURN… #986. Hubie Brooks… #987. Abner Dalrymple… #988. Jim Gantner… 

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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
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
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 *
2009 26 HOU NL 157 678 606 97 173 27 12 3 35 61 12 63 140 .285 .354 .384 .738 97 233 1 2 5 2 1 * GG
2010 27 HOU NL 141 605 535 84 142 25 6 2 38 52 12 59 109 .265 .341 .346 .686 89 185 6 3 6 2 5 * AS,GG
2011 28 TOT NL 158 722 656 94 193 34 10 2 50 61 14 53 140 .294 .349 .386 .734 104 253 6 4 5 4 3 *8
2011 28 HOU NL 105 473 429 64 130 26 7 1 32 39 7 38 90 .303 .363 .403 .766 113 173 5 3 2 1 2 8
2011 28 ATL NL 53 249 227 30 63 8 3 1 18 22 7 15 50 .278 .321 .352 .674 87 80 1 1 3 3 1 8
6 Seasons 716 2663 2391 363 649 99 35 13 158 234 51 226 524 .271 .336 .358 .694 88 857 17 11 26 9 11
162 Game Avg. 162 603 541 82 147 22 8 3 36 53 12 51 119 .271 .336 .358 .694 88 194 4 2 6 2 2
HOU (4 yrs) 541 2270 2037 302 552 88 29 11 134 193 41 197 450 .271 .337 .359 .696 89 731 15 10 20 6 8
PHI (2 yrs) 122 144 127 31 34 3 3 1 6 19 3 14 24 .268 .340 .362 .703 79 46 1 0 3 0 2
ATL (1 yr) 53 249 227 30 63 8 3 1 18 22 7 15 50 .278 .321 .352 .674 87 80 1 1 3 3 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2006 23 PHI NL 11 -1 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $
2007 24 PHI NL 133 -3 3 0 0 2 -1 4 5 0.5 3 0.3 0.2 $380,000
2008 25 HOU NL 514 -29 4 -1 1 -12 2 15 -20 -2.1 -8 -0.8 -1.3 $396,000 *
2009 26 HOU NL 678 -6 10 1 4 -5 2 18 24 2.4 29 2.9 -0.5 $434,500 * GG
2010 27 HOU NL 605 -6 9 -1 2 25 2 17 47 4.9 22 2.3 2.6 $2,400,000 * AS,GG
2011 28 HOU NL 473 8 5 -0 1 13 2 13 42 4.4 28 3.0 1.4 $4,400,000 8
2011 28 ATL NL 249 -4 2 -1 1 -0 1 7 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ 8
6 Seasons 2663 -41 31 -2 10 23 8 74 100 10.4 78 8.1 2.3 $8,010,500
HOU (4 yrs) 2270 -33 27 -2 8 22 8 63 92 9.6 71 7.4 2.2 $7,630,500
PHI (2 yrs) 144 -4 2 0 0 2 -1 4 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $380,000
ATL (1 yr) 249 -4 2 -1 1 -0 1 7 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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

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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 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1 0 0.53 .984 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 76 76 0 0 0 1.000 2 7 0.84 .984 2.29
2007 PHI NL 24 LF 79 6 4 217.2 52 52 0 0 0 1.000 0 3 2 17 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 40 2.43 1.33 .981 2.18 2.17
2008 HOU NL 25 OF 130 305 291 9 5 2 .984 -12 4 2.31 .985 2.20
2008 HOU NL 25 CF 130 111 108 1009.0 305 291 9 5 2 .984 -12 4 -14 5 2.68 2.31 .990 2.61 2.59
2009 HOU NL 26 OF 154 385 371 11 3 0 .992 -5 12 2.48 .986 2.18 GG
2009 HOU NL 26 CF 154 150 148 1326.0 385 371 11 3 0 .992 -5 12 -5 11 2.59 2.48 .989 2.60 2.57 GG
2010 HOU NL 27 OF 138 370 359 8 3 2 .992 25 16 2.66 .987 2.15 AS,GG
2010 HOU NL 27 CF 138 133 128 1189.1 370 359 8 3 2 .992 25 16 25 16 2.78 2.66 .989 2.59 2.56 AS,GG
2011 TOT NL 28 CF 156 154 151 1359.0 376 367 6 3 2 .992 13 -1 11 0 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 13 -1 11 0 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 13 -3 18 -4 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 13 -1 18 -1 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 -0 2 -1 5 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 -0 -1 -1 -2 2.16 2.15 .986 2.16 2.15
6 Seasons OF 683 154 151 1359.0 1520 1472 34 14 6 .991 23 38 21 8 2.47 2.20 .986 2.16 2.19
5 Seasons CF 590 554 536 4940.0 1452 1404 34 14 6 .990 23 34 6 8 2.62 2.44 .989 2.59 2.57
2 Seasons LF 80 6 4 219.2 52 52 0 0 0 1.000 0 3 2 16 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
6 Seasons TOT 683 154 151 1359.0 1520 1472 34 14 6 .991 23 76 21 67 2.47 2.20 .986 2.16 2.19
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2010 *

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

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2010 NL  2.6 (1st)
2011 NL  1.4 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
2011 NL  158 (9th)

At Bats s c a p y
2009 NL  606 (9th)
2011 NL  656 (2nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2011 NL  722 (1st)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2011 NL  94 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
2011 NL  193 (3rd)

Triples s c a p y
2009 NL  12 (2nd)
2011 NL  10 (4th)
Active  35 (39th)

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)
2010 NL  52 (1st)
2011 NL  61 (1st)
Active  234 (19th)

Singles s c a p y
2009 NL  131 (4th)
2011 NL  147 (2nd)

Times On Base s c a p y
2011 NL  250 (4th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2008 NL  10 (7th)
2009 NL  12 (2nd)
2010 NL  12 (3rd)
2011 NL  14 (1st)
Active  51 (36th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2011 NL  492 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
2010 NL  25 (1st)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  590 (20th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  1,404 (20th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  34 (19th)

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)

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

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  23 (14th)
Career  23 (56th)

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)
Active  2.62 (14th)
Career  2.62 (78th)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2010 NL  2.66 (3rd)
Active  2.44 (14th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  .990 (11th)
Career  .990 (25th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
2010 NL  25 (1st)

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)
Active  2.47 (9th)
Career  2.47 (47th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
2010 NL  2.66 (2nd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2007 NL  1.000 (1st)
Active  .991 (14th)
Career  .991 (30th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 6 (342), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 19 (1043), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 11 (1112), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1799), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Dave Fultz (955)
  6. Willy Taveras (953)
  7. Ward Miller (953)
  8. Mel Almada (952)
  9. Josh Devore (947)
  10. Harry Bay (946)
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  8. Bob Bescher (957)
  9. Mookie Wilson (955)
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  3. Brett Butler (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200724Philadelphia Phillies$380,000
200825Houston Astros$396,000
200926Houston Astros$434,500
201027Houston Astros$2,400,000
201128Houston Astros$4,400,000
201229Atlanta Braves$6,845,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$8,010,500Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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