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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 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 2006-2012
2013 Contract Status: Free Agent (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 6.028, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Scott Boras, previously: SFX [*]
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Fine Details  · Last updated Feb 12, 2013 11:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #662. Aaron Hill… #663. Tom Brunansky… #664. Clete Boyer… #665. MICHAEL BOURN… #666. Elmer Valo… #667. Hideki Matsui… #668. Jim Gentile… 

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 97 233 1 2 5 2 1 *8 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 *8 AS,GG
2011 28 TOT NL 158 722 656 94 193 34 10 2 50 61 14 53 140 .294 .349 .386 .734 103 253 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 85 80 1 1 3 3 1 8
2012 29 ATL NL 155 703 624 96 171 26 10 9 57 42 13 70 155 .274 .348 .391 .739 99 244 2 3 2 4 1 *8 AS,MVP-18
7 Yrs 871 3366 3015 459 820 125 45 22 215 276 64 296 679 .272 .339 .365 .704 90 1101 19 14 28 13 12
162 Game Avg. 162 626 561 85 153 23 8 4 40 51 12 55 126 .272 .339 .365 .704 90 205 4 3 5 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
ATL (2 yrs) 208 952 851 126 234 34 13 10 75 64 20 85 205 .275 .341 .381 .722 96 324 3 4 5 7 2
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2006 23 PHI NL 17 11 -2 -0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .486 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -2 9/7
2007 24 PHI NL 105 133 -3 4 0 6 -2 5 0.5 4 9 0.9 .505 .503 0.3 0.4 3 $380,000 78/9
2008 25 HOU NL 138 514 -28 4 1 1 2 -20 -2.1 14 -6 -0.7 .485 .487 -0.8 0.3 -7 $396,000 *8
2009 26 HOU NL 157 678 -0 10 4 11 2 28 2.9 18 46 4.7 .518 .518 3.5 1.4 35 $434,500 *8 GG
2010 27 HOU NL 141 605 -8 9 2 30 2 34 3.7 17 51 5.3 .526 .523 2.1 3.5 21 $2,400,000 *8 AS,GG
2011 28 HOU NL 105 473 7 4 1 -6 2 8 0.9 13 21 2.1 .508 .505 2.7 -0.4 27 $4,400,000 8
2011 28 ATL NL 53 249 -5 2 1 3 1 2 0.2 7 9 0.9 .504 .501 0.5 0.4 6 8
2012 29 ATL NL 155 703 0 7 3 24 2 37 4.1 20 56 6.0 .526 .525 3.2 3.0 33 $6,845,000 *8 AS,MVP-18
7 Seasons 871 3366 -38 39 12 69 10 92 10.0 92 184 19.0 .511 .508 11.3 8.6 115 $14,855,500
HOU (4 yrs) 541 2270 -29 27 8 36 8 50 5.3 62 112 11.4 .510 .508 7.5 4.8 76 $7,630,500
ATL (2 yrs) 208 952 -4 9 4 27 3 39 4.4 27 65 6.9 .520 .513 3.7 3.4 38 $6,845,000
PHI (2 yrs) 122 144 -5 3 0 6 -2 3 0.3 4 7 0.7 .502 .501 0.1 0.4 1 $380,000

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
2012 29 ATL NL NLWC STL L 1 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 3 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLWC 1 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 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

Standard Fielding

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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 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 40 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
7 Seasons OF 836 714 689 6564.0 1908 1855 37 16 6 .992 54 69 10 12 2.59 2.26 .986 2.17 2.17
6 Seasons CF 743 705 684 6280.1 1840 1787 37 16 6 .991 54 66 10 12 2.61 2.45 .989 2.57 2.54
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
7 Seasons TOT 836 714 689 6564.0 1908 1855 37 16 6 .992 54 69 10 10 2.59 2.26 .986 2.17 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

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

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2012 NL  6.0 (7th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2009 NL  4.7 (10th)
2012 NL  6.0 (6th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2010 NL  3.5 (1st)
2012 NL  3.0 (2nd)
Active  8.6 (25th)

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)
2012 NL  624 (4th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2011 NL  722 (1st)
2012 NL  703 (2nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2011 NL  94 (9th)
2012 NL  96 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
2011 NL  193 (3rd)

Triples s c a p y
2009 NL  12 (2nd)
2011 NL  10 (4th)
2012 NL  10 (5th)
Active  45 (25th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2012 NL  70 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2009 NL  140 (8th)
2012 NL  155 (7th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2008 NL  41 (4th)
2009 NL  61 (1st)
2010 NL  52 (1st)
2011 NL  61 (1st)
2012 NL  42 (2nd)
Active  276 (15th)
Career  276 (184th)

Singles s c a p y
2009 NL  131 (4th)
2011 NL  147 (2nd)
2012 NL  126 (5th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2011 NL  250 (4th)
2012 NL  244 (9th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2008 NL  10 (7th)
2009 NL  12 (2nd)
2010 NL  12 (3rd)
2011 NL  14 (1st)
2012 NL  13 (1st)
Active  64 (22nd)

SB % s c a p y
2007 NL  94.74 (2nd)
2009 NL  83.56 (5th)
2010 NL  81.25 (9th)
Active  81.18 (19th)
Career  81.18 (34th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2011 NL  492 (2nd)
2012 NL  474 (6th)

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

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 NL  154 (2nd)
2011 NL  156 (3rd)
2012 NL  153 (2nd)
Active  743 (16th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 NL  371 (2nd)
2011 NL  367 (3rd)
2012 NL  383 (1st)
Active  1,787 (16th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 NL  9 (2nd)
2009 NL  11 (2nd)
2010 NL  8 (3rd)
Active  37 (15th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 NL  5 (3rd)
Active  16 (21st)

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 NL  2 (2nd)
2010 NL  2 (5th)
2011 NL  2 (5th)

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)

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2010 NL  25 (1st)
2012 NL  38 (1st)
Active  54 (3rd)
Career  54 (23rd)

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  2.61 (13th)
Career  2.61 (81st)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2010 NL  2.66 (3rd)
2012 NL  2.52 (2nd)
Active  2.45 (13th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2012 NL  .995 (3rd)
Active  .991 (10th)
Career  .991 (21st)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
2010 NL  25 (1st)
2012 NL  38 (1st)
Active  54 (11th)
Career  54 (62nd)

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  2.59 (14th)
Career  2.59 (67th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
2010 NL  2.66 (2nd)
2012 NL  2.52 (2nd)
Active  2.26 (23rd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2012 NL  .995 (5th)
Active  .992 (14th)
Career  .992 (25th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 6 (343), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 28 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 14 (1010), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1813), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Center Field (111th), 19.0 career WAR/19.7 7yr-peak WAR/19.3 JAWS
Average HOF CF (out of 18) = 67.1 career WAR/42.5 7yr-peak WAR/54.8 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  8. Bill Hinchman (939)
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  10. Doc Gessler (938)
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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/Other Sources
200724Philadelphia Phillies$380,000
200825Houston Astros$396,000
200926Houston Astros$434,500
201027Houston Astros$2,400,000
201128Houston Astros$4,400,000
201229Atlanta Braves$6,845,000contracts
2013 Status3rd-Year Arb Eligible, Earliest Free Agent: 2013
Career to date (may be incomplete)$14,855,500
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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