Philadelphia Phillies Michael Bourn



bourn playing reading phillies, aa affiliates of philadelphia phillies, in 2006


in 2004, bourn starting center fielder lakewood blueclaws of class south atlantic league. bourn ended season .433 on-base percentage , ops of .903, earning 85 bases on balls in 109 games. stole 57 bases in 63 attempts – success rate of on ninety percent. following season, named baseball america s top ten prospects list phillies organization.


bourn started 2006 season reading phillies of class aa eastern league, , promoted scranton/wilkes-barre red barons of class aaa international league late in july 2006. in september 2006, bourn took brief hiatus professional obligations play usa olympic qualifying team, whom hit 2 home runs team usa defeat cuba in gold-medal game. bourn promoted expanded major league roster. sent home plate bat 11 times during month of september, used pinch runner phillies competed national league s wild card position (ultimately coming 2 games short) los angeles dodgers. disappointingly, stole 1 base in 3 attempts during month, , memorably tagged out after accidentally oversliding second base on steal attempt in late-season loss against washington nationals on september 26, 2006.


after strong performance during spring training in 2007, bourn won position on phillies major league roster begin year. used sparingly, appearing frequent defensive replacement in left field pat burrell.


on july 15, 2007, bourn hit first career home run phillies recorded 10,000th franchise loss losing st. louis cardinals 10–2. on july 27, bourn in phillies starting lineup first time due injuries both chase utley , aaron rowand, , had first 4-hit game in 8–1 rout of pirates, in scored 2 runs.


bourn finished third among nl rookies 18 stolen bases, , caught once. batted .277.








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