Houston Astros Michael Bourn



bourn during tenure houston astros in 2010


on november 7, 2007 bourn traded along geoff geary , mike costanzo houston astros brad lidge , eric bruntlett. houston s general manager, ed wade, declared bourn 2008 astros leadoff hitter , starting center fielder, moving hunter pence right field.


bourn stole 41 bases in 2008. among players had enough plate appearances qualify, bourn s ops worst in majors in 2008. finished season .229 batting average , major league-low .288 on-base percentage , major league-low ops of .588, while striking out 111 times in 467 at-bats.


in 2009 spring training, bourn led players in steals, 13, while being caught twice. bourn had major turnaround year, finished 61 stolen bases, in national league , second in majors 70 steals jacoby ellsbury, go along .285 ba , .354 obp in 157 games, 27 doubles , 12 triples (tied second in majors stephen drew) in 606 abs. bourn s ops went .588 in 2008 .738 in 2009, eighth best improvement in majors. improved play prompted former manager cecil cooper informally name him club mvp before fired. houston chapter of baseball writers association of america formally named bourn astros 2009 team mvp shortly after end of season.


changing uniform number 21, bourn followed breakout season successful year in 2010, being elected national league all-star team , in outfield when final out of game recorded. bourn suffered oblique injury on september 19 while swinging @ pitch, causing him miss final 3 weeks of season. finished year hitting .265 .341 on-base percentage , .346 slugging percentage. won fielding bible award statistically based defensive excellence in center field during year. later awarded second consecutive gold glove award on november 10.



bourn atlanta braves in 2012








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