Michael Ray Bourn (born December 27, 1982, in Houston, Texas), is a Major League Baseball player for the Houston Astros.
Bourn was raised in Houston, where he attended Nimitz High School, graduating in 2000. Bourn played football as a youth in the Humble Area Football League HAFL
Bourn earned an NCAA Division I baseball scholarship at the University of Houston, where he played for three seasons. While he displayed little power, collecting only tw...
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Michael Ray Bourn (born December 27, 1982, in Houston, Texas), is a Major League Baseball player for the Houston Astros.
Bourn was raised in Houston, where he attended Nimitz High School, graduating in 2000. Bourn played football as a youth in the Humble Area Football League HAFL
Bourn earned an NCAA Division I baseball scholarship at the University of Houston, where he played for three seasons. While he displayed little power, collecting only two home runs and 23 extra-base hits in 644 at-bats, he won attention from professional scouts by posting a .431 on-base percentage and stealing 90 bases in 119 attempts.
In June 2003, immediately following his junior year season, Bourn was drafted in the 4th round (115th overall) of baseball's first-year player draft by the Philadelphia Phillies, who were attempting that season to stockpile players with speed. Bourn signed shortly after the draft and was assigned to play for the Batavia Muckdogs of the short-season New York - Penn League.
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