Michael Bourn

Michael Ray Bourn is an American professional baseball outfielder with the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball. He serves as the Atlanta Braves leadoff hitter. He has also been a member of the United States national baseball team. Bourn was raised in Houston, where he attended Nimitz High School, graduating in 2000. He later played college baseball at Houston as a scholarship player, before being drafted into the Major League. In 2009 and in 2010, Bourn won consecutive Gold Glove Awards. 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. He is well known for his ability to steal bases and hit for average. In June of 2003, immediately following his junior year season, Bourn was drafted in the 4th round of baseball's first-year player draft by the Philadelphia Phillies, who were attempting that season to stockpile players with speed.
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