Justin Bour
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| Born: May 28, 1988 Washington D.C. |
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| MLB debut | |||
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| MLB statistics (through May 21, 2016) |
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| Batting average | .262 | ||
| Home runs | 32 | ||
| Runs batted in | 105 | ||
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Justin James Bour (born May 28, 1988) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Amateur career
Bour was born in Washington D.C. and attended Westfield High School where he led the team to a division title. At Westfield, Bour played first base and pitcher, earning first-team All-Met honors, a prestigious title for athletes in the Fairfax County area. Bour then went on to attend George Mason University, following in the footsteps of his parents and brother. In his three seasons At George Mason, Bour hit 46 home runs, 187 RBIs, a .621 slugging percentage, and had a .347 batting average.[1]
Professional career
Bour was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 25th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft.[2] He was selected by the Miami Marlins in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 Draft in December 2013.[3]
Bour was called up to the majors for the first time on June 1, 2014.[4][5]
On May 17, 2015, Bour broke up Shelby Miller's no-hit bid at Marlins Park with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning. On July 3rd, 2015 he homered in his 4th straight game, tying eight other Marlins to do that. On October 5th, 2015, he was named NL Rookie of the Month for September.[6]
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- George Mason Patriots bio
- Justin Bour on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Justin Bour on Instagram
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- Pages with broken file links
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Miami Marlins players
- George Mason Patriots baseball players
- Arizona League Cubs players
- Boise Hawks players
- Peoria Chiefs players
- Daytona Cubs players
- Tennessee Smokies players
- Gigantes de Carolina players
- New Orleans Zephyrs players
- Major League Baseball first basemen
- Baseball players from Virginia
