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BATS<br />
RIGHT<br />
MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE 2 years, 74 days<br />
OPENING DAY AGE 31<br />
BORN 1/4/82 in Houston, TX<br />
RESIDES Houston, TX<br />
Has spent parts of five seasons in the majors, playing<br />
at all three outfield positions…has a career .315<br />
avg. (74-for-235) vs. LHP…has made nearly half<br />
of his minor league appearances at second base<br />
(540-of-1,120; 48 pct.) but has only made 1 start at<br />
second base in the majors (93 starts at OF).<br />
2012 Appeared in 30 games with Kansas City and<br />
60 games with Triple-A Omaha (Royals) after being<br />
traded from Houston along with C Humberto<br />
Quintero on March 20…had three stints at the major<br />
league level, batting .258 (16-for-62)…hit .300<br />
(15-for-50) as a starter (16 games) but just .083<br />
(1-for-12) as a sub (14 games)…did not <strong>com</strong>mit an<br />
error while splitting time at all three outfield positions<br />
in Omaha over 55 games (17-LF, 16-CF, 22-RF).<br />
2011 Made his first career Opening Day roster with<br />
Houston…spent the entire season in the majors,<br />
playing in 93 games with 49 starts…had two stints<br />
on the DL between May and July with a strained<br />
2013 TAMPA BAY RAYS MEDIA GUIDE<br />
<strong>NON</strong>-<strong>ROSTER</strong> <strong>INVITES</strong> › JASON BOURGEOIS<br />
OUTFIELDER<br />
JASON BOURGEOIS 66<br />
Jason Jerrod Bourgeois (BOOSH-wah)<br />
THROWS<br />
RIGHT<br />
HEIGHT<br />
5'9"<br />
WEIGHT<br />
190<br />
ACQUIRED Signed as a minor league<br />
free agent, 11/29/12<br />
SIGNING SCOUT Randy Taylor (Rangers)<br />
201<br />
left oblique and right quad strain…hit .396 (40-for-<br />
101) on the season vs. LHP and .219 (30-for-137)<br />
vs. RHP…his OBP was 189 points higher vs. lefties<br />
than righties (.430 vs. 241)…started in the leadoff<br />
spot in 25 games…played every outfield position<br />
and appeared in 2 games at second base (1 start).<br />
2010 Appeared in 69 games for Houston after being<br />
recalled from Triple-A Round Rock on June 20…<br />
made 23 starts with Houston in CF, 12 of those in<br />
September and October.<br />
2008 Made his major league debut on Sep 9<br />
with the White Sox…was the last player to collect<br />
his first career major league hit at the original<br />
Yankee Stadium…played in 127 games for Triple-A<br />
Charlotte (White Sox)…tied a career high with 9 HR.<br />
PERSONAL Selected in the second round of the<br />
2000 June Draft by Texas…played Little League in<br />
East Houston with Michael Bourn and former Ray<br />
Carl Crawford.<br />
CAREER BATTING<br />
YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB-I SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E<br />
2000 GCL Rangers .239 24 88 18 21 4 0 0 6 2 0 2 14-0 15 9 2 0 .284 .356 3<br />
2001 Pulaski .311 62 251 60 78 12 2 7 34 0 1 6 26-0 47 21 7 3 .458 .387 18<br />
2002 Savannah .255 127 522 72 133 21 5 8 49 8 5 11 40-1 66 22 11 5 .360 .318 39<br />
Charlotte .185 9 27 5 5 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 2-0 4 1 1 0 .222 .233 4<br />
2003 Stockton .329 69 277 75 91 22 3 4 34 3 2 7 36-0 33 16 3 4 .473 .416 20<br />
Frisco .252 55 202 28 51 5 4 4 21 4 4 2 16-0 45 3 1 4 .376 .308 9<br />
2004 Frisco .255 138 530 73 135 19 7 2 58 2 4 3 44-0 81 30 10 8 .328 .313 16<br />
2005 Richmond .240 119 388 33 93 20 2 2 16 3 2 4 31-1 57 8 5 3 .317 .301 17<br />
2006 San Antonio .277 107 411 65 114 22 7 4 38 4 5 3 37-0 66 23 7 6 .394 .338 5<br />
2007 Birmingham .296 43 162 25 48 10 3 2 20 2 3 1 16-0 20 15 3 0 .432 .357 5<br />
Charlotte .311 84 338 51 105 18 3 7 34 3 1 3 29-1 49 23 6 5 .444 .369 9<br />
2008 Charlotte .286 127 510 83 146 23 5 9 48 9 2 5 33-0 65 30 11 9 .404 .335 6<br />
Chicago-AL .333 6 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 .667 .333 0<br />
2009 Nashville .316 105 424 61 134 18 6 2 41 2 2 4 22-2 40 36 7 7 .401 .354 8<br />
Milwaukee .189 24 37 6 7 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3-0 7 3 0 2 .270 .250 0<br />
2010 Round Rock .345 65 235 37 81 10 3 5 28 2 0 3 21-2 28 18 6 3 .477 .405 3<br />
Houston .220 69 123 16 27 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 13-0 16 12 4 5 .268 .294 0<br />
2011 Houston .294 93 238 30 70 8 2 1 16 4 0 0 10-0 24 31 6 5 .357 .323 1<br />
Oklahoma City .444 4 18 4 8 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 1 0 .722 .474 1<br />
GCL Astros .300 3 10 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1-0 2 0 0 0 .300 .364 0<br />
Corpus Christi .200 2 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 0<br />
2012 Kansas City .258 30 62 10 16 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 4-0 4 5 4 1 .323 .303 3<br />
Omaha .243 60 222 41 54 7 1 3 8 2 0 2 21-0 24 7 5 0 .324 .314 0<br />
Minor League Totals .282 1203 4625 733 1302 215 52 59 444 46 32 56 390-7 643 263 86 57 .389 .343 163<br />
Major League Totals .261 222 463 62 121 15 4 2 27 4 0 0 30-0 51 51 14 13 .324 .306 4<br />
ORGANIZATION COACHES & STAFF 40-MAN <strong>ROSTER</strong> <strong>NON</strong>-<strong>ROSTER</strong> <strong>INVITES</strong> RECORDS & HISTORY YEARLY SUMMARIES OPPONENTS MINOR LEAGUE OPERATIONS BROADCAST INFORMATION TROPICANA FIELD & MISC.<br />
Jason Bourgeois