Smoky Burgess

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-8, 185lb (173cm, 83kg)

Born: February 6, 1927 in Caroleen, NC us

Died: September 15, 1991 in Asheville, NC

Buried: Sunset Memorial Park, Forest City, NC

High School: Tri HS (Corleen, NC)

Debut: April 19, 1949 (Age 22-072d, 10,575th in major league history)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1967 (Age 40-237d)
vs. WSA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Full Name: Forrest Harrill Burgess

Nicknames: Smoky

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

33.4

4471

1318

126

.295

485

RBI

673

OBP

.362

SLG

.446

OPS

.807

OPS+

116

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 18 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
2	6	Apr 19	PHI		BRO	L,7-9	CG	48	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	C
3	8 (1)	Apr 21	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	42	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
4	9	Apr 24	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
5	10	Apr 25 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-3	GS	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
6	13 (2)	Apr 30	PHI	@	MLN	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	15 (1)	May 2	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
8	17 (1)	May 5	PHI	@	STL	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
9	18	May 7	PHI		BRO	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
10	19	May 8	PHI		BRO	L,0-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
11	20	May 9	PHI		BRO	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
12	21	May 11	PHI		CHC	W,8-7	CG	44	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
13	22	May 12	PHI		CHC	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
14	23	May 13	PHI		CIN	W,8-1	CG	28	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
15	24	May 14	PHI		CIN	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
16	27 (2)	May 16 susp	PHI		STL	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
17	28	May 17	PHI		STL	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
18	32 (3)	May 22	PHI		NYG	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
19	34 (1)	May 24	PHI		NYG	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
20	36 (1)	May 27	PHI	@	BRO	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
21	37	May 28	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
22	38	May 29	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
23	40 (1)	May 30 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,10-7	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	42 (1)	Jun 2	PHI	@	CIN	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
25	44 (1)	Jun 5	PHI	@	STL	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
26	45	Jun 6	PHI	@	STL	W,11-8	GS	30	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
27	47 (1)	Jun 9 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	50 (2)	Jun 11	PHI	@	MLN	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
29	51	Jun 12	PHI	@	MLN	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
30	53 (1)	Jun 15	PHI		STL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
31	54	Jun 17	PHI		STL	W,3-2	CG	54	15.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
32	55	Jun 18	PHI		CIN	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
33	56	Jun 19	PHI		CIN	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	C
34	62 (5)	Jun 25	PHI		MLN	L,0-7	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
35	65 (2)	Jun 27 (2)	PHI		MLN	W,2-1	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
36	66	Jun 29	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
37	67	Jun 30	PHI	@	PIT	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	68	Jul 2	PHI		BRO	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
39	69	Jul 3	PHI		BRO	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
40	72 (2)	Jul 5 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	GS	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
41	73	Jul 6	PHI		PIT	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
42	74	Jul 9	PHI	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	43	9.1	6	1	0	7	0	C
43	75	Jul 10	PHI	@	BRO	L,5-10	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
44	76	Jul 11 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,7-8	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
45	79 (2)	Jul 15 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
46	81 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
47	83 (1)	Jul 18 (1)	PHI	@	STL	W,11-10	GF	0	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	85 (1)	Jul 19	PHI	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
49	87 (1)	Jul 21	PHI	@	MLN	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
50	88	Jul 22	PHI	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
51	90 (1)	Jul 23 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	50	13.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
52	91	Jul 24	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
53	92	Jul 25 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-6	GF	6	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
54	93	Jul 25 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	33	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
55	94	Jul 27	PHI		CIN	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
56	95	Jul 28	PHI		CIN	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
57	96	Jul 29	PHI		CIN	L,0-3	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
58	98 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	PHI		STL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
59	99	Jul 31 (2)	PHI		STL	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	100	Aug 1	PHI		STL	W,8-3	GS	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
61	104 (3)	Aug 7	PHI		CHC	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
62	106 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
63	108 (1)	Aug 11	PHI		BRO	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
64	110 (1)	Aug 13 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
65	111	Aug 14	PHI		PIT	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
66	114 (2)	Aug 16	PHI	@	BRO	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
67	116 (1)	Aug 18	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
68	117	Aug 19	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
69	118	Aug 20	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-6	GS	27	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
70	119	Aug 22 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
71	120	Aug 22 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
72	122 (1)	Aug 25	PHI	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
73	123	Aug 26	PHI	@	MLN	L,2-3	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
74	124	Aug 27	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS	42	11.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
75	125	Aug 28	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	126	Aug 29 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
77	127	Aug 29 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
78	129 (1)	Aug 31	PHI	@	CIN	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	130	Sep 1	PHI	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
80	132 (1)	Sep 3 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	134 (1)	Sep 5	PHI	@	PIT	W,12-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
82	136 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,5-4	GF	18	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
83	137	Sep 7	PHI		NYG	L,1-3	GS	36	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
84	138	Sep 8	PHI		CIN	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
85	142 (3)	Sep 12 (2)	PHI		MLN	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
86	143	Sep 13	PHI		MLN	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
87	144	Sep 14	PHI		STL	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
88	145	Sep 15	PHI		STL	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
89	148 (2)	Sep 22 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,12-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
90	153 (4)	Sep 25	PHI		NYG	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
91	154	Sep 26	PHI		NYG	L,2-3	GF	30	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
							91gm		749.2	356	30	10	396	4