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

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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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 17 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
2	8 (2)	Apr 20	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	9	Apr 21	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-14	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
4	10	Apr 22	PHI		PIT	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
5	11	Apr 23	PHI		PIT	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
6	13 (1)	Apr 24 susp	PHI		PIT	W,3-0	GS	31	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Philadelphia Phillies to Cincinnati Redlegs
7	17	May 1	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	58	15.1	10	0	0	10	0	C
8	18	May 3	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
9	19	May 4	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
10	20	May 6	CIN		CHC	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
11	21	May 7	CIN		CHC	W,8-7	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
12	22	May 8 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
13	24 (1)	May 10	CIN		NYG	L,4-8	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
14	25	May 11	CIN		NYG	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
15	26	May 14	CIN		BRO	L,2-13	CG	53	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
16	27	May 15 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
17	29 (1)	May 17	CIN		PIT	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
18	30	May 18	CIN		PIT	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
19	31	May 20	CIN		STL	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
20	32	May 21	CIN		STL	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
21	33	May 22 (1)	CIN		STL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
22	34	May 22 (2)	CIN		STL	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	C
23	35	May 25	CIN	@	MLN	W,13-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
24	36	May 26	CIN	@	MLN	W,5-4	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
25	40 (3)	May 30 (1)	CIN		MLN	L,6-7	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	42 (1)	Jun 1	CIN	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
27	43	Jun 2	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
28	44	Jun 3	CIN	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	44	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
29	45	Jun 4	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
30	46	Jun 5 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,6-7	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
31	48 (1)	Jun 7	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
32	49	Jun 8	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
33	50	Jun 12	CIN	@	PHI	L,8-12	CG	40	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
34	51	Jun 13	CIN		MLN	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
35	52	Jun 14	CIN		BRO	L,0-9	CG	44	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
36	53	Jun 15	CIN		BRO	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
37	54	Jun 16	CIN		BRO	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
38	55	Jun 17	CIN		PIT	L,1-3	GS	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
39	57 (1)	Jun 19 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
40	61 (3)	Jun 22	CIN		NYG	L,3-4	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
41	62	Jun 24 (1)	CIN		PHI	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
42	64 (1)	Jun 26 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,16-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
43	66 (1)	Jun 28	CIN	@	STL	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
44	67	Jun 29	CIN	@	STL	L,5-9	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	68	Jul 1	CIN		MLN	W,14-2	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
46	69	Jul 2	CIN		MLN	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
47	70	Jul 3	CIN		MLN	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
48	72 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
49	74 (1)	Jul 6	CIN		STL	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
50	75	Jul 7	CIN		STL	L,8-9	GS	36	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
51	76	Jul 8 (1)	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-4	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
52	77	Jul 8 (2)	CIN	@	MLN	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	78	Jul 9	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
54	79	Jul 10 (1)	CIN	@	MLN	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
55	81 (1)	Jul 14	CIN	@	PIT	W,19-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
56	82	Jul 15	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
57	83	Jul 16	CIN	@	BRO	L,4-5	GS	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
58	84	Jul 17 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
59	86 (1)	Jul 18	CIN	@	BRO	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
60	87	Jul 19 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
61	89 (1)	Jul 20 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-6	CG	31	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
62	91 (1)	Jul 21	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	1	C
63	92	Jul 22	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-6	GS	35	10.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
64	93	Jul 23	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
65	94	Jul 24 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
66	96 (1)	Jul 26	CIN		BRO	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
67	97	Jul 27	CIN		BRO	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
68	98	Jul 28	CIN		BRO	L,2-10	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
69	99	Jul 29	CIN		PIT	W,16-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
70	100	Jul 30	CIN		PIT	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
71	101	Jul 31 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	103 (1)	Aug 1	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
73	104	Aug 2 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
74	106 (1)	Aug 3	CIN		PHI	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
75	107	Aug 4	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
76	108	Aug 5	CIN		NYG	L,9-12	CG	51	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
77	110 (1)	Aug 7 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,8-5	GF	8	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
78	111	Aug 7 (2)	CIN		NYG	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
79	112	Aug 9	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
80	113	Aug 10 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-2	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
81	114	Aug 10 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
82	115	Aug 11	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	44	11.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
83	117 (1)	Aug 13	CIN	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
84	118	Aug 14	CIN	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	40	9.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
85	119	Aug 16	CIN		CHC	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
86	120	Aug 17	CIN		CHC	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
87	121	Aug 18	CIN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
88	122	Aug 19	CIN		STL	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
89	123	Aug 20	CIN		STL	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
90	124	Aug 21	CIN		STL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
91	125	Aug 23	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
92	126	Aug 24	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
93	128 (1)	Aug 25 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
94	129	Aug 26	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
95	130	Aug 27	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
96	131	Aug 28 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
97	133 (1)	Aug 29	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
98	134	Aug 30 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
99	136 (1)	Aug 31	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	139 (2)	Sep 3	CIN	@	MLN	L,5-6	CG	42	8.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
101	141 (1)	Sep 5	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	40	9.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
102	143 (1)	Sep 8	CIN		PHI	L,4-6	GS	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
103	144	Sep 9	CIN		NYG	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
104	145	Sep 10	CIN		NYG	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
105	146	Sep 11 (1)	CIN		BRO	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
106	147	Sep 11 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
107	148	Sep 13	CIN		PIT	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
108	149	Sep 17	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
109	150	Sep 18	CIN	@	CHC	W,12-5	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
110	151	Sep 20	CIN		MLN	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
111	152	Sep 21	CIN		MLN	W,14-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
112	153	Sep 24	CIN		CHC	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
113	154	Sep 25	CIN		CHC	W,13-0	GS	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
							113gm		963.0	492	36	7	535	6