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.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	25 (24)	May 15	CIN		PHI	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
2	28 (2)	May 18	CIN		NYG	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
3	30 (1)	May 19 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,5-4	GS	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
4	39 (8)	May 30 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	43 (3)	Jun 2 (2)	CIN		CHC	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
6	52 (8)	Jun 11	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
7	65 (12)	Jun 23 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
8	66	Jun 25	CIN		NYG	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
9	67	Jun 26	CIN		NYG	L,7-17	GS	42	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
10	68	Jun 27	CIN		NYG	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
11	70 (1)	Jun 29	CIN		PHI	W,8-3	GS	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
12	72 (1)	Jun 30 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	73	Jul 1	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
14	79 (5)	Jul 7 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	40	9.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	81 (1)	Jul 11	CIN	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
16	84 (2)	Jul 14 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
17	85	Jul 16	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
18	88 (2)	Jul 19	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
19	90 (1)	Jul 21 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-2	GS	30	7.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
20	93 (2)	Jul 24	CIN		PIT	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
21	98 (4)	Jul 30	CIN		PHI	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	102 (3)	Aug 3	CIN		NYG	L,4-5	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
23	103	Aug 4 (1)	CIN		NYG	L,6-7	CG	63	14.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
24	106 (2)	Aug 7	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-12	CG	46	8.0	4	3	1	8	0	C
25	108 (1)	Aug 9 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
26	109	Aug 9 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
27	110	Aug 10	CIN		CHC	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
28	111	Aug 13	CIN		MLN	L,4-12	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
29	113 (1)	Aug 15	CIN		MLN	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
30	114	Aug 16	CIN	@	CHC	L,6-8	GS	43	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
31	116 (1)	Aug 18	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
32	117	Aug 20 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-11	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
33	118	Aug 20 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	48	11.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
34	121 (2)	Aug 23	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	124 (2)	Aug 26	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-17	CG	48	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
36	125	Aug 27	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
37	126	Aug 28	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-5	GS	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	129 (2)	Sep 1	CIN		MLN	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
39	131 (1)	Sep 2 (2)	CIN		STL	W,3-1	CG	37	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
40	132	Sep 3	CIN		STL	L,4-14	CG	49	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
41	134 (1)	Sep 4 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
42	136 (1)	Sep 6	CIN	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
43	138 (1)	Sep 8	CIN	@	STL	L,3-4	GS	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
44	140 (1)	Sep 13	CIN		PHI	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
45	154 (13)	Sep 29	CIN	@	MLN	L,3-4	GF	6	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
							45gm		378.1	223	15	3	241	0