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.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 17	PIT	@	MLN	T,2-2	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
2	7	Apr 18	PIT	@	MLN	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
3	8	Apr 22	PIT		CIN	W,9-8	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
4	9	Apr 23	PIT		CIN	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
5	10	Apr 24	PIT	@	PHI	W,8-5	GS	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
6	11	Apr 25	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
7	12	Apr 26 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-2	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
8	14 (1)	Apr 27	PIT		LAD	L,3-9	CG	47	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
9	15	Apr 29	PIT		SFG	W,3-2	GS	26	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	16	May 1	PIT		STL	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	C
11	17	May 2	PIT		STL	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
12	18	May 3 (1)	PIT		STL	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
13	20 (1)	May 4	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
14	21	May 5	PIT		CHC	L,3-6	GS	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	24 (2)	May 8	PIT		PHI	L,1-8	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
16	25	May 9	PIT		PHI	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
17	26	May 10 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
18	27	May 10 susp	PIT		PHI	W,7-6		7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
19	28	May 11	PIT	@	SFG	L,4-14	CG	47	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
20	29	May 12	PIT	@	SFG	W,6-5	GS	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
21	30	May 13	PIT	@	LAD	W,6-4	GS	29	7.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
22	32 (1)	May 16	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS	25	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
23	33	May 17 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
24	34	May 17 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
25	35	May 19	PIT	@	STL	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
26	37 (1)	May 21	PIT	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
27	38	May 22	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
28	39	May 23	PIT		CIN	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
29	40	May 24 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	GS	27	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
30	42 (1)	May 26	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-1	CG	40	12.2	8	0	0	8	0	C
31	43	May 27	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
32	45 (1)	May 29	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
33	46	May 30	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-1	GS	29	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	47	May 31 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	49 (1)	Jun 2	PIT		STL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
36	51 (1)	Jun 4	PIT		STL	W,9-3	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
37	52	Jun 5	PIT		CHC	L,5-10	GS	40	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
38	53	Jun 6	PIT		CHC	L,2-8	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
39	54	Jun 7 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,2-4	GS	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
40	56 (1)	Jun 8	PIT		SFG	W,12-9	GS	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
41	60 (3)	Jun 12	PIT		LAD	L,6-9	GS	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
42	61	Jun 13	PIT		LAD	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
43	62	Jun 14 (1)	PIT		LAD	W,6-3	GS	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
44	65 (2)	Jun 17	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
45	69 (3)	Jun 21 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
46	71 (1)	Jun 22	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
47	72	Jun 23	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
48	73	Jun 24	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-4	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
49	74	Jun 25	PIT	@	SFG	W,3-1	GS	34	10.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
50	75	Jun 26	PIT	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
51	76	Jun 27	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
52	78 (1)	Jun 30	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS	30	8.1	6	1	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	79	Jul 1	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
54	80	Jul 2	PIT		MLN	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
55	82 (1)	Jul 4	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
56	83	Jul 5 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,7-5	GS	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
57	85 (1)	Jul 9	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	GS	0	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
58	86	Jul 10	PIT		CHC	W,7-6	GS	14	3.1	3	1	0	4	0	C
59	89 (2)	Jul 12 susp	PIT		STL	L,6-8	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
60	99 (9)	Jul 26 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
61	101 (1)	Jul 27	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
62	102	Jul 28	PIT	@	LAD	L,4-9	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	107 (4)	Aug 2	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
64	108	Aug 4	PIT	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
65	110 (1)	Aug 6	PIT	@	STL	W,18-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
66	111	Aug 7	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
67	112	Aug 8	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
68	113	Aug 9	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-3	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH C
69	114	Aug 11	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
70	115	Aug 12	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
71	116	Aug 14	PIT		MLN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
72	117	Aug 15	PIT		MLN	W,10-8	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
73	118	Aug 16 (1)	PIT		MLN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
74	120 (1)	Aug 17	PIT		CHC	W,7-6	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
75	121	Aug 19	PIT		STL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
76	122	Aug 20	PIT		STL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
77	123	Aug 21	PIT		LAD	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
78	124	Aug 22	PIT		LAD	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
79	125	Aug 23 (1)	PIT		LAD	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
80	126	Aug 23 (2)	PIT		LAD	W,4-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
81	127	Aug 24	PIT		SFG	W,6-0	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
82	129 (1)	Aug 26	PIT		SFG	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
83	130	Aug 28	PIT		PHI	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
84	131	Aug 29	PIT		PHI	W,11-1	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
85	132	Aug 30 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	134 (1)	Sep 2 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
87	135	Sep 2 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS	22	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
88	136	Sep 4	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
89	137	Sep 5	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-6	GS	36	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
90	138	Sep 6	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS	24	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
91	139	Sep 7 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
92	141 (1)	Sep 9	PIT	@	SFG	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
93	144 (2)	Sep 11 (2)	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-4	GS	23	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
94	146 (1)	Sep 16 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
95	147	Sep 16 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-4	GS	22	6.0	2	2	0	4	1	C
96	148	Sep 17	PIT	@	STL	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
97	149	Sep 19	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	47	12.0	4	3	2	9	1	C
98	150	Sep 20	PIT		CIN	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
99	151	Sep 21	PIT		MLN	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
100	152	Sep 22	PIT		MLN	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
101	153	Sep 23	PIT		MLN	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
							101gm		798.0	441	39	8	488	4