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.

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 14	PIT		CIN	W,13-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	3	Apr 16	PIT		CIN	L,3-11	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
3	5 (1)	Apr 17 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
4	6	Apr 19	PIT		PHI	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
5	7	Apr 20	PIT		PHI	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
6	10 (2)	Apr 23	PIT		MLN	W,5-4	GS	31	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
7	11	Apr 24	PIT		MLN	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
8	12	Apr 27	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	15 (2)	May 1	PIT	@	CIN	W,13-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
10	16	May 2	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
11	18 (1)	May 5	PIT	@	CHC	W,9-7		8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
12	19	May 6	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
13	20	May 7	PIT	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	30	8.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
14	26 (5)	May 14	PIT	@	MLN	W,6-4	GS	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
15	27	May 15 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
16	30 (2)	May 18	PIT		STL	W,4-2	GS	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
17	32 (1)	May 20	PIT		SFG	W,5-4	GS	29	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
18	34 (1)	May 22	PIT		SFG	W,8-7	GS	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
19	37 (2)	May 25	PIT		LAD	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
20	39 (1)	May 29	PIT		PHI	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
21	40	May 30	PIT		MLN	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	42 (1)	Jun 1	PIT		CIN	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
23	43	Jun 3	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
24	44	Jun 5 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
25	45	Jun 5 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
26	47 (1)	Jun 8	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
27	49 (1)	Jun 10	PIT	@	STL	L,6-9	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
28	51 (1)	Jun 12 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,15-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
29	53 (1)	Jun 14	PIT	@	SFG	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
30	55 (1)	Jun 16	PIT	@	SFG	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
31	56	Jun 17	PIT	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
32	59 (2)	Jun 21	PIT		STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
33	61 (1)	Jun 23	PIT		STL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
34	63 (1)	Jun 25	PIT		CHC	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	65 (1)	Jun 26 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
36	66	Jun 28	PIT		SFG	T,7-7	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
37	67	Jun 30 (1)	PIT		SFG	L,0-11	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	70 (2)	Jul 2	PIT		LAD	L,1-6	GS	37	7.1	7	2	0	9	0	C
39	71	Jul 3	PIT		LAD	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
40	73 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
41	77 (3)	Jul 8 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS	34	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
42	79 (1)	Jul 9	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	31	8.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
43	80	Jul 10	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-2	GS	30	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
44	81	Jul 14	PIT		MLN	L,0-4	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
45	83 (1)	Jul 16	PIT		CIN	W,6-5	GS	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
46	90 (6)	Jul 23	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
47	92 (1)	Jul 25	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
48	93	Jul 26	PIT	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
49	96 (2)	Jul 30	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
50	97	Jul 31	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	98	Aug 2	PIT		LAD	W,3-0	GS	26	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
52	100 (1)	Aug 4	PIT		LAD	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
53	101	Aug 5	PIT		SFG	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
54	102	Aug 6	PIT		SFG	W,8-7	CG	42	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
55	103	Aug 7 (1)	PIT		SFG	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
56	105 (1)	Aug 9	PIT		CHC	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
57	106	Aug 10	PIT		CHC	W,3-1	CG	29	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
58	107	Aug 11	PIT		STL	L,2-3	CG	43	12.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
59	108	Aug 12	PIT		STL	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
60	110 (1)	Aug 14 (1)	PIT		STL	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
61	112 (1)	Aug 15	PIT		PHI	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
62	114 (1)	Aug 16 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
63	115	Aug 17	PIT		PHI	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
64	116	Aug 18	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
65	117	Aug 19	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
66	118	Aug 20	PIT	@	CIN	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
67	119	Aug 21	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
68	121 (1)	Aug 24	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-6	GS	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
69	123 (1)	Aug 26	PIT	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
70	124	Aug 27	PIT	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
71	128 (3)	Aug 31	PIT	@	SFG	W,7-4	GF	15	4.0	7	0	0	7	0	PH C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	129	Sep 1	PIT	@	SFG	W,6-1	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
73	130	Sep 3	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	C
74	131	Sep 4	PIT		PHI	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
75	133 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	PIT		MLN	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
76	134	Sep 6	PIT		MLN	W,5-3	GS	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
77	135	Sep 7	PIT		STL	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
78	137 (1)	Sep 10	PIT		CHC	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
79	138	Sep 12	PIT		SFG	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
80	140 (1)	Sep 14	PIT		LAD	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
81	141	Sep 15	PIT		LAD	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
82	143 (1)	Sep 18 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
83	145 (1)	Sep 20 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
84	147 (1)	Sep 22 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,3-2	GS	29	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
85	149 (1)	Sep 23	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
86	150	Sep 24	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
87	152 (1)	Sep 27	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	GF	10	3.0	4	1	0	5	0	PH C
88	153	Sep 30	PIT		MLN	L,2-13	CG	50	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
89	155 (1)	Oct 2	PIT		MLN	W,9-5	GS	36	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
							89gm		748.1	485	38	3	526	7