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.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	PIT	@	SFG	W,8-7	GS	28	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
2	2	Apr 12	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
3	3	Apr 13	PIT	@	SFG	L,5-6	GS	40	10.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
4	12 (8)	Apr 26	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
5	13	Apr 29	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
6	15 (1)	Apr 30 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	10	1	1	12	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	16	May 2	PIT	@	STL	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
8	17	May 3	PIT	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
9	19 (1)	May 6	PIT		LAD	W,9-5	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
10	20	May 7	PIT		LAD	L,2-4	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
11	21	May 9	PIT		SFG	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
12	23 (1)	May 12	PIT		CIN	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	25 (1)	May 14	PIT		CIN	L,1-4	GS	17	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
14	26	May 16	PIT		STL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
15	27	May 17	PIT		STL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
16	28	May 19	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
17	29	May 20	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
18	30	May 21	PIT	@	PHI	W,13-11	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
19	31	May 22	PIT	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
20	32	May 23	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
21	35 (2)	May 27	PIT	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
22	37 (1)	May 30 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,3-5	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
23	38	May 30 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,0-10	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	40 (1)	Jun 1	PIT		MLN	W,8-2	CG	28	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
25	41	Jun 2	PIT		PHI	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
26	42	Jun 3	PIT		PHI	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
27	44 (1)	Jun 5	PIT	@	LAD	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
28	45	Jun 6	PIT	@	LAD	L,7-8	GS	31	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
29	47 (1)	Jun 8	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
30	50 (2)	Jun 11	PIT	@	SFG	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
31	51	Jun 13	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
32	53 (1)	Jun 15	PIT		CIN	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
33	54	Jun 16	PIT		STL	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
34	55	Jun 17	PIT		STL	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
35	57 (1)	Jun 18 (2)	PIT		STL	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
36	58	Jun 20	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
37	59	Jun 22	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-1	GS	26	6.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	69 (9)	Jul 2 (1)	PIT		SFG	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
39	70	Jul 2 (2)	PIT		SFG	W,9-0	CG	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
40	71	Jul 3	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
41	72	Jul 4	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
42	74 (1)	Jul 6 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
43	75	Jul 7	PIT	@	MLN	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
44	76	Jul 8	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
45	77	Jul 9	PIT	@	MLN	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
46	79 (1)	Jul 14	PIT	@	SFG	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
47	82 (2)	Jul 17	PIT	@	LAD	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
48	84 (1)	Jul 21	PIT		MLN	L,3-5	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
49	85	Jul 22	PIT		MLN	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
50	86	Jul 23 (1)	PIT		MLN	L,4-11	CG	47	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
51	87	Jul 23 (2)	PIT		MLN	L,4-5	GF	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
52	88	Jul 25	PIT		SFG	L,7-16	GF	23	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH C
53	89	Jul 26	PIT		SFG	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
54	90	Jul 27	PIT		SFG	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
55	92 (1)	Jul 29	PIT		LAD	L,4-5	GF	11	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH C
56	93	Jul 30	PIT		LAD	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	94	Aug 2	PIT	@	STL	L,2-4	GS	25	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
58	95	Aug 3	PIT	@	STL	W,19-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
59	96	Aug 4	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
60	97	Aug 5	PIT	@	CIN	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
61	98	Aug 6 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
62	100 (1)	Aug 7	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
63	101	Aug 8 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
64	105 (3)	Aug 11	PIT		PHI	W,6-0	CG	24	6.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
65	106	Aug 12	PIT		PHI	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
66	107	Aug 13	PIT		PHI	W,13-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
67	108	Aug 14	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
68	109	Aug 15	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
69	111 (1)	Aug 17 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-11	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
70	115 (3)	Aug 20	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	41	10.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
71	116	Aug 22	PIT		MLN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
72	117	Aug 23	PIT		MLN	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
73	119 (1)	Aug 25	PIT		CHC	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
74	123 (3)	Aug 28	PIT		CHC	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
75	125 (1)	Aug 30	PIT		CIN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	126	Sep 1	PIT	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
77	127	Sep 2	PIT	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
78	130 (2)	Sep 5	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
79	131	Sep 6	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
80	134 (2)	Sep 9	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
81	135	Sep 10	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	GF	16	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
82	136	Sep 11	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
83	138 (1)	Sep 13	PIT	@	LAD	W,8-2	GS	28	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
84	139	Sep 14	PIT	@	LAD	L,6-7	CG	34	8.1	8	1	0	9	0	C
85	142 (2)	Sep 18	PIT		STL	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
86	144 (1)	Sep 20	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
87	145	Sep 22	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
88	146	Sep 23	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	59	15.1	11	0	0	11	0	C
89	147	Sep 24	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
90	148	Sep 26 (1)	PIT		LAD	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
91	150 (1)	Sep 27	PIT		SFG	W,5-3	GF	6	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
92	151	Sep 28	PIT		SFG	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
							92gm		729.2	426	27	4	457	4