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.

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	PIT		PHI	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
2	2	Apr 13	PIT	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
3	4 (1)	Apr 15	PIT	@	NYM	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
4	5	Apr 16	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
5	9 (3)	Apr 21	PIT		NYM	W,8-4	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
6	10	Apr 22	PIT		NYM	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
7	11	Apr 23	PIT		NYM	L,1-9	GS	14	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
8	17 (5)	Apr 29 (2)	PIT	@	LAD	W,1-0	GF	6	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	24 (6)	May 9	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-4	CG	42	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
10	25	May 10	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
11	26	May 11	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	40	9.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
12	28 (1)	May 13	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-6	GS	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
13	29	May 15	PIT		MLN	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
14	30	May 16	PIT		MLN	W,6-0	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
15	31	May 17	PIT		MLN	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
16	32	May 18	PIT		CIN	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
17	33	May 20	PIT		CIN	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
18	35 (1)	May 22	PIT		CHC	L,1-3	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
19	36	May 23	PIT	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
20	38 (1)	May 25	PIT	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	56	13.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
21	40 (1)	May 27	PIT	@	HOU	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
22	41	May 28	PIT		STL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
23	43 (1)	May 30	PIT		STL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	45 (1)	Jun 1	PIT		HOU	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
25	46	Jun 2	PIT		HOU	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
26	47	Jun 3 (1)	PIT		HOU	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
27	49 (1)	Jun 5 (1)	PIT		LAD	L,2-3	GS	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
28	51 (1)	Jun 6	PIT		LAD	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
29	53 (1)	Jun 9 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
30	55 (1)	Jun 10 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	W,12-8	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
31	56	Jun 10 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
32	57	Jun 11	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
33	58	Jun 12	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	59	Jun 13	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
35	61 (1)	Jun 15	PIT		MLN	W,9-8	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
36	62	Jun 16	PIT		MLN	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
37	64 (1)	Jun 18 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,5-6	GF	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
38	65	Jun 18 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
39	66	Jun 19	PIT		CIN	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
40	68 (1)	Jun 22	PIT		CHC	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
41	69	Jun 23	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
42	70	Jun 24 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
43	72 (1)	Jun 25	PIT		NYM	W,13-3	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
44	74 (1)	Jun 27	PIT		NYM	W,6-5	GS	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
45	76 (1)	Jun 30	PIT	@	STL	W,17-7	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	77	Jul 1	PIT	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
47	79 (1)	Jul 3	PIT	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
48	80	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	HOU	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
49	82 (1)	Jul 5	PIT		PHI	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
50	83	Jul 6	PIT		PHI	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
51	84	Jul 7	PIT		PHI	W,6-4	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
52	85	Jul 8 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	87 (1)	Jul 12	PIT		HOU	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
54	88	Jul 13	PIT		HOU	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
55	89	Jul 14	PIT		HOU	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
56	90	Jul 15 (1)	PIT		STL	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
57	94 (3)	Jul 19 (2)	PIT	@	NYM	W,7-6	CG	45	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
58	95	Jul 20	PIT		SFG	L,3-6	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
59	96	Jul 21	PIT		SFG	W,7-6	GF	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
60	97	Jul 22	PIT		SFG	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
61	99 (1)	Jul 24	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
62	100	Jul 25	PIT	@	CIN	L,6-13	CG	48	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
63	101	Jul 26	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
64	102	Jul 27 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
65	104 (1)	Jul 28	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
66	105	Jul 29	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	45	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	106	Aug 1	PIT	@	LAD	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
68	107	Aug 2	PIT	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	6	1	1	8	1	C
69	108	Aug 3	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
70	109	Aug 4	PIT	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
71	112 (2)	Aug 8	PIT		STL	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
72	113	Aug 10	PIT	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	39	8.2	7	1	0	8	0	C
73	114	Aug 11	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
74	115	Aug 12	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
75	116	Aug 14	PIT		LAD	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
76	117	Aug 15	PIT		LAD	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
77	118	Aug 16	PIT		LAD	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
78	119	Aug 17	PIT		PHI	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
79	120	Aug 18	PIT		PHI	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
80	121	Aug 19	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
81	122	Aug 20 (1)	PIT	@	NYM	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
82	124 (1)	Aug 21 (1)	PIT	@	NYM	W,8-6	GS	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
83	126 (1)	Aug 22	PIT		HOU	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
84	127	Aug 23	PIT		HOU	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
85	128	Aug 25 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	4	1	0	5	0	C
86	130 (1)	Aug 26 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
87	132 (1)	Aug 28	PIT		CHC	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
88	135 (2)	Aug 31	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	42	10.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	136	Sep 1	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-6	GS	30	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
90	137	Sep 3 (1)	PIT		NYM	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
91	139 (1)	Sep 4	PIT		NYM	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
92	140	Sep 5	PIT	@	HOU	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
93	141	Sep 6	PIT	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	35	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
94	142	Sep 7	PIT	@	LAD	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
95	144 (1)	Sep 9	PIT	@	LAD	L,3-5	GS	32	7.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
96	145	Sep 10	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
97	146	Sep 11	PIT	@	SFG	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
98	147	Sep 14	PIT		SFG	W,5-1	GF	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
99	148	Sep 15	PIT		SFG	W,5-1	GS	30	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
100	149	Sep 16	PIT		SFG	W,6-4	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
101	151 (1)	Sep 18	PIT		CIN	L,4-7	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
							101gm		840.2	550	45	7	602	5