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.

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	21 (20)	May 8	PIT		MLN	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
2	24 (2)	May 10 (2)	PIT		MLN	W,6-5	GS	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
3	25	May 11	PIT		CIN	L,6-7	GS	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
4	26	May 12	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
5	30 (3)	May 17 (2)	PIT	@	LAD	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
6	31	May 18	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
7	32	May 19	PIT	@	HOU	L,1-3	GS	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
8	33	May 20	PIT	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
9	34	May 21	PIT	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	35	May 22	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
11	37 (1)	May 24 (1)	PIT	@	SFG	W,3-0	GF	16	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
12	38	May 24 (2)	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
13	40 (1)	May 27	PIT		PHI	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
14	42 (1)	May 29	PIT		LAD	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
15	43	May 30	PIT		LAD	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	46 (2)	Jun 3	PIT		SFG	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
17	50 (3)	Jun 7 (2)	PIT		HOU	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	51	Jun 9 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS	26	6.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
19	55 (3)	Jun 13	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
20	62 (6)	Jun 21 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
21	63	Jun 23	PIT	@	NYM	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
22	64	Jun 24	PIT	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
23	65	Jun 25	PIT	@	NYM	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
24	68 (2)	Jun 28 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	73 (4)	Jul 3	PIT	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
26	74	Jul 4	PIT	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
27	75	Jul 5	PIT	@	HOU	W,7-1	GS	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
28	76	Jul 8	PIT		CIN	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
29	86 (9)	Jul 19 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
30	93 (6)	Jul 26 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-7	GS	30	7.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
31	96 (2)	Jul 30 (1)	PIT		HOU	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	100 (3)	Aug 2	PIT		SFG	L,1-2	GF	13	3.0	1	1	0	2	1	C
33	101	Aug 3	PIT		SFG	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	113 (11)	Aug 14 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	119 (5)	Aug 19	PIT	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
36	120	Aug 20 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-2	GF	16	4.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
37	121	Aug 20 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
38	123 (1)	Aug 22	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-4	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
39	128 (4)	Aug 28	PIT		PHI	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
40	129	Aug 29	PIT		PHI	L,8-10	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
41	130	Aug 30	PIT		PHI	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	135 (4)	Sep 6	PIT		HOU	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
43	136	Sep 7 (1)	PIT		SFG	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
44	140 (3)	Sep 11	PIT	@	HOU	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
							44gm		358.1	237	18	2	257	3