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.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	12 (11)	May 2	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
2	17 (4)	May 6 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-7	CG	44	10.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
3	19 (1)	May 9	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-5	GF	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
4	26 (6)	May 16	CHC		BRO	W,14-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
5	27	May 17	CHC		BRO	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
6	34 (6)	May 26	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
7	35	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	2	1	0	3	0
8	36	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	40 (3)	Jun 3 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
10	41	Jun 5	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
11	42	Jun 6	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-9	CG	46	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
12	43	Jun 7	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
13	46 (2)	Jun 10 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
14	47	Jun 12	CHC		PHI	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
15	49 (1)	Jun 14	CHC		PHI	L,3-11	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
16	54 (4)	Jun 19	CHC		BSN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
17	62 (7)	Jun 29	CHC	@	STL	T,6-6	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	64 (1)	Jul 1 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	43	11.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
19	66 (1)	Jul 3	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
20	67	Jul 4	CHC		STL	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
21	72 (4)	Jul 13	CHC	@	BRO	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
22	80 (7)	Jul 20	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	GF	0	2.1	2	0	0	2	0
23	81	Jul 21	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
24	82	Jul 22 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-7	GS	49	11.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
25	83	Jul 22 susp	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-3	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
26	84	Jul 24	CHC		BRO	L,3-6	GS	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
27	86 (1)	Jul 26	CHC		BRO	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
28	87	Jul 27	CHC		PHI	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
29	88	Jul 28	CHC		PHI	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
30	89	Jul 29 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
31	90	Jul 29 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,8-6	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
32	92 (1)	Jul 31	CHC		NYG	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	93	Aug 1 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
34	94	Aug 1 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	95	Aug 2	CHC		NYG	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
36	96	Aug 3	CHC		BSN	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
37	97	Aug 4	CHC		BSN	W,7-6	GS	47	10.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
38	98	Aug 5 (1)	CHC		BSN	L,4-7	GS	29	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
39	99	Aug 5 (2)	CHC		BSN	L,3-4	GF	18	4.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
40	100	Aug 7	CHC		CIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
41	101	Aug 8 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,5-7	GS	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
42	102	Aug 8 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
43	103	Aug 9	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
44	104	Aug 10	CHC		PIT	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
45	105	Aug 11 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
46	106	Aug 11 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
47	107	Aug 12 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
48	111 (3)	Aug 15	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
49	122 (10)	Aug 26 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
50	124 (1)	Aug 27 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-6	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
51	126 (1)	Aug 29	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
52	127	Aug 30	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-16	CG	48	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	131 (3)	Sep 3 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,11-10	GS	31	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
54	132	Sep 3 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	CG	0	7.0	4	1	0	5	0
55	133	Sep 5 (1)	CHC		STL	W,3-2	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
56	134	Sep 5 (2)	CHC		STL	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
57	135	Sep 6	CHC		STL	L,2-10	GF	14	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH C
58	136	Sep 7	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7	GF	34	6.2	3	1	0	4	0
59	138 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
60	140 (1)	Sep 11	CHC		BSN	W,13-11	CG	47	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
61	141	Sep 12	CHC		BSN	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
62	142	Sep 14	CHC		NYG	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
63	144 (1)	Sep 16	CHC		BRO	L,1-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	PH C
64	151 (6)	Sep 23 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-5	GS	0	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
65	155 (3)	Sep 30 (2)	CHC		STL	L,0-3	CG	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
							64gm		464.0	210	35	5	250	6