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.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	9 (8)	Apr 26	CIN		PIT	L,4-8	GS	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	13 (3)	May 4 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-5	GF	7	1.2	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
3	14	May 4 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,3-2	GS	51	13.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
4	15	May 6	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
5	17 (1)	May 8	CIN	@	CHC	W,10-8	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
6	19 (1)	May 10	CIN	@	MLN	L,3-5	CG	31	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
7	20	May 11	CIN	@	MLN	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
8	23 (2)	May 15	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-4	GS	25	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
9	32 (8)	May 25 (2)	CIN		STL	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
10	35 (2)	May 30	CIN	@	PHI	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
11	36	May 31	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	37	Jun 1 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
13	39 (1)	Jun 2	CIN		PIT	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
14	40	Jun 3	CIN	@	LAD	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
15	41	Jun 4	CIN	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
16	43 (1)	Jun 6	CIN	@	SFG	W,5-4	GS	28	7.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
17	44	Jun 7	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
18	47 (2)	Jun 11	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	49	11.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
19	50 (2)	Jun 15 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
20	52 (1)	Jun 16	CIN		STL	L,5-6	CG	49	11.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
21	57 (4)	Jun 22 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
22	61 (3)	Jun 24 (2)	CIN		LAD	L,2-7	CG	43	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	64 (2)	Jun 28	CIN		SFG	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
24	66 (1)	Jun 30	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-9	GF	19	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	67	Jul 1	CIN	@	MLN	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
26	68	Jul 2	CIN	@	MLN	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
27	69	Jul 3	CIN		PIT	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
28	71 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
29	74 (2)	Jul 6 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
30	77 (2)	Jul 12	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
31	79 (1)	Jul 13 (2)	CIN	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
32	81 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
33	85 (3)	Jul 18 (2)	CIN		STL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
34	86	Jul 19	CIN		STL	L,0-1	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
35	89 (2)	Jul 23	CIN		CHC	W,6-5	GS	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	99 (9)	Aug 1	CIN		LAD	L,2-6	GF	15	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
37	100	Aug 2	CIN		LAD	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
38	102 (1)	Aug 3 (2)	CIN		LAD	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
39	103	Aug 5	CIN		PHI	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
40	104	Aug 6	CIN		PHI	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
41	106 (1)	Aug 8	CIN	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
42	108 (1)	Aug 10 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	39	9.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
43	112 (3)	Aug 13 (1)	CIN		MLN	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
44	118 (5)	Aug 17 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
45	119	Aug 19	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
46	131 (11)	Aug 31 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	133 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	CIN	@	STL	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	C
48	134	Sep 2	CIN	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
49	135	Sep 3	CIN		PIT	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
50	136	Sep 5	CIN	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
51	137	Sep 6	CIN	@	PHI	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
52	138	Sep 7 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
53	140 (1)	Sep 8	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
54	142 (1)	Sep 10	CIN	@	MLN	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
55	145 (2)	Sep 14 (1)	CIN		SFG	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
56	149 (3)	Sep 19	CIN		MLN	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
57	150	Sep 20	CIN		MLN	L,1-5	CG	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
58	152 (1)	Sep 26	CIN	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
							58gm		473.0	297	21	4	322	2