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.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 9	PIT		MLN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
2	3	Apr 10	PIT		MLN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
3	5 (1)	Apr 14	PIT	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
4	6	Apr 16	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	7	Apr 17	PIT	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	18 (10)	May 2	PIT		SFG	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
7	19	May 3	PIT		LAD	W,13-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
8	21 (1)	May 5	PIT		LAD	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
9	22	May 6	PIT		LAD	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
10	23	May 7	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	C
11	24	May 8	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-9	GS	33	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
12	27 (2)	May 11	PIT		STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	28	May 12 (1)	PIT		STL	L,1-2	GS	45	11.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
14	30 (1)	May 14	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
15	34 (3)	May 18	PIT	@	LAD	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
16	35	May 19	PIT	@	HOU	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
17	36	May 20	PIT	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
18	37	May 21	PIT	@	HOU	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
19	38	May 22	PIT	@	HOU	W,4-3	GS	29	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
20	40 (1)	May 25	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-1	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
21	42 (1)	May 28	PIT		PHI	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
22	43	May 30 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	47 (3)	Jun 2 (1)	PIT	@	NYM	L,1-2	GS	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
24	48	Jun 2 (2)	PIT	@	NYM	L,3-4	GS	17	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
25	50 (1)	Jun 5 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
26	51	Jun 6 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
27	53 (1)	Jun 7	PIT		MLN	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
28	54	Jun 8	PIT		MLN	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
29	59 (4)	Jun 13	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	30	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
30	60	Jun 14	PIT	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
31	61	Jun 16 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,4-3	GS	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
32	67 (5)	Jun 21	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-6	GF	16	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
33	69 (1)	Jun 23	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
34	70	Jun 25	PIT		PHI	L,4-5	CG	44	10.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
35	71	Jun 26	PIT		PHI	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
36	72	Jun 27	PIT		PHI	L,4-13	GS	39	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
37	73	Jun 28	PIT		NYM	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
38	74	Jun 29	PIT		NYM	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
39	75	Jun 30	PIT		NYM	W,3-0	GS	27	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	78 (2)	Jul 2	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
41	80 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
42	81	Jul 5	PIT	@	NYM	W,3-1	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
43	83 (1)	Jul 7	PIT	@	NYM	W,11-5	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
44	84	Jul 10	PIT		HOU	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
45	87 (2)	Jul 13	PIT		HOU	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
46	88	Jul 15 (1)	PIT		SFG	W,2-1	GS	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
47	90 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	PIT		SFG	L,2-3	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
48	92 (1)	Jul 17	PIT		LAD	L,2-3	GS	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
49	95 (2)	Jul 21 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
50	96	Jul 21 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,6-5	GF	16	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH C
51	98 (1)	Jul 24	PIT	@	LAD	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
52	99	Jul 25	PIT	@	LAD	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
53	100	Jul 26	PIT	@	SFG	L,4-6	CG	38	8.1	2	1	0	3	0	C
54	101	Jul 27	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
55	102	Jul 28	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
56	103	Jul 29	PIT	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	108 (4)	Aug 4 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
58	113 (4)	Aug 9 (1)	PIT		HOU	L,6-7	GS	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
59	116 (2)	Aug 11	PIT		HOU	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
60	121 (4)	Aug 17	PIT		PHI	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
61	127 (5)	Aug 24	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
62	128	Aug 25	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	47	10.1	7	1	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	136 (7)	Sep 2 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
64	139 (2)	Sep 5	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
65	141 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	PIT		STL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
66	143 (1)	Sep 8	PIT		STL	L,2-3	GS	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
67	145 (1)	Sep 11	PIT		LAD	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
68	147 (1)	Sep 13	PIT		SFG	W,5-4	GF	37	10.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
69	148	Sep 14	PIT		SFG	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
70	149	Sep 15	PIT		SFG	L,5-13	CG	48	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
71	154 (4)	Sep 20	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-2	GF	25	6.1	3	2	1	6	0	C
72	158 (3)	Sep 25	PIT	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
							72gm		573.1	364	40	4	408	4