Smoky Burgess
Forrest Harrill Burgess
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 187 lb.

Born: February 6, 1927 in Caroleen, NC
High School: Corleen (Corleen, NC)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1949
Final Game: October 1, 1967
Died: September 15, 1991 in Asheville, NC
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1949 CHC NL 22 C 8 27 21 6 0 2 1.000 3.38 .981 4.39 0
1951 CHC NL 24 C 64 250 210 35 5 6 .980 3.83 .981 4.43 6
1952 PHI NL 25 C 104 497 439 47 11 6 .978 4.67 .984 4.84 2
1953 PHI NL 26 C 95 421 395 23 3 8 .993 4.40 .984 4.66 10
1954 PHI NL 27 C 91 85 749.2 396 356 30 10 4 .975 -1.0 -1.6 -1 4.63 4.24 .986 5.36 4.57 5 9 20 16 44% AS
1955 TOT NL 28 C 113 109 963.0 535 492 36 7 6 .987 -1.0 -1.2 -1 4.93 4.67 .987 5.65 4.82 9 22 25 18 42% AS
1955 PHI NL 28 C 6 6 51.0 36 35 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.35 6.00 .986 5.65 4.82 1 1 0 0
1955 CIN NL 28 C 107 103 912.0 499 457 35 7 6 .986 -1.0 -1.3 -1 4.86 4.60 .987 5.65 4.82 8 21 25 18 42%
1956 CIN NL 29 C 55 53 463.0 275 257 18 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.35 5.00 .985 5.83 5.01 4 9 20 7 26%
1957 CIN NL 30 C 45 42 378.1 241 223 15 3 0 .988 -2.0 -6.3 -2 5.66 5.29 .988 5.98 4.99 3 9 23 6 21%
1958 CIN NL 31 C 58 53 473.0 322 297 21 4 2 .988 3.0 7.6 3 6.05 5.48 .988 6.06 5.19 3 5 14 10 42%
1959 PIT NL 32 C 101 95 798.0 488 441 39 8 4 .984 0.0 0.0 0 5.41 4.75 .989 6.34 5.24 3 23 30 21 41% AS
1960 PIT NL 33 C 89 86 748.1 526 485 38 3 7 .994 8.0 12.8 8 6.29 5.88 .986 6.58 5.41 2 7 20 21 51% AS,MVP-20
1961 PIT NL 34 C 92 83 729.1 457 426 27 4 4 .991 3.0 4.9 3 5.59 4.92 .985 6.39 5.17 7 15 20 12 38% AS
1962 PIT NL 35 C 101 94 840.2 602 550 45 7 5 .988 1.0 1.4 1 6.37 5.89 .987 6.72 5.50 11 19 44 18 29%
1963 PIT NL 36 C 72 65 573.1 408 364 40 4 4 .990 1.0 2.1 1 6.34 5.61 .986 7.07 6.02 7 14 36 20 36%
1964 PIT NL 37 C 44 40 358.1 257 237 18 2 3 .992 -2.0 -6.7 -2 6.40 5.80 .988 6.81 5.91 1 12 20 6 23% AS
1965 CHW AL 38 C 5 3 26.0 20 17 3 0 0 1.000 1.0 46.2 1 6.92 4.00 .990 6.96 5.68 0 0 1 1 50%
1966 CHW AL 39 C 2 0 5.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.20 2.00 1.000 6.84 5.85 0 0 0 0
17 Seasons C 1139 808 7106.0 5726 5214 441 71 63 .988 11.0 1.9 11 7.16 4.96 .986 6.23 5.09 73 144 273 156 36%
18 Seasons TOT 1139 808 7106.0 5726 5214 441 71 63 .988 11.0 1.9 11 7.16 4.96 .974 6.23 5.09 73 144 273 156 36%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1949 CHC NL 22 46 46 46 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 CHC NL 24 94 94 94 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 PHI NL 25 110 110 110 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 PHI NL 26 102 102 102 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 PHI NL 27 108 85 108 108 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1955 CIN NL 28 116 103 116 116 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1955 PHI NL 28 7 6 7 7 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1956 CIN NL 29 90 53 90 90 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0
1957 CIN NL 30 90 42 90 90 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 0
1958 CIN NL 31 99 53 99 99 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 0
1959 PIT NL 32 114 95 114 114 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1960 PIT NL 33 110 86 110 110 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
1961 PIT NL 34 100 83 100 100 0 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1962 PIT NL 35 103 94 103 103 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1963 PIT NL 36 91 65 91 91 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
1964 PIT NL 37 68 40 68 68 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
1964 CHW AL 37 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1965 CHW AL 38 80 3 80 80 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 0
1966 CHW AL 39 79 0 79 79 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 0
1967 CHW AL 40 77 0 77 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 0
18 Seasons 1691 808 1691 1691 0 1139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 510 0
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1954 PHI NL 27 2871 3.45 3.90 49 90% 0 0 309 36 1 14 258 29 6 0 0 5 8 0 6 2 1 4 0 1 2 3 67%
1955 CIN NL 28 3978 3.98 4.62 63 94% 0 1 453 52 7 5 389 36 8 1 0 3 8 2 4 2 0 6 0 2 3 2 50%
1955 PHI NL 28 188 2.72 4.81 5 100% 0 0 30 5 0 1 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1956 CIN NL 29 2029 3.48 3.99 40 100% 0 0 255 34 0 5 216 20 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 100%
1957 CIN NL 30 1723 5.07 5.57 29 97% 0 0 226 23 0 2 201 17 4 1 0 3 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 75%
1958 CIN NL 31 2013 3.45 3.72 36 94% 0 0 296 21 0 13 262 21 5 0 0 1 4 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 3 100%
1959 PIT NL 32 3273 3.54 3.95 39 90% 0 0 419 28 2 5 384 37 7 0 0 2 8 1 4 3 1 4 0 0 0 5 80%
1960 PIT NL 33 3009 3.58 3.87 36 100% 0 0 472 27 0 12 433 33 6 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 4 100%
1961 PIT NL 34 3108 3.75 4.21 37 92% 0 0 427 28 1 6 391 28 6 1 0 6 4 1 0 3 1 4 0 1 1 4 100%
1962 PIT NL 35 3421 3.33 3.83 51 90% 0 0 519 38 2 10 469 36 9 0 0 4 7 0 4 3 0 5 0 2 3 5 80%
1963 PIT NL 36 2443 3.27 3.84 39 90% 0 1 361 25 2 5 329 38 9 1 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 1 6 83%
1964 PIT NL 37 1502 3.14 3.58 18 100% 0 0 230 12 1 5 212 17 3 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 2 100%
1965 CHW AL 38 122 7.27 7.96 3 100% 0 0 15 3 0 1 11 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 CHW AL 39 16 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 29696 3.63 4.10 445 94% 0 2 4016 332 16 84 3583 315 67 5 2 31 51 4 25 22 5 42 1 6 11 40 85%
MLB Averages 3.74 4.24 95% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1954 PHI NL 27 5 9 1008 20 16 15 44% 19 11 1 4 0 1 0 0 41 21 1.01 1.19
1955 CIN NL 28 8 21 1480 25 18 17 42% 21 17 4 1 0 0 3 0 79 27 1.02 0.87
1955 PHI NL 28 1 1 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1956 CIN NL 29 4 9 798 20 7 7 26% 18 6 1 0 1 1 2 0 40 13 1.07 1.18
1957 CIN NL 30 3 9 659 23 6 6 21% 17 6 5 0 1 0 3 0 43 12 0.95 1.09
1958 CIN NL 31 3 5 789 14 10 10 42% 13 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 28 14 1.46 0.94
1959 PIT NL 32 4 23 1175 30 21 21 41% 26 21 4 0 0 0 1 0 76 27 1.09 1.23
1960 PIT NL 33 3 7 1083 20 21 21 51% 20 19 0 2 0 0 1 0 38 26 0.98 1.25
1961 PIT NL 34 7 15 1156 20 12 11 38% 19 11 1 0 0 1 1 0 51 22 1.23 0.87
1962 PIT NL 35 11 19 1237 44 18 17 29% 40 17 4 0 0 1 1 0 90 21 1.03 1.20
1963 PIT NL 36 6 14 890 36 20 20 36% 32 20 3 0 1 0 2 0 71 28 1.02 1.04
1964 PIT NL 37 1 12 530 20 6 6 23% 19 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 40 10 1.03 0.61
1965 CHW AL 38 0 0 39 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.31 0.08
1966 CHW AL 39 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 56 144 10924 273 156 152 36% 245 142 24 9 4 5 14 0 600 223 1.06 1.07
MLB Averages 40% 1.22 1.19

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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