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.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
2	2	Apr 17	PHI	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	46	11.0	6	5	0	11	0	C
3	5 (2)	Apr 20 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,4-3	CG	37	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
4	6	Apr 20 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
5	7	Apr 21	PHI		NYG	L,4-10	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
6	8	Apr 22	PHI		NYG	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
7	9	Apr 26	PHI	@	BSN	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
8	10	Apr 29	PHI	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
9	11	Apr 30	PHI	@	CHC	L,8-9	CG	56	11.2	4	1	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	14 (2)	May 3	PHI	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
11	15	May 4 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
12	17 (1)	May 6	PHI	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
13	19 (1)	May 10 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
14	20	May 10 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
15	21	May 11	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	40	9.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
16	23 (1)	May 14	PHI		CHC	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
17	24	May 15	PHI		CIN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
18	25	May 16	PHI		CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
19	27 (1)	May 18	PHI		STL	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
20	28	May 21	PHI		PIT	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
21	31 (2)	May 24	PHI		BRO	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
22	32	May 27 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,2-4	CG	47	12.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
23	33	May 27 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,5-4	CG	37	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
24	34	May 29	PHI		NYG	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
25	35	May 30 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
26	36	May 30 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
27	37	May 31	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	2	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	38	Jun 1 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
29	40 (1)	Jun 3	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
30	41	Jun 4	PHI	@	CIN	L,8-10	CG	42	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
31	44 (2)	Jun 7	PHI	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
32	45	Jun 8	PHI	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
33	47 (1)	Jun 11	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
34	48	Jun 12	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
35	49	Jun 14	PHI		PIT	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	C
36	51 (1)	Jun 15 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,6-3	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
37	52	Jun 16	PHI		PIT	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
38	54 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	PHI		STL	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
39	55	Jun 18	PHI		STL	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
40	56	Jun 19	PHI		STL	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
41	57	Jun 20	PHI		CIN	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
42	58	Jun 22 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,3-5	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
43	59	Jun 22 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,3-0	CG	28	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
44	60	Jun 24 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
45	61	Jun 24 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
46	62	Jun 25	PHI		CHC	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
47	63	Jun 27	PHI		NYG	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
48	64	Jun 28	PHI		NYG	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
49	65	Jun 29	PHI		NYG	L,3-12	GS	32	7.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
50	66	Jun 30	PHI	@	BRO	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	67	Jul 1	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	35	8.2	5	2	0	7	0	C
52	69 (1)	Jul 2 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	1	7	1	C
53	70	Jul 3	PHI	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
54	71	Jul 4 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	41	10.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
55	73 (1)	Jul 5	PHI	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
56	75 (1)	Jul 6 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
57	76	Jul 10	PHI	@	STL	L,3-10	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
58	79 (2)	Jul 13 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
59	82 (2)	Jul 16	PHI	@	PIT	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
60	83	Jul 17 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
61	88 (4)	Jul 20 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
62	89	Jul 22 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,14-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
63	91 (1)	Jul 23	PHI		PIT	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
64	92	Jul 25	PHI		CHC	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
65	93	Jul 26	PHI		CHC	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
66	95 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
67	96	Jul 29 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
68	98 (1)	Jul 30	PHI		CIN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	99	Aug 1	PHI		STL	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	2	0	2	4	0	C
70	100	Aug 2	PHI		STL	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
71	101	Aug 3	PHI		STL	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
72	102	Aug 7 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
73	105 (2)	Aug 9 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
74	107 (1)	Aug 11 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
75	109 (1)	Aug 13 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
76	112 (2)	Aug 15	PHI	@	BRO	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
77	113	Aug 16	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-15	GS	24	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
78	115 (1)	Aug 19	PHI	@	PIT	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
79	117 (1)	Aug 22	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
80	118	Aug 23	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
81	119	Aug 24 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
82	121 (1)	Aug 25	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	39	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
83	122	Aug 26	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS	40	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
84	123	Aug 27	PHI	@	STL	W,7-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
85	124	Aug 28	PHI	@	STL	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
86	125	Aug 30 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
87	126	Aug 30 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
88	127	Aug 31 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	36	8.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
89	128	Aug 31 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	129	Sep 2 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
91	130	Sep 2 (2)	PHI		BRO	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
92	131	Sep 3	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	41	9.1	5	0	1	6	0	C
93	132	Sep 4	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	49	10.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
94	133	Sep 5	PHI	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
95	134	Sep 6 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,7-6	CG	71	17.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
96	135	Sep 6 susp	PHI		BSN	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
97	136	Sep 7	PHI		BSN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
98	137	Sep 9	PHI		STL	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
99	141 (3)	Sep 12 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
100	142	Sep 14 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
101	146 (3)	Sep 19	PHI		NYG	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
102	147	Sep 20	PHI		NYG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
103	149 (1)	Sep 23 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
104	151 (1)	Sep 24	PHI	@	BRO	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
							104gm		918.0	439	47	11	497	6