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.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	PHI		NYG	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
2	4 (2)	Apr 20	PHI	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	5	Apr 21	PHI		BRO	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
4	6	Apr 22	PHI		BRO	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
5	8 (1)	Apr 24	PHI		PIT	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
6	9	Apr 25	PHI		PIT	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
7	10	Apr 26 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
8	12 (1)	Apr 28	PHI		STL	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
9	13	Apr 29	PHI		STL	L,0-1	GS	33	10.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	15 (1)	May 1	PHI		MLN	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
11	16	May 3 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
12	17	May 3 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,2-0	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
13	18	May 4	PHI		CHC	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
14	19	May 9 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,6-7	GF	15	3.2	0	1	0	1	0	C
15	20	May 9 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
16	21	May 10	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
17	22	May 12	PHI	@	STL	W,6-5	GS	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	23	May 15	PHI	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
19	25 (1)	May 18	PHI	@	MLN	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
20	27 (1)	May 20	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-14	CG	44	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
21	28	May 21	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	29	May 23	PHI		BRO	L,0-2	GF	5	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
23	30	May 24	PHI		BRO	L,2-16	GS	43	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
24	31	May 25	PHI		BRO	L,9-11	CG	45	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
25	32	May 27 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,14-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
26	35 (2)	May 29	PHI	@	NYG	W,12-3	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	38 (2)	Jun 3 (2)	PHI		STL	W,6-5	GS	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
28	41 (2)	Jun 6	PHI		MLN	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
29	43 (1)	Jun 7 (2)	PHI		MLN	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
30	45 (1)	Jun 9	PHI		CHC	W,10-9	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
31	46	Jun 10 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
32	50 (3)	Jun 14 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
33	51	Jun 16 (1)	PHI	@	MLN	L,5-6	GF	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
34	52	Jun 16 (2)	PHI	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
35	53	Jun 17	PHI	@	MLN	L,6-9	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
36	57 (3)	Jun 21 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
37	58	Jun 23	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
38	61 (2)	Jun 26	PHI	@	STL	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
39	62	Jun 27 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
40	63	Jun 27 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,3-4	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	66 (2)	Jul 1	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-5	GS	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
42	67	Jul 2	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
43	68	Jul 3	PHI		NYG	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
44	69	Jul 4 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
45	71 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,2-0	GS	33	8.1	1	1	0	2	0
46	73 (1)	Jul 6	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-6	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
47	74	Jul 7 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
48	76 (1)	Jul 8	PHI		BRO	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
49	78 (1)	Jul 10	PHI		PIT	W,13-3	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
50	79	Jul 11	PHI		PIT	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
51	80	Jul 12 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,6-4	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
52	82 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
53	84 (1)	Jul 17	PHI		CIN	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
54	87 (2)	Jul 19 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
55	88	Jul 21 (1)	PHI		MLN	W,10-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
56	89	Jul 21 (2)	PHI		MLN	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
57	92 (2)	Jul 25	PHI		STL	W,3-0	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
58	93	Jul 26	PHI		STL	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
59	96 (2)	Jul 30	PHI	@	CIN	W,17-8	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
60	98 (1)	Jul 31 (2)	PHI	@	MLN	T,0-0	CG	36	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	101 (2)	Aug 2 (2)	PHI	@	MLN	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
62	103 (1)	Aug 4	PHI	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
63	104	Aug 5	PHI	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
64	108 (3)	Aug 9 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	109	Aug 9 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
66	110	Aug 11	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
67	111	Aug 12	PHI	@	PIT	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
68	113 (1)	Aug 15 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
69	115 (1)	Aug 16 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
70	118 (2)	Aug 17 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
71	120 (1)	Aug 19	PHI		PIT	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
72	121	Aug 20	PHI		PIT	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	8	1	1	10	0
73	122	Aug 21	PHI		NYG	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
74	123	Aug 22 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
75	125 (1)	Aug 23	PHI		NYG	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
76	127 (1)	Aug 25 (2)	PHI		MLN	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
77	128	Aug 26	PHI		MLN	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
78	130 (1)	Aug 29	PHI		CHC	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
79	132 (1)	Aug 30 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
80	133	Aug 31 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,6-12	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	136 (2)	Sep 3	PHI		STL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
82	137	Sep 6	PHI	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
83	138	Sep 7 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
84	140 (1)	Sep 8	PHI	@	MLN	L,2-3	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
85	145 (4)	Sep 14	PHI	@	STL	W,6-5	GS	31	7.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
86	146	Sep 15	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
87	148 (1)	Sep 17	PHI	@	CHC	W,16-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
88	149	Sep 19	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
89	150	Sep 20 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
90	151	Sep 20 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	19	5.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
91	152	Sep 22	PHI		NYG	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
92	153	Sep 23	PHI		NYG	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
93	154	Sep 25	PHI		BRO	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
94	155	Sep 26	PHI		BRO	W,2-1	GS	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
95	156	Sep 27	PHI		BRO	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
							95gm		752.1	395	23	3	421	8