Smoky Burgess

Forrest Harrill Burgess
Born: February 6, 1927
Caroleen, NC USA
Deceased: 1991
Asheville, NC USA
Primary Position: C
All Position(s) Played: C, PH
Bats: L
Throws: R
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 185
Career: 1949-1967
Minor League Statistics

Smoky Burgess compiled a career batting average of .295 with 126 home runs and 673 RBI in his 1692-game career with the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Redlegs, Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago White Sox. He began playing during the 1949 season and last took the field during the 1967 campaign.

Chicago Cubs

Philadelphia Phillies

Cincinnati Redlegs

Pittsburgh Pirates

Chicago White Sox

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Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1949	NL	Chicago Cubs	46	60	56	4	15	0	0	1	12	0	0	4	4	.268	.317	.321	.638	18	1	0	0	0	0
1951	NL	Chicago Cubs	94	240	219	21	55	4	2	2	20	2	0	21	12	.251	.317	.315	.632	69	10	0	0	0	0
1952	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	110	424	371	49	110	27	2	6	56	3	1	49	21	.296	.380	.429	.809	159	4	1	3	0	0
1953	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	102	351	312	31	91	17	5	4	36	3	2	37	17	.292	.370	.417	.787	130	11	2	0	0	0
1954	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	108	392	345	41	127	27	5	4	46	1	5	42	11	.368	.432	.510	.942	176	10	0	1	4	0
1955	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	7	24	21	4	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	.190	.292	.429	.720	9	3	0	0	0	1
1955	NL	Cincinnati Redlegs	116	477	421	67	129	15	3	20	77	1	1	47	35	.306	.373	.499	.871	210	11	1	2	6	4
1956	NL	Cincinnati Redlegs	90	258	229	28	63	10	0	12	39	0	1	26	18	.275	.346	.476	.822	109	5	0	1	2	4
1957	NL	Cincinnati Redlegs	90	232	205	29	58	14	1	14	39	0	0	24	16	.283	.353	.566	.919	116	4	0	0	3	5
1958	NL	Cincinnati Redlegs	99	274	251	28	71	12	1	6	31	0	0	22	20	.283	.343	.410	.753	103	8	1	0	0	3
1959	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	114	418	377	41	112	28	5	11	59	0	0	31	16	.297	.349	.485	.834	183	10	2	2	6	9
1960	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	110	376	337	33	99	15	2	7	39	0	1	35	13	.294	.356	.412	.769	139	6	0	0	4	12
1961	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	100	356	323	37	98	17	3	12	52	1	0	30	16	.303	.365	.486	.851	157	7	2	0	1	8
1962	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	103	399	360	38	118	19	2	13	61	0	1	31	19	.328	.375	.500	.875	180	6	0	2	6	9
1963	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	91	293	264	20	74	10	1	6	37	0	1	24	14	.280	.338	.394	.732	104	12	1	0	4	8
1964	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	68	187	171	9	42	3	1	2	17	2	1	13	14	.246	.303	.310	.613	53	9	1	2	0	3
1964	AL	Chicago White Sox	7	7	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	.200	.429	.800	1.229	4	0	0	0	0	2
1965	AL	Chicago White Sox	80	89	77	2	22	4	0	2	24	0	0	11	7	.286	.371	.416	.786	32	2	0	0	1	4
1966	AL	Chicago White Sox	79	80	67	0	21	5	0	0	15	0	0	11	8	.313	.413	.388	.801	26	0	1	0	1	2
1967	AL	Chicago White Sox	77	76	60	2	8	1	0	2	11	0	0	14	8	.133	.303	.250	.553	15	2	1	0	1	6
Totals			1691	5013	4471	485	1318	230	33	126	673	13	14	477	270	.295	.362	.446	.807	1992	121	13	13	39	80

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
1949	NL	Chicago Cubs	C	8	0	0.0	21	6	0	2	1.000		3.375	0	0	0	0
1951	NL	Chicago Cubs	C	64	0	0.0	210	35	5	6	.980		3.828	6	0	0	0
1952	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	C	104	0	0.0	439	47	11	6	.978		4.673	2	0	0	0
1953	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	C	95	0	0.0	395	23	3	8	.993		4.400	10	0	0	0
1954	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	C	91	85	749.7	356	30	10	4	.975	4.634	4.242	5	9	20	16	44.4
1955	NL	Cincinnati Redlegs	C	107	103	912.0	457	35	7	6	.986	4.855	4.598	8	21	25	18	41.9
1955	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	C	6	6	51.0	35	1	0	0	1.000	6.353	6.000	1	1	0	0
1956	NL	Cincinnati Redlegs	C	55	53	463.0	257	18	0	2	1.000	5.346	5.000	4	9	20	7	25.9
1957	NL	Cincinnati Redlegs	C	45	42	378.3	223	15	3	0	.988	5.662	5.289	3	9	23	6	20.7
1958	NL	Cincinnati Redlegs	C	58	53	473.0	297	21	4	2	.988	6.051	5.483	3	5	14	10	41.7
1959	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	C	101	95	798.0	441	39	8	4	.984	5.414	4.752	3	23	30	21	41.2
1960	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	C	89	86	748.3	485	38	3	7	.994	6.290	5.876	2	7	20	21	51.2
1961	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	C	92	83	729.3	426	27	4	4	.991	5.590	4.924	7	15	20	12	37.5
1962	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	C	101	94	840.7	550	45	7	5	.988	6.370	5.891	11	19	44	18	29.0
1963	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	C	72	65	573.3	364	40	4	4	.990	6.342	5.611	7	14	36	20	35.7
1964	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	C	44	40	358.3	237	18	2	3	.992	6.405	5.795	1	12	20	6	23.1
1965	AL	Chicago White Sox	C	5	3	26.0	17	3	0	0	1.000	6.923	4.000	0	0	1	1	50.0
1966	AL	Chicago White Sox	C	2	0	5.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	7.200	2.000	0	0	0	0
Totals				1139	808	7106.0	5214	441	71	63	.988	7.162	4.965	73	144	273	156	36.4

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1960	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	WS	5	20	18	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.333	.400	.389	.789	7	0	0	0	0	0
Totals				5	20	18	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.333	.400	.389	.789	7	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
1960	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	WS	C	5	5	41.0	27	2	0	0	1.000	6.366	5.800	3	0	0
Totals					5	5	41.0	27	2	0	0	1.000	6.366	5.800	3	0	0

Awards

1961 - NL TSN All-Star C

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