Smoky Burgess

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Full Name: Forrest Harrill Burgess	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 5' 8.5"/185	First Game: April 19, 1949
Birthdate: February 6, 1927	Final Game: October 1, 1967
Birthplace: Caroleen, North Carolina	MLB Experience: 17 years
Died: September 15, 1991
Deathplace: Asheville, North Carolina
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Smoky Burgess (Forrest Harrill Burgess) was born on February 6, 1927 in Caroleen, North Carolina. He made his Major League debut on April 19, 1949 for the Chicago Cubs. In 1951, his rookie year, he hit .251 with 2 home runs and 20 RBI. Burgess played for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 17 year career.

Most people believe that Smoky Burgess's best season was 1955, when he slugged 21 home runs, hit for a .301 average and knocked in 78 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1949	CHI	N	46	56	4	15	1	12	.268	.317	.321	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	1
1951	CHI	N	94	219	21	55	2	20	.251	.317	.315	4	2	21	12	0	0	2	0	10
1952	PHI	N	110	371	49	110	6	56	.296	.380	.429	27	2	49	21	1	3	3	0	4
1953	PHI	N	102	312	31	91	4	36	.292	.370	.417	17	5	37	17	2	0	3	0	11
1954	PHI	N	108	345	41	127	4	46	.368	.432	.510	27	5	42	11	0	1	1	5	10
1955	PHI	N	7	21	4	4	1	1	.190	.292	.429	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	3
1955	CIN	N	116	421	67	129	20	77	.306	.373	.499	15	3	47	35	1	2	1	4	11
1955	TOT	N	123	442	71	133	21	78	.301	.369	.495	17	3	50	36	1	2	1	5	14
1956	CIN	N	90	229	28	63	12	39	.275	.346	.476	10	0	26	18	0	1	0	4	5
1957	CIN	N	90	205	29	58	14	39	.283	.353	.566	14	1	24	16	0	0	0	5	4
1958	CIN	N	99	251	28	71	6	31	.283	.343	.410	12	1	22	20	1	0	0	3	8
1959	PIT	N	114	377	41	112	11	59	.297	.349	.485	28	5	31	16	2	2	0	9	10
1960	PIT	N	110	337	33	99	7	39	.294	.356	.412	15	2	35	13	0	0	0	12	6
1961	PIT	N	100	323	37	98	12	52	.303	.365	.486	17	3	30	16	2	0	1	8	7
1962	PIT	N	103	360	38	118	13	61	.328	.375	.500	19	2	31	19	0	2	0	9	6
1963	PIT	N	91	264	20	74	6	37	.280	.338	.394	10	1	24	14	1	0	0	8	12
1964	PIT	N	68	171	9	42	2	17	.246	.303	.310	3	1	13	14	1	2	2	3	9
1964	CHI	A	7	5	1	1	1	1	.200	.429	.800	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
1964	Total		75	176	10	43	3	18	.244	.307	.324	3	1	15	14	1	2	2	5	9
1965	CHI	A	80	77	2	22	2	24	.286	.371	.416	4	0	11	7	0	0	0	4	2
1966	CHI	A	79	67	0	21	0	15	.313	.412	.388	5	0	11	8	1	0	0	2	0
1967	CHI	A	77	60	2	8	2	11	.133	.303	.250	1	0	14	8	1	0	0	6	2
Total	NL		1448	4262	480	1266	121	622	.297	.361	.449	220	33	439	247	11	13	13	71	117
Total	AL		243	209	5	52	5	51	.249	.365	.368	10	0	38	23	2	0	0	14	4
Total			1691	4471	485	1318	126	673	.295	.362	.446	230	33	477	270	13	13	13	85	121

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1949	CHI	N	C	8	0	0	21	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1951	CHI	N	C	64	0	0	210	35	5	6	0	6	0	0	0	.980
1952	PHI	N	C	104	0	0	439	47	11	6	0	2	0	0	0	.978
1953	PHI	N	C	95	0	0	395	23	3	8	0	10	0	0	0	.993
1954	PHI	N	C	91	85	749.2	356	30	10	4	0	5	20	15	0	.975
1955	PHI	N	C	6	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1955	CIN	N	C	107	0	0	457	35	7	6	0	8	0	0	0	.986
1955	TOT	N	C	113	0	0	492	36	7	6	0	9	0	0	0	.987
1956	CIN	N	C	55	0	0	257	18	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	1.000
1957	CIN	N	C	45	42	378.1	223	15	3	0	0	3	23	6	3	.988
1958	CIN	N	C	58	53	473	297	21	4	2	0	3	14	10	0	.988
1959	PIT	N	C	101	95	798	441	39	8	4	0	3	30	21	1	.984
1960	PIT	N	C	89	86	749.1	485	38	3	7	0	2	20	21	1	.994
1961	PIT	N	C	92	83	729.1	426	27	4	4	0	7	20	12	1	.991
1962	PIT	N	C	101	94	840.2	550	45	7	5	0	11	44	18	1	.988
1963	PIT	N	C	72	65	573.1	364	40	4	4	0	7	36	20	2	.990
1964	PIT	N	C	44	40	358.1	237	18	2	3	0	1	20	6	0	.992
1965	CHI	A	C	5	3	26	17	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
1966	CHI	A	C	2	0	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			C	1139	646	5681	5214	441	71	63	0	73	228	130	9	.988

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago Cubs (1944).
Traded by Chicago Cubs with Bob Borkowski to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Johnny Pramesa and Bob Usher (October 4, 1951).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Connie Ryan and Howie Fox to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Andy Seminick, Eddie Pellagrini, Dick Sisler and Niles Jordan (December 10, 1951).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Steve Ridzik and Stan Palys to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Andy Seminick, Glen Gorbous and Jim Greengrass (April 30, 1955).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Harvey Haddix and Don Hoak to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Whammy Douglas, Jim Pendleton, Frank Thomas and John Powers (January 30, 1959).
Claimed on waivers by Chicago White Sox from Pittsburgh Pirates (September 12, 1964).
Released by Chicago White Sox (October 17, 1966).
Signed by Chicago White Sox (1967).
Released by Chicago White Sox (October 16, 1967).

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