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Smoky Burgess
Forrest Harrill Burgess

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 187 lb.

Debut April 19, 1949
Final Game October 1, 1967
Born February 6, 1927 in Caroleen, NC
Died September 15, 1991 in Asheville, NC

Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)

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I got to know Smoky when he was a minor league hitting instructor for the Braves organization in 1982. One of the game's all-time great pitch-hitters, he also caught Harvey Haddix' near-perfect game. RIP, Smoky, and thanks for the stories.

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1949 22 CHC NL  46   56    4   15   0  0   1   12   0      4   4  .268  .317  .321   74   18   0           0   1
 1951 24 CHC NL  94  219   21   55   4  2   2   20   2  0  21  12  .251  .317  .315   69   69   0           0  10
 1952 25 PHI NL 110  371   49  110  27  2   6   56   3  1  49  21  .296  .380  .429  125  159   3           1   4
 1953 26 PHI NL 102  312   31   91  17  5   4   36   3  2  37  17  .292  .370  .417  106  130   0           2  11
 1954 27 PHI NL 108  345   41  127  27  5   4   46   1  5  42  11  .368  .432  .510  147  176   1   4       0  10 AS
 1955 28 TOT NL 123  442   71  133  17  3  21   78   1  1  50  36  .301  .369  .495  124  219   2   6   5   1  14 AS
         PHI NL   7   21    4    4   2  0   1    1   0  0   3   1  .190  .292  .429   90    9   0   0   1   0   3
         CIN NL 116  421   67  129  15  3  20   77   1  1  47  35  .306  .373  .499  126  210   2   6   4   1  11
 1956 29 CIN NL  90  229   28   63  10  0  12   39   0  1  26  18  .275  .346  .476  114  109   1   2   4   0   5
 1957 30 CIN NL  90  205   29   58  14  1  14   39   0  0  24  16  .283  .353  .566  137  116   0   3   5   0   4
 1958 31 CIN NL  99  251   28   71  12  1   6   31   0  0  22  20  .283  .343  .410   94  103   0   0   3   1   8
 1959 32 PIT NL 114  377   41  112  28  5  11   59   0  0  31  16  .297  .349  .485  121  183   2   6   9   2  10 AS
 1960 33 PIT NL 110  337   33   99  15  2   7   39   0  1  35  13  .294  .356  .412  110  139   0   4  12   0   6 MVP-20,AS
 1961 34 PIT NL 100  323   37   98  17  3  12   52   1  0  30  16  .303  .365  .486  123  157   0   1   8   2   7 AS
 1962 35 PIT NL 103  360   38  118  19  2  13   61   0  1  31  19  .328  .375  .500  132  180   2   6   9   0   6
 1963 36 PIT NL  91  264   20   74  10  1   6   37   0  1  24  14  .280  .338  .394  110  104   0   4   8   1  12
 1964 37 TOT     75  176   10   43   3  1   3   18   2  1  15  14  .244  .307  .324   79   57   2   0   5   1   9
         PIT NL  68  171    9   42   3  1   2   17   2  1  13  14  .246  .303  .310   74   53   2   0   3   1   9 AS
         CHW AL   7    5    1    1   0  0   1    1   0  0   2   0  .200  .429  .800  238    4   0   0   2   0   0
 1965 38 CHW AL  80   77    2   22   4  0   2   24   0  0  11   7  .286  .371  .416  131   32   0   1   4   0   2
 1966 39 CHW AL  79   67    0   21   5  0   0   15   0  0  11   8  .313  .413  .388  140   26   0   1   2   1   0
 1967 40 CHW AL  77   60    2    8   1  0   2   11   0  0  14   8  .133  .303  .250   71   15   0   1   6   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 18 Seasons    1691 4471  485 1318 230 33 126  673  13 14 477 270  .295  .362  .446  116 1992  13  39  80  13 121
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        428   46  126  22  3  12   64   1  1  46  26  .295  .362  .446  116  191   1   4   8   1  12
 Career High    123  442   71  133  28  5  21   78   3  5  50  36  .368  .432  .510  147  219   3   6  12   2  14
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1949 22 CHC NL   60   42    6   3.8   101| .268  .267| .317  .340| .321  .399| .638  .739|  74  .418  -2.2  -0.2     
 1951 24 CHC NL  240  174   22   3.4   105| .251  .270| .317  .344| .315  .409| .632  .753|  69  .373  -9.8  -1.0 100%
 1952 25 PHI NL  424  269   60   6.0    96| .296  .260| .380  .333| .429  .387| .809  .720| 125  .660  14.6   1.5  75%
 1953 26 PHI NL  351  234   48   5.4   109| .292  .273| .370  .344| .417  .425| .787  .769| 106  .553   3.7   0.4  60%
 1954 27 PHI NL  392  238   75   8.4   108| .368  .273| .432  .344| .510  .422| .942  .766| 147  .738  26.1   2.5  16%
 1955 28 TOT NL  501  332   80   6.4   109| .301  .270| .369  .341| .495  .427| .864  .768| 124  .642  15.7   1.5  50%
         PHI NL   24   20    2   2.7   104| .190  .263| .292  .334| .429  .417| .721  .750|  90  .264  -0.3   0.0   0%
         CIN NL  477  312   78   6.7   109| .306  .270| .373  .342| .499  .428| .872  .769| 126  .658  16.0   1.5  50%
 1956 29 CIN NL  258  175   37   5.6   107| .275  .270| .346  .337| .476  .426| .822  .763| 114  .606   4.8   0.5   0%
 1957 30 CIN NL  232  154   41   7.2   108| .283  .275| .353  .340| .566  .426| .919  .766| 137  .693  10.9   1.1   0%
 1958 31 CIN NL  274  188   34   4.8   111| .283  .277| .343  .346| .410  .432| .753  .778|  94  .518  -2.4  -0.2   0%
 1959 32 PIT NL  418  283   62   5.8   104| .297  .269| .349  .335| .485  .416| .834  .751| 121  .606  11.7   1.1   0%
 1960 33 PIT NL  376  249   50   5.4   100| .294  .264| .356  .330| .412  .406| .768  .736| 110  .596   5.3   0.5   0%
 1961 34 PIT NL  356  233   57   6.5   106| .303  .271| .365  .338| .486  .422| .851  .760| 123  .650  10.6   1.0 100%
 1962 35 PIT NL  399  257   68   7.1   104| .328  .271| .375  .338| .500  .412| .875  .750| 132  .691  17.0   1.7   0%
 1963 36 PIT NL  293  207   32   4.2    90| .280  .255| .338  .317| .394  .382| .732  .699| 110  .528   3.9   0.4   0%
 1964 37 TOT     194  145   16   3.0    94| .244  .263| .307  .321| .324  .391| .631  .712|  79  .356  -5.2  -0.6  66%
         PIT NL  187  141   14   2.7    94| .246  .263| .303  .321| .310  .391| .613  .712|  74  .313  -6.2  -0.7  66%
         CHW AL    7    4    2  13.5    94| .200  .252| .429  .320| .800  .392|1.229  .712| 238  .892   1.0   0.1   0%
 1965 38 CHW AL   89   58   12   5.6    86| .286  .243| .371  .311| .416  .372| .787  .683| 131  .644   3.6   0.4   0%
 1966 39 CHW AL   80   47   12   6.9    84| .313  .240| .413  .306| .388  .371| .801  .676| 140  .738   4.5   0.5   0%
 1967 40 CHW AL   76   55    5   2.5    79| .133  .235| .303  .303| .250  .353| .553  .656|  71  .317  -1.4  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 18 Seasons     5013 3340  717   5.8   103| .295  .267| .362  .335| .446  .411| .808  .747| 116  .611 111.4  10.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1949 22 CHC NL   C    8     21    6    0    2 1.000  .982  3.38  4.39                           0             
 1951 24 CHC NL   C   64    210   35    5    6  .980  .981  3.83  4.43                           6             
 1952 25 PHI NL   C  104    439   47   11    6  .978  .984  4.67  4.84                           2             
 1953 26 PHI NL   C   95    395   23    3    8  .993  .984  4.40  4.66                          10             
 1954 27 PHI NL   C   91    356   30   10    4  .975  .986  4.24  4.57                           5              AS
 1955 28 TOT NL   C  113    492   36    7    6  .987  .987  4.67  4.82                           9              AS
         PHI NL   C    6     35    1    0    0 1.000  .986  6.00  4.82                           1             
         CIN NL   C  107    457   35    7    6  .986  .987  4.60  4.82                           8             
 1956 29 CIN NL   C   55    257   18    0    2 1.000  .985  5.00  5.01  5.35  5.83   53  463.0   4   9   20   7
 1957 30 CIN NL   C   45    223   15    3    0  .988  .988  5.29  4.99  5.66  5.98   42  378.3   3   9   23   6
 1958 31 CIN NL   C   58    297   21    4    2  .988  .988  5.48  5.19  6.05  6.06   53  473.0   3   5   14  10
 1959 32 PIT NL   C  101    441   39    8    4  .984  .989  4.75  5.24  5.41  6.34   95  798.0   3  23   30  21 AS
 1960 33 PIT NL   C   89    485   38    3    7  .994  .986  5.88  5.41  6.28  6.58   86  749.3   2   7   20  21 AS
 1961 34 PIT NL   C   92    426   27    4    4  .991  .985  4.92  5.17  5.59  6.39   83  729.3   7  15   20  12 AS
 1962 35 PIT NL   C  101    550   45    7    5  .988  .987  5.89  5.50  6.37  6.72   94  840.7  11  19   44  18
 1963 36 PIT NL   C   72    364   40    4    4  .990  .986  5.61  6.02  6.34  7.07   65  573.3   7  14   36  20
 1964 37 PIT NL   C   44    237   18    2    3  .992  .988  5.80  5.91  6.41  6.81   40  358.3   1  12   20   6 AS
 1965 38 CHW AL   C    5     17    3    0    0 1.000  .990  4.00  5.68  6.92  6.96    3   26.0   0   0    1   1
 1966 39 CHW AL   C    2      4    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  2.00  5.85  7.20  6.84    0    5.0   0   0    0   0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1949 22 CHC NL   C    8     21    6    0    2 1.000  .982  3.38  4.39                           0             
 1951 24 CHC NL   C   64    210   35    5    6  .980  .981  3.83  4.43                           6             
 1952 25 PHI NL   C  104    439   47   11    6  .978  .984  4.67  4.84                           2             
 1953 26 PHI NL   C   95    395   23    3    8  .993  .984  4.40  4.66                          10             
 1954 27 PHI NL   C   91    356   30   10    4  .975  .986  4.24  4.57                           5             
 1955 28 TOT NL   C  113    492   36    7    6  .987  .987  4.67  4.82                           9             
         PHI NL   C    6     35    1    0    0 1.000  .986  6.00  4.82                           1             
         CIN NL   C  107    457   35    7    6  .986  .987  4.60  4.82                           8             
 1956 29 CIN NL   C   55    257   18    0    2 1.000  .985  5.00  5.01  5.35  5.83   53  463.0   4   9   20   7
 1957 30 CIN NL   C   45    223   15    3    0  .988  .988  5.29  4.99  5.66  5.98   42  378.3   3   9   23   6
 1958 31 CIN NL   C   58    297   21    4    2  .988  .988  5.48  5.19  6.05  6.06   53  473.0   3   5   14  10
 1959 32 PIT NL   C  101    441   39    8    4  .984  .989  4.75  5.24  5.41  6.34   95  798.0   3  23   30  21
 1960 33 PIT NL   C   89    485   38    3    7  .994  .986  5.88  5.41  6.28  6.58   86  749.3   2   7   20  21
 1961 34 PIT NL   C   92    426   27    4    4  .991  .985  4.92  5.17  5.59  6.39   83  729.3   7  15   20  12
 1962 35 PIT NL   C  101    550   45    7    5  .988  .987  5.89  5.50  6.37  6.72   94  840.7  11  19   44  18
 1963 36 PIT NL   C   72    364   40    4    4  .990  .986  5.61  6.02  6.34  7.07   65  573.3   7  14   36  20
 1964 37 PIT NL   C   44    237   18    2    3  .992  .988  5.80  5.91  6.41  6.81   40  358.3   1  12   20   6
 1965 38 CHW AL   C    5     17    3    0    0 1.000  .990  4.00  5.68  6.92  6.96    3   26.0   0   0    1   1
 1966 39 CHW AL   C    2      4    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  2.00  5.85  7.20  6.84    0    5.0   0   0    0   0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
 Position Total   C*1139   5214  441   71   63  .988  .986  4.96  5.09              614 5394.3  73 113  228 122
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
 Overall Total      1139   5214  441   71   63  .988  .986  4.96  5.09

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1960   WS    PIT NYY     W   5  18   2   6  1  0  0   0   2   1  .333  .400  .389   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1954   PHI NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1955   CIN NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1959-1 PIT NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1959-2 PIT NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1960-1 PIT NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1960-2 PIT NL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1961-1 PIT NL   *   4   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
 1961-2 PIT NL   *   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
 1964   PIT NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 7/9      2  10   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   2   0  0   0   0   0  .100  .100  .100 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1954 *
1955 *
1959-1
1959-2 *
1960-1 *
1960-2 *
1961-1 (C)
1961-2 (C)
1964

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1960-NL-20-0.01
Car-1456-0.01 shares

Batting Average
1954 NL-**.368-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
1954 NL-26-8

Batting Wins
1954 NL-2.5-8

Sac. Flies
1959 NL-6-8
1962 NL-6-10

Intentional Walks
1960 NL-12-5
1962 NL-9-9

Grounded into Double Plays
1955 NL-14-9

Oldest Player
1964 AL-37-9
1964 NL-37-9
1965 AL-38-6
1966 AL-39-3
1967 AL-40-3

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1790) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 23.9 (461) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 45.5 (401) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
Before 1944 Season: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.
October 4, 1951: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Bob Borkowski to the Cincinnati Reds for Johnny Pramesa and Bob Usher.
December 10, 1951: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Howie Fox and Connie Ryan to the Philadelphia Phillies for Andy Seminick, Eddie Pellagrini, Dick Sisler, and Niles Jordan.
April 30, 1955: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Stan Palys and Steve Ridzik to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Andy Seminick, Glen Gorbous, and Jim Greengrass.
January 30, 1959: Traded by the Cincinnati Redlegs with Harvey Haddix and Don Hoak to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Whammy Douglas, Jim Pendleton, Frank Thomas, and John Powers.
September 12, 1964: Selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
October 17, 1966: Released by the Chicago White Sox.
Before 1967 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
October 16, 1967: Released by the Chicago White Sox.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Smoky Burgess's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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I got to know Smoky when he was a minor league hitting instructor for the Braves organization in 1982. One of the game's all-time great pitch-hitters, he also caught Harvey Haddix' near-perfect game. RIP, Smoky, and thanks for the stories.

All-Star 1954 * 1955 * 1959-1 1959-2 * 1960-1 * 1960-2 * 1961-1 (C) 1961-2 (C) 1964	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1960-NL-20-0.01 Car-1456-0.01 shares	Batting Average 1954 NL-**.368-6	Adjusted Batting Runs 1954 NL-26-8	Batting Wins 1954 NL-2.5-8	Sac. Flies 1959 NL-6-8 1962 NL-6-10
Intentional Walks 1960 NL-12-5 1962 NL-9-9	Grounded into Double Plays 1955 NL-14-9	Oldest Player 1964 AL-37-9 1964 NL-37-9 1965 AL-38-6 1966 AL-39-3 1967 AL-40-3