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Smoky Burgess
Forrest Harrill Burgess

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

MLB Debut April 19, 1949
Final Game October 1, 1967
Born February 6, 1927 in Caroleen, NC
Died September 15, 1991 (age 64)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1949 22 SLA AL   21   59    4   20   1   0   0    4   0   0    7    5  .339  .409  .356  .765   100    21   0   0   0   0   1  
 1950           [Did not play]
 1951 24 PHA AL   83  247   24   70   9   7   1   20   0   1   17   21  .283  .328  .389  .717    97    96   0   1   0   0   5  
 1952 25 CHA AL  117  383   68  120  34   2  14   64  15  10   59   21  .313  .408  .522  .930   134   200   0   4   4   5  13  
 1953 26 CHA AL   69  217   28   72  22   3   3   26   3   4   29   13  .332  .414  .502  .916   130   109   0   1   3   2   7  
         PIN NL   39  117   13   28   7   4   1    9   1   0   16   11  .239  .336  .393  .729    99    46   0   0   1   1   3  
         TOT     108  334   41  100  29   7   4   35   4   4   45   24  .299  .386  .464  .850         155   0   1   4   3  10 
 1954 27 PIN NL  113  377   31  113  33   3   3   49   0   3   41   13  .300  .364  .427  .791   108   161   0   5   2   0  14  
 1955 28 CHN NL  123  375   44   93  19   0  12   47   1   1   44   24  .248  .322  .395  .717    98   148   0   6   7   0  14  
 1956 29 CHN NL   88  230   27   65  14   1  16   40   0   0   16   17  .283  .329  .561  .890   121   129   0   0   1   0   4  
 1957 30 CHN NL   82  202   40   64   6   3  18   41   0   0   34   19  .317  .418  .644 1.062   146   130   0   1   6   2   3  
 1958 31 CHN NL   71  219   26   69   9   0   8   32   0   0   25   20  .315  .390  .466  .856   118   102   0   0   3   2   3  
 1959 32 SFN NL  118  383   42  105  21   5  10   56   0   0   41   23  .274  .337  .433  .771   109   166   0   9   9   0  14  
 1960 33 SFN NL  115  370   34   91   7   1   8   41   0   0   29   15  .246  .299  .335  .634    92   124   0   2   1   0  10  
 1961 34 SFN NL  102  345   41   90  11   7  17   57   0   0   27   26  .261  .310  .481  .792   107   166   0   5   3   0  18  
 1962 35 SFN NL   60  206   39   83  12   2  11   35   0   0   11   13  .403  .433  .641 1.074   147   132   0   0   4   0   7  
         CHA AL   42  134   25   49   8   1   5   19   0   0   11    9  .366  .411  .552  .963   135    74   0   1   3   0   2  
         TOT     102  340   64  132  20   3  16   54   0   0   22   22  .388  .424  .606 1.030         206   0   1   7   0   9 
 1963 36 CHA AL   87  263   32   63   7   0   7   22   0   0   25   11  .240  .313  .346  .659    92    91   0   0   4   3   7  
 1964 37 CHA AL   65  177   17   49   2   1   4   22   2   1   15   11  .277  .328  .367  .695   102    65   0   3   3   0   6  
 1965 38 BOA AL   36   71    7   22   7   0   1    8   0   0    7    9  .310  .367  .451  .818   113    32   3   1   1   0   3  
 1966 39 BOA AL    3   10    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .200  .273  .200  .473    66     2   0   0   0   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons     1434 4385  543 1268 229  40 139  593  22  20  455  282  .289  .355  .455  .810        1994   3  39  55  15 134
 Per 600 PA           537   67  155  28   5  17   73   3   2   56   35                                 244   0   5   7   2  16
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With SFN      395 1304  156  369  51  15  46  189   0   0  108   77  .283  .334  .451  .785         588   0  16  17   0  49
   With CHA      380 1174  170  353  73   7  33  153  20  15  139   65  .301  .377  .459  .836         539   0   9  17  10  35
   With CHN      364 1026  137  291  48   4  54  160   1   1  119   80  .284  .358  .496  .854         509   0   7  17   4  24
   With PIN      152  494   44  141  40   7   4   58   1   3   57   24  .285  .357  .419  .776         207   0   5   3   1  17
   With PHA       83  247   24   70   9   7   1   20   0   1   17   21  .283  .328  .389  .717          96   0   1   0   0   5
   With BOA       39   81    8   24   7   0   1    9   0   0    8   10  .296  .356  .420  .775          34   3   1   1   0   3
   With SLA       21   59    4   20   1   0   0    4   0   0    7    5  .339  .409  .356  .765          21   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1691 4471  485 1318 230  33 126  673  13  14  477  270  .295  .362  .446  .807        1992  13  39  80  13 121
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1949 22 SLA AL   0    8   6.1   6   3   0  .500   1    6    4  .667    7    4  .636  C    4(+1)e7   127   
 1950           [Did not play]
 1951 24 PHA AL   9   30   4.5  11   2   0  .182   6   45   35  .778   41   16  .719  C    4(+1)e7    85   
 1952 25 CHA AL   7   80   7.5   6   3   0  .500  11   63   50  .794   37   19  .661  C    4(+1)e8   122   
 1953 26 CHA AL   8   43   7.5   4   1   0  .250   7   31   23  .742   27    8  .771  C    4(+1)e7   129   
         PIN NL   4   15   4.7   4   3   0  .750   4   19   14  .737   14    5  .737  C    4(+1)e7   -58   
         TOT                     8   4   0  .500  11   50   37  .740   41   13  .759
 1954 27 PIN NL  27   56   5.3   9   4   0  .444  11   54   40  .741   29   12  .707  C    4(+1)e9  -151   
 1955 28 CHN NL   8   46   4.1  14   4   0  .286   5   53   40  .755   32   19  .627  C    4(+1)e4  -147   
 1956 29 CHN NL  11   41   6.6  16   6   1  .375   1   22   19  .864   18   11  .621  C    4(+1)e1    68   
 1957 30 CHN NL  17   56  10.7  21   6   2  .286   5   34   20  .588   44   14  .759  C    4(+1)e5   143   
 1958 31 CHN NL  10   40   7.2  12   4   0  .333   5   30   22  .733   47   18  .723  C    4(+1)e5   103   
 1959 32 SFN NL  18   54   4.9  12   1   0  .083   9   46   30  .652   33   14  .702  C    4(+1)e7   -63   
 1960 33 SFN NL   6   36   3.4   9   1   0  .111   0   39   34  .872   24   16  .600  C    4(+1)e2  -134   
 1961 34 SFN NL  13   45   4.5   5   1   0  .200   5   42   35  .833   30   26  .536  C    3(+1)e8   -60   
 1962 35 SFN NL   9   53  11.1   3   2   0  .667   3   35   26  .743   30    7  .811  C    4(+1)e5   199   
         CHA AL  14   30   9.3   7   2   0  .286   2   18   13  .722    9    5  .643  C    4(+1)e5    88   
         TOT                    10   4   0  .400   5   53   39  .736   39   12  .765
 1963 36 CHA AL   7   28   3.7  13   2   0  .154   1   24   20  .833   34   19  .642  C    4(+2)e4   -73   
 1964 37 CHA AL   6   20   4.0   7   1   0  .143   4   26   17  .654   20    8  .714  C    4(+1)e4    64   
 1965 38 BOA AL  14   11   5.4   8   3   0  .375   1    9    5  .556    6    5  .545  C    4(+1)e3    31   
 1966 39 BOA AL   9    0   2.1   1   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  C    5(+5)e3  -328   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 17 Seasons          702   5.7 168  49   3  .292  81  596  447  .750  482  226  .681                   0   3
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 36.9 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 47.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1949 22 SLA AL  C     15    69     8    1    0   .987    13   118.2   5.84
 1950           [Did not play]
 1951 24 PHA AL  C     70   282    32    6    0   .981    63   539.2   5.24
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     5.0   0.00
 1952 25 CHA AL  C    109   619    38   11    5   .984   109   953.0   6.20
 1953 26 CHA AL  C     65   368    20    7    2   .982    65   542.2   6.43
         PIN NL  C     34   181    13    4    0   .980    33   267.1   6.53
 1954 27 PIN NL  C    104   462    37   11    2   .978    93   840.0   5.35
 1955 28 CHN NL  C    108   462    38    5    2   .990    97   862.1   5.22
 1956 29 CHN NL  C     70   292    17    1    1   .997    58   497.2   5.59
 1957 30 CHN NL  C     56   315    29    5    2   .986    53   445.0   6.96
 1958 31 CHN NL  C     60   387    29    5    1   .988    57   520.1   7.20
 1959 32 SFN NL  C    113   598    26    9    4   .986    91   888.1   6.32
 1960 33 SFN NL  C    111   595    32    0    3  1.000    91   844.0   6.69
 1961 34 SFN NL  C     99   528    41    5    2   .991    87   789.0   6.49
 1962 35 SFN NL  C     33   208    13    2    0   .991    33   286.1   6.95
         CHA AL  C     57   310    19    3    1   .991    55   462.1   6.40
 1963 36 CHA AL  C     79   460    25    1    3   .998    71   603.1   7.23
 1964 37 CHA AL  C     60   296    16    4    0   .987    44   410.2   6.84
 1965 38 BOA AL  C     29   125     8    1    2   .993    16   170.1   7.03
 1966 39 BOA AL  C      2    18     0    0    0  1.000     2    20.0   8.10
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 C   1274  6575   441   81   30   .989  1131 10061.0   6.28
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     5.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1952 WS    CHA BRN   L    5  16  1  6  1  0  0   1  4  2  .375  .524  .438  0
 1953 WS    CHA BRN   W    7  23  2 11  2  1  0   3  3  5  .478  .538  .652  0
 1958 WS    CHN NYA   L    4  12  2  5  0  0  1   6  4  0  .417  .562  .667  0
 1960 WS    SFN DEA   W    7  27  3 10  3  0  0   2  1  3  .370  .393  .481  0
 1961 WS    SFN DEA   L    7  29  3  7  1  0  2   4  0  3  .241  .241  .483  0
 1962 WS    SFN DEA   W    5  16  1  5  1  0  0   2  0  0  .312  .312  .375  0
 1963 WS    CHA SFN   L    7  24  3  7  2  0  2   5  5  2  .292  .414  .625  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1949  SLA   65-89   Pat Carr
 1951  PHA   84-70   Drew Kennedy
 1952  CHA  101-53   Robert Rescigno
 1953  CHA  108-46   Robert Rescigno
 1953  PIN   63-91   Dennis Van Langen
 1954  PIN   55-99   Dennis Van Langen
 1955  CHN   81-73   Alan Boodman
 1956  CHN   78-76   Alan Boodman
 1957  CHN   83-71   Alan Boodman
 1958  CHN   88-66   Alan Boodman
 1959  SFN   90-64   Larry Reeves
 1960  SFN   96-58   Larry Reeves
 1961  SFN   96-58   Larry Reeves
 1962  SFN  107-55   Larry Reeves
 1962  CHA   82-80   Jon Fellows
 1963  CHA   95-67   Jon Fellows
 1964  CHA   96-67   Jon Fellows
 1965  BOA   68-94   Gary Brown
 1966  BOA   70-92   Dave Jackson

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