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Smoky Burgess

Smoky Burgess

1949–1967 · Bats L · Throws R · 5'8", 185 lb · b. 1927 Caroleen, NC

Career 1,691 G · 1,318 H · 126 HR · 673 RBI · .295 AVG

Seasons leading his league

3

0 best in baseball 3 league only

15 Top-5 finishes

3 Title seasons

1 Categories led

1953 Best season

Spanning 1953–1961, peaking at 1 titles in 1953.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

1,719th League titles 3
1,961st Top-5 finishes 15

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

68th Catcher Fielding Percentage .988
103rd Catcher Range Factor 4.96
133rd Catcher Putouts 5,214
168th Catcher Double Plays 63
235th Catcher Assists 441
304th Batting Average .295
428th On-Base Percentage .362
430th On-Base Plus Slug. .807

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Catcher Fielding Percentage	3	1st	2 yrs (1960–1961)	1953 NL .993 1960 NL .994 1961 NL .991 1955 #3

Title Seasons

3 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1961	1	C FPCT .991
1960	1	C FPCT .994
1953	1	C FPCT .993

Batting

18 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1949	CHN	NL	46	56	4	15	0	0	1	12	4	4	0	.268	.317	.321	.638
1951	CHN	NL	94	219	21	55	4	2	2	20	21	12	2	.251	.317	.315	.632
1952	PHI	NL	110	371	49	110	27	2	6	56	49	21	3	.296	.380	.429	.809
1953	PHI	NL	102	312	31	91	17	5	4	36	37	17	3	.292	.370	.417	.787
1954	PHI	NL	108	345	41	127	27	5	4	46	42	11	1	.368	.432	.510	.942
1955	CIN +1	NL	123	442	71	133	17	3	21	78	50	36	1	.301	.369	.495	.864
1956	CIN	NL	90	229	28	63	10	0	12	39	26	18	0	.275	.346	.476	.822
1957	CIN	NL	90	205	29	58	14	1	14	39	24	16	0	.283	.353	.566	.919
1958	CIN	NL	99	251	28	71	12	1	6	31	22	20	0	.283	.343	.410	.753
1959	PIT	NL	114	377	41	112	28	5	11	59	31	16	0	.297	.349	.485	.834
1960	PIT	NL	110	337	33	99	15	2	7	39	35	13	0	.294	.356	.412	.769
1961	PIT	NL	100	323	37	98	17	3	12	52	30	16	1	.303	.365	.486	.851
1962	PIT	NL	103	360	38	118	19	2	13	61	31	19	0	.328	.375	.500	.875
1963	PIT	NL	91	264	20	74	10	1	6	37	24	14	0	.280	.338	.394	.732
1964	PIT +1	NL	75	176	10	43	3	1	3	18	15	14	2	.244	.307	.324	.631
1965	CHA	AL	80	77	2	22	4	0	2	24	11	7	0	.286	.371	.416	.786
1966	CHA	AL	79	67	0	21	5	0	0	15	11	8	0	.313	.413	.388	.801
1967	CHA	AL	77	60	2	8	1	0	2	11	14	8	0	.133	.303	.250	.553
Career	—	—	1,691	4,471	485	1,318	230	33	126	673	477	270	13	.295	.362	.446	.807

Fielding

1 position

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1949	CHN	NL	C	8	—	—	21	6	0	2	27	1.000	3.38
1951	CHN	NL	C	64	—	—	210	35	5	6	250	.980	3.83
1952	PHI	NL	C	104	—	—	439	47	11	6	497	.978	4.67
1953	PHI	NL	C	95	—	—	395	23	3	8	421	.993	4.40
1954	PHI	NL	C	91	85	749.2	356	30	10	4	396	.975	4.24
1955	CIN	NL	C	113	109	963.0	492	36	7	6	535	.987	4.67
1956	CIN	NL	C	55	53	463.0	257	18	0	2	275	1.000	5.00
1957	CIN	NL	C	45	42	378.1	223	15	3	0	241	.988	5.29
1958	CIN	NL	C	58	53	473.0	297	21	4	2	322	.988	5.48
1959	PIT	NL	C	101	95	798.0	441	39	8	4	488	.984	4.75
1960	PIT	NL	C	89	86	748.1	485	38	3	7	526	.994	5.88
1961	PIT	NL	C	92	83	729.1	426	27	4	4	457	.991	4.92
1962	PIT	NL	C	101	94	840.2	550	45	7	5	602	.988	5.89
1963	PIT	NL	C	72	65	573.1	364	40	4	4	408	.990	5.61
1964	PIT	NL	C	44	40	358.1	237	18	2	3	257	.992	5.80
1965	CHA	AL	C	5	3	26.0	17	3	0	0	20	1.000	4.00
1966	CHA	AL	C	2	0	5.0	4	0	0	0	4	1.000	2.00
Career	—	—	C	1,139	808	7106.0	5,214	441	71	63	5,726	.988	4.96