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Smoky
Burgess		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8''
Weight: 197
 
Born: February 6, 1927 in Usa, NC, CAROLEEN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1959   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1949 22 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 6 8 9 9
1950 23 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 7 8 7 5 6 6 8 9 8
1951 24 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 7 8 7 5 6 6 8 9 8
1952 25 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 6 8 9 9
1953 26 SEM AL $ 2,692,857   8 8 7 5 6 6 6 7 7 5 6 6 8 8 8
1954 27 NYA AL $ 2,000,000   8 8 7 5 6 5 7 8 7 5 6 6 8 9 8
1955 28 NYA AL $ 2,000,000   7 7 7 5 6 6 6 7 7 5 6 6 8 8 8
1956 29 NYA AL $ 2,000,000   8 8 7 5 6 6 6 7 7 5 6 5 8 8 8
1957 30 NYA AL $ 2,000,000   8 8 7 5 6 6 7 8 7 5 6 6 7 8 8
1958 31 NYA AL $ 1,000,000   7 7 7 4 5 5 6 7 7 4 6 5 7 7 7
1959 32 NYA AL $ 1,000,000   7 7 7 4 5 5 6 7 7 4 5 4 6 6 6
1960 33 NYA AL $ 1,000,000   5 5 5 3 4 4 6 7 7 3 4 4 5 5 5
1961 34 NYA AL $ 1,000,000   4 4 4 1 2 2 4 5 4 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 2 2 4 5 4 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,692,857   8 8 7 5 6 6 7 8 7 5 6 6 8 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1949 22 SEM AL 121 451 69 131 32 4 17 90 0 0 49 18 .290 .356 .492 .849 76.5 13.8
    AAA   26 104 14 36 2 1 7 20 0 1 16 2 .346 .433 .587 1.020 24.2  
1950 23 SEM AL 98 340 48 98 22 2 8 61 0 0 29 24 .288 .340 .435 .776 46.3 6.3
1951 24 SEM AL 103 373 66 110 29 3 12 61 0 0 38 26 .295 .357 .485 .843 58.0 9.3
1952 25 SEM AL 113 376 54 116 30 1 11 74 0 0 53 20 .309 .391 .481 .872 67.5 12.5
1953 26 SEM AL 95 314 38 78 15 1 6 41 0 0 30 22 .248 .312 .360 .672 33.3 3.4
1954 27 NYA AL 141 506 75 149 34 1 12 90 6 2 49 37 .294 .354 .437 .791 75.5 17.9
1955 28 NYA AL 106 390 40 114 30 1 5 45 3 5 33 42 .292 .346 .413 .759 50.5 7.3
    AAA   31 107 18 32 6 1 7 18 1 1 14 7 .299 .380 .570 .950 21.9  
1956 29 NYA AL 68 101 13 24 5 0 3 19 1 0 9 16 .238 .295 .376 .671 10.6 0.5
1957 30 NYA AL 122 411 64 119 23 5 11 55 0 1 38 55 .290 .348 .450 .798 60.8 10.4
1958 31 NYA AL 124 405 59 121 30 5 10 66 0 0 33 52 .299 .351 .472 .822 59.1 10.4
1959 32 NYA AL 109 328 32 104 17 2 8 48 1 0 21 54 .317 .357 .454 .811 49.6 10.2
1960 33 NYA AL 118 374 54 93 16 2 14 52 0 0 36 86 .249 .312 .414 .727 48.9 8.1
1961 34 AAA   137 478 46 116 21 2 13 58 0 1 26 106 .243 .282 .377 .658 49.7  
12 Years Sim 1318 4369 612 1257 283 27 117 702 11 8 418 452 .288 .348 .445 .793 636.6 110.1
3 Years AAA 194 689 78 184 29 4 27 96 1 3 56 115 .267 .321 .438 .760 95.7  
162 Game Average 537 75 154 34 3 14 86 1 0 51 55 .288 .348 .445 .793 78.2  
Career Highs 141 506 75 149 34 5 17 90 6 5 53 86 .317 .391 .492 .872 76.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3580 520 1073 235 22 99 594 7 5 363 359 .300 .362 .461 .822 575.5
vs LH   789 92 184 48 5 18 108 4 3 55 93 .233 .281 .375 .656 82.6
Home 649 2109 304 603 135 19 59 337 4 6 195 213 .286 .344 .452 .796 317.4
Away 669 2260 308 654 148 8 58 365 7 2 223 239 .289 .351 .439 .790 340.7
RISP   1138 0 345 81 8 44 562 0 0 123 111 .303 .361 .504 .865 201.7
Pinch Hitting   254 31 71 14 2 10 61 1 0 19 30 .280 .326 .469 .795 38.1
Close/Late   592 85 184 38 4 17 106 0 0 53 65 .311 .366 .475 .840 97.4
Mar/Apr 214 733 92 195 39 3 17 102 3 2 61 78 .266 .322 .397 .719 92.7
May 250 824 126 245 53 5 21 149 1 1 72 93 .297 .351 .450 .801 125.4
June 222 738 96 214 44 3 19 122 2 3 62 75 .290 .343 .435 .778 106.3
July 221 748 98 190 45 5 17 113 2 1 77 84 .254 .322 .396 .717 96.2
August 216 705 94 213 43 6 21 103 1 0 66 69 .302 .358 .470 .827 114.3
Sep/Oct 195 621 106 200 59 5 22 113 2 1 80 53 .322 .397 .539 .937 123.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1949 22 SEM AL C 115 111 990.0 409 43 3 2 .993 4.11 49 15 .306 1 5.2
1950 23 SEM AL C 73 72 646.3 291 28 3 1 .991 4.44 26 12 .462 2 4.1
    1B 10 10 89.3 112 9 0 10 1.000 12.19 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1951 24 SEM AL C 91 89 803.0 350 33 1 3 .997 4.29 32 8 .250 3 3.6
1952 25 SEM AL C 108 101 923.7 392 39 6 2 .986 4.20 37 12 .324 2 5.3
1953 26 SEM AL C 91 83 744.3 298 26 8 1 .976 3.92 41 12 .293 0 2.8
1954 27 NYA AL C 135 125 1139.0 498 45 3 0 .995 4.29 40 13 .325 3 5.3
1955 28 NYA AL C 101 92 835.0 399 30 6 3 .986 4.62 40 8 .200 2 2.2
1956 29 NYA AL C 49 8 146.3 104 6 0 0 1.000 6.77 7 2 .286 0 0.9
1957 30 NYA AL C 108 92 849.7 656 30 2 0 .997 7.27 24 9 .375 3 5.6
1958 31 NYA AL C 110 87 834.0 622 26 3 2 .995 6.99 26 10 .385 1 6.5
1959 32 NYA AL C 91 75 691.0 597 15 2 0 .997 7.97 19 5 .263 0 4.5
1960 33 NYA AL C 98 83 766.3 638 17 2 1 .997 7.69 24 7 .292 0 4.2
    RF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1170 1018 9368.6 5254 338 39 15 .993 5.37 365 113 .310 17 50.2
  1B 10 10 89.3 112 9 0 10 1.000 12.19 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  RF 2 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1183 1028 9466.0 5367 347 39 25 .993 5.43 365 113 .310 17 50.4
Career Highs   135 125 1139.0 656 45 8 11 1.000 7.97 49 15 .462 3  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1950 23 SEM AL 8 12 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 .083 .214 .167 .381
1951 24 SEM AL 4 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .222 .300 .222 .522
1952 25 SEM AL 3 10 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .200 .273 .200 .473
1953 26 SEM AL 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .667 .750 1.667 2.417
Career Post-Season Batting 16 34 6 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 5 2 .206 .308 .324 .631
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Triples
1957-9-5
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Seattle in 1949
Had first career hit on 5/1/1949, off Ernie White (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 5/4/1949, off Johnny Vander meer (NYG)
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,692,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/23/1953 with a Broken Ulna, out for 4-5 weeks
10/20/1953: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $2,000,000 per year, for 4 years
10/20/1953: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $2,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Seattle to New York (A) on 2/3/1954 (Going to SEM: C Ralph Weigel. Going to NYA: C Smoky Burgess)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (A) on 5/9/1954
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1955, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 3/14/1956 with a Strained Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 6/14/1956 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 5 weeks
4/2/1957: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $1,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1958, hitting .556 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
Injured on 8/27/1959 with a Torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for full season
Injured on 3/19/1960 with a Inflamed Hamstring Muscle, out for 2 weeks
3/3/1961: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (A)
 
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