Smoky Burgess stats
Last played for the Chicago White Sox, 1967
Bio
- Debut
- 1949
Bio
- Debut
- 1949
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,691
- AB
- 4,471
- R
- 485
- H
- 1,318
- HR
- 126
- RBI
- 673
- SB
- 13
- AVG
- .295
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | CHC | 46 | 56 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 0 | .268 |
| 1951 | CHC | 94 | 219 | 21 | 55 | 2 | 20 | 2 | .251 |
| 1952 | PHI | 110 | 371 | 49 | 110 | 6 | 56 | 3 | .296 |
| 1953 | PHI | 102 | 312 | 31 | 91 | 4 | 36 | 3 | .292 |
| 1954 | PHI | 108 | 345 | 41 | 127 | 4 | 46 | 1 | .368 |
| 1955 |  PHI/CIN | 123 | 442 | 71 | 133 | 21 | 78 | 1 | .301 |
| 1956 | CIN | 90 | 229 | 28 | 63 | 12 | 39 | 0 | .275 |
| 1957 | CIN | 90 | 205 | 29 | 58 | 14 | 39 | 0 | .283 |
| 1958 | CIN | 99 | 251 | 28 | 71 | 6 | 31 | 0 | .283 |
| 1959 | PIT | 114 | 377 | 41 | 112 | 11 | 59 | 0 | .297 |
| 1960 | PIT | 110 | 337 | 33 | 99 | 7 | 39 | 0 | .294 |
| 1961 | PIT | 100 | 323 | 37 | 98 | 12 | 52 | 1 | .303 |
| 1962 | PIT | 103 | 360 | 38 | 118 | 13 | 61 | 0 | .328 |
| 1963 | PIT | 91 | 264 | 20 | 74 | 6 | 37 | 0 | .280 |
| 1964 |  PIT/CHW | 75 | 176 | 10 | 43 | 3 | 18 | 2 | .244 |
| 1965 | CHW | 80 | 77 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 24 | 0 | .286 |
| 1966 | CHW | 79 | 67 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 0 | .313 |
| 1967 | CHW | 77 | 60 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 0 | .133 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 5
- AB
- 18
- R
- 2
- H
- 6
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .333
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 5,013
- TB
- 1,992
- XBH
- 389
- HBP
- 13
- IBB
- 80
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | CHC | 60 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | CHC | 240 | 69 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | PHI | 424 | 159 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | PHI | 351 | 130 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | PHI | 392 | 176 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | PHI/CIN | 501 | 219 | 41 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | CIN | 258 | 109 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | CIN | 232 | 116 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | CIN | 274 | 103 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | PIT | 418 | 183 | 44 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | PIT | 376 | 139 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | PIT | 356 | 157 | 32 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | PIT | 399 | 180 | 34 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | PIT | 293 | 104 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | PIT/CHW | 194 | 57 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | CHW | 89 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | CHW | 80 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | CHW | 76 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 31.2
- RC
- 754.7
- RC/27
- 6.30
- ISOP
- .151
- SECA
- .257
- BB/K
- 1.77
- AB/HR
- 35.5
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | CHC | 0.2 | 6 | 4 | .054 | 0.1 | 1 | 56 | 0 |
| 1951 | CHC | 0.0 | 24.1 | 4 | .064 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 109.5 | 0 |
| 1952 | PHI | 3.2 | 64.5 | 6.6 | .132 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 61.8 | 0 |
| 1953 | PHI | 1.8 | 51 | 6.2 | .125 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 78 | 0 |
| 1954 | PHI | 3.7 | 74.9 | 8.9 | .142 | 0.3 | 3.8 | 86.3 | 0 |
| 1955 | PHI/CIN | 3.0 | 83.4 | 7.1 | .195 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 21 | 0 |
| 1956 | CIN | 1.8 | 39.1 | 6.2 | .201 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 19.1 | 0 |
| 1957 | CIN | 1.8 | 41.9 | 7.5 | .283 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 14.6 | 0 |
| 1958 | CIN | 1.0 | 37 | 5.5 | .127 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 41.8 | 0 |
| 1959 | PIT | 2.7 | 66.2 | 6.5 | .188 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 34.3 | 0 |
| 1960 | PIT | 3.1 | 52.6 | 5.8 | .119 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 48.1 | 0 |
| 1961 | PIT | 3.0 | 58.7 | 7 | .183 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 26.9 | 0 |
| 1962 | PIT | 2.9 | 68.5 | 7.4 | .172 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 27.7 | 0 |
| 1963 | PIT | 1.9 | 37.5 | 5.2 | .114 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 44 | 0 |
| 1964 | PIT/CHW | 0.0 | 18.9 | 3.7 | .080 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 58.7 | 0 |
| 1965 | CHW | 0.8 | 12.9 | 6.2 | .130 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 38.5 | 0 |
| 1966 | CHW | 0.6 | 12.2 | 7 | .075 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | CHW | -0.3 | 5.8 | 3 | .117 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 30 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Smoky Burgess's career stats?
Smoky Burgess played 18 seasons for the Cubs, the Phillies, the Reds, the Pirates and the White Sox. He was a career .295 hitter with 1,318 hits, 126 home runs and 673 RBI. His best season was 1954: a .368 batting average, 4 home runs and 46 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
18 seasons, 1 postseason, 1949 to 1967
Championships
- 1960 World Series with the Pittsburgh Pirates