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Proper Name
Forrest Harrill Burgess
High Level
MLB (1949-1967)
Positions
C (1139)
Ht / Wt
5-8 / 187
Bats / Throws
Left / Right
place
Caroleen,North Carolina
Died
9/15/1991
High School
Corleen (Corleen,NC)
MLB Debut
MLB Teams
PIT [6] PHI [4] CIN [4] CHA [4] CHN [2]
TBC#
9408
mlbam id
111705
Retrosheet
Stat Capsuleavgopsabrhhrrbisb
Career MLB [1949-1967].295.8004471485131812667313
Speed
41
Power
63
Contact
92
XBH
58
RBIs
82
Runs
24
Hitting
81
Durability
60
Team
.519
Player Tags
Player Notes:  [1960] World Series Champion with Pittsburgh Pirates
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year team name league level org age   # pos link   g ab   r   h 2b 3b hr rbi sb cs bb so hbp sh sf iw gdp tb pa xbh 1b avg obp slg ops secA iso babip bb% so% so/bb ab/hr
1949 Chicago Cubs NL MLB chn 22 4,8 c -- 46 56 4 15 0 0 1 12 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 18 60 1 14 .268 .317 .321 .638 .125 .054 .275 6.67 6.67 1.00 56.00
1951 Chicago Cubs NL MLB chn 24 11 c -- 94 219 21 55 4 2 2 20 2 0 21 12 0 0 0 0 10 69 240 8 47 .251 .317 .315 .632 .169 .064 .259 8.75 5.00 0.57 109.50
1952 Philadelphia Phillies NL MLB phi 25 21 c -- 110 371 49 110 27 2 6 56 3 1 49 21 1 3 0 0 4 159 424 35 75 .296 .380 .429 .809 .270 .132 .302 11.56 4.95 0.43 61.83
1953 Philadelphia Phillies NL MLB phi 26 21 c -- 102 312 31 91 17 5 4 36 3 2 37 17 2 0 0 0 11 130 351 26 65 .292 .370 .417 .787 .247 .125 .299 10.54 4.84 0.46 78.00
1954 Philadelphia Phillies NL MLB phi 27 21 c -- 108 345 41 127 27 5 4 46 1 5 42 11 0 1 4 0 10 176 392 36 91 .368 .432 .510 .942 .252 .142 .368 10.71 2.81 0.26 86.25
1955 Philadelphia Phillies NL MLB phi 28 21 c -- 7 21 4 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 9 24 3 1 .190 .292 .429 .720 .381 .238 .158 12.50 4.17 0.33 21.00
1955 Cincinnati Reds NL MLB cin 28 12 c -- 116 421 67 129 15 3 20 77 1 1 47 35 1 2 6 4 11 210 477 38 91 .306 .373 .499 .871 .304 .192 .293 9.85 7.34 0.74 21.05
1956 Cincinnati Reds NL MLB cin 29 7 c -- 90 229 28 63 10 0 12 39 0 1 26 18 0 1 2 4 5 109 258 22 41 .275 .346 .476 .822 .310 .201 .254 10.08 6.98 0.69 19.08
1957 Cincinnati Reds NL MLB cin 30 7 c log 90 205 29 58 14 1 14 39 0 0 24 16 0 0 3 5 4 116 232 29 29 .283 .353 .566 .919 .400 .283 .247 10.34 6.90 0.67 14.64
1958 Cincinnati Reds NL MLB cin 31 7 c log 99 251 28 71 12 1 6 31 0 0 22 20 1 0 0 3 8 103 274 19 52 .283 .343 .410 .753 .215 .127 .289 8.03 7.30 0.91 41.83
1959 Pittsburgh Pirates NL MLB pit 32 6 c log 114 377 41 112 28 5 11 59 0 0 31 16 2 2 6 9 10 183 418 44 68 .297 .349 .485 .834 .271 .188 .284 7.42 3.83 0.52 34.27
1960 Pittsburgh Pirates NL MLB pit 33 6 c log 110 337 33 99 15 2 7 39 0 1 35 13 0 0 4 12 6 139 376 24 75 .294 .356 .412 .769 .220 .119 .287 9.31 3.46 0.37 48.14
1961 Pittsburgh Pirates NL MLB pit 34 6 c log 100 323 37 98 17 3 12 52 1 0 30 16 2 0 1 8 7 157 356 32 66 .303 .365 .486 .851 .279 .183 .291 8.43 4.49 0.53 26.92
1962 Pittsburgh Pirates NL MLB pit 35 6 c log 103 360 38 118 19 2 13 61 0 1 31 19 0 2 6 9 6 180 399 34 84 .328 .375 .500 .875 .256 .172 .314 7.77 4.76 0.61 27.69
1963 Pittsburgh Pirates NL MLB pit 36 6 c log 91 264 20 74 10 1 6 37 0 1 24 14 1 0 4 8 12 104 293 17 57 .280 .338 .394 .732 .201 .114 .274 8.19 4.78 0.58 44.00
1964 Pittsburgh Pirates NL MLB pit 37 6 c log 68 171 9 42 3 1 2 17 2 1 13 14 1 2 0 3 9 53 187 6 36 .246 .303 .310 .613 .146 .064 .258 6.95 7.49 1.08 85.50
1964 Chicago White Sox AL MLB cha 37 49 c log 7 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 7 1 0 .200 .429 .800 1.229 1.000 .600 .000 28.57 0.00 0.00 5.00
1965 Chicago White Sox AL MLB cha 38 2 c log 80 77 2 22 4 0 2 24 0 0 11 7 0 0 1 4 2 32 89 6 16 .286 .371 .416 .786 .273 .130 .290 12.36 7.87 0.64 38.50
1966 Chicago White Sox AL MLB cha 39 2 c log 79 67 0 21 5 0 0 15 0 0 11 8 1 0 1 2 0 26 80 5 16 .313 .413 .388 .801 .239 .075 .350 13.75 10.00 0.73 --
1967 Chicago White Sox AL MLB cha 40 2 c log 77 60 2 8 1 0 2 11 0 0 14 8 1 0 1 6 2 15 76 3 5 .133 .303 .250 .553 .350 .117 .118 18.42 10.53 0.57 30.00
1949 MLB Total -- CHN -- -- -- -- 46 56 4 15 0 0 1 12 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 18 60 1 14 .268 .317 .321 .638 .125 .054 .275 6.67 6.67 1.00 56.00
1951 MLB Total -- CHN -- -- -- -- 94 219 21 55 4 2 2 20 2 0 21 12 0 0 0 0 10 69 240 8 47 .251 .317 .315 .632 .169 .064 .259 8.75 5.00 0.57 109.50
1952 MLB Total -- PHI -- -- -- -- 110 371 49 110 27 2 6 56 3 1 49 21 1 3 0 0 4 159 424 35 75 .296 .380 .429 .809 .270 .132 .302 11.56 4.95 0.43 61.83
1953 MLB Total -- PHI -- -- -- -- 102 312 31 91 17 5 4 36 3 2 37 17 2 0 0 0 11 130 351 26 65 .292 .370 .417 .787 .247 .125 .299 10.54 4.84 0.46 78.00
1954 MLB Total -- PHI -- -- -- -- 108 345 41 127 27 5 4 46 1 5 42 11 0 1 4 0 10 176 392 36 91 .368 .432 .510 .942 .252 .142 .368 10.71 2.81 0.26 86.25
1955 MLB Total -- PHI,CIN -- -- -- -- 123 442 71 133 17 3 21 78 1 1 50 36 1 2 6 5 14 219 501 41 92 .301 .369 .495 .864 .308 .195 .286 9.98 7.19 0.72 21.05
1956 MLB Total -- CIN -- -- -- -- 90 229 28 63 10 0 12 39 0 1 26 18 0 1 2 4 5 109 258 22 41 .275 .346 .476 .822 .310 .201 .254 10.08 6.98 0.69 19.08
1957 MLB Total -- CIN -- -- -- -- 90 205 29 58 14 1 14 39 0 0 24 16 0 0 3 5 4 116 232 29 29 .283 .353 .566 .919 .400 .283 .247 10.34 6.90 0.67 14.64
1958 MLB Total -- CIN -- -- -- -- 99 251 28 71 12 1 6 31 0 0 22 20 1 0 0 3 8 103 274 19 52 .283 .343 .410 .753 .215 .127 .289 8.03 7.30 0.91 41.83
1959 MLB Total -- PIT -- -- -- -- 114 377 41 112 28 5 11 59 0 0 31 16 2 2 6 9 10 183 418 44 68 .297 .349 .485 .834 .271 .188 .284 7.42 3.83 0.52 34.27
1960 MLB Total -- PIT -- -- -- -- 110 337 33 99 15 2 7 39 0 1 35 13 0 0 4 12 6 139 376 24 75 .294 .356 .412 .769 .220 .119 .287 9.31 3.46 0.37 48.14
1961 MLB Total -- PIT -- -- -- -- 100 323 37 98 17 3 12 52 1 0 30 16 2 0 1 8 7 157 356 32 66 .303 .365 .486 .851 .279 .183 .291 8.43 4.49 0.53 26.92
1962 MLB Total -- PIT -- -- -- -- 103 360 38 118 19 2 13 61 0 1 31 19 0 2 6 9 6 180 399 34 84 .328 .375 .500 .875 .256 .172 .314 7.77 4.76 0.61 27.69
1963 MLB Total -- PIT -- -- -- -- 91 264 20 74 10 1 6 37 0 1 24 14 1 0 4 8 12 104 293 17 57 .280 .338 .394 .732 .201 .114 .274 8.19 4.78 0.58 44.00
1964 MLB Total -- CHA,PIT -- -- -- -- 75 176 10 43 3 1 3 18 2 1 15 14 1 2 0 5 9 57 194 7 36 .244 .307 .324 .631 .170 .080 .252 7.73 7.22 0.93 58.67
1965 MLB Total -- CHA -- -- -- -- 80 77 2 22 4 0 2 24 0 0 11 7 0 0 1 4 2 32 89 6 16 .286 .371 .416 .786 .273 .130 .290 12.36 7.87 0.64 38.50
1966 MLB Total -- CHA -- -- -- -- 79 67 0 21 5 0 0 15 0 0 11 8 1 0 1 2 0 26 80 5 16 .313 .413 .388 .801 .239 .075 .350 13.75 10.00 0.73 --
1967 MLB Total -- CHA -- -- -- -- 77 60 2 8 1 0 2 11 0 0 14 8 1 0 1 6 2 15 76 3 5 .133 .303 .250 .553 .350 .117 .118 18.42 10.53 0.57 30.00
Total MLB (18 yrs) -- MLB -- -- -- -- -- 1691 4471 485 1318 230 33 126 673 13 14 477 270 13 13 39 80 121 1992 5013 389 929 .295 .362 .446 .807 .257 .151 .290 9.52 5.39 0.57 35.48
Total AL (4 yrs) -- AL -- -- -- -- -- 243 209 5 52 10 0 5 51 0 0 38 23 2 0 3 14 4 77 252 15 37 .249 .365 .368 .734 .301 .120 .255 15.08 9.13 0.61 41.80
Total NL (15 yrs) -- NL -- -- -- -- -- 1448 4262 480 1266 220 33 121 622 13 14 439 247 11 13 36 66 117 1915 4761 374 892 .297 .361 .449 .811 .255 .152 .291 9.22 5.19 0.56 35.22
Other Batting
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year team name league level age   g ab   r   h 2b 3b hr rbi sb cs bb so hbp sh sf iw gdp tb pa xbh 1b avg obp slg ops secA iso babip bb% so% so/bb ab/hr
1954 National League MLB AllStar 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
1955 National League MLB AllStar 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.00 0.00 -- --
1959 National League MLB AllStar 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.00 0.00 -- --
1960 National League MLB AllStar 33 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.00 50.00 -- --
1960 National League MLB AllStar 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.00 0.00 -- --
1960 Pittsburgh Pirates World Series Playoffs 33 5 18 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 20 1 5 .333 .400 .389 .789 .167 .056 .353 10.00 5.00 0.50 --
1961 National League MLB AllStar 34 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 .000 .000 .250 0.00 0.00 -- --
1961 National League MLB AllStar 34 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -- 0.00 100.00 -- --
-- Totals -- Playoffs 33 5 18 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 20 1 5 .333 .400 .389 .789 .167 .056 .353 10.00 5.00 0.50 --
-- Totals -- AllStar 27 7 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 1 .100 .100 .100 .200 .000 .000 .125 0.00 20.00 -- --
Fielding Statistics
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year team name league level mlb age pos   g gs inn po   a   e dp tc tsc sb cs sb% fpct rfg rfi rf9i tm shr pl shr tm rk
1949 Chicago Cubs NL MLB chn 22 c 8 0 0.0 21 6 0 2 27 27 0 0 -- 1.000 3.4 -- -- 5.2 17.4 5
1951 Chicago Cubs NL MLB chn 24 c 64 0 0.0 210 35 5 6 250 245 0 0 -- .980 3.8 -- -- 41.6 68.1 1
1952 Philadelphia Phillies NL MLB phi 25 c 104 0 0.0 439 47 11 6 497 486 0 0 -- .978 4.7 -- -- 67.5 94.5 1
1953 Philadelphia Phillies NL MLB phi 26 c 95 0 0.0 395 23 3 8 421 418 0 0 -- .993 4.4 -- -- 61.7 93.1 1
1954 Philadelphia Phillies NL MLB phi 27 c 91 0 749.2 356 30 10 4 396 386 0 0 -- .975 4.2 0.52 4.64 59.1 84.3 1
1955 Cincinnati Reds NL MLB cin 28 c 107 0 912.0 457 35 7 6 499 492 0 0 -- .986 4.6 0.54 4.86 69.5 92.2 1
1955 Philadelphia Phillies NL MLB phi 28 c 6 0 51.0 35 1 0 0 36 36 0 0 -- 1.000 6.0 0.71 6.35 3.9 85.7 4
1956 Cincinnati Reds NL MLB cin 29 c 55 0 463.0 257 18 0 2 275 275 0 0 -- 1.000 5.0 0.59 5.35 35.7 61.1 2
1957 Cincinnati Reds NL MLB cin 30 c 45 0 378.1 223 15 3 0 241 238 0 0 -- .988 5.3 0.63 5.67 29.2 50.0 2
1958 Cincinnati Reds NL MLB cin 31 c 58 0 473.0 297 21 4 2 322 318 0 0 -- .988 5.5 0.67 6.05 37.7 58.6 2
1959 Pittsburgh Pirates NL MLB pit 32 c 101 0 798.0 441 39 8 4 488 480 0 0 -- .984 4.8 0.60 5.41 65.6 88.6 1
1960 Pittsburgh Pirates NL MLB pit 33 c 89 0 748.1 485 38 3 7 526 523 0 0 -- .994 5.9 0.70 6.29 57.8 80.9 1
1961 Pittsburgh Pirates NL MLB pit 34 c 92 0 729.1 426 27 4 4 457 453 0 0 -- .991 4.9 0.62 5.59 59.7 92.0 1
1962 Pittsburgh Pirates NL MLB pit 35 c 101 0 840.2 550 45 7 5 602 595 0 0 -- .988 5.9 0.71 6.37 62.7 98.1 1
1963 Pittsburgh Pirates NL MLB pit 36 c 72 0 573.1 364 40 4 4 408 404 0 0 -- .990 5.6 0.70 6.34 44.4 79.1 2
1964 Pittsburgh Pirates NL MLB pit 37 c 44 0 358.1 237 18 2 3 257 255 0 0 -- .992 5.8 0.71 6.41 27.2 64.7 2
1965 Chicago White Sox AL MLB cha 38 c 5 0 26.0 17 3 0 0 20 20 0 0 -- 1.000 4.0 0.77 6.92 3.1 6.3 4
1966 Chicago White Sox AL MLB cha 39 c 2 0 5.0 4 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 -- 1.000 2.0 0.80 7.20 1.2 2.5 5
Total MLB (17 yrs) -- MLB -- -- c 1139 0 7,104 5214 441 71 63 5726 5655 0 0 -- .988 5.0 0.80 7.16 -- -- --
Yearly Positional Grid
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  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
year category pos p pos c pos 1b pos 2b pos 3b pos ss pos lf pos cf pos rf pos of pos dh
1949 MLB 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 MLB 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 MLB 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 MLB 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 MLB 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 MLB 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 MLB 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 MLB 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 MLB 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 MLB 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 MLB 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 MLB 0 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 MLB 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 MLB 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 MLB 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 MLB 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 MLB 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0