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Smoky Burgess 2026 Season · CWS

Smoky Burgess played in the majors from 1949 to 1967. His career NUT is +13.5, #528 of 7,896 hitters since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 1954 (+2.9). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: .295/.362/.446, 126 HR, 1318 H in 1692 games.

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Smoky Burgess Career Stats & NUT | Baseball NUT

Smoky Burgess

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+13.5Career NUT

+1.5 to Great

Career

.295AVG126HR673RBI1318H485R13SB

Career · season grades

L/R · 5' 8", 185 lb · b. Feb 6, 1927 · Caroleen, NC · Signed Undrafted FA, 1949

Player Overview

Year by Year


1949	22	CHC	—	47	60	56	4	15	0	0	1	12	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	.268	.317	.321	.053	.638	.275
1951	24	CHC	-0.7	94	240	219	21	55	4	2	2	20	21	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	10	.251	.317	.315	.064	.632	.259
1952	25	PHI	+1.6	110	424	371	49	110	27	2	6	56	49	1	0	21	3	1	0	3	4	.296	.380	.429	.133	.809	.302
1953	26	PHI	+0.7	102	351	312	31	91	17	5	4	36	37	2	0	17	3	2	0	0	11	.292	.370	.417	.125	.787	.299
1954	27	PHI	+2.9	108	392	345	41	127	27	5	4	46	42	0	0	11	1	5	4	1	10	.368	.432	.510	.142	.942	.368
1955	28	PHI	—	7	24	21	4	4	2	0	1	1	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	.190	.292	.429	.239	.721	.158
1955	28	CIN	+2.1	116	477	421	67	129	15	3	20	77	47	1	4	35	1	1	6	2	11	.306	.373	.499	.193	.872	.293
1955	28	TOT	+2.1	123	501	442	71	133	17	3	21	78	50	1	5	36	1	1	6	2	14	.301	.369	.495	.194	.864	.286
1956	29	CIN	+0.7	90	258	229	28	63	10	0	12	39	26	0	4	18	0	1	2	1	5	.275	.346	.476	.201	.822	.254
1957	30	CIN	+1.4	90	232	205	29	58	14	1	14	39	24	0	5	16	0	0	3	0	4	.283	.353	.566	.283	.919	.247
1958	31	CIN	+0.3	99	274	251	28	71	12	1	6	31	22	1	3	20	0	0	0	0	8	.283	.343	.410	.127	.753	.289
1959	32	PIT	+1.3	114	418	377	41	112	28	5	11	59	31	2	9	16	0	0	6	2	10	.297	.349	.485	.188	.834	.284
1960	33	PIT	+0.5	110	376	337	33	99	15	2	7	39	35	0	12	13	0	1	4	0	6	.294	.356	.412	.118	.768	.287
1961	34	PIT	+1.3	100	356	323	37	98	17	3	12	52	30	2	8	16	1	0	1	0	7	.303	.365	.486	.183	.851	.291
1962	35	PIT	+1.7	103	399	360	38	118	19	2	13	61	31	0	9	19	0	1	6	2	6	.328	.375	.500	.172	.875	.314
1963	36	PIT	+0.3	91	293	264	20	74	10	1	6	37	24	1	8	14	0	1	4	0	12	.280	.338	.394	.114	.732	.274
1964	37	PIT	-0.6	68	187	171	9	42	3	1	2	17	13	1	3	14	2	1	0	2	9	.246	.303	.310	.064	.613	.258
1964	37	CWS	—	7	7	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.429	.800	.600	1.229	.000
1964	37	TOT	-0.5	75	194	176	10	43	3	1	3	18	15	1	5	14	2	1	0	2	9	.244	.307	.324	.080	.631	.252
1965	38	CWS	—	80	89	77	2	22	4	0	2	24	11	0	4	7	0	0	1	0	2	.286	.371	.416	.130	.787	.290
1966	39	CWS	—	79	80	67	0	21	5	0	0	15	11	1	2	8	0	0	1	0	0	.313	.413	.388	.075	.801	.350
1967	40	CWS	—	77	76	60	2	8	1	0	2	11	14	1	6	8	0	0	1	0	2	.133	.303	.250	.117	.553	.118
Career	—	18 yrs	+13.5	1692	5013	4471	485	1318	230	33	126	673	477	13	80	270	13	14	39	13	121	.295	.362	.446	.151	.808	.290

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Burgess's career NUT of +13.5

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

2.9

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NUT by Season

-0.7

+1.6

+0.7

+2.9

+2.1

+0.7

+1.4

+0.3

+1.3

+0.5

+1.3

+1.7

+0.3

-0.5

Awards

1954NL All-Star

1955NL All-Star

1959NL All-Star

1960NL All-Star · World Series Championship

1961NL All-Star

1964NL All-Star

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