Forrest Smoky Burgess Bio and Best Baseball Cards »

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Forrest “ Smoky” Burgess was one of the greatest batters in the history of baseball that very few in the 21st century remember. He was signed as a free agent in 1944 and his eighteen year career began in 1948 with the Chicago Cubs, but throughout his time he played for the Phillies, Reds, Pirates, and White Sox. He was a six-time all star and he also has the record for most career pinch hit at bats. He is currently ranked third all time in career pinch hits, which is impressive as it is in how shattered some of the greatest records in baseball history have been defeated in this modern era. Smoky had a career batting average of .295 which included his 126 career home runs. To make his first all star game he batted .368 in 1954 with the Philadelphia Phillies. In 1955, he had a game in which he hit three home runs with nine RBIs, many greats of the game can not claim a nine RBI game of their own.