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Name	Team	Age
Smoky Burgess	Retired (1988, Age 35)	Died (2031, Age 79)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 21 (1975)	C	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Jimmy Ryan League	0	11 years (160 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B-	B-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B+	B+	B+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
C+	B	D+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D+	D+
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D-	C	C
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C	0	11/26/1952
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
1	1	1
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1975

Minors

45.00

3 / 5

5 / 8

3 / 10

4 / 9

3 / 4

2 / 4

4 / 5

24 / 45

1976

Minors

50.00

3 / 5

5 / 9

3 / 4

1 / 5

6 / 10

8 / 9

4 / 8

30 / 50

1976

Majors

6.87

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 0

1 / 1

1 / 1

3 / 6

1977

Majors

47.67

162

80

0

2 / 7

4 / 5

4 / 11

1 / 2

4 / 10

2 / 5

3 / 7

20 / 47

1978

Majors

46.95

162

73

0

3 / 3

1 / 5

1 / 7

3 / 7

1 / 12

2 / 5

3 / 7

14 / 46

1979

Majors

50.98

162

79

0

3 / 6

2 / 5

1 / 9

2 / 10

2 / 6

2 / 6

3 / 8

15 / 50

1980

Majors

58.32

159

86

0

0 / 7

5 / 9

1 / 7

1 / 9

1 / 10

3 / 11

3 / 5

14 / 58

1981

Majors

54.78

162

78

0

0 / 7

0 / 4

0 / 9

1 / 9

2 / 10

1 / 8

2 / 7

6 / 54

1982

Majors

56.52

162

83

0

0 / 7

0 / 11

2 / 5

0 / 8

1 / 9

0 / 8

2 / 8

5 / 56

1983

Majors

57.50

162

98

0

0 / 5

1 / 11

0 / 7

0 / 11

0 / 8

0 / 8

1 / 7

2 / 57

1984

Majors

59.58

162

99

0

0 / 9

0 / 6

0 / 15

0 / 5

0 / 7

0 / 5

0 / 12

0 / 59

1985

Majors

63.24

162

106

0

0 / 10

0 / 11

0 / 7

0 / 8

1 / 10

0 / 6

0 / 11

1 / 63

1986

Majors

51.68

162

74

0

-2 / 3

-5 / 6

-2 / 10

0 / 9

0 / 9

-3 / 9

1 / 5

-11 / 51

1987

Majors

51.33

162

74

0

-2 / 6

-6 / 6

-2 / 9

-4 / 6

-6 / 10

-1 / 7

-1 / 7

-22 / 51

1988

Majors

28.04

112

36

20

-3 / 6

-6 / 2

-4 / 4

-5 / 3

-2 / 6

-4 / 2

-3 / 5

-27 / 28

Total

1891

966

20

7 / 86

7 / 99

7 / 114

4 / 104

13 / 121

13 / 94

23 / 103

74 / 721

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1988-11-01	Smoky Burgess has retired from the Cincinnati Redlegs
1988-08-06	Smoky Burgess of the Cincinnati Redlegs is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1980-07-05	The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Smoky Burgess to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Chris Anderson to the minors.
1980-07-03	The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Chris Anderson to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Smoky Burgess to the minors.
1980-06-28	The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Smoky Burgess to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Chris Anderson to the minors.
1980-06-27	The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Chris Anderson to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Smoky Burgess to the minors.
1979-03-01	The Cincinnati Reds have renamed Howie Gannon to Smoky Burgess.
1977-04-01	The Cincinnati Red Bullets have promoted Howie Gannon to the major league team. The Cincinnati Red Bullets have promoted Joe Mallett to the major league team.
1976-05-25	The Cincinnati Red Bullets have promoted Ben Kasulki to the major league team. The Cincinnati Red Bullets have sent Howie Gannon to the minors.
1976-04-01	The Cincinnati Red Bullets have promoted Howie Gannon to the major league team.
1975-05-26	The Cincinnati Red Bullets have acquired Howie Gannon from the waiver wire.
1975-05-22	The Brooklyn Basketcases have waived Howie Gannon.