Today's Birthday: Forrest "Smoky" Burgess, Lockport Cubs (1944)

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Former PONY League prospect Forrest  "Smoky" Burgess was born on this date in 1927. He appeared in 54 days for the Lockport Cubs as a 17 year old  rookie in 1944.

He played 18 years in the majors with the Chicago Cubs ((1949, '51), Philadephia Phillies (1952-55), Cincinnati Reds (1955-58), Pittsburgh Pirates (1959-64) and Chicago White Sox (1964-67). He was a 6 time National League All-Star and batted .333 in the 1960 World Series for the World Champion Pirates.

Burgess died on September 15, 1991, at the age of 64.  

Source: Baseball Reference 

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