Smoky Burgess...HOFer?

This showed up today on a Facebook page I follow, Baseball 1857 through 1993

Smoky Burgess. a career .295 hitter, 6 time all-star, and could well be, THE best pinch hitter ever, who may have had an even better career had it not been for an accident while in the service which damaged his throwing arm is an overlooked player, I think. Mainly because the true Pinch hitter is a thing of the past, sadly. due to the silly DH rule.

"During an eighteen-year major league career, Burgess played in 1,691 games hitting for a .295 career batting average with 126 home runs, 673 RBI and a .362 on-base percentage. He accumulated 1,318 career hits with 230 doubles and 33 triples. His .295 career batting average ranked him 10th among Major League catchers as of 2006. A six-time All-Star, Burgess led National League catchers in fielding percentage three times, in 1953, 1960 and 1961. His Major League record of 145 career pinch hits was broken by Manny Mota in 1979. Along with Curt Simmons, he was the last player to formally retire who had played in the major leagues in the 1940s (not counting Minnie Miñoso, who un-retired twice)."

 

Charley’s Angels, too? Bc that’s blasphemy