Smoky Burgess, who set a major-league record for pinch hits during his 17-year career in the 1950s and 1960s, died Sunday. He was 64. Burgess had 145 pinch hits, a record until surpassed by Manny ...

Old-timers (not me) can remember Smoky Burgess and Jerry Lynch with fondness. With pinch running, though, the only immediate memory most of us may have is of the 1970s A’s, thus giving Charlie Finley ...