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Bill Burns was born on Tuesday, January 27, 1880, in San Saba, Texas. Burns was 28 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 18, 1908, with the Washington Senators. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bill Burns baseball stats page.

"He (Bill Burns) followed two simple rules on the bench. On days he didn't pitch he slept through the game. On days he did pitch he slept only between innings." - Sportswriter Thomas P. Shea

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Birth Name:	William Thomas Burns
Nickname:	Sleepy Bill
Born On:	01-27-1880
Born In:	San Saba, Texas
Zodiac:	Aquarius
Died On:	06-06-1953
Died In:	Ramona, California
Cemetery:	Holy Cross Cemetery, San Diego, California

College:	None Attended
Bats:	Both
Throws:	Left
Height:	6-02
Weight:	195
First Game:	04-18-1908 (Age 28)
Last Game:	05-23-1912
Draft:	Not Applicable

Bill Burns Bill Burns Pitching Stats
Year	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
1908	Senators	23	19	1	6	11	.353	1.69	11	2	0	165.0	612	135	31	58	3	18	-	55	1	4	0	-
1909	Senators	6	4	2	1	1	.500	1.23	1	0	0	29.1	119	25	4	7	0	7	-	13	0	3	0	-
1909	White Sox	23	19	2	7	13	.350	2.04	10	3	0	168.0	614	161	38	65	2	34	-	50	5	8	3	-
1910	White Sox	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	0	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	1	-	0	0	0	0	-
1910	Reds	31	21	8	8	13	.381	3.48	13	2	0	178.2	732	183	69	103	3	49	-	57	3	12	1	-
1911	Reds	6	3	3	1	0	1.000	3.06	0	0	1	17.2	73	17	6	11	1	3	-	5	0	3	0	-
1911	Phillies	21	14	6	6	10	.375	3.42	8	3	1	121.0	492	132	46	59	5	26	-	47	1	6	1	-
1912	Tigers	6	5	0	1	4	.200	5.35	2	0	0	38.2	165	52	23	29	0	9	-	6	1	2	1	-
Career		G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
5 Years		117	85	22	30	52	.366	2.72	45	10	2	718.2	2,808	705	217	332	14	147	-	233	11	38	6	-

Bill Burns Bill Burns Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1908	Senators	23	54	1	8	2	0	0	0	0	2	-	-	0	-	0	-	.148	.179	.185
1909	Senators	6	11	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	-	0	-	.273	.273	.273
1909	White Sox	23	59	3	9	3	0	0	0	3	5	-	-	1	-	0	-	.153	.219	.203
1910	White Sox	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	-	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1910	Reds	32	61	5	16	1	0	0	0	2	2	-	12	1	-	1	-	.262	.297	.279
1911	Reds	6	7	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	-	1	0	-	0	-	.429	.500	.714
1911	Phillies	21	40	2	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	-	14	0	-	0	-	.150	.190	.150
1912	Tigers	6	13	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	-	-	0	-	0	-	.231	.375	.385
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
5 Years		118	245	12	48	8	1	0	0	7	15	-	27	2	-	1	0	.196	.245	.237

Bill Burns Bill Burns Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1908 Senators	P	23	19	495	77	3.3	71	2	69	6	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.922	3.87	-
1909 Senators	P	6	4	88	14	2.3	12	2	10	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.857	3.68	-
1909 White Sox	P	23	19	504	73	3.2	68	4	64	5	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.932	3.64	-
1910 White Sox	P	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00	-
1910 Reds	P	31	21	536	66	2.1	60	3	57	6	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.909	3.02	-
1911 Reds	P	6	3	53	11	1.8	11	1	10	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	5.60	-
1911 Phillies	P	21	14	363	48	2.3	46	6	40	2	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.958	3.42	-
1912 Tigers	P	6	5	116	15	2.5	13	1	12	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.867	3.03	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
P Totals		117	85	2,156	304	2.6	281	19	262	23	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	.924	3.52	--
5 Years		117	85	2,156	304	2.6	281	19	262	23	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	.924	3.52	--

Bill Burns Bill Burns Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1908 Senators	1	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.06	3.00	0.98
1909 Senators	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.86	3.99	2.15
1909 White Sox	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	19.7	1.47	2.68	1.82
1910 White Sox	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	27.03
1910 Reds	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	5.1	30.5	1.16	2.87	2.47
1911 Reds	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	7.0	7.0	1.67	2.55	1.53
1911 Phillies	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.9	40.0	1.81	3.50	1.93
1912 Tigers	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.67	1.40	2.09
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
5 Years	1	0	1.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	9.1	35.0	1.59	2.92	1.84

Bill Burns Bill Burns Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1908 Washington Senators	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1909 Washington Senators	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1909 Chicago White Sox	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1910 Chicago White Sox	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1910 Cincinnati Reds	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1911 Cincinnati Reds	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1911 Philadelphia Phillies	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1912 Detroit Tigers	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
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