William Thomas "Bill" Burns, nicknamed "Sleepy Bill," was an American baseball player who played as a pitcher for five different Major League teams. He is also noted for his involvement in the Black Sox Scandal. In his five-year career, Burns played for the Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies and Detroit Tigers. In his rookie season, 1908, Burns had a 1.69 ERA (sixth best in the American League).

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  • William Thomas "Bill" Burns, nicknamed "Sleepy Bill," was an American baseball player who played as a pitcher for five different Major League teams. He is also noted for his involvement in the Black Sox Scandal. In his five-year career, Burns played for the Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies and Detroit Tigers. In his rookie season, 1908, Burns had a 1.69 ERA (sixth best in the American League). However, he had a career record of 30-52 as a pitcher and never won more than eight games in a season.
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  • "I told them I had the hundred thousand dollars to handle the throwing of the World Series. I also told them that I had the names of the men who were going to finance it. I told them they were waiting below." Testimony of Sleepy Bill Burns
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  • William Thomas "Bill" Burns, nicknamed "Sleepy Bill," was an American baseball player who played as a pitcher for five different Major League teams. He is also noted for his involvement in the Black Sox Scandal. In his five-year career, Burns played for the Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies and Detroit Tigers. In his rookie season, 1908, Burns had a 1.69 ERA (sixth best in the American League).
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