Bill Burns

Full Name: William Thomas Burns	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/195	First Game: April 18, 1908
Birthdate: January 27, 1880	Final Game: May 23, 1912
Birthplace: San Saba, Texas	MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: June 6, 1953
Deathplace: Ramona, California
Bat/Throw: Both/Left

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Born on January 27, 1880 in San Saba, Texas, Bill Burns (William Thomas Burns) played for the Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 5 year career. Burns broke into the bigs on April 18, 1908 with the Washington Senators, and put up a 1.69 ERA in 165 innings pitched in 1908, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Bill Burns's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1909, when he posted a 1.92 ERA and struck out 63 batters. However, others believe that it was 1908, when he posted a 1.69 ERA and struck out 55 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1908	WAS	A	23	19	6	11	1.69	55	58	31	11	2	0	165	135	3	18	1	4
1909	WAS	A	6	4	1	1	1.23	13	7	4	1	0	0	29.1	25	0	7	0	3
1909	CHI	A	23	19	7	13	2.04	50	65	38	10	3	0	168	161	2	34	5	8
1909	TOT	A	29	23	8	14	1.92	63	72	42	11	3	0	197.1	186	2	41	5	11
1910	CIN	N	31	21	8	13	3.48	57	103	69	13	2	0	178.2	183	3	49	3	12
1910	CHI	A	1	0	0	0	.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	1	0	0
1910	Total		32	21	8	13	3.47	57	103	69	13	2	0	179	183	3	50	3	12
1911	PHI	N	21	14	6	10	3.42	47	59	46	8	3	1	121	132	5	26	1	6
1911	CIN	N	6	3	1	0	3.06	5	11	6	0	0	1	17.2	17	1	3	0	3
1911	TOT	N	27	17	7	10	3.38	52	70	52	8	3	2	138.2	149	6	29	1	9
1912	DET	A	6	5	1	4	5.35	6	29	23	2	0	0	38.2	52	0	9	1	2
Total	NL		58	38	15	23	3.43	109	173	121	21	5	2	317.1	332	9	78	4	21
Total	AL		59	47	15	29	2.15	124	159	96	24	5	0	401.1	373	5	69	7	17
Total			117	85	30	52	2.72	233	332	217	45	10	2	718.2	705	14	147	11	38

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1908	WAS	A	P	23	0	0	2	69	6	2	0	0	0	0	.922
1909	WAS	A	P	6	0	0	2	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.857
1909	CHI	A	P	23	0	0	4	64	5	0	0	0	0	0	.932
1909	TOT	A	P	29	0	0	6	74	7	0	0	0	0	0	.920
1910	CIN	N	P	31	0	0	3	57	6	2	0	0	0	0	.909
1910	CHI	A	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1910	Total		P	32	0	0	3	57	6	2	0	0	0	0	.909
1911	PHI	N	P	21	14	120.1	6	40	2	3	1	12	9	4	.958
1911	CIN	N	P	6	3	17	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.000
1911	TOT	N	P	27	17	137.1	7	50	2	3	1	12	9	5	.966
1912	DET	A	P	6	0	0	1	12	2	1	0	0	0	0	.867
Total			P	117	17	137.1	19	262	23	8	1	12	9	5	.924

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1908	WAS	A	23	54	1	8	0	.148	.179	.185	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
1909	WAS	A	6	11	0	3	0	.273	.273	.273	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1909	CHI	A	23	59	3	9	3	.153	.219	.203	3	0	5	0	0	1	0	0
1909	TOT	A	29	70	3	12	3	.171	.227	.214	3	0	5	0	0	1	0	0
1910	CIN	N	31	61	5	16	2	.262	.297	.279	1	0	2	12	1	1	0	0
1910	CHI	A	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1910	Total		32	61	5	16	2	.262	.297	.279	1	0	2	12	1	1	0	0
1911	PHI	N	21	40	2	6	1	.150	.190	.150	0	0	2	14	0	0	0	1
1911	CIN	N	6	7	1	3	1	.429	.500	.714	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1911	TOT	N	27	47	3	9	2	.191	.240	.234	0	1	3	15	0	0	0	1
1912	DET	A	6	13	0	3	0	.231	.375	.385	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		58	108	8	25	4	.231	.272	.259	1	1	5	27	1	1	0	1
Total	AL		59	137	4	23	3	.168	.224	.219	7	0	10	0	0	1	1	0
Total			117	245	12	48	7	.196	.245	.237	8	1	15	27	1	2	1	1

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Washington Senators to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Nick Altrock, Gavvy Cravath and Jiggs Donahue (May 16, 1909).
Sold by Chicago White Sox to Cincinnati Reds for $4000 (June 7, 1910).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Fred Beck to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Bert Humphries (July 15, 1911).

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