Bill Burns

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William Thomas Burns (Sleepy Bill)

• Bats Both, Throws Left
• Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.

• Debut April 18, 1908
• Final Game May 23, 1912
• Born January 29, 1880 in San Saba, TX USA
• Died June 6, 1953 in Ramona, CA USA

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"Sleepy" Bill Burns Earned his nickname for his noticeable lack of intensity on the mound.

Though out of the Major League Baseball for seven years before the Black Sox Scandal, Burns brought together the the Black Sox and the gamblers who fixed the series. Burns was discovered hiding in Mexico by Ban Johnson; Arnold Rothstein testified in court that all he knew of the fix was that Burns and Abe Attell had approached him about fixing the Series. He thus became the star prosecution witness in the Chicago trial.

Burns managed the 1920 Mineral Wells Resorters.

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