Bio
- Debut
- 1908
Bio
- Debut
- 1908
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 117
- W
- 30
- L
- 52
- ERA
- 2.72
- IP
- 718.2
- K
- 233
- BB
- 147
- WHIP
- 1.19
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | MIN | 23 | 6 | 11 | 1.69 | 165.0 | 55 | 18 | 0.93 |
| 1909 |  MIN/CHW | 29 | 8 | 14 | 1.92 | 197.1 | 63 | 41 | 1.15 |
| 1910 |  CHW/CIN | 32 | 8 | 13 | 3.47 | 179.0 | 57 | 50 | 1.30 |
| 1911 |  CIN/PHI | 27 | 7 | 10 | 3.38 | 138.2 | 52 | 29 | 1.28 |
| 1912 | DET | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5.35 | 38.2 | 6 | 9 | 1.58 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 45
- SHO
- 10
- K/9
- 2.9
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | MIN | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1909 | MIN/CHW | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1910 | CIN | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1911 | CIN/PHI | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1912 | DET | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Bill Burns's career stats?
Bill Burns played 5 seasons for the Twins, the Reds and the Tigers. He had 30 wins and 233 strikeouts with a 2.72 ERA over 718.2 innings. His best season was 1909: 8 wins, a 1.92 ERA and 63 strikeouts.
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