13-844: [REDACTED] Look up sleepy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sleepy means feeling a need for sleep , also known as somnolence . It may also refer to: People [ edit ] Sleepy (rapper) (born 1984), a South Korean rapper part of the hip hop duo Untouchable Sleepy Bill Burns (1880–1953), American baseball player Sleepy Brown (born 1970), African American musician Sleepy John Estes (1899–1977), African American musician Sleepy Floyd (born 1960), retired American professional basketball player Sleepy LaBeef (1935–2019), American rockabilly musician Sleepy Tripp (born 1953), American racecar driver Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Sleepy (character) , one of
26-609: A 1.69 earned run average (ERA), which was sixth best in the American League . However, he had an MLB career record of 30–52 as a pitcher and never won more than eight games in a season. Pitching against the Tigers on May 21, 1908, Burns's bid for a no-hitter ended after 8 2/3 innings when Germany Schaefer singled to drive in the game's only run. On July 31, 1909, now pitching for the White Sox against Walter Johnson and
39-468: A New York businessman and gambler. Burns relayed messages back and forth between the players who had agreed to fix the games and a person whose initials were "A .R.". Burns lost money betting on the series. After news of the scandal broke, a trial took place in Chicago . During this trial, Burns served as a witness for the prosecution . Assistant State Attorney Edward Prindeville examined Burns during
52-420: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages sleepy [REDACTED] Look up sleepy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sleepy means feeling a need for sleep , also known as somnolence . It may also refer to: People [ edit ] Sleepy (rapper) (born 1984), a South Korean rapper part of
65-483: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sleepy Bill Burns William Thomas Burns (January 27, 1880 – June 6, 1953), nicknamed " Sleepy Bill ", was an American baseball player who played as a pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) for five different teams from 1908 to 1912. He earned his nickname for his noticeable lack of intensity on
78-621: The Potomac River, U.S. Sleepy Hollow (disambiguation) Sleepy time (disambiguation) or Sleepytime Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Sleepy . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sleepy&oldid=1216185323 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Nicknames Hidden categories: Short description
91-558: The Potomac River, U.S. Sleepy Hollow (disambiguation) Sleepy time (disambiguation) or Sleepytime Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Sleepy . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sleepy&oldid=1216185323 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Nicknames Hidden categories: Short description
104-523: The Senators, Burns again was one out from a no-hitter when it was broken up. This made him the first pitcher in baseball history to suffer this fate twice, a feat not repeated until Dave Stieb lost no-hitters with two outs in the ninth inning in consecutive starts on September 24 and 30, 1988. Stieb would go on to break Burns's record on August 4, 1989, this time losing a perfect game with one out to go. After his major league career ended, Burns played in
117-518: The dwarfs in the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Sleepy (novel) , by Kate Orman based on the TV series Doctor Who "Sleepy" (short story) , an 1888 story by Anton Chekhov See also [ edit ] Sleep disorder , a medical disorder of the sleep patterns Rheum , the thin mucus discharged from the eyes, nose, or mouth during sleep Sleepy Creek , a tributary of
130-399: The dwarfs in the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Sleepy (novel) , by Kate Orman based on the TV series Doctor Who "Sleepy" (short story) , an 1888 story by Anton Chekhov See also [ edit ] Sleep disorder , a medical disorder of the sleep patterns Rheum , the thin mucus discharged from the eyes, nose, or mouth during sleep Sleepy Creek , a tributary of
143-481: The hip hop duo Untouchable Sleepy Bill Burns (1880–1953), American baseball player Sleepy Brown (born 1970), African American musician Sleepy John Estes (1899–1977), African American musician Sleepy Floyd (born 1960), retired American professional basketball player Sleepy LaBeef (1935–2019), American rockabilly musician Sleepy Tripp (born 1953), American racecar driver Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Sleepy (character) , one of
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#1732801586605156-545: The minor leagues from 1912 to 1917. Prior to the start of the 1919 World Series , a group of players from the Chicago White Sox agreed to intentionally lose the series in exchange for money from gamblers. Burns met with Eddie Cicotte and Chick Gandil at The Ansonia , a hotel in New York City during the formative stages of the event. It is likely that Burns operated on behalf of Arnold Rothstein ,
169-767: The mound. Burns was best known for his involvement in the alleged fixing of the 1919 World Series , dubbed the Black Sox Scandal . Burns played in the minor leagues from 1906 to 1907. In 1907, he won a career-high 24 games with the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League . In his five-year MLB career, Burns played for the Washington Senators , Chicago White Sox , Cincinnati Reds , Philadelphia Phillies , and Detroit Tigers . In his rookie season, 1908, Burns had
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