:Jap Payne
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|caption=Payne in 1909
|position=Outfielder
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1879|12|06}}
|birth_place=Washington, D.C., U.S.
|death_date={{Death date and age|1942|08|22|1879|12|06}}
|death_place=New York, New York, U.S.
|debutyear={{baseball year|1902}}
|debutteam=Philadelphia Giants
|finalyear={{baseball year|1922}}
|finalteam=Philadelphia Giants of New York
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- Philadelphia Giants ({{baseball year|1902}}–{{baseball year|1904}}, {{baseball year|1907}}–{{baseball year|1908}})[https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1Wcncq5-bHdOHZKc1JJbjRhRUU/edit "Pottstown and Philadelphia Giants" Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Tuesday Morning, June 21, 1904, Page 10, Column 5]
- Cuban X-Giants ({{baseball year|1903}})[https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1Wcncq5-bHdVU1uNV9zRXpZa3M/edit "Cuban X-Giants are Champions" The Patriot, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Saturday, September 19, 1903, Page 7, Column 1]
- Brooklyn Royal Giants ({{baseball year|1906}}, {{baseball year|1914}})
- Leland Giants ({{baseball year|1907}}–{{baseball year|1910}}) [https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdOGxTTXJvRVNWRmc "Frank Lelands' Chicago Giants Base Ball Club" Fraternal Printing Company, 1910]
- Chicago American Giants ({{baseball year|1911}}–{{baseball year|1913}})
- Chicago Giants ({{baseball year|1913}})
- New York Lincoln Stars ({{baseball year|1914}})
- Chicago Union Giants ({{baseball year|1916}}–{{baseball year|1917}})
- Grand Central Terminal Red Caps ({{baseball year|1918}}–{{baseball year|1919}})
- Pennsylvania Red Caps of New York ({{baseball year|1919}})
- Philadelphia Giants of New York ({{baseball year|1920}}–{{baseball year|1922}})
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Andrew H. "Jap" Payne (December 6, 1879 – August 22, 1942) was an American baseball player in the Negro leagues. He played multiple positions, including outfield and infield.
Biography
Standing at {{convert|5|ft|5|in|m}}, Payne was described as "unimposing," but he became known for slapping line drives past infielders, as well as having an excellent arm.{{cite book |title= Andrew Rube Foster, a Harvest on Freedom's Fields |last= Dixon |first= Phil |year=2010 |publisher= Xlibris Corporation |isbn= 978-1-4500-9657-7 |page=154 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_YBc6y7_3a4C&pg=PA154 }}{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=January 2018}}{{cite web| title=Negro Leagues Baseball eMuseum: Personal Profiles: Jap Payne| url=http://coe.ksu.edu/nlbemuseum/history/players/payne.html| publisher=coe.ksu.edu| access-date=2011-08-20| archive-date=2012-02-24| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224123319/http://coe.ksu.edu/nlbemuseum/history/players/payne.html| url-status=dead}}
Payne was rumored to have gotten the nickname "Jap" due to his slanted eyes.
In August, 1907, Payne lost his temper and attacked an umpire, causing a near-riot, and his language occasionally forced umpires to throw him out of games.{{cite book |title= Andrew Rube Foster, a Harvest on Freedom's Fields |last= Dixon |first= Phil |year=2010 |publisher= Xlibris Corporation |isbn= 978-1-4500-9657-7 |page=155 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_YBc6y7_3a4C&pg=PA155 }}{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=January 2018}}
Sportswriter and fellow player Jimmy Smith put Payne on his 1909 "All American Team."[http://negroleagues.bravehost.com/pdf/001968.pdf "The Base Ball Spirit In The East." Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, Indiana, Saturday, December 25, 1909, Page 7, Columns 1 and 2] Prior to the 1930 season, pitcher Dizzy Dismukes included Payne in his list of nine greatest all-time outfielders and wrote:
{{center|1=Jap Payne in a moment of need could do more acrobatic stunts to help a pitcher out of a tight situation than all the outfielders put together. Almost any ball Jap could get within three to five feet of before hitting the ground he caught, as he usually took a dive for them. In reading of Hack Wilson's catch of Simmons' drive during the last World Series,Associated Press (October 9, 1929). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=83327561 "Play by Play on Opener"]. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 24. Retrieved August 12, 2021. "Simmons lined out to Wilson, who made a diving catch, but held the ball. Stephenson ran over to see if Wilson had hurt himself, but he had not." I thought of catches I had seen Payne make.Dismukes, "Dizzy" (March 8, 1930). [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6509695/pc-30-3-8-dismukes-outfield/ "Dismukes Names His 9 Best Outfielders"]. The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 14. Retrieved August 12, 2021.}}
In 1953, future Hall of Famer Pop Lloyd named Payne as the right fielder on his all-time team.{{cite book |title= Black baseball in Chicago |last= Lester |first= Larry |author2=Sammy J. Miller |author3=Dick Clark |year=2000 |publisher= Arcadia Publishing |isbn= 0-7385-0704-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/blackbaseballinc0000lest/page/28 28] |url=https://archive.org/details/blackbaseballinc0000lest |url-access= registration }}
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External links
{{Negro-league-stats |lg=ne_cu |seam=610 |brn=payne-000and}}
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