George Payne (baseball)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1889–1959)}}

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For other articles titled George Payne, see George Payne (disambiguation).

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=George Payne

|position=Pitcher

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1889|5|23|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Mount Vernon, Kentucky

|death_date={{death date and age|1959|1|24|1889|5|23}}

|death_place=Long Beach, California

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 8

|debutyear={{Baseball year|1920}}

|debutteam=Chicago White Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 3

|finalyear={{Baseball year|1920}}

|finalteam=Chicago White Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=1-1

|stat2label=Strikeouts

|stat2value=7

|stat3label=Earned run average

|stat3value=5.46

|teams=

• Chicago White Sox (1920)

}}

George Washington Payne (May 23, 1889 – January 24, 1959) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched in sixteen games, all as a relief pitcher, in {{Baseball year|1920}} for the Chicago White Sox.

Payne had a long career in the minor leagues, spanning twenty-eight years. His professional career began in {{baseball year|1913}}, when he appeared in one game for the Charleston Sea Gulls of the South Atlantic League. His final year came in {{baseball year|1940}}, when he managed and pitched in nine games for the Worthington Cardinals of the class-D Western League at the age of 51.

Payne was elected to the Texas League Hall of Fame in {{baseball year|2006}}. He pitched in the Texas League for the Wichita Falls Spudders (1927–1929) and Houston Buffaloes (1930–1934). He won 20 games three times in eight seasons, including a 28-win season in {{baseball year|1929}}.