George Payne (baseball)

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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 for the Chicago White Sox.

Payne had a long career in the minor leagues, spanning twenty-eight years. His professional career began in , when he appeared in one game for the Charleston Sea Gulls of the South Atlantic League. His final year came in , 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 . 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 .

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