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George
Payne		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 172
 
Born: May 23, 1890 in Usa, KY, MOUNT VERNON
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1920 30 PIT NL $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 8 9 9 8 9 8
1921 31 PIT NL $ 300,000 9 4 4 4 9 9 9 8 9 8
1922 32 PIT NL $ 300,000 9 4 4 4 9 9 9 8 9 8
1923 33 PIT NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 8 9 9 7 8 8
1924 34 PIT NL $ 350,000 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 8 7
1925 35 PIT NL $ 2,411,429 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8
1926 36 PIT NL $ 2,578,571 7 4 5 5 7 8 8 7 7 7
1927 37 BSN NL $ 605,000 7 4 5 5 7 8 8 7 7 7
1928 38 BSN NL   7 4 5 4 7 8 7 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 3 3 3 7 8 7 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,578,571 9 5 5 5 9 9 9 8 9 8
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  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1920 30 PIT NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1921 31 PIT NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1922 32 PIT NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1923 33 PIT NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1924 34 PIT NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1925 35 PIT NL $ 2,411,429   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1926 36 PIT NL $ 2,578,571   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1927 37 BSN NL $ 605,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1928 38 BSN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,578,571   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1920 30 PIT NL 2 5 .286 8 8 5 0 0 65.3 96 40 2 16 18 5.51 .350 .385 .453 .837 0.0
    AAA   6 14 .300 24 24 9 1 0 190.7 232 81 6 71 138 3.82 .303 .362 .383 .745  
1921 31 PIT NL 3 5 .375 43 2 1 0 2 68.3 75 32 4 29 16 4.21 .282 .349 .417 .766 5.9
1922 32 PIT NL 3 3 .500 20 6 3 0 0 63.0 80 36 6 26 24 5.14 .301 .362 .425 .787 2.9
1923 33 PIT NL 4 5 .444 29 0 0 0 1 29.0 45 24 1 12 10 7.45 .354 .407 .465 .872 0.3
1924 34 PIT NL 9 2 .818 41 0 0 0 1 61.3 56 18 2 18 19 2.64 .246 .301 .346 .647 8.7
1925 35 PIT NL 10 18 .357 33 33 24 2 0 273.3 327 132 28 69 87 4.35 .299 .340 .446 .786 12.7
    AAA   1 3 .250 6 6 3 0 0 42.3 51 22 0 10 25 4.68 .285 .323 .346 .669  
1926 36 PIT NL 13 12 .520 31 29 18 1 0 234.3 242 107 13 74 60 4.11 .265 .318 .387 .705 11.0
1927 37 BSN NL 0 0 .000 28 0 0 0 1 36.3 37 14 0 11 5 3.47 .264 .316 .364 .680 2.7
1928 38 BSN NL 0 0 .000 9 0 0 0 0 8.7 17 10 1 4 1 10.39 .436 .477 .538 1.016 0.0
9 Years Sim 44 50 .468 242 78 51 3 5 839.6 975 413 57 259 240 4.43 .292 .341 .418 .759 44.2
2 Years AAA 7 17 .292 30 30 12 1 0 233.0 283 103 6 81 163 3.98 .299 .355 .376 .730  
Season Average 4 5 .444 26 8 5 0 0 93.3 108 45 6 28 26 4.43 .292 .341 .418 .759  
Career Highs 13 18 .818 43 33 24 2 2 273.3 327 132 28 74 87 10.39 .436 .477 .538 1.016  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   473 199 28 103 127   .292 .334 .415 .749
vs LH   502 214 29 156 113   .291 .350 .421 .771
Home 24 26 .480 138 41 29 0 3 468.3 517 209 29 135 146 4.02 .280 .329 .395 .725
Away 20 24 .455 104 37 22 3 2 371.3 458 204 28 124 94 4.94 .306 .359 .446 .805
Mar/Apr 1 4 .200 18 5 1 0 0 44.3 59 30 5 11 10 6.09 .321 .359 .473 .832
May 6 4 .600 48 10 7 0 4 130.0 157 69 7 47 31 4.78 .313 .372 .440 .812
June 14 12 .538 45 18 11 1 0 179.3 207 99 8 67 63 4.97 .286 .346 .384 .730
July 13 13 .500 49 15 13 0 1 174.3 175 63 13 47 46 3.25 .259 .307 .396 .703
August 6 10 .375 37 17 12 1 0 165.0 204 84 8 52 47 4.58 .305 .355 .423 .778
Sep/Oct 4 7 .364 45 13 7 1 0 146.6 173 68 16 35 43 4.17 .293 .333 .444 .777
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1920 30 PIT NL 8 23 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .043 .042 .087 .129 -1.2 0.0
1921 31 PIT NL 43 11 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .273 .333 .364 .697 1.4 0.2
1922 32 PIT NL 20 17 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .235 .235 .294 .529 0.7 0.0
1923 33 PIT NL 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1924 34 PIT NL 41 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0
1925 35 PIT NL 33 97 4 9 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 31 .093 .102 .134 .236 -1.7 0.0
1926 36 PIT NL 31 75 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 17 .027 .039 .027 .066 -4.7 0.0
1927 37 BSN NL 28 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
8 Years Sim 233 233 10 20 4 0 1 8 0 0 3 63 .086 .097 .116 .213 -5.9 0.2
162 Game Average 162 6 13 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 43 .086 .097 .116 .213 -4.1  
Career Highs 43 97 4 9 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 31 .273 .333 .364 .697 1.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   162 6 12 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 46 .074 .085 .080 .165 -7.5
vs LH   71 4 8 3 0 1 5 0 0 1 17 .113 .123 .197 .320 -0.1
Home 119 123 8 14 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 28 .114 .112 .146 .258 -2.3
Away 98 110 2 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 35 .055 .080 .082 .161 -5.3
RISP   55 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 19 .036 .052 .036 .088 -3.7
Close/Late   22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .043 .000 .043 -1.8
Mar/Apr 7 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2
May 24 30 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 .067 .121 .067 .188 -1.0
June 37 59 4 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 21 .102 .102 .136 .237 -1.6
July 30 43 3 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 8 .093 .093 .186 .279 -0.6
August 26 47 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 12 .085 .104 .106 .211 -1.6
Sep/Oct 35 41 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .098 .095 .098 .193 -1.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1920 30 PIT NL P 8 8 65.3 2 16 0 2 1.000 2.48    
1921 31 PIT NL P 43 2 68.3 5 14 1 0 .950 2.50    
1922 32 PIT NL P 20 6 63.0 3 10 1 1 .929 1.86    
1923 33 PIT NL P 29 0 29.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.55    
1924 34 PIT NL P 41 0 61.3 2 24 0 4 1.000 3.82    
1925 35 PIT NL P 33 33 273.3 14 55 0 5 1.000 2.27    
1926 36 PIT NL P 31 29 234.3 12 43 0 4 1.000 2.11    
1927 37 BSN NL P 28 0 36.3 6 5 0 2 1.000 2.73    
1928 38 BSN NL P 9 0 8.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.04    
Career Totals   242 78 839.6 46 171 2 18 .991 2.33    
Career Highs   43 33 273.3 14 55 1 5 1.000 3.82    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1925-5-18
 Games Pitched
1921-4-43
1924-6-41
 Complete Games
1925-10-24
 Shutouts
1925-5-2
 Hits Allowed
1925-9-327
 Homeruns Allowed
1925-4-28
Walks per 9IP
1925-8-2.3
 WHiP
1926-9-1.35
 OOBP
1926-7-.318
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 36th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1920
Earned first career win on 8/19/1920
Had first career hit (double) on 8/27/1920, off Colonel Snover (BSN)
Injured on 3/21/1922 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 9 weeks
2/16/1924: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/14/1925: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,411,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/19/1925 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Hit first career homerun on 7/29/1925, off Joe Shaute (BRO)
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,578,571 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/28/1927 to a 2-year deal worth $605,000 per year
Released by Boston (N) on 6/17/1928
 
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