George Winter

George Lovington Winter [Sassafrass] (April 27, 1878 - May 26, 1951) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1901 through 1908 for the Boston Americans (1901-07)/Red Sox (1908) and the Detroit Tigers (1908). Listed at 5' 8", 155 lb., Winter batted and threw right-handed. A native of New Providence, Pennsylvania, he attended Gettysburg College. Winter was a member of the original Boston American League team. From 1901 to 1908 averaged 11 wins, with a career-high 16 wins in his rookie season as well as in 1905. He also pitched 200 or more innings five times, and was a member of two Boston AL champions, although he did not play in the 1903 World Series as Boston used only its three 20-game winners Cy Young, Bill Dineen and...