Mike Payne (baseball)
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Mike Payne | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Woonsocket, Rhode Island | November 15, 1961|
Died: August 4, 2002 Dunnellon, Florida | (aged 40)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
August 22, 1984, for the Atlanta Braves | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 17, 1984, for the Atlanta Braves | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 0–1 |
Strikeouts | 3 |
Earned run average | 6.35 |
Teams | |
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Michael Earl Payne (November 15, 1961 – August 4, 2002) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played one season with the Atlanta Braves in 1984. Mike Payne was also a baseball coach for Dunnellon High School in Dunnellon, FL. He worked at the school through the week as an Automotive Technology Instructor.[1]
Payne died on August 4, 2002 after a year-long battle with Eastern equine encephalitis, which he contracted from being bitten by a mosquito in the summer of 2001.
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