George Lovington Winter, known as "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 died in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey at age 73.