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Kansas HS Baseball Two-way impact profile

AJ Payne

DH • #1 • Class of 2026 • Washburn Rural Blues
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School Profile
AVG
0.292
current season
HR
1
career power
ERA
0.00
career line
K
2
career punchouts
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2026 Class
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Season Spotlight

2026 snapshot

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2 seasons 25 current games
Hits
21
2026 season
HR
1
latest power
RBI
20
latest production
K
0
latest punchouts
Profile Details

Athletic identity

Role
Two-way impact profile
Primary position
DH
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Context
Washburn Rural Blues Blues Centennial
Conference snapshot
Hayden High School Wildcats
21-5
Manhattan High School Indians
21-5
Washburn Rural High School Blues
20-8
Emporia High School Spartans
12-13
Topeka High School Trojans
12-15
Team Environment

Where the roster stacks up

AVG leaders
Aidan Newbery
0.391
Drew Moore
0.358
Nate Selm
0.344
Power bats
Aidan Newbery
2
Austin Ditch
0
Nate Selm
0
ERA leaders
Gavin Payne
1.35
Preston Bahr
1.41
Tyler Edmiston
1.81
Strikeout arms
Tyler Edmiston
29
Preston Bahr
27
Isaac Ansley
26
Seasons
2
tracked years
Games
38
career total
Career AVG
0.278
batting average
Career HR
1
home runs
Career ERA
0.00
earned run avg
Career K
2
strikeouts

Career Hitting Stats

2 seasons
Season Team G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI SB AVG
2026 Washburn Rural 25 72 21 3 1 1 20 0 0.292
2025 Washburn Rural 13 18 4 2 0 0 4 0 0.222
Career 2 seasons 38 90 25 5 1 1 24 0 0.278

Career Pitching Stats

1 season
Season Team G IP H R ER BB K ERA
2025 Washburn Rural 13 2.2 2 0 0 3 2 0.00
Career 1 seasons 13 2.2 2 0 0 3 2 0.00
2026

Game log

Box-score-linked outing history for 2026.

25 appearances
Hitting log
Date Opp AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB HBP K SB CS SAC SF E
05/19 Derby 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
05/19 HVCam 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/14 Law 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
05/08 Haydn 2 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
05/08 Haydn 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/04 Heights 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/04 Heights 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
05/01 Tongi 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/30 Piper 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/30 Bonnr 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/28 JCSX 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/28 JCSX 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/24 SMS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
04/24 Blue Springs High School 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/22 Manht 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/22 Manht 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
04/17 Seaman 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
04/15 ON 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/10 Empor 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/04 OE 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
04/04 OW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
03/31 Topka 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
03/28 OS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
03/28 Rockhurst High School 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
03/24 GE 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pitching log
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2025

Game log

Box-score-linked outing history for 2025.

13 appearances
Hitting log
Date Opp AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB HBP K SB CS SAC SF E
05/22 HVCam 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
05/22 WicNo 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/15 Haydn 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/15 Haydn 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
05/12 BV 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
05/09 STA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/05 Heights 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/05 Heights 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/26 Jefferson City High School 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/11 Empor 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
03/29 OS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
03/25 GE 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pitching log
Date Opp IP H R ER BB HBP K WP P S
05/15 Haydn 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 19 8
05/01 Wameg 2.0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 37 20
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