George Gates Bristow (May 13, 1870 – October 17, 1939) was an American professional baseball player. He played three games as an outfielder in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Spiders in 1899. Bristow was 5 feet, 10 inches, and weighed 170 pounds.^[1]

Bristow was born in Paw Paw, Illinois, in 1870. He started his professional baseball career in 1894.^[2] In 1895, Bristow was a pitcher and captain for the Texas-Southern League's Galveston Sandcrabs. He won 23 consecutive games that year, breaking Jack Luby's "world's record" of 20.^[3] Bristow, who played second base while not pitching, also had a batting average of .341 in 89 games.^[4]

Bristow spent most of the following season playing for the Newark Colts of the Atlantic League. In 52 games there, he batted .324 and had a 10-7 win–loss record as a pitcher. Bristow then had one-year stints in the Texas League (Waco Tigers) and Southwestern League before being acquired by the National League's Cleveland Spiders in early 1899.^[2][5] He made his major league debut on April 15 against pitcher Cy Young, going hitless.^[1][6] On April 21, he sprained his ankle and had to leave the game.^[7] Bristow's third appearance came on May 8, when he replaced an ejected Lave Cross. Bristow doubled in that game for his first and only major league hit.^[8] Later that month, he was released to the Western League's Kansas City Blues and never appeared in the majors again.^[2][6]

For the next few years, Bristow played in the minors. He batted .251 in the Western League in 1900 before moving on to the Iowa-South Dakota League, Pacific National League, Pacific Coast League, and Northwestern League, where he was a player-manager in 1905.^[2]

Bristow's professional baseball career ended in 1906.^[2] He died in Bellingham, Washington, in 1939, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.^[1]

• Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
• George Bristow at Find a Grave