George Boyd Kernek (January 12, 1940 – August 14, 2022) was an American professional baseball player who appeared in 30 games in Major League Baseball as a first baseman and pinch hitter for the 1965–1966 St. Louis Cardinals. Born in Holdenville, Oklahoma, he threw and batted left-handed, stood 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall and weighed 170 pounds (77 kg) during his active career. Kernek died on August 14, 2022.