Ike Kahdot
Third baseman
Born: (1899-10-22)October 22, 1899
Georgetown, Indian Territory
Died: March 31, 1999(1999-03-31) (aged 99)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 5, 1922, for the Cleveland Indians
Last MLB appearance
September 21, 1922, for the Cleveland Indians
MLB statistics
Games played4
At bats2
Hits0
Teams

Isaac Leonard Kahdot (October 22, 1899 – March 31, 1999) was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. Nicknamed "Chief", he played for the Cleveland Indians in 1922.[1]

Kahdot was a Potawatomi who grew up in a mostly Indigenous village in Oklahoma and attended Haskell Institute.[2]

Kahdot was one of a group of players whom Indians player-manager Tris Speaker sent in during the game on September 21, 1922,[3] which was done as an opportunity for fans to see various minor league prospects.[4]

After the 1923 season, the Indians asked him to play for a minor league team in Grand Rapids in the Michigan-Ontario League but he declined, having moved to Coffeyville, Kansas with his family.[2] Kahdot continued playing minor league baseball until 1941 and worked as a derrickman in oilfields until 1958 at which point he took a job at Tinker Air Force Base for 11 years until retirement. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living former major league player.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Ike Kahdot Statistics and History". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
  2. 1 2 King, C. Richard (10 March 2015). Native Americans in Sports. Routledge. p. 167. ISBN 978-1-317-46403-7. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "Boston Red Sox 15, Cleveland Indians 5". Retrosheet. September 21, 1922.
  4. ↑ Powers, Francis J. (September 22, 1922). "Texan Calls Upon Twenty-One Men". The Plain Dealer. p. 18.
  5. ↑ Spencer, Burl (September 22, 1993). "Oldest Living Cleveland Indian Remembers the Good Year: 1922". Tulsa World. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
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