Ike Kahdot | |
Position: | Third baseman |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Birth Date: | 22 October 1899 |
Birth Place: | Georgetown, Indian Territory |
Death Place: | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Debutdate: | September 5 |
Debutyear: | 1922 |
Debutteam: | Cleveland Indians |
Finalleague: | MLB |
Finaldate: | September 21 |
Finalyear: | 1922 |
Finalteam: | Cleveland Indians |
Statleague: | MLB |
Stat1label: | Games played |
Stat1value: | 4 |
Stat2label: | At bats |
Stat2value: | 2 |
Stat3label: | Hits |
Stat3value: | 0 |
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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. 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]