Martin Flaherty (baseball)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1853–1920)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Martin Flaherty

|position=Outfielder

|image=

|birth_date={{Birth date|1853|9|24}}

|birth_place=Worcester, Massachusetts

|death_date={{death date and age|1920|6|10|1853|9|24}}

|death_place=Providence, Rhode Island

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 18

|debutyear=1881

|debutteam=Worcester Ruby Legs

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 18

|finalyear=1881

|finalteam=Worcester Ruby Legs

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Games played

|stat2label=At bats

|stat3label=Hits

|stat1value=1

|stat2value=2

|stat3value=0

|teams=

• Worcester Ruby Legs ({{Baseball year|1881}})

}}

Martin John Flaherty (September 24, 1853 – June 10, 1920) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball for one game in {{Baseball year|1881}}. He struck out in both of his at bats. He played this game on August 18 for the team that represents the city of his birth, Worcester Ruby Legs.{{cite web| title = Martin Flaherty's stats | work = retrosheet.org | url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/F/Pflahm101.htm | accessdate = 2008-02-04 }} The following season, in {{Baseball year|1882}}, he umpired one game. He died in Providence, Rhode Island at the age of 66, and is interred at St. Anne's Cemetery in East Providence, Rhode Island.