Mike Kahoe

{{Short description|American baseball player (1873–1949)}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Mike Kahoe

|image= Mike Kahoe.jpg

|caption=Mike Kahoe 1909 baseball card

|position=Catcher

|birth_date=September 3, 1873

|birth_place=Yellow Springs, Ohio, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1949|5|14|1873|9|3}}

|death_place=Akron, Ohio, U.S.

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 22

|debutyear=1895

|debutteam=Cincinnati Reds

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 12

|finalyear=1909

|finalteam=Washington Senators

|statleague = MLB

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=4

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=105

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.212

|teams=

• Cincinnati Reds (1895, 1899–1901)
• Chicago Orphans (1901–1902)
• St. Louis Browns (1902–1904)
• Philadelphia Phillies (1905)
• Chicago Cubs (1907)
• Washington Senators (1907–1909)

}}

Michael Joseph Kahoe (September 3, 1873 – May 14, 1949) was a catcher in Major League Baseball. Kahoe was one of the first catchers to wear shin guards.{{cite book |author1=Charlton, James |author2=Shatzkin, Mike |author3=Holtje, Stephen |title=The Ballplayers: baseball's ultimate biographical reference |publisher=Arbor House/William Morrow |location=New York |year=1990 |page=[https://archive.org/details/ballplayersbaseb00shat/page/550 550] |isbn=0-87795-984-6 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/ballplayersbaseb00shat/page/550 }} Kahoe was born on September 3, 1873, in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and made his Major League Baseball debut on September 22, 1895, with the Cincinnati Reds.{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kahoemi01.shtml |title=Mike Kahoe Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=2008-12-18}}