Mike Kume

{{short description|American baseball player (1926-2012)}}

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

{{No footnotes|date=February 2011}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Mike Kume

|position=Pitcher

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1926|5|19}}

|birth_place=Premier, West Virginia

|death_date={{death date and age|2012|11|26|1926|5|19}}

|death_place=Richmond, Ohio

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 26

|debutyear=1955

|debutteam=Kansas City Athletics

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 25

|finalyear=1955

|finalteam=Kansas City Athletics

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–2

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=7.99

|stat3label=Innings

|stat3value={{frac|23|2|3}}

|teams=

• Kansas City Athletics (1955)

}}

John Michael Kume (May 19, 1926 – November 26, 2012) was an American professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher who debuted with the Kansas City Athletics during the {{Baseball year|1955}} season.

Kume stood {{convert|6|ft|1|in}} tall and weighed {{convert|195|lb}}. He made his Major League debut at age 29 after spending eight seasons in the Athletics' farm system, signing with them in 1948 when they were still based in Philadelphia. As a Major Leaguer, he allowed 35 hits, 15 bases on balls, and 21 earned runs in {{frac|23|2|3}} innings, striking out seven.

His pro career lasted 12 seasons (and 734 minor league games), all in the Athletics' organization.