Ike Kahdot

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

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, U.S.
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 played	4
At bats	2
Hits	0
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
Cleveland Indians (1922)

Kahdot was an enrolled citizen of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation who grew up in a mostly Indigenous village in Oklahoma and attended Haskell Institute.^[2][3]

Kahdot was one of a group of players whom Indians player-manager Tris Speaker sent in during the game on September 21, 1922,^[4] which was done as an opportunity for fans to see various minor league prospects.^[5]

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.^[6]