James Christopher "Ike" Caveney (December 10, 1894 – July 6, 1949) was a Major League Baseball shortstop who played for the Cincinnati Reds from 1922 to 1925.

[1] Later in life, he went on to coach the touring junior baseball team and Australian rules football at several San Francisco schools.

[2][3] Caveney began his playing career in 1914 and became the starting shortstop for the San Francisco Seals from 1918 to 1921.

[6] Although he did not play great in the few games, he was invited to the Seals spring training the next season, when he made the opening day team.

Caveney was charged with manslaughter following the death of a Japanese man outside a pool hall in San Francisco in 1919.