Stephen J. Kane (1869 – October 30, 1915), nicknamed "Stevedore",[1] was an American professional baseball umpire.
[2] During the 1906 season, manager Mike Kelley accused Kane and umpire Brick Owens of giving away his team's signals during a June series.
[5] He spent part of the 1911 season umpiring in the Northwestern League;[6] he sustained an injury during the season and returned home, but he umpired in the Blue Grass League late that year.
[4] While umpiring in the Interstate League in 1913, Kane left in the middle of a May game after an argument over a balk call that he made.
He died that year in a Louisville hotel room of an apparent heart attack.