Michael John Mahoney (born December 5, 1972) is a Major League Baseball catcher, formerly with the St. Louis Cardinals. He made his major league debut on September 8, 2000 with the Chicago Cubs, and after two seasons in Chicago, he was released and eventually signed with St. Louis. He started a stretch of games while primary catcher Yadier Molina was injured in 2005, but was not re-signed by the Cardinals after the season.^[1] Most recently,^[when?] he played for the Iowa Cubs in 2007.^{[citation needed]}