:Joe Schepner

{{short description|American baseball player (1895-1959)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Joe Schepner

|position=Third baseman

|image=Joe Schepner newspaper.png

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1895|8|10}}

|birth_place=Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

|death_date={{death date and age|1959|7|25|1895|8|10}}

|death_place=Mobile, Alabama

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 11

|debutyear=1919

|debutteam=St. Louis Browns

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 28

|finalyear=1919

|finalteam=St. Louis Browns

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.208

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=6

|teams=

• St. Louis Browns ({{mlby|1919}})

}}

Joseph Maurice Schepner (August 10, 1895 – September 28, 1959),{{cite web | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/schepjo01.shtml | title=Joe Schepner Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More }} nicknamed "Gentleman Joe", was a professional baseball player. He was a third baseman for one season (1919) with the St. Louis Browns. For his career, he compiled a .208 batting average in 48 at-bats, with six runs batted in.{{cn|date=January 2023}} He also played in the minor leagues from 1916 to 1932.

Schepner also managed several baseball teams, including the 1929 and 1932 Knoxville Smokies that later became Tennessee Smokies.{{cn|date=January 2023}}