Joe Just

{{Short description|American baseball player (1916–2003)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Joe Just

|position=Catcher

|image =Joe Just.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1916|1|8}}

|birth_place=Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|2003|11|22|1916|11|6}}

|death_place=Franklin, Wisconsin, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate= May 13

|debutyear= 1944

|debutteam= Cincinnati Reds

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 13

|finalyear=1945

|finalteam=Cincinnati Reds

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.159

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=2

|teams=

• Cincinnati Reds ({{Baseball year|1944}}–{{Baseball year|1945}})

}}

Joseph Erwin Just (born Joseph Erwin Juszczak) (January 8, 1916 – November 22, 2003) was an American Major League Baseball catcher who broke into the Major Leagues on May 13, 1944, with the Cincinnati Reds of the National League. Just appeared in 25 games over two years with the Reds during World War II and returned to the minor leagues when the majority of players returned from military service. Later, Just managed various Milwaukee Braves minor league teams from {{Baseball year|1955}} to {{Baseball year|1958}}.