Joe Mathes

{{short description|American baseball player (1891-1978)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Joe Mathes

|position=Second Baseman

|image=

|bats=Both

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1891|7|28}}

|birth_place=Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1978|12|21|1891|7|28}}

|death_place=St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 19

|debutyear=1912

|debutteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 9

|finalyear=1916

|finalteam=Boston Braves

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.273

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=6

|teams=

• Philadelphia Athletics (1912)
• St. Louis Terriers (1914)
• Boston Braves (1916)

}}

Joseph John Mathes (July 28, 1891 – December 21, 1978) was an American Major League Baseball infielder. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the {{Baseball year|1912}} season, the St. Louis Terriers during the {{Baseball year|1914}} season, and the Boston Braves during the {{Baseball year|1916}} season. He managed in the minor leagues off and on from 1919 through 1934.