Joe Just
Appearance
Joe Just | |
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Catcher | |
Born: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. | January 8, 1916|
Died: November 22, 2003 Franklin, Wisconsin, U.S. | (aged 87)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
May 13, 1944, for the Cincinnati Reds | |
Last MLB appearance | |
May 13, 1945, for the Cincinnati Reds | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .159 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 2 |
Teams | |
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 1955 to 1958.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Baseball Almanac
Categories:
- 1916 births
- 2003 deaths
- Cincinnati Reds players
- Major League Baseball catchers
- Baseball players from Milwaukee
- Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players
- Elmira Pioneers players
- Birmingham Barons players
- Syracuse Chiefs players
- Tulsa Oilers (baseball) players
- Baltimore Orioles (International League) players
- Fieldale Towlers players
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American baseball catcher, 1910s birth stubs