John Peter "Joe" Boley (July 19, 1896 – December 30, 1962) was a shortstop who played six seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1927 to 1932. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland Indians. Boley is best known as the starting shortstop of the dominant, World Series winning Athletics teams of the late 1920s and early 1930s.\n', '

Boley started his professional career with the Baltimore Orioles where he played on seven championship teams. Boley, along with teammates Lefty Grove and Jack Ogden were held back by manager Jack Dunn for financial and performance reasons, which held back his Major League career. He was signed by Connie Mack for an estimated $60,000 in 1927, but his career was on the decline. Despite his short MLB career, Boley was considered to be one of the top shortstops in baseball.\n', '

Born John Peter Bolinsky to Polish immigrants, Bolinsky started working in the coal fields surrounding Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania at age 10. He legally changed his last name to Boley in the late 1910s, either because of his professional career, or because he wanted an "Americanized" name. He began his professional baseball career at the age of 19 with the Chambersburg Maroons of the class D Blue Ridge League in 1916. He moved up to the class B Harrisburg Islanders of the New York State League in 1917.\n', '

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