As manager Joseph V. Battin (November 11, 1853 – December 10, 1937) was a 19th-century Major League Baseball player.

His best year was in 1876 for the St. Louis Brown Stockings, when he batted .300 and scored 34 runs.

Battin briefly served as manager for two different teams; the Pittsburgh Alleghenys of the American Association in 1883 (2–11 record) and 1884 (6–7 record), and the Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies of the Union Association in 1884 (1–5 record).

In 1936, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum listed Battin on the ballot.

Battin died at the age of 84 in Akron, Ohio, where he was buried at the Glendale Cemetery.