John Peter Joseph Sturm (January 23, 1916 – October 8, 2004) was a Major League Baseball player.

He attended Roosevelt High School in St. Louis and also played semi-pro baseball.

Sturm sat on the bench early in the season but broke into the lineup after the other infielders – including Hall of Famers Rizzuto and Joe Gordon – got off to slow starts.

After the season, Sturm enlisted in the United States Army and served in World War II.

He was out of professional baseball from 1942 to 1945 and lost the tip of his right index finger in a tractor accident.