John Edward "Nap" Shea (May 23, 1874 – July 8, 1968), nicknamed "Napoleon", was a catcher in Major League Baseball.

[1] He started his professional baseball career in 1894 and played for the New England League's Brockton Shoemakers for four seasons.

[1] The next season, he caught for the Eastern League's Newark Sailors and stayed on that team for a few years.

[2] He batted under .200 during most of his time at Newark, but the Sporting Life wrote that he was "one of the best backstops" in the league.

[4] Shea was sold to the Syracuse Stars in March 1908,[5] and he played one season there before retiring from professional baseball.