John Wesley "Jack" Glasscock from Wheeling was one of the best shortstops of 19th-century baseball. Nicknamed “Pebbly Jack” for his habit of picking up pebbles at shortstop—some say imaginary ones—he played without a glove and helped invent infield strategies still used today.

Glasscock played 1,736 games with a .290 batting average, 27 home runs, and 752 RBIs. He hit over .300 five times and won the National League batting title in 1890.

He played for the Cleveland Blues, New York Giants, and St. Louis Browns before coming home to Wheeling in 1895 to manage and play for the local team.