finalyear death_date death_place bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1895 24 february 1947 wheeling , west virginia right wheeling , west virginia 1879 july 13 .290 372 1163 shortstop washington senators batting average stolen bases runs scored may 1 22 july 1857 jack glasscock hoosiers.jpg jack glasscock
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jack glasscock

john wesley `` jack '' glasscock -lrb- july 22 , 1857 -- february 24 , 1947 -rrb- was an american shortstop in major league baseball who played for several teams from 1879 to 1895 and was the top player at his position in the 1880s during the sport 's bare-handed era .
he led the national league in fielding percentage seven times and in assists six times , with both marks remaining league records until ozzie smith surpassed them in the 1980s ; he also led the nl in double plays four times and in putouts twice .
he won the 1890 batting title with a .336 average for the new york giants and led the league in hits twice ; in his final season he became the sixth major league player to make 2,000 hits .
he was the first player to appear in over 600 games as a shortstop , and ended his career with major league records for games -lrb- 1,628 -rrb- , putouts -lrb- 2,821 -rrb- , assists -lrb- 5,630 -rrb- , total chances -lrb- 9,283 -rrb- , double plays -lrb- 620 -rrb- and fielding percentage -lrb- .910 -rrb- at the position .
when he retired he ranked fifth in major league history in games -lrb- 1,736 -rrb- and at bats -lrb- 7,030 -rrb- , seventh in total bases -lrb- 2,630 -rrb- and eighth in doubles -lrb- 313 -rrb- .
