Wheeling Stogies

The Stogies can be traced back to 1877 and the city's first professional team known as Wheeling Standard, which featured Jack Glasscock and Chappy Lane.

Poole was then acquired by the Pittsburgh Pirates and made his major league debut in October of that year.

However, to close out the 1909 season, the Pirates, who had just won the 1909 World Series, and the Central League champions played against each other in an exhibition game in Wheeling.

The Stogies defeated the Pirates 9-1; however, the Pittsburgh club played many back-up players in the game.

[3] Following their 1912 season, the Central League revoked the Wheeling franchise, after the club experienced serious financial difficulty.

The new team featured Goat Anderson and future 1919 World Series winner and Philadelphia Eagles football coach, Greasy Neale.

Art, an outfielder, led the team in games played, runs scored, hits and stolen bases.

[4] In June 2004, the Washington Wild Things of the independent Frontier League wore Stogies jerseys to honor the team against the Chillicothe Paints.