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Doc Gessler
Henry Homer Gessler (Brownie)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 180 lb.
Schools Ohio University, Washington & Jefferson College

Debut April 23, 1903
Final Game October 7, 1911
Born December 23, 1880 in Greensburg, PA
Died December 25, 1924 in Pittsburgh, PA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1903 22 TOT     78  259   29   63  13  7   0   30  10     20      .243  .331  .347  100   90  13          14    
         DET AL  29  105    9   25   5  4   0   12   1      3      .238  .273  .362   92   38   4           2    
         BRO NL  49  154   20   38   8  3   0   18   9     17      .247  .366  .338  103   52   9          12    
 1904 23 BRO NL 104  341   41   99  18  4   2   28  13     30      .290  .355  .384  131  131   6           4    
 1905 24 BRO NL 126  431   44  125  17  4   3   46  26     38      .290  .366  .369  126  159   3          14    
 1906 25 TOT NL  43  116   11   29   4  2   0   14   7     15      .250  .346  .319  106   37   3           2    
         BRO NL   9   33    3    8   1  2   0    4   3      3      .242  .324  .394  132   13   0           1    
         CHC NL  34   83    8   21   3  0   0   10   4     12      .253  .354  .289   96   24   3           1    
 1908 27 BOS AL 128  435   55  134  13 14   3   63  19     51      .308  .394  .423  162  184  10          11    
 1909 28 TOT AL 128  450   67  128  26  2   0   54  20     43      .284  .361  .351  124  158   6          11    
         BOS AL 111  396   57  115  24  1   0   46  16     31      .290  .354  .356  122  141   5           8    
         WSH AL  17   54   10   13   2  1   0    8   4     12      .241  .406  .315  133   17   1           3    
 1910 29 WSH AL 145  487   58  126  17 12   2   50  18     62      .259  .361  .355  129  173  12          16    
 1911 30 WSH AL 128  450   65  127  19  5   4   78  29     74      .282  .406  .373  120  168   9          20    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      880 2969  370  831 127 50  14  363 142  0 333   0  .280  .370  .370  128 1100  62   0   0  92   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        547   68  153  23  9   3   67  26  0  61   0  .280  .370  .370  128  203  11   0   0  17   0
 Career High    145  487   67  134  26 14   4   78  29  0  74   0  .308  .406  .423  162  184  13   0   0  20   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1903 22 TOT     306  209   27   3.4    86| .243  .268| .331  .326| .347  .354| .678  .679| 100  .448   0.9   0.1     
         DET AL  114   84   10   3.2    79| .238  .258| .273  .307| .362  .350| .635  .657|  92  .442  -1.3  -0.1     
         BRO NL  192  125   17   3.6    90| .247  .274| .366  .337| .338  .357| .704  .693| 103  .455   2.3   0.2     
 1904 23 BRO NL  381  248   46   4.9    75| .290  .254| .355  .312| .384  .328| .739  .640| 131  .673  13.0   1.5     
 1905 24 BRO NL  486  309   55   4.7    78| .290  .257| .366  .317| .369  .335| .735  .652| 126  .632  15.6   1.7     
 1906 25 TOT NL  136   90   12   3.5    77| .250  .255| .346  .322| .319  .325| .665  .647| 106  .552   1.4   0.1     
         BRO NL   37   25    4   4.2    70| .242  .243| .324  .309| .394  .310| .718  .619| 132  .632   1.0   0.1     
         CHC NL   99   65    8   3.2    80| .253  .259| .354  .327| .289  .330| .643  .658|  96  .514   0.4   0.0     
 1908 27 BOS AL  507  311   70   6.0    71| .308  .249| .394  .307| .423  .317| .817  .623| 162  .789  31.9   3.9     
 1909 28 TOT AL  510  328   54   4.4    74| .284  .254| .361  .314| .351  .322| .712  .636| 124  .659  15.2   1.8     
         BOS AL  440  286   48   4.5    75| .290  .255| .354  .316| .356  .323| .710  .639| 122  .668  11.8   1.4     
         WSH AL   70   42    6   3.8    70| .241  .247| .406  .307| .315  .313| .721  .620| 133  .599   3.4   0.4     
 1910 29 WSH AL  577  373   59   4.3    71| .259  .244| .361  .310| .355  .316| .716  .625| 129  .628  19.2   2.3     
 1911 30 WSH AL  553  332   64   5.2    94| .282  .279| .406  .345| .373  .366| .779  .711| 120  .600  18.2   1.9     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      3456 2200  387   4.7    78| .280  .257| .370  .319| .370  .332| .740  .651| 128  .643 115.5  13.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1903 22 TOT OF 71 92 5 2 2 .980 .945 1.37 1.91 0 2 69 DET AL OF 28 36 1 1 1 .974 .951 1.32 1.92 0 0 28 BRO NL OF 43 56 4 1 1 .984 .942 1.40 1.91 0 2 41 1904 23 BRO NL OF 88 170 15 16 2 .920 .947 2.10 1.86 14 72 2 1B 1 10 1 1 0 .917 .982 11.00 10.40 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.30 1905 24 BRO NL 1B 107 998 77 30 54 .973 .981 10.05 9.34 OF 12 19 2 3 0 .875 .955 1.75 1.93 1 1 10 1906 25 TOT NL 1B 10 83 9 5 4 .948 .984 9.20 10.57 BRO NL 1B 9 79 9 5 4 .946 .984 9.78 10.57 CHC NL OF 21 27 4 0 0 1.000 .960 1.48 1.86 0 19 2 1B 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 10.60 1908 27 BOS AL OF 126 162 8 9 4 .950 .954 1.35 1.80 0 0 126 1909 28 TOT AL OF 125 154 19 11 2 .940 .951 1.38 1.80 0 0 125 BOS AL OF 109 135 18 11 1 .933 .951 1.40 1.80 0 0 109 WSH AL OF 16 19 1 0 1 1.000 .952 1.25 1.80 0 0 16 1B 1 11 1 0 0 1.000 .984 12.00 10.80 1910 29 WSH AL OF 144 161 23 9 3 .953 .954 1.28 1.77 0 0 144 1911 30 WSH AL OF 126 130 19 9 2 .943 .950 1.18 1.93 2 0 124 1B 1 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 6.00 10.00
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1904 23 BRO NL 1B 1 10 1 1 0 .917 .982 11.00 10.40 1905 24 BRO NL 1B 107 998 77 30 54 .973 .981 10.05 9.34 1906 25 TOT NL 1B 10 83 9 5 4 .948 .984 9.20 10.57 BRO NL 1B 9 79 9 5 4 .946 .984 9.78 10.57 CHC NL 1B 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 10.60 1909 28 WSH AL 1B 1 11 1 0 0 1.000 .984 12.00 10.80 1911 30 WSH AL 1B 1 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 6.00 10.00 1904 23 BRO NL 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.30 1903 22 TOT OF 71 92 5 2 2 .980 .945 1.37 1.91 0 2 69 DET AL OF 28 36 1 1 1 .974 .951 1.32 1.92 0 0 28 BRO NL OF 43 56 4 1 1 .984 .942 1.40 1.91 0 2 41 1904 23 BRO NL OF 88 170 15 16 2 .920 .947 2.10 1.86 14 72 2 1905 24 BRO NL OF 12 19 2 3 0 .875 .955 1.75 1.93 1 1 10 1906 25 CHC NL OF 21 27 4 0 0 1.000 .960 1.48 1.86 0 19 2 1908 27 BOS AL OF 126 162 8 9 4 .950 .954 1.35 1.80 0 0 126 1909 28 TOT AL OF 125 154 19 11 2 .940 .951 1.38 1.80 0 0 125 BOS AL OF 109 135 18 11 1 .933 .951 1.40 1.80 0 0 109 WSH AL OF 16 19 1 0 1 1.000 .952 1.25 1.80 0 0 16 1910 29 WSH AL OF 144 161 23 9 3 .953 .954 1.28 1.77 0 0 144 1911 30 WSH AL OF 126 130 19 9 2 .943 .950 1.18 1.93 2 0 124
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 713 915 95 59 15 .945 .951 1.42 1.84 17 94 602 1B 120 1107 89 36 58 .971 .981 9.97 9.47 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.30 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 834 2023 185 95 73 .959 .967 2.65 2.94
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1906   WS    CHC CHW     L   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0  .000  .500  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1904 NL-.290-9
1908 AL-.308-3

On-base %
1908 AL-.394-1
1909 AL-.361-8
1911 AL-.406-9

Slugging %
1908 AL-.423-3

OPS
1908 AL-.817-2
1909 AL-.712-10

Doubles
1909 AL-26-7

Triples
1908 AL-14-4

Home Runs
1911 AL-4-8

RBI
1908 AL-63-8

Bases on Balls
1910 AL-62-5
1911 AL-74-2

Adjusted OPS+
1908 AL-162-2
1909 AL-124-10

Runs Created
1908 AL-70-7

Adjusted Batting Runs
1908 AL-32-4
1910 AL-19-9

Batting Wins
1908 AL-3.9-4
1910 AL-2.3-8

Times on Base
1910 AL-204-9

Offensive Win%
1908 AL-.789-2

Hit By Pitch
1903 NL-12-3
1905 NL-14-3
1908 AL-11-4
1909 AL-11-6
1910 AL-16-1
1911 AL-20-2
Car-92-83

Power/Speed Number
1911 AL-7.0-10

At Bats per Home Run
1908 AL-145.0-10

Gray Ink: Batting - 26 (853) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 8.0 (1910) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1814) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

April 28, 1906: Traded by the Brooklyn Superbas to the Chicago Cubs for Hub Knolls.

September 9, 1909: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Washington Senators for Charlie Smith.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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