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Doc Gessler

Henry Homer Gessler (Brownie)

Positions: Rightfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 23, 1880 in Greensburg, PA
High School: Mercersburg Academy (Mercersburg, PA)
Schools: Washington and Jefferson College (Washington, PA), Ohio University (Athens, OH) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1903
Teams (by GP): Senators/Superbas/RedSox/Cubs/Tigers 1903-1911

Final Game: October 7, 1911
Died: December 24, 1924 in Greensburg, PA
Buried: St. Bernard Cemetery, Indiana, PA
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1903 22 TOT MLB 78 306 259 29 63 13 7 0 30 10 20 58 .243 .331 .347 .679 99 90 14 13 O
1903 22 DET AL 29 114 105 9 25 5 4 0 12 1 3 23 .238 .273 .362 .635 92 38 2 4 O
1903 22 BRO NL 49 192 154 20 38 8 3 0 18 9 17 35 .247 .366 .338 .704 103 52 12 9 O
1904 23 BRO NL 104 381 341 41 99 18 4 2 28 13 30 45 .290 .355 .384 .739 131 131 4 6 O/34
1905 24 BRO NL 126 486 431 44 125 17 4 3 46 26 38 56 .290 .366 .369 .735 127 159 14 3 *3O
1906 25 TOT NL 43 136 116 11 29 4 2 0 14 7 15 14 .250 .346 .319 .665 106 37 2 3 O3
1906 25 BRO NL 9 37 33 3 8 1 2 0 4 3 3 2 .242 .324 .394 .718 132 13 1 0 /3
1906 25 CHC NL 34 99 83 8 21 3 0 0 10 4 12 12 .253 .354 .289 .643 96 24 1 3 O/3
1908 27 BOS AL 128 507 435 55 134 13 14 3 63 19 51 47 .308 .394 .423 .817 163 184 11 10 *O
1909 28 TOT AL 128 510 450 67 128 26 2 0 54 20 43 54 .284 .361 .351 .712 123 158 11 6 *O/3
1909 28 BOS AL 111 440 396 57 115 24 1 0 46 16 31 52 .290 .354 .356 .710 121 141 8 5 *O
1909 28 WSH AL 17 70 54 10 13 2 1 0 8 4 12 2 .241 .406 .315 .721 132 17 3 1 O/3
1910 29 WSH AL 145 577 487 58 126 17 12 2 50 18 62 55 .259 .361 .355 .716 129 173 16 12 *O
1911 30 WSH AL 128 553 450 65 127 19 5 4 78 29 74 43 .282 .406 .373 .780 120 168 20 9 *O/3
8 Yrs 880 3456 2969 370 831 127 50 14 363 142 333 372 .280 .370 .370 .741 128 1100 92 62
162 Game Avg. 162 636 547 68 153 23 9 3 67 26 61 68 .280 .370 .370 .741 128 203 17 11
BRO (4 yrs) 288 1096 959 108 270 44 13 5 96 51 88 138 .282 .361 .370 .731 124 355 31 18
WSH (3 yrs) 290 1200 991 133 266 38 18 6 136 51 148 100 .268 .385 .361 .746 125 358 39 22
BOS (2 yrs) 239 947 831 112 249 37 15 3 109 35 82 99 .300 .376 .391 .767 143 325 19 15
CHC (1 yr) 34 99 83 8 21 3 0 0 10 4 12 12 .253 .354 .289 .643 96 24 1 3
DET (1 yr) 29 114 105 9 25 5 4 0 12 1 3 23 .238 .273 .362 .635 92 38 2 4
AL (5 yrs) 558 2261 1927 254 540 80 37 9 257 87 233 222 .280 .375 .374 .749 131 721 60 41
NL (4 yrs) 322 1195 1042 116 291 47 13 5 106 55 100 150 .279 .360 .364 .724 122 379 32 21

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1903 22 DET AL 29 114 -2 0 0 -1 -2 -4 -0.5 4 -0 -0.1 .484 .497 0.0 -0.3 1 $ O
1903 22 BRO NL 49 192 1 -0 0 -1 -2 -3 -0.2 6 3 0.3 .495 .498 0.4 -0.3 4 $ O
1904 23 BRO NL 104 381 11 -1 0 -2 -3 6 0.7 12 17 1.9 .506 .504 2.1 -0.5 19 $ O/34
1905 24 BRO NL 126 486 15 -0 0 -7 -4 4 0.4 14 18 1.9 .503 .502 2.7 -1.2 25 $ *3O
1906 25 BRO NL 9 37 1 0 0 0 -0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .516 .501 0.2 -0.0 2 $ /3
1906 25 CHC NL 34 99 -0 -0 0 -1 -1 -2 -0.2 3 1 0.1 .493 .499 0.2 -0.2 2 $ O/3
1908 27 BOS AL 128 507 29 -1 0 0 -7 22 2.7 17 38 4.4 .521 .516 4.3 -0.8 38 $ *O
1909 28 BOS AL 111 440 9 -1 0 -2 -6 0 -0.1 15 15 1.4 .500 .500 1.8 -1.1 17 $ *O
1909 28 WSH AL 17 70 3 0 0 0 -1 2 0.2 2 4 0.5 .515 .502 0.5 -0.1 4 $ O/3
1910 29 WSH AL 145 577 18 -2 0 -4 -8 5 0.4 20 25 2.4 .504 .504 3.0 -1.5 29 $ *O
1911 30 WSH AL 128 553 18 -1 0 -8 -7 2 0.3 19 21 2.2 .502 .501 2.9 -1.5 29 $ *O/3
8 Seasons 880 3456 104 -6 0 -26 -39 33 3.7 112 145 15.2 .505 .502 18.1 -7.5 171 $
BRO (4 yrs) 288 1096 28 -1 0 -10 -9 8 1.0 32 40 4.3 .503 .501 5.4 -2.0 51 $
WSH (3 yrs) 290 1200 39 -3 0 -12 -15 9 1.0 41 50 5.1 .504 .502 6.4 -3.1 62 $
BOS (2 yrs) 239 947 38 -2 0 -2 -12 22 2.5 32 54 5.8 .511 .508 6.1 -1.9 56 $
CHC (1 yr) 34 99 -0 -0 0 -1 -1 -2 -0.2 3 1 0.1 .493 .499 0.2 -0.2 2 $
DET (1 yr) 29 114 -2 0 0 -1 -2 -4 -0.5 4 -0 -0.1 .484 .497 0.0 -0.3 1 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1903 22 TOT MLB 306 209 27 3.4 86 .313 .243 .268 .331 .326 .347 .355 .679 .681 99 .450 0.7 0.1 .684 .220 .104 .0
1903 22 DET AL 114 84 10 3.2 79 .305 .238 .258 .273 .307 .362 .350 .635 .657 92 .442 -1.3 -0.2 .550 .162 .124 .0
1903 22 BRO NL 192 125 17 3.6 90 .319 .247 .275 .366 .338 .338 .358 .704 .696 103 .455 2.0 0.2 .776 .260 .091 .0
1904 23 BRO NL 381 248 46 4.9 75 .330 .290 .254 .355 .312 .384 .328 .739 .640 131 .673 13.0 1.5 .736 .220 .094 3.5
1905 24 BRO NL 486 309 55 4.7 77 .328 .290 .255 .366 .316 .369 .333 .735 .649 127 .633 16.2 1.8 .775 .227 .079 5.4
1906 25 TOT NL 136 90 12 3.5 77 .284 .250 .255 .346 .322 .319 .325 .665 .647 106 .552 1.4 0.2 .701 .259 .069 .0
1906 25 BRO NL 37 25 4 4.2 70 .258 .242 .243 .324 .309 .394 .310 .718 .619 132 .632 1.0 0.1 .800 .333 .152 .0
1906 25 CHC NL 99 65 8 3.2 80 .296 .253 .259 .354 .327 .289 .330 .643 .658 96 .514 0.4 0.0 .661 .229 .036 .0
1908 27 BOS AL 507 311 70 6.0 70 .340 .308 .248 .394 .305 .423 .315 .817 .621 163 .789 32.3 3.9 .880 .276 .115 5.2
1909 28 TOT AL 510 328 54 4.4 75 .323 .284 .255 .361 .316 .351 .324 .712 .639 123 .659 14.7 1.8 .720 .207 .067 .0
1909 28 BOS AL 440 286 48 4.5 76 .334 .290 .256 .354 .317 .356 .325 .710 .642 121 .668 11.5 1.4 .698 .184 .066 .0
1909 28 WSH AL 70 42 6 3.8 71 .250 .241 .248 .406 .308 .315 .315 .721 .623 132 .599 3.3 0.4 .878 .370 .074 .0
1910 29 WSH AL 577 373 59 4.3 71 .288 .259 .244 .361 .310 .355 .315 .716 .625 129 .628 19.2 2.2 .745 .261 .097 3.6
1911 30 WSH AL 553 332 64 5.2 95 .305 .282 .279 .406 .345 .373 .366 .780 .711 120 .600 18.1 1.9 .901 .320 .091 7.0
8 Yrs 3456 2200 387 4.7 78 .316 .280 .257 .370 .319 .370 .332 .741 .651 128 .643 115.7 13.3 .780 .251 .091 25.5
162 Game Avg. 636 405 71 4.7 78 .316 .280 .257 .370 .319 .370 .332 .741 .651 128 .643 21 2 .780 .251 .091 5
BRO (4 yrs) 1096 707 122 4.6 79 .325 .282 .258 .361 .318 .370 .335 .731 .653 124 .619 32.2 3.6 .762 .234 .089 9.1
WSH (3 yrs) 1200 747 129 4.6 82 .294 .268 .260 .385 .326 .361 .339 .746 .664 125 .611 40.6 4.5 .822 .294 .093 10.7
BOS (2 yrs) 947 597 118 5.3 73 .337 .300 .252 .376 .311 .391 .320 .767 .631 143 .739 43.8 5.3 .792 .232 .091 5.5
CHC (1 yr) 99 65 8 3.3 80 .296 .253 .259 .354 .327 .289 .330 .643 .658 96 .515 0.4 0.0 .661 .229 .036 .0
DET (1 yr) 114 84 10 3.2 79 .305 .238 .258 .273 .307 .362 .350 .635 .657 92 .442 -1.3 -0.2 .550 .162 .124 .0
AL (5 yrs) 2261 1428 257 4.8 78 .313 .280 .256 .375 .319 .374 .331 .749 .650 131 .660 83.1 9.6 .794 .260 .094 16.3
NL (4 yrs) 1195 772 130 4.5 79 .322 .279 .258 .360 .319 .364 .334 .724 .653 122 .612 32.6 3.7 .754 .233 .084 9.2

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1906 25 CHC NL WS CHW L 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1903 22 78 306 259 29 63 13 7 0 30 10 20 58 .243 .331 .347 .679 99 90 14 13
1904 23 182 687 600 70 162 31 11 2 58 23 50 103 .270 .344 .368 .713 117 221 18 19
1905 24 308 1173 1031 114 287 48 15 5 104 49 88 159 .278 .354 .369 .722 121 380 32 22
1906 25 351 1309 1147 125 316 52 17 5 118 56 103 173 .276 .353 .364 .716 119 417 34 25
1907 26 351 1309 1147 125 316 52 17 5 118 56 103 173 .276 .353 .364 .716 119 417 34 25
1908 27 479 1816 1582 180 450 65 31 8 181 75 154 220 .284 .364 .380 .744 131 601 45 35
1909 28 607 2326 2032 247 578 91 33 8 235 95 197 274 .284 .364 .374 .737 129 759 56 41
1910 29 752 2903 2519 305 704 108 45 10 285 113 259 329 .279 .363 .370 .733 129 932 72 53
1911 30 880 3456 2969 370 831 127 50 14 363 142 333 372 .280 .370 .370 .741 128 1100 92 62

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1903 22 90 354 300 34 73 15 8 0 35 12 23 67 .243 .330 .347 .677 31 78
1904 23 108 409 364 50 113 21 5 2 34 15 34 47 .310 .377 .412 .789 55 104
1905 24 132 527 464 54 144 20 5 3 57 30 44 59 .310 .389 .394 .784 68 126
1906 25 45 149 126 14 34 5 2 0 18 8 18 15 .270 .370 .341 .711 16 43
1908 27 133 557 473 72 160 16 17 4 82 23 61 49 .338 .428 .469 .897 91 128
1909 28 134 562 491 88 154 31 2 0 71 24 52 56 .314 .394 .385 .779 72 128
1910 29 150 628 523 77 151 20 14 2 66 22 74 57 .289 .396 .392 .788 78 145
1911 30 135 579 472 67 132 20 5 4 80 30 77 45 .280 .404 .369 .772 66 128
8 Yrs 927 3765 3213 456 961 148 58 15 443 164 383 395 .299 .392 .395 .787 477 880
162 Game Avg. 162 658 561 80 168 26 10 3 77 29 67 69 .299 .392 .395 .787 83 880

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1908 AL  4.4 (7th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1908 AL  4.3 (5th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1904 NL  .290 (9th)
1908 AL  .308 (3rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1908 AL  .394 (1st)
1909 AL  .361 (8th)
1911 AL  .406 (9th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1908 AL  .423 (3rd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1908 AL  .817 (2nd)
1909 AL  .712 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1909 AL  26 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1908 AL  14 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1911 AL  4 (8th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1908 AL  63 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1910 AL  62 (5th)
1911 AL  74 (2nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1905 NL  56 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1908 AL  162 (2nd)
1909 AL  124 (10th)
Career  128 (197th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1908 AL  70 (7th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1908 AL  32 (4th)
1910 AL  19 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1908 AL  3.9 (4th)
1910 AL  2.3 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1910 AL  204 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1908 AL  .789 (2nd)
Career  .643 (235th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1903 NL  12 (3rd)
1905 NL  14 (3rd)
1908 AL  11 (4th)
1909 AL  11 (6th)
1910 AL  16 (1st)
1911 AL  20 (2nd)
Career  92 (91st)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1911 AL  7.0 (10th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1908 AL  145.0 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 26 (879), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1801), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Fred Snodgrass (957)
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  3. Jimmy Wasdell (950)
  4. Bill Hinchman (949)
  5. Myril Hoag (945)
  6. Adam Comorosky (943)
  7. Patrick Gillespie (943)
  8. Jimmy Callahan (942)
  9. George Decker (940)
  10. Beals Becker (938)
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  1. Frank Demaree (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Lou Finney (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Al Woods (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Tillie Walker (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tillie Walker (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tommy Griffith (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Rebel Oakes (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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