Doc Gessler

Positions: Rightfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 180lb (178cm, 81kg)

Born: December 23, 1880 in Greensburg, PA us

Died: December 26, 1924 in Allegheny County, PA

Buried: St. Bernard Cemetery, Indiana, PA

High School: Mercersburg Academy (Mercersburg, PA)

Schools: Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD), Washington & Jefferson College (Washington, PA), Ohio University (Athens, OH)

Debut: April 22, 1903 (Age 22-120d, 2,511th in major league history)
vs. CLE 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 7, 1911 (Age 30-288d)
vs. BOS 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1903 season

Full Name: Henry Homer Gessler

Nicknames: Brownie

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.6

2969

831

.280

370

RBI

363

142

OBP

.370

SLG

.371

OPS

.741

OPS+

128

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1910 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1910 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	WSH		PHA	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	Apr 15	WSH		PHA	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 16	WSH		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 19 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 19 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	0	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 20	WSH	@	BOS	W,12-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	Apr 21	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-10	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 22	WSH		NYY	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
9	9	Apr 23	WSH		NYY	T,0-0	CG	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	10	Apr 25	WSH		NYY	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	11	Apr 26	WSH		NYY	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	12	Apr 27	WSH		BOS	L,1-11	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	13	Apr 28	WSH		BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	14	Apr 29	WSH		BOS	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
15	15	Apr 30	WSH		BOS	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 2	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	0	9.1	0	0	0	0	0
17	17	May 3	WSH	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	18	May 4	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	19	May 5	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-10	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	20	May 6	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	0	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
21	21	May 7	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	22	May 9	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-10	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
23	23	May 10	WSH		CHW	L,3-10	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	24	May 13	WSH		CHW	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	25	May 14	WSH		CLE	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	26	May 16	WSH		CLE	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
27	27	May 17	WSH		CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
28	28	May 18	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
29	29	May 19	WSH		SLB	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	30	May 20	WSH		SLB	T,1-1	CG	0	6.0	1	1	0	2	1
31	31	May 21	WSH		SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	32	May 23	WSH		SLB	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	33	May 24	WSH		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	34	May 25	WSH		DET	W,2-0	CG	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	35	May 26	WSH		DET	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
36	36	May 27	WSH		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	37	May 28	WSH	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	38	May 30 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	39	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	40	May 31	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	41	Jun 3	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
42	42	Jun 4	WSH	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	43	Jun 6	WSH	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	44	Jun 7	WSH	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
45	45	Jun 8	WSH	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	46	Jun 9	WSH	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	47	Jun 10	WSH	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	48	Jun 11	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
49	49	Jun 12	WSH	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	50	Jun 13	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	12.1	2	0	0	2	0
51	51	Jun 15	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	52	Jun 16	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	53	Jun 18	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-9	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
54	54	Jun 19	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	55	Jun 21	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
56	56	Jun 22 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	57	Jun 22 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	0	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
58	60 (2)	Jun 25	WSH		NYY	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	65 (4)	Jul 1	WSH		BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	66	Jul 2	WSH		BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	67	Jul 4 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	14.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	68	Jul 4 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
63	69	Jul 5	WSH		PHA	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	70	Jul 6	WSH		PHA	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	71	Jul 7	WSH		PHA	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	72	Jul 8	WSH		SLB	W,12-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	73	Jul 9 (1)	WSH		SLB	L,6-9	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	74	Jul 9 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
69	75	Jul 11	WSH		SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	76	Jul 12	WSH		SLB	T,4-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	77	Jul 13	WSH	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	0	8.2	0	1	0	1	0
72	78	Jul 14	WSH	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	79	Jul 15	WSH	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	80	Jul 17	WSH	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	0	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
75	81	Jul 19 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
76	82	Jul 19 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,2-5	CG	0	11.0	3	1	0	4	1
77	83	Jul 20	WSH		CLE	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	84	Jul 21	WSH		CLE	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	85	Jul 22 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
80	86	Jul 22 (2)	WSH		CHW	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
81	87	Jul 23	WSH		CHW	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	88	Jul 25 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	89	Jul 25 (2)	WSH		CHW	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	90	Jul 26	WSH		CHW	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	91	Jul 27	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	92	Jul 28	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	93	Jul 29	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
88	94	Jul 30	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	95	Aug 1	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
90	96	Aug 2	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	97	Aug 4 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	98	Aug 4 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	99	Aug 5	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	102 (2)	Aug 8	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-2	GF	0		3	0	0	3	0
95	103	Aug 9 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
96	104	Aug 9 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	105	Aug 10 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	10.2	0	0	0	0	0
98	106	Aug 10 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	T,0-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	107	Aug 11 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	108	Aug 11 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	109	Aug 12	WSH	@	CLE	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	110	Aug 13	WSH	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	111	Aug 14	WSH	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
104	112	Aug 15	WSH		DET	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	113	Aug 16	WSH		DET	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	114	Aug 17	WSH		DET	L,2-4	CG	0	13.0	0	0	0	0	0
107	115	Aug 18	WSH		CLE	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	116	Aug 19	WSH		CLE	W,10-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
109	117	Aug 20	WSH		CLE	L,5-9	CG	0	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	118	Aug 22	WSH		CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
111	119	Aug 23	WSH		CHW	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	120	Aug 24	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
113	121	Aug 25	WSH		DET	L,2-3	CG	0	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
114	122	Aug 27 (1)	WSH		DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
115	123	Aug 27 (2)	WSH		DET	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
116	124	Aug 29 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
117	125	Aug 29 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
118	126	Aug 30	WSH		SLB	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
119	127	Aug 31	WSH		SLB	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	128	Sep 2 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
121	129	Sep 2 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,1-2	CG	0	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
122	130	Sep 3	WSH		PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
123	131	Sep 5 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
124	132	Sep 5 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
125	133	Sep 7	WSH		NYY	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
126	134	Sep 8	WSH		NYY	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
127	135	Sep 9	WSH		NYY	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
128	136	Sep 10	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
129	137	Sep 12	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
130	138	Sep 13	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
131	139	Sep 15	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
132	140	Sep 16	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
133	141	Sep 17	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
134	142	Sep 19	WSH	@	DET	T,6-6	CG	0	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
135	143	Sep 20 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
136	144	Sep 20 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
137	145	Sep 24	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
138	146	Sep 25 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
139	147	Sep 25 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
140	148	Sep 27 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
141	149	Sep 27 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
142	151 (1)	Sep 30	WSH	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
143	152	Oct 1	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
144	157 (4)	Oct 6 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,6-5	GF	0		2	0	0	2	0
							144gm			161	23	9	193	3