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.

1903 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1903 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 22	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 23	DET		CLE	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	Apr 25	DET		CLE	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 27	DET		CHW	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 28	DET		CHW	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	Apr 29	DET		CHW	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	7	May 1	DET	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	8	May 2	DET	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
9	9	May 3	DET	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	10	May 4	DET	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
11	11	May 5	DET	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	12	May 6	DET	@	CHW	L,9-10	CG	0	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
13	13	May 7	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	17 (3)	May 11	DET		NYY	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	20 (2)	May 14	DET		NYY	W,9-6	GF	0		1	0	1	2	0
16	21	May 15	DET		BOS	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	22	May 16	DET		BOS	L,6-9	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	33 (10)	May 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	34	May 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	35	Jun 1	DET		SLB	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	36	Jun 2	DET		SLB	L,3-11	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	37	Jun 4	DET	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	38	Jun 5	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	39	Jun 6	DET	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	40	Jun 8	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	41	Jun 9	DET	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	45 (3)	Jun 15	DET	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	46	Jun 16	DET	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Brooklyn Superbas
29	60	Jul 4 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-13	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	61	Jul 4 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	62	Jul 5	BRO	@	CIN	W,16-12	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	63	Jul 6 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	64	Jul 6 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-11	CG	0	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	65	Jul 7	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	66	Jul 8	BRO	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	67	Jul 9	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	73 (5)	Jul 18	BRO	@	STL	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	74	Jul 19	BRO	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	0	9.2	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	107 (32)	Aug 22 (2)	BRO		CIN	L,1-4	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
40	108	Aug 24	BRO		CIN	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	109	Aug 26	BRO		PHI	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	110	Aug 27	BRO		PHI	W,11-10	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	111	Aug 31	BRO		BSN	W,14-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	112	Sep 1 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	113	Sep 1 (2)	BRO		BSN	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	114	Sep 2	BRO	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	115	Sep 3	BRO		NYG	L,0-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	116	Sep 4 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,6-7	CG	0	9.1	3	0	0	3	0
49	117	Sep 4 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-2	CG	0	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	118	Sep 5	BRO		NYG	L,1-3	CG	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	119	Sep 7 (1)	BRO		NYG	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
52	120	Sep 7 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	121	Sep 8	BRO	@	NYG	T,4-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	122	Sep 9 (1)	BRO		BSN	L,0-1	CG	0	10.0	1	1	0	2	1
55	123	Sep 9 (2)	BRO		BSN	W,4-1	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	124	Sep 10	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
57	125	Sep 11	BRO	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
58	126	Sep 12	BRO	@	CHC	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	127	Sep 13	BRO	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
60	128	Sep 14	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	129	Sep 17 (1)	BRO	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	130	Sep 17 (2)	BRO	@	STL	T,5-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	131	Sep 19 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,10-12	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	132	Sep 19 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	133	Sep 21 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
66	134	Sep 21 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	135	Sep 22	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	136	Sep 24	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	0	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
69	137	Sep 26	BRO	@	CIN	W,10-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	138	Sep 27 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,14-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	139	Sep 27 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	0	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
							71gm			91	5	2	98	2