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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	32-44 / in Starts: 31-36
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	20 games
Most Games w/o HR	75 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games

RBI Opportunities

1903 Batting Game Log

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1903 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
1	1	1	Apr 22	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.500	.500	.750	1.250	6			RF
2	2	2	Apr 23	DET		CLE	W,11-1	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	1		1	0	0				0		.571	.625	.714	1.339	6			RF
3	3	3	Apr 25	DET		CLE	W,2-0	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	1				1		.500	.600	.625	1.225	6			RF
4	4	4	Apr 27	DET		CHW	W,8-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	3	0		1	0	1				0		.455	.538	.727	1.266	6			RF
5	5	5	Apr 28	DET		CHW	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.400	.471	.600	1.071	6			RF
6	6	6	Apr 29	DET		CHW	W,10-1	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.368	.429	.579	1.008	6			RF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
7	7	7	May 1	DET	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.348	.400	.522	.922	6			RF
8	8	8	May 2	DET	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.321	.367	.500	.867	6			RF
9	9	9	May 3	DET	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.313	.353	.469	.822	6			RF
10	10	10	May 4	DET	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1				0		.333	.368	.472	.841	5			RF
11	11	11	May 5	DET	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.300	.333	.425	.758	5			RF
12	12	12	May 6	DET	@	CHW	L,9-10	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	0		1	0	0				0		.289	.319	.422	.741	5			RF
13	13	13	May 7	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0				0		.286	.314	.408	.722	5			RF
14	14	16 (2)	May 10	DET	@	CLE	L,2-6	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.280	.308	.400	.708	9			PH
15	15	17	May 11	DET		NYY	L,2-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.264	.291	.377	.668	6			RF
16	16	20 (2)	May 14	DET		NYY	W,9-6	0-GF	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.263	.288	.368	.657	2			RF
17	17	21	May 15	DET		BOS	W,8-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.262	.286	.393	.679	6			RF
18	18	22	May 16	DET		BOS	L,6-9	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.258	.279	.379	.658	6			RF
19	19	33 (10)	May 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.257	.278	.371	.649	7			RF
20	20	34	May 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.243	.263	.351	.615	7			RF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
21	21	35	Jun 1	DET		SLB	L,6-7	CG	4	4	1	3	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.269	.288	.410	.698	7			RF
22	22	36	Jun 2	DET		SLB	L,3-11	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.256	.274	.390	.664	5			RF
23	23	37	Jun 4	DET	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	0				0		.256	.281	.384	.665	5			RF
24	24	38	Jun 5	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.244	.269	.367	.635	5			RF
25	25	39	Jun 6	DET	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.247	.271	.387	.658	5			RF
26	26	40	Jun 8	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG(6)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.240	.263	.375	.638	5			RF
27	27	41	Jun 9	DET	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.240	.269	.370	.639	5			RF
28	28	45 (3)	Jun 15	DET	@	WSH	L,1-2	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.233	.262	.359	.621	5			RF
29	29	46	Jun 16	DET	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	0				0		.238	.279	.362	.641	5			RF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Brooklyn Superbas
30	30	60	Jul 4 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-13	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.231	.278	.352	.630	6			RF
31	31	61	Jul 4 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				1		.241	.286	.357	.643	6			RF
32	32	62	Jul 5	BRO	@	CIN	W,16-12	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0		0		1	1	0				0		.233	.282	.345	.627	6			RF
33	33	63	Jul 6 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,9-3	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0				0		.225	.279	.333	.612	6			RF
34	34	64	Jul 6 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-11	CG(7)	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0				0		.221	.280	.328	.608	6			RF
35	35	65	Jul 7	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		2	1	0				0		.224	.287	.328	.615	6			RF
36	36	66	Jul 8	BRO	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0				0		.220	.293	.323	.616	6			RF
37	37	67	Jul 9	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1		1	0	0				1		.223	.299	.331	.629	6			RF
38	38	73 (5)	Jul 18	BRO	@	STL	W,8-4	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.216	.291	.321	.611	3			RF
39	39	74	Jul 19	BRO	@	STL	L,4-5	CG(10)	5	5	1	2	0	1	0		0		0	0	0				1		.223	.294	.338	.632	3			RF
40	40	79 (4)	Jul 25 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	L,10-13	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				1		.223	.299	.338	.637	9			PH
41	41	81 (1)	Jul 28	BRO		PHI	L,10-15	0-GF(10)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.223	.303	.338	.641	9			PH
42	42	82	Jul 29	BRO		PHI	L,7-12	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.221	.301	.336	.637	9			PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
43	43	94 (11)	Aug 12	BRO		PIT	L,5-6	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.221	.306	.336	.641	9			PH
44	44	95	Aug 13	BRO		PIT	L,6-14	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.227	.310	.340	.651	9			PH
45	45	103 (7)	Aug 19 (2)	BRO		CHC	L,5-6	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.225	.308	.338	.646	9			PH
46	46	107 (3)	Aug 22 (2)	BRO		CIN	L,1-4	0-GF	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.229	.311	.347	.658	3			CF
47	47	108	Aug 24	BRO		CIN	L,3-4	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	0				0		.226	.315	.342	.658	3			CF
48	48	109	Aug 26	BRO		PHI	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	0				0		.221	.314	.336	.649	6			RF
49	49	110	Aug 27	BRO		PHI	W,11-10	CG	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		0	1	1				0		.219	.318	.331	.649	6			RF
50	50	111	Aug 31	BRO		BSN	W,14-4	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.219	.320	.329	.649	6			RF
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
51	51	112	Sep 1 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.220	.319	.333	.652	6			RF
52	52	113	Sep 1 (2)	BRO		BSN	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1				0		.216	.314	.327	.641	6			RF
53	53	114	Sep 2	BRO	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		2	0	0				0		.217	.312	.331	.643	6			RF
54	54	115	Sep 3	BRO		NYG	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.212	.306	.324	.629	6			RF
55	55	116	Sep 4 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,6-7	CG(10)	5	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.213	.308	.333	.641	6			RF
56	56	117	Sep 4 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-2	CG(7)	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.219	.312	.343	.655	6			RF
57	57	118	Sep 5	BRO		NYG	L,1-3	CG(6)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.217	.309	.339	.648	6			RF
58	58	119	Sep 7 (1)	BRO		NYG	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.217	.308	.337	.645	6			RF
59	59	120	Sep 7 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.218	.307	.335	.642	6			RF
60	60	121	Sep 8	BRO	@	NYG	T,4-4	CG(8)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.219	.306	.333	.639	6			RF
61	61	122	Sep 9 (1)	BRO		BSN	L,0-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				1		.219	.305	.332	.636	6			RF
62	62	123	Sep 9 (2)	BRO		BSN	W,4-1	CG(8)	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.222	.309	.338	.648	6			RF
63	63	124	Sep 10	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.233	.317	.347	.664	6			RF
64	64	125	Sep 11	BRO	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.233	.316	.345	.661	6			RF
65	65	126	Sep 12	BRO	@	CHC	W,7-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.233	.315	.352	.667	6			RF
66	66	127	Sep 13	BRO	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0		1		3	0	0				0		.230	.314	.347	.661	6			RF
67	67	128	Sep 14	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG(7)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				1		.231	.314	.347	.661	6			RF
68	68	129	Sep 17 (1)	BRO	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.241	.321	.355	.676	6			RF
69	69	130	Sep 17 (2)	BRO	@	STL	T,5-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.241	.320	.353	.673	6			RF
70	70	131	Sep 19 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,10-12	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.249	.325	.362	.688	6			RF
71	71	132	Sep 19 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG(6)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	0				0		.246	.324	.358	.682	6			RF
72	72	133	Sep 21 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	W,9-4	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.245	.322	.354	.676	6			RF
73	73	134	Sep 21 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG(6)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		1	0	0				1		.246	.322	.354	.676	6			RF
74	74	135	Sep 22	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG(10)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.245	.320	.351	.671	6			RF
75	75	136	Sep 24	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.245	.319	.353	.672	6			RF
76	76	137	Sep 26	BRO	@	CIN	W,10-7	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	1	0				0		.245	.320	.352	.672	6			RF
77	77	138	Sep 27 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,14-7	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0		1		1	1	0				0		.246	.325	.352	.677	6			RF
78	78	139	Sep 27 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG(5)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.243	.322	.347	.669	6			RF
							32-44		296	259	30	63	13	7	0	28	16		54	14	7				9		.243	.322	.347	.669

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