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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.

1911 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1911 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	WSH		BOS	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
2	4 (2)	Apr 17	WSH		NYY	L,3-6	CG	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	9 (4)	Apr 26	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	18 (8)	May 6	WSH		PHA	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
5	19	May 10	WSH	@	CHW	L,6-9	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
6	21 (1)	May 12	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	22	May 13	WSH	@	CHW	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
8	23	May 14	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
9	24	May 15	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-8	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	25	May 16	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	26	May 17	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-9	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
12	27	May 18	WSH	@	CLE	L,6-9	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	28	May 19	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	29	May 20	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
15	30	May 21	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	31	May 22	WSH	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	32	May 23	WSH	@	DET	L,8-9	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	33	May 24	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	0	10.2	1	0	0	1	0
19	34	May 25	WSH	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	35	May 27	WSH		BOS	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	36	May 29 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,0-12	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	37	May 29 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	38	May 30 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,5-6	CG	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	39	May 30 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
25	40	May 31	WSH		NYY	W,3-2	CG	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	41	Jun 1	WSH		DET	L,7-8	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	42	Jun 2	WSH		DET	W,14-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	43	Jun 3	WSH		DET	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
29	44	Jun 5	WSH		DET	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	45	Jun 6	WSH		CLE	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	46	Jun 7	WSH		CLE	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	47	Jun 8	WSH		CLE	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
33	48	Jun 9	WSH		CLE	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	49	Jun 10	WSH		CHW	L,7-18	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
35	50	Jun 12	WSH		CHW	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	51	Jun 14	WSH		SLB	W,13-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	52	Jun 15	WSH		SLB	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	53	Jun 16	WSH		SLB	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
39	54	Jun 19	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	55	Jun 21 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	56	Jun 21 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
42	57	Jun 22	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-8	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	61 (3)	Jun 26	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	62	Jun 27 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
45	63	Jun 27 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	64	Jun 28 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	65	Jun 28 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,9-16	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	66	Jun 29	WSH		PHA	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	67	Jun 30	WSH		PHA	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	68	Jul 1	WSH		PHA	L,8-13	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	69	Jul 3	WSH	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	70	Jul 4 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
53	71	Jul 4 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
54	72	Jul 5	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	73	Jul 7	WSH	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	74	Jul 8	WSH	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	75	Jul 9	WSH	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	76	Jul 10	WSH	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	77	Jul 11	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
60	78	Jul 12	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	79	Jul 13	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	80	Jul 14	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	81	Jul 15	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-9	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	82	Jul 16	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
65	83	Jul 17	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	84	Jul 18	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	85	Jul 20	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	86	Jul 21	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
69	87	Jul 22	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
70	88	Jul 23	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	90 (1)	Jul 26	WSH		DET	W,12-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
72	91	Jul 27	WSH		DET	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
73	92	Jul 28	WSH		CLE	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	93	Jul 29	WSH		CLE	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	94	Jul 31	WSH		CLE	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	95	Aug 1	WSH		CLE	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	96	Aug 2 (1)	WSH		CHW	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	97	Aug 2 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	98	Aug 4 (1)	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	CG	0	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	99	Aug 4 (2)	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	100	Aug 5	WSH		CHW	L,7-8	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	101	Aug 7 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	102	Aug 7 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,6-13	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	103	Aug 8	WSH		SLB	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	104	Aug 9	WSH		SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
86	105	Aug 10	WSH		SLB	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	106	Aug 11 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	107	Aug 11 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
89	108	Aug 12	WSH		NYY	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	109	Aug 14	WSH		NYY	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	110	Aug 15	WSH		NYY	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	111	Aug 17	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	112	Aug 18	WSH	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	113	Aug 19	WSH	@	SLB	W,8-7	CG	0	10.0	2	0	1	3	0
95	114	Aug 20	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-11	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
96	115	Aug 21	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
97	116	Aug 22	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-3	GS	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
98	117	Aug 25 (1)	WSH	@	DET	W,16-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	118	Aug 25 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	0	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	119	Aug 26	WSH	@	DET	L,6-11	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	120	Aug 27	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	121	Aug 29	WSH	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	122	Aug 30	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	0	9.1	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	123	Sep 1	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
105	124	Sep 2	WSH	@	NYY	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	125	Sep 4 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	126	Sep 4 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	0	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	127	Sep 5	WSH	@	PHA	L,4-10	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
109	128	Sep 6	WSH	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
110	129	Sep 7	WSH		NYY	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
111	130	Sep 8	WSH		NYY	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
112	131	Sep 9	WSH		NYY	L,1-5	CG	0	13.0	0	0	0	0	0
113	133 (1)	Sep 12	WSH		BOS	L,5-6	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
114	137 (3)	Sep 18	WSH		SLB	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
115	138	Sep 19	WSH		CHW	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
116	139	Sep 20	WSH		CHW	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	140	Sep 22 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
118	141	Sep 22 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
119	142	Sep 23	WSH		CLE	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
120	143	Sep 25	WSH		CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
121	144	Sep 26	WSH		CLE	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
122	145	Sep 27	WSH		DET	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
123	146	Sep 28	WSH		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
124	147	Sep 29	WSH		DET	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
125	152 (4)	Oct 5	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-11	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
126	153	Oct 6	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
127	154	Oct 7	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
							127gm		9.0	135	20	10	165	1