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.

1904 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1904 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	23 (22)	May 16	BRO	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	31 (7)	May 25	BRO		NYG	L,3-5	GF	0		2	0	1	3	0
3	34 (2)	May 28	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	0	9.1	0	0	0	0	0
4	35	May 29	BRO		NYG	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	45 (9)	Jun 10	BRO		STL	L,3-4	GS	0		1	1	0	2	0
6	46	Jun 11	BRO		STL	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	47	Jun 12	BRO		STL	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	2	5	0
8	48	Jun 14	BRO		CIN	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	49	Jun 15 (1)	BRO		CIN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	50	Jun 15 (2)	BRO		CIN	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
11	51	Jun 17	BRO	@	NYG	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
12	52	Jun 18	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	53	Jun 19	BRO		NYG	L,0-11	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	54	Jun 20	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-12	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	56 (1)	Jun 22	BRO		PHI	L,0-1	CG	0	13.0	1	0	1	2	0
16	57	Jun 23	BRO		PHI	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	58	Jun 24	BRO		PHI	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
18	59	Jun 25	BRO		BSN	L,6-9	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
19	60	Jun 26	BRO		BSN	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	61	Jun 27	BRO		BSN	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
21	62	Jun 28	BRO		BSN	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	63	Jun 29	BRO	@	PHI	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	64	Jul 1	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-13	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	65	Jul 2 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	66	Jul 2 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	W,13-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	2	3	0
26	67	Jul 4 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-6	GF	0		2	0	0	2	0
27	72 (4)	Jul 9	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	73	Jul 10	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
29	76 (2)	Jul 13	BRO	@	STL	L,1-2	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	78 (1)	Jul 15	BRO	@	STL	W,1-0	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
31	83 (4)	Jul 20	BRO	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	0	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
32	84	Jul 22	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	86 (1)	Jul 25 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	90 (3)	Jul 29 (2)	BRO		NYG	L,0-2	GF	0		10	1	1	12	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	97 (6)	Aug 11	BRO		STL	L,3-4	CG	0	17.0	5	1	0	6	0
36	98	Aug 12	BRO		STL	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	99	Aug 13	BRO		STL	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
38	100	Aug 15	BRO		STL	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
39	101	Aug 16 (1)	BRO		CIN	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
40	102	Aug 16 (2)	BRO		CIN	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	103	Aug 17	BRO		CIN	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	104	Aug 18	BRO		CIN	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
43	105	Aug 20	BRO	@	STL	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	106	Aug 21	BRO	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	0	8.2	1	0	1	2	0
45	107	Aug 22	BRO	@	STL	L,3-13	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
46	108	Aug 24	BRO	@	CIN	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
47	109	Aug 25	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
48	110	Aug 27	BRO	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	0	12.0	5	0	3	8	0
49	111	Aug 29 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,7-11	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	112	Aug 29 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	113	Aug 30	BRO	@	CHC	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
52	114	Aug 31	BRO	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	115	Sep 1	BRO	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	116	Sep 2	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
55	117	Sep 3	BRO	@	PHI	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
56	118	Sep 5 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	0	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
57	119	Sep 5 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
58	120	Sep 7	BRO	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	121	Sep 8 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	122	Sep 8 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	W,7-1	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	123	Sep 10 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
62	124	Sep 10 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	125	Sep 12 (1)	BRO		PHI	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	126	Sep 12 (2)	BRO		PHI	L,5-12	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
65	127	Sep 13	BRO		PHI	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	128	Sep 14	BRO		PHI	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	129	Sep 15 (1)	BRO		PHI	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	130	Sep 15 (2)	BRO		PHI	W,14-7	CG	0	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	133 (2)	Sep 17 (1)	BRO		NYG	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
70	134	Sep 17 (2)	BRO		NYG	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	135	Sep 20 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	136	Sep 20 (2)	BRO		PIT	T,1-1	CG	0	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
73	137	Sep 21 (1)	BRO		PIT	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
74	138	Sep 21 (2)	BRO		PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	139	Sep 22 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	140	Sep 22 (2)	BRO		PIT	W,3-1	CG	0	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	141	Sep 23	BRO		CHC	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	142	Sep 24 (1)	BRO		CHC	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	143	Sep 24 (2)	BRO		CHC	L,4-6	CG	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	144	Sep 26 (1)	BRO		CHC	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	145	Sep 26 (2)	BRO		CHC	L,0-1	CG	0	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	146	Sep 27	BRO		STL	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
83	147	Sep 28	BRO		STL	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	148	Sep 29	BRO		STL	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	149	Sep 30	BRO		STL	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	150	Oct 1 (1)	BRO		CIN	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
87	151	Oct 1 (2)	BRO		CIN	W,4-3	CG	0	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
88	152	Oct 3 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
89	153	Oct 3 (2)	BRO		CIN	L,1-5	CG	0	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
90	154	Oct 8	BRO		NYG	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
							91gm		13.0	181	17	17	215	3