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.

1905 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1905 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	18 (17)	May 3	BRO		PHI	W,13-9	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
2	25 (6)	May 11	BRO		CIN	L,7-8	CG	0	9.2	6	0	0	6	0
3	26	May 12	BRO		CIN	W,2-1	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
4	32 (5)	May 19	BRO		CHC	L,1-2	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
5	33	May 20	BRO		CHC	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	35 (1)	May 23	BRO		STL	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	36	May 24	BRO		STL	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
8	37	May 25	BRO		STL	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
9	38	May 26	BRO	@	NYG	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	39	May 27	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	40	May 29	BRO	@	NYG	L,5-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	2	3	0
12	41	May 30 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
13	42	May 30 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	13	2	0	15	2
14	43	May 31	BRO		NYG	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	44	Jun 1	BRO		PHI	L,2-3	CG	0	11.0	14	3	0	17	2
16	45	Jun 3	BRO		PHI	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	16	1	0	17	0
17	46	Jun 7	BRO	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	9	1	0	10	2
18	47	Jun 8	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-11	CG	0	8.0	9	3	0	12	0
19	48	Jun 9	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-14	CG	0	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
20	49	Jun 11	BRO	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	13	1	0	14	0
21	50	Jun 12	BRO	@	STL	L,0-9	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
22	51	Jun 13	BRO	@	STL	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	18	0	0	18	0
23	52	Jun 14	BRO	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	8	1	0	9	2
24	53	Jun 15	BRO	@	CHC	L,4-10	CG	0	8.0	11	1	2	14	0
25	54	Jun 16	BRO	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	11	1	1	13	1
26	55	Jun 18	BRO	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
27	56	Jun 19	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	8	1	1	10	1
28	57	Jun 20	BRO	@	PIT	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
29	58	Jun 21	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
30	59	Jun 23	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	16	0	0	16	0
31	60	Jun 24 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
32	61	Jun 24 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	L,6-13	CG	0	8.0	8	2	0	10	0
33	62	Jun 26	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	0	8.1	9	0	0	9	0
34	63	Jun 27	BRO	@	PHI	L,0-9	CG	0	8.0	8	0	1	9	0
35	64	Jun 28	BRO		NYG	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	68 (3)	Jul 3	BRO		BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
37	69	Jul 4 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
38	70	Jul 4 (2)	BRO		BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	9	0	1	10	1
39	71	Jul 5	BRO		BSN	L,0-7	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
40	72	Jul 6	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
41	73	Jul 7	BRO	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	16	1	0	17	0
42	74	Jul 11	BRO		PIT	L,2-11	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
43	75	Jul 12	BRO		PIT	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
44	76	Jul 13	BRO		PIT	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
45	77	Jul 14	BRO		PIT	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	8	1	1	10	0
46	78	Jul 15	BRO		CHC	L,0-8	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
47	79	Jul 17	BRO		CHC	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	3
48	80	Jul 18	BRO		CHC	L,2-12	CG	0	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
49	81	Jul 20	BRO		CIN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
50	82	Jul 21	BRO		CIN	L,1-5	CG	0	12.0	15	0	1	16	1
51	83	Jul 22 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
52	84	Jul 22 (2)	BRO		CIN	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
53	85	Jul 24	BRO		STL	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
54	87 (1)	Jul 26	BRO		STL	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
55	88	Jul 27	BRO		STL	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
56	89	Jul 29	BRO	@	PIT	L,0-13	CG	0	8.0	13	0	0	13	2
57	90	Jul 31	BRO	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	0	10.0	9	0	0	9	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	91	Aug 2	BRO	@	CIN	L,7-8	CG	0	12.2	10	0	0	10	0
59	92	Aug 3	BRO	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	3	0	1	4	1
60	93	Aug 5	BRO	@	CIN	L,6-19	CG	0	8.0	10	3	0	13	1
61	94	Aug 6 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	1	11	0
62	95	Aug 6 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	6	2	1	9	1
63	96	Aug 8 (1)	BRO	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	14	1	0	15	0
64	97	Aug 8 (2)	BRO	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
65	99 (1)	Aug 10	BRO	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	7	0	1	8	1
66	100	Aug 11	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
67	101	Aug 12	BRO	@	CHC	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
68	102	Aug 13 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
69	103	Aug 13 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,1-15	CG	0	8.0	9	1	1	11	1
70	104	Aug 16 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
71	105	Aug 16 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	10	3	0	13	0
72	106	Aug 17	BRO		PIT	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
73	107	Aug 18	BRO		PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
74	108	Aug 19	BRO		PIT	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	6	0	1	7	1
75	110 (1)	Aug 22 (1)	BRO		CHC	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	14	0	0	14	0
76	111	Aug 22 (2)	BRO		CHC	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
77	112	Aug 23	BRO		CHC	W,10-9	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
78	113	Aug 24	BRO		STL	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
79	114	Aug 26 (1)	BRO		STL	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
80	115	Aug 26 (2)	BRO		STL	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
81	116	Aug 28	BRO		CIN	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
82	117	Aug 29	BRO		CIN	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	14	1	1	16	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	118	Sep 1	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
84	119	Sep 2	BRO	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
85	120	Sep 5	BRO	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	12	2	1	15	0
86	121	Sep 6	BRO	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	2
87	122	Sep 7	BRO	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	9	1	1	11	0
88	123	Sep 8	BRO	@	PHI	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	12	1	0	13	0
89	124	Sep 9 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
90	125	Sep 9 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
91	126	Sep 12 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	0	8.1	10	0	1	11	0
92	127	Sep 12 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	W,8-5	CG	0	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
93	128	Sep 13	BRO		NYG	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	10	1	1	12	2
94	129	Sep 14	BRO		NYG	L,2-10	CG	0	9.0	6	0	3	9	0
95	130	Sep 16 (1)	BRO		PHI	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
96	131	Sep 16 (2)	BRO		PHI	T,4-4	CG	0	7.0	4	1	1	6	0
97	133 (1)	Sep 18 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	L,1-4	GF	0		0	1	1	2	0
98	134	Sep 20 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	135	Sep 20 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	T,1-1	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	136	Sep 22	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-11	CG	0	8.0	5	2	1	8	0
101	137	Sep 23	BRO	@	CIN	L,7-12	CG	0	8.0	6	0	2	8	0
102	138	Sep 24 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
103	139	Sep 24 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,7-8	CG	0	8.0	8	2	1	11	0
104	140	Sep 25 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
105	141	Sep 25 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	5	0	0	5	1
106	142	Sep 26	BRO	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
107	143	Sep 27	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	6	1	1	8	0
108	144	Sep 28	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-10	CG	0	7.0	8	1	0	9	1
109	145	Sep 30 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
110	146	Sep 30 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	T,2-2	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
111	147	Oct 1 (1)	BRO	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	8	2	0	10	0
112	148	Oct 1 (2)	BRO	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
113	149	Oct 3 (1)	BRO	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
114	150	Oct 3 (2)	BRO	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
115	151	Oct 5 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,11-5	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
116	152	Oct 5 (2)	BRO		BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	7.0	9	1	0	10	1
117	153	Oct 6	BRO		BSN	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	2
118	154	Oct 7 (1)	BRO		BSN	L,4-10	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
119	155	Oct 7 (2)	BRO		BSN	W,11-7	CG	0	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
							119gm		910.0	1017	79	33	1129	54