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.

1908 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1908 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	BOS		WSH	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	Apr 16	BOS		WSH	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	Apr 17	BOS		WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
4	4	Apr 18	BOS		PHA	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 20 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 20 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	Apr 21	BOS		PHA	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 22	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 23	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	10	Apr 24	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	11	Apr 25	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	12	Apr 27	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	13	Apr 28	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	14	Apr 29	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	0	10.2	0	0	1	1	0
16	16	May 2	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	17	May 4	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	18	May 5	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	19	May 6	BOS		NYY	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	20	May 8	BOS		NYY	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	21	May 9	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	22	May 11	BOS		NYY	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	23	May 12	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	24	May 13	BOS		DET	L,3-10	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	26 (1)	May 16	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
26	27	May 18	BOS		CLE	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
27	28	May 19	BOS		CLE	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	31 (2)	May 23	BOS		SLB	W,6-2	GF	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	32	May 25	BOS		SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	33	May 26	BOS		CHW	W,16-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	34	May 27	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	35	May 28	BOS		CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
33	36	May 29 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	37	May 29 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	38	May 30 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	39	May 30 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	40	Jun 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	41	Jun 2 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
39	42	Jun 2 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
40	43	Jun 3	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	44	Jun 4	BOS	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	51 (6)	Jun 12	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	52	Jun 13	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	53	Jun 14	BOS	@	SLB	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	54	Jun 15	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-10	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
46	55	Jun 16	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	57 (1)	Jun 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	58	Jun 20	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	59	Jun 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	60	Jun 23	BOS		WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
51	61	Jun 24	BOS		WSH	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	62	Jun 25	BOS		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	13.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	63	Jun 26	BOS		WSH	L,0-8	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	64	Jun 27	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	0	8.1	1	0	1	2	0
55	65	Jun 29	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	0	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	66	Jun 30	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	67	Jul 1	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
58	68	Jul 2	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	69	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	71 (1)	Jul 7	BOS		CLE	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	72	Jul 8	BOS		CLE	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	73	Jul 9	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	74	Jul 10	BOS		CLE	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	75	Jul 11	BOS		DET	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	77 (1)	Jul 13 (2)	BOS		DET	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	78	Jul 14	BOS		DET	L,3-5	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	79	Jul 15	BOS		DET	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	80	Jul 16	BOS		CHW	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	81	Jul 17	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	82	Jul 18	BOS		CHW	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	83	Jul 20	BOS		CHW	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	84	Jul 21 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	85	Jul 21 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	86	Jul 22	BOS		SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	87	Jul 23	BOS		SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	88	Jul 25	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	89	Jul 27	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
78	90	Jul 28	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	91	Jul 29	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
80	93 (1)	Jul 31	BOS	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	94	Aug 1	BOS	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	97 (2)	Aug 5	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	99 (1)	Aug 7	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
84	100	Aug 8	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	102 (1)	Aug 10	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	103	Aug 11	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	104	Aug 14	BOS		DET	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
88	105	Aug 15	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
89	106	Aug 17	BOS		DET	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	107	Aug 18	BOS		CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	108	Aug 19	BOS		CLE	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	109	Aug 20	BOS		CLE	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	110	Aug 21	BOS		CHW	L,7-8	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	111	Aug 22	BOS		CHW	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	112	Aug 24	BOS		CHW	L,4-6	GF	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	113	Aug 25	BOS		CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
97	115 (1)	Aug 27 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	116	Aug 28	BOS		SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	117	Aug 29	BOS		SLB	W,11-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
100	118	Aug 31	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	119	Sep 1	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	120	Sep 2	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	121	Sep 3	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	122	Sep 4 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	123	Sep 4 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	124	Sep 5	BOS		PHA	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
107	125	Sep 7 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	126	Sep 7 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
109	127	Sep 8	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	128	Sep 9	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	129	Sep 10	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	130	Sep 11 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
113	132 (1)	Sep 12	BOS		NYY	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	133	Sep 14	BOS		NYY	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	134	Sep 15	BOS		NYY	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
116	135	Sep 17	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	136	Sep 18	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
118	137	Sep 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
119	138	Sep 21	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
120	139	Sep 22	BOS	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
121	140	Sep 23	BOS	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
122	141	Sep 24	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
123	142	Sep 25	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
124	145 (2)	Sep 28	BOS	@	CHW	T,2-2	CG	0	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
125	146	Sep 29 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-5	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
126	151 (4)	Oct 3 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
							126gm			162	8	9	179	4