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.

1909 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1909 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 13	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	Apr 16	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 17	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 19	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 21	BOS		PHA	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 22	BOS		PHA	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 24	BOS		PHA	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	9	Apr 26	BOS		NYY	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	10	Apr 27	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	Apr 28	BOS		NYY	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	12	Apr 29	BOS		NYY	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 3	BOS		WSH	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	14	May 4	BOS		WSH	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	15	May 5	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	16	May 6	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	17	May 7	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	0	11.1	3	0	0	3	0
18	25 (7)	May 19	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-2	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
19	26	May 20	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-12	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	27	May 21	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
21	28	May 22	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	29	May 23	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	0	8.2	5	0	0	5	0
23	30	May 25	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
24	31	May 26	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	32	May 29 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
26	33	May 29 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	34	May 31 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	35	May 31 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	36	Jun 1 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	0	10.2	2	1	0	3	0
30	37	Jun 1 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	38	Jun 2	BOS		DET	W,6-5	GF	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	45 (6)	Jun 12	BOS		CLE	L,0-4	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
33	46	Jun 14	BOS		CLE	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	47	Jun 15	BOS		CLE	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	48	Jun 16	BOS		CHW	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	49	Jun 17 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	50	Jun 17 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	51	Jun 19	BOS		PHA	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	53 (1)	Jun 21 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	54	Jun 22	BOS		NYY	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
41	55	Jun 23	BOS		NYY	W,14-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	56	Jun 24	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	57	Jun 25 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	58	Jun 25 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	59	Jun 26	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	60	Jun 28	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-5	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
47	63 (2)	Jun 30 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	68 (4)	Jul 5 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	69	Jul 5 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	70	Jul 6 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	71	Jul 6 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	72	Jul 7	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
53	73	Jul 9	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	74	Jul 10	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	75	Jul 11	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	76	Jul 12	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	77	Jul 13 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	78	Jul 13 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	79	Jul 15 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	80	Jul 15 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	81	Jul 16	BOS	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
62	82	Jul 17	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	83	Jul 19 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	0	2	2	4	0
64	84	Jul 19 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	85	Jul 20	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	86	Jul 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	87	Jul 22	BOS	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	88	Jul 23 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	89	Jul 23 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	90	Jul 24	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	0	11.2	3	1	0	4	0
71	91	Jul 25	BOS	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	95 (3)	Jul 30 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	96	Jul 30 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,4-10	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	97	Jul 31	BOS		SLB	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	98	Aug 3 (1)	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	99	Aug 3 (2)	BOS		DET	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
77	100	Aug 4 (1)	BOS		DET	L,3-10	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	101	Aug 4 (2)	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	102	Aug 6	BOS		CHW	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	103	Aug 7	BOS		CHW	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	104	Aug 9	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	105	Aug 10	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	106	Aug 11	BOS		CLE	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	107	Aug 12	BOS		CLE	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
85	108	Aug 13	BOS		CLE	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
86	109	Aug 14	BOS		CLE	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	110	Aug 18 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	111	Aug 18 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
89	112	Aug 19 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
90	113	Aug 19 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	0	9.2	3	0	0	3	0
91	114	Aug 21	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	115	Aug 22	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
93	116	Aug 23	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
94	117	Aug 24	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
95	118	Aug 25	BOS	@	CHW	T,4-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	119	Aug 26 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
97	120	Aug 26 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	121	Aug 27	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	122	Aug 28	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
100	123	Aug 30	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	124	Aug 31	BOS	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	125	Sep 1	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	10.2	0	0	0	0	0
103	126	Sep 2	BOS	@	DET	L,5-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	127	Sep 4	BOS		NYY	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
105	128	Sep 6 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,10-9	CG	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	129	Sep 6 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,6-9	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	130	Sep 7	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-11	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
108	131	Sep 8	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	132	Sep 9	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-1	GF	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
				Player went from Boston Red Sox to Washington Nationals
110	134	Sep 11 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	135	Sep 11 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	136	Sep 13	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
113	137	Sep 14	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
114	138	Sep 15	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
115	139	Sep 16 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
116	140	Sep 16 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	141	Sep 17	WSH		SLB	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
118	142	Sep 18	WSH		SLB	W,16-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
119	143	Sep 20	WSH		SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
120	144	Sep 21 (1)	WSH		DET	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
121	145	Sep 21 (2)	WSH		DET	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
122	146	Sep 22	WSH		DET	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
123	147	Sep 23	WSH		DET	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
124	150 (2)	Sep 27	WSH		CHW	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
125	151	Sep 28	WSH		CHW	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
126	152	Sep 29 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
							126gm		9.0	163	18	11	192	2