Doc Gessler

Full Name: Henry Homer Gessler	Primary Position: OF,1B
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/180	First Game: April 23, 1903
Birthdate: December 23, 1880	Final Game: October 7, 1911
Birthplace: Greensburg, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: December 24, 1924
Deathplace: Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Doc Gessler (Henry Homer Gessler) was born on December 23, 1880 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on April 23, 1903 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1903, his rookie year, he hit .243 with 0 home runs and 30 RBI. Gessler played for the Detroit Tigers, Brooklyn Superbas, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators over the course of his 8 year career.

Most people believe that Doc Gessler's best season was 1911, when he stole 29 bases, hit for a .282 average and knocked in 78 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	HBP	SH	SB
1903	DET	A	29	105	9	25	0	12	.238	.273	.362	5	4	3	2	4	1
1903	BRO	N	49	154	20	38	0	18	.247	.366	.338	8	3	17	12	9	9
1903	Total		78	259	29	63	0	30	.243	.331	.347	13	7	20	14	13	10
1904	BRO	N	104	341	41	99	2	28	.290	.355	.384	18	4	30	4	6	13
1905	BRO	N	126	431	44	125	3	46	.290	.366	.369	17	4	38	14	3	26
1906	CHI	N	34	83	8	21	0	10	.253	.354	.289	3	0	12	1	3	4
1906	BRO	N	9	33	3	8	0	4	.242	.324	.394	1	2	3	1	0	3
1906	TOT	N	43	116	11	29	0	14	.250	.346	.319	4	2	15	2	3	7
1908	BOS	A	128	435	55	134	3	63	.308	.394	.423	13	14	51	11	10	19
1909	WAS	A	17	54	10	13	0	8	.241	.406	.315	2	1	12	3	1	4
1909	BOS	A	111	396	57	115	0	46	.290	.354	.356	24	1	31	8	5	16
1909	TOT	A	128	450	67	128	0	54	.284	.361	.351	26	2	43	11	6	20
1910	WAS	A	145	487	58	126	2	50	.259	.361	.355	17	12	62	16	12	18
1911	WAS	A	128	450	65	127	4	78	.282	.406	.373	19	5	74	20	9	29
Total	NL		322	1042	116	291	5	106	.279	.360	.364	47	13	100	32	21	55
Total	AL		558	1927	254	540	9	257	.280	.375	.374	80	37	233	60	41	87
Total			880	2969	370	831	14	363	.280	.370	.370	127	50	333	92	62	142

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1903	DET	A	OF	28	36	1	1	1	.974
1903	BRO	N	OF	43	56	4	1	1	.984
1903	Total		OF	71	92	5	2	2	.980
1903	Total		RF	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1904	BRO	N	1B	1	10	1	1	0	.917
1904	BRO	N	2B	1	1	1	0	0	1.000
1904	BRO	N	OF	88	170	15	16	2	.920
1905	BRO	N	OF	12	19	2	3	0	.875
1905	BRO	N	1B	107	998	77	30	54	.973
1906	CHI	N	1B	1	4	0	0	0	1.000
1906	CHI	N	OF	21	27	4	0	0	1.000
1906	BRO	N	1B	9	79	9	5	4	.946
1906	TOT	N	1B	10	83	9	5	4	.948
1908	BOS	A	OF	126	162	8	9	4	.950
1909	WAS	A	OF	16	19	1	0	1	1.000
1909	WAS	A	1B	1	11	1	0	0	1.000
1909	BOS	A	OF	109	135	18	11	1	.933
1909	TOT	A	OF	125	154	19	11	2	.940
1909	TOT	A	RF	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1910	WAS	A	OF	144	161	23	9	3	.953
1911	WAS	A	OF	126	130	19	9	2	.943
1911	WAS	A	1B	1	5	1	0	0	1.000
Total			1B	120	1107	89	36	58	.971
Total			2B	1	1	1	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	713	915	95	59	15	.945

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Traded by Brooklyn Superbas to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Hub Knolls (April 28, 1906).
Traded by Boston Red Sox to Washington Senators in exchange for Charlie Smith (September 9, 1909).

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