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Doc Gessler

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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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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

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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[edit] Batting Stats

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

[edit] Fielding Stats

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

[edit] Transactions

  • 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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