Doc Gessler
[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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 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
| 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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