Doc Gessler

Doc Gessler
Right fielder
Born: (1880-12-23)December 23, 1880
Indiana, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died: December 27, 1924(1924-12-27) (aged 44)
Indiana, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 22, 1903, for the Detroit Tigers
Last MLB appearance
October 7, 1911, for the Washington Senators
MLB statistics
Batting average.280
Home runs14
Runs scored363
Teams
As player

As manager

Henry Homer "Doc" Gessler (December 23, 1880 – December 27, 1924) was a Major League Baseball player born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, who began his eight-season career, at the age of 22, with the Detroit Tigers in 1903. He played mainly as a right fielder in a career that totaled 880 games played, 2969 at bats, 831 hits, 363 RBIs and 14 home runs. Doc died of tuberculosis in his home-town of Indiana at the age of 44, and is interred in Saint Bernard Cemetery in Indiana, Pennsylvania.[1]

  1. ^ "Doc Gessler's Stats". retrosheet.org. Retrieved February 11, 2008.