2B Frank Gessler #10
Age: 31 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
01/20/1975
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2B FRANK GESSLER #10 - AGE: 31 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0.0
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
PERSONALITY
Birthday:01/05/1944
Born in:Brooklyn, NY
Nationality:American
Height:6' 0"
Weight:195 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:RETIRED
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:None, None
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:8 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1965, 7th Pick in Round 12
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1965 Dubuque - R 21 47 163 57 4 1 5 26 38 36 3 0 41 1 5 .350 .475 .479 .954 125 135 1.2
1965 Mobile - A 21 20 63 26 2 2 3 12 12 9 1 0 8 0 1 .413 .493 .651 1.144 181 192 0.9
1966 Dubuque - R 22 20 87 35 6 1 6 26 18 13 2 0 10 1 2 .402 .490 .701 1.191 174 178 1.2
1966 Mobile - A 22 45 172 40 4 1 4 23 24 17 5 1 42 1 4 .233 .318 .337 .655 70 63 -0.5
1966 Evansville - A 22 15 52 10 2 0 2 5 2 5 0 1 14 0 1 .192 .259 .346 .605 76 64 -0.2
1967 Nashville - AA 23 81 297 76 9 4 14 42 38 32 1 3 57 0 1 .256 .327 .455 .782 132 129 2.3
1967 Syracuse - AAA 23 22 33 5 1 0 0 2 2 3 1 0 6 0 0 .152 .243 .182 .425 30 25 -0.3
1968 Syracuse - AAA 24 72 107 28 6 2 4 25 22 20 5 0 10 0 1 .262 .402 .467 .869 126 118 0.4
1969 Syracuse - AAA 25 88 171 61 6 2 11 40 40 19 5 1 20 0 2 .357 .434 .608 1.042 167 154 1.7
1970 Nashville - AA 26 23 79 22 2 0 2 7 14 7 4 1 15 0 2 .278 .363 .380 .742 124 136 0.6
1970 Syracuse - AAA 26 43 129 38 8 0 7 29 20 14 4 0 25 0 2 .295 .381 .519 .900 138 144 0.9
1971 Nashville - AA 27 79 272 68 7 4 6 34 28 30 8 4 52 3 5 .250 .338 .371 .709 113 115 1.7
1971 Syracuse - AAA 27 11 33 12 2 1 2 4 5 2 1 0 8 0 0 .364 .417 .667 1.083 190 182 0.4
1972 Evansville - A 28 24 89 22 5 2 2 12 17 16 0 1 21 1 2 .247 .358 .416 .774 118 111 0.3
1972 Nashville - AA 28 66 169 44 4 2 2 11 14 13 2 0 36 2 3 .260 .321 .343 .664 100 100 0.5
1972 Syracuse - AAA 28 6 10 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .273 .500 .773 101 101 0.0
1973 Evansville - A 29 68 248 76 12 4 9 45 44 37 5 0 41 0 4 .306 .407 .496 .903 144 150 1.6
1973 Nashville - AA 29 23 72 14 1 2 1 10 8 8 2 2 10 1 0 .194 .286 .306 .591 63 61 -0.3
Total DIX 272 889 224 23 12 25 104 102 90 17 10 170 6 11 .252 .329 .389 .718 114 114
Total HL 107 389 108 19 6 13 62 63 58 5 2 76 1 7 .278 .377 .458 .834 129 130
Total UL 242 483 146 23 5 25 101 91 59 16 1 71 0 5 .302 .395 .526 .921 141 135
Total SEL 65 235 66 6 3 7 35 36 26 6 1 50 1 5 .281 .366 .421 .787 100 98
Total UMVA 67 250 92 10 2 11 52 56 49 5 0 51 2 7 .368 .480 .556 1.036 141 150
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1965 Mobile - A 2B 6 6 10 14 4 26 2 .923 47.0 4.60 -1.1 .827
1965 Dubuque - R 2B 30 30 77 69 21 146 0 1.000 249.1 5.27 -1.1 1.017
1965 Mobile - A 3B 2 2 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 18.0 1.50 +0.1 1.054
1965 Dubuque - R 3B 3 2 1 3 1 4 0 1.000 13.0 2.77 +0.2 1.074
1965 Mobile - A SS 10 10 15 23 7 40 2 .950 84.0 4.07 -0.5 .991
1965 Dubuque - R SS 15 12 31 40 11 74 3 .959 108.0 5.92 -0.9 .946
1966 Evansville - A 2B 6 6 11 16 5 28 1 .964 52.1 4.64 -1.1 .853
1966 Mobile - A 2B 29 25 71 57 20 130 2 .985 221.1 5.20 -2.5 .968
1966 Dubuque - R 2B 10 9 28 31 9 60 1 .983 82.1 6.45 +0.5 1.038
1966 Evansville - A 3B 1 1 2 3 0 5 0 1.000 13.2 3.29 +0.2 1.062
1966 Mobile - A 3B 6 6 5 11 2 16 0 1.000 50.0 2.88 +0.3 1.000
1966 Dubuque - R 3B 7 7 11 6 0 17 0 1.000 62.0 2.47 +0.8 1.247
1966 Evansville - A SS 8 8 20 20 5 40 0 1.000 71.0 5.07 -0.6 .936
1966 Mobile - A SS 11 10 20 33 4 54 1 .981 94.0 5.07 -0.2 .993
1966 Dubuque - R SS 3 2 4 7 2 11 0 1.000 18.2 5.30 -0.6 .945
1967 Syracuse - AAA 2B 4 3 11 5 1 16 0 1.000 31.0 4.65 -1.0 .893
1967 Nashville - AA 2B 29 28 55 83 16 140 2 .986 243.0 5.11 +0.6 .983
1967 Syracuse - AAA 3B 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 9.0 2.00 -0.1 1.058
1967 Nashville - AA 3B 6 6 4 8 1 13 1 .923 42.2 2.53 -0.4 .957
1967 Syracuse - AAA SS 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 9.0 2.00 -0.1 1.063
1967 Nashville - AA SS 46 45 93 131 30 232 8 .966 408.2 4.93 -2.6 .965
1968 Syracuse - AAA 2B 17 4 23 26 6 51 2 .961 77.1 5.70 -2.3 .831
1968 Syracuse - AAA 3B 9 7 7 15 1 23 1 .957 69.0 2.87 -0.7 .895
1968 Syracuse - AAA SS 5 3 6 13 3 20 1 .950 30.0 5.70 -0.0 .976
1969 Syracuse - AAA 2B 16 13 40 32 8 74 2 .973 114.0 5.68 -0.4 .922
1969 Syracuse - AAA 3B 19 14 9 33 1 47 5 .894 137.0 2.76 -1.8 .950
1969 Syracuse - AAA SS 14 5 7 25 6 34 2 .941 56.0 5.14 +0.3 .961
1970 Syracuse - AAA 2B 17 13 35 32 13 68 1 .985 116.2 5.17 -1.3 .880
1970 Nashville - AA 2B 6 1 8 5 1 13 0 1.000 23.0 5.09 -0.2 1.030
1970 Syracuse - AAA 3B 16 14 8 15 0 26 3 .885 125.1 1.65 -2.4 .801
1970 Syracuse - AAA SS 8 4 8 7 2 15 0 1.000 43.0 3.14 +0.1 1.093
1970 Nashville - AA SS 20 20 30 42 7 75 3 .960 170.0 3.81 -0.5 .934
1971 Syracuse - AAA 2B 3 2 6 8 1 14 0 1.000 24.0 5.25 -0.7 .798
1971 Nashville - AA 2B 12 6 23 18 6 41 0 1.000 74.1 4.96 -0.1 1.001
1971 Syracuse - AAA 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1971 Nashville - AA 3B 47 46 26 65 8 96 5 .948 342.1 2.39 +0.2 .965
1971 Syracuse - AAA SS 8 7 11 16 5 28 1 .964 52.2 4.61 -0.6 .950
1971 Nashville - AA SS 32 20 46 65 14 116 5 .957 201.1 4.96 -0.5 .954
1972 Syracuse - AAA 2B 1 1 4 4 2 8 0 1.000 9.0 8.00 +0.0 1.039
1972 Nashville - AA 2B 32 24 70 72 22 144 2 .986 230.0 5.56 -0.8 .956
1972 Evansville - A 2B 12 12 30 28 6 61 3 .951 99.0 5.27 -1.7 .875
1972 Syracuse - AAA 3B 3 1 0 4 0 4 0 1.000 14.0 2.57 -0.1 1.077
1972 Nashville - AA 3B 22 12 10 24 2 35 1 .971 122.1 2.50 -0.7 1.005
1972 Evansville - A 3B 11 10 14 16 0 32 2 .938 88.1 3.06 +0.3 1.015
1972 Syracuse - AAA SS 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 4.0 2.25 +0.0 1.084
1972 Nashville - AA SS 2 2 3 7 2 10 0 1.000 18.0 5.00 +0.3 1.085
1972 Evansville - A SS 4 1 1 3 1 4 0 1.000 12.0 3.00 -0.0 1.064
1973 Nashville - AA 1B 20 19 148 13 8 162 1 .994 145.1 9.97 -1.4 .895
1973 Evansville - A 1B 2 2 15 0 4 15 0 1.000 17.0 7.94 -0.8 .703
1973 Nashville - AA 2B 1 1 3 2 0 5 0 1.000 9.0 5.00 +0.1 1.034
1973 Evansville - A 2B 41 41 110 102 35 214 2 .991 357.2 5.33 -7.6 .897
1973 Nashville - AA 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 6.0 1.50 0.0 .000
1973 Evansville - A 3B 13 11 9 19 3 28 0 1.000 95.0 2.65 -0.3 1.009
1973 Evansville - A SS 13 10 21 28 6 50 1 .980 85.2 5.15 -1.7 .980
TOTAL 1B 22 21 163 13 12 177 1 .994 162.1 9.76 -2.2 .878
TOTAL 2B 272 225 615 604 176 1239 20 .984 2060.1 5.32 -20.6 .938
TOTAL 3B 168 140 109 225 19 352 18 .949 1207.2 2.49 -4.3 .972
TOTAL SS 202 160 316 463 105 806 27 .967 1466.0 4.78 -8.1 .966
PLAYER HISTORY
01/01/1964 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 2; Power: 2; Eye: 1.
06/18/1965 Drafted in the 1965 first-year player draft out of college (Long Island Maritime College; Stony Brook, NY) by the Montreal Saints. (Round 12, Pick 7, 229th overall pick).
07/12/1965 Wins the UMVA Player of the Week Award.
07/28/1965 Injured (flu),day-to-day for 1 day.
08/01/1965 Wins the UMVA Batter of the Month Award.
06/02/1966 Injured (herniated disc (back)),out for 6-7 weeks.
06/28/1966 Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another 3 weeks.
08/07/1966 Goes 5-6 against the Burlington Bears, with 2 HR, 4 RBI and 3 R.
06/27/1967 Injured (back tightness),day-to-day for one week.
08/25/1967 Injured (bruised back),day-to-day for 3 days.
09/12/1967 Injured (herniated disc (back)),out for 3-4 weeks.
09/27/1967 Wins the 1967 Championship with the Syracuse Excelsiors!
10/02/1968 Wins the 1968 Championship with the Syracuse Excelsiors!
04/17/1971 Injured (bruised thigh),day-to-day for one week.
07/03/1971 Injured (fractured thumb),out for 5-6 weeks.
06/30/1973 Injured (mild calf strain),day-to-day for 3 days.
09/10/1973 Retired from professional baseball.
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