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Davy Force
David W. Force (Wee Davy or Tom Thumb)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 4", Weight 130 lb.

Debut May 5, 1871
Final Game August 20, 1886
Born July 27, 1849 in New York, NY
Died June 21, 1918 in Englewood, NJ

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1871 21 OLY NA  32  162   45   45   9  4   0   29   8  0   4   0  .278  .295  .383   99   62                    
 1872 22 TOT NA  44  225   69   94  13  2   0   29   5  2   2   0  .418  .423  .493  177  111                    
         TRO NA  25  130   40   53  11  0   0   16   2  2   1   0  .408  .412  .492  175   64                    
         BAL NA  19   95   29   41   2  2   0   13   3  0   1   0  .432  .438  .495  179   47                    
 1873 23 BAL NA  49  234   77   86   8  1   0   31   1  0   9   0  .368  .391  .410  138   96                    
 1874 24 CHI NA  59  294   61   92   9  0   0   26   4  0   3   1  .313  .320  .344  111  101                    
 1875 25 ATH NA  77  386   78  120  22  5   0   49   6  3   7   5  .311  .323  .394  140  152                    
 1876 26 TOT NL  61  287   48   66   6  0   0   17          5   3  .230  .243  .251   62   72                    
         ATH NL  60  284   48   66   6  0   0   17          5   3  .232  .246  .254   63   72                    
         NYU NL   1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0          0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0                    
 1877 27 STL NL  58  225   24   59   5  3   0   22         11  15  .262  .297  .311   95   70                    
 1879 29 BUF NL  79  316   36   66   5  2   0    8         13  37  .209  .240  .237   56   75                    
 1880 30 BUF NL  81  290   22   49  10  0   0   17         10  35  .169  .197  .203   34   59                    
 1881 31 BUF NL  75  278   21   50   9  1   0   15         11  29  .180  .211  .219   35   61                    
 1882 32 BUF NL  73  278   39   67  10  1   1   28         12  17  .241  .272  .295   81   82                    
 1883 33 BUF NL  96  378   40   82  11  3   0   35         12  39  .217  .241  .262   51   99                    
 1884 34 BUF NL 106  403   47   83  13  3   0   36         27  41  .206  .256  .253   60  102                    
 1885 35 BUF NL  71  253   20   57   6  1   0   15         13  19  .225  .263  .257   67   65                    
 1886 36 WHS NL  68  242   26   44   5  1   0   16   9     17  26  .182  .236  .211   40   51                    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons    1029 4251  653 1060 141 27   1  373  33  5 156 267  .249  .276  .296   81 1258   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        669  103  167  22  4   0   59   5  1  25  42  .249  .276  .296   81  198   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High    106  403   78  120  22  5   1   49   9  3  27  41  .418  .423  .493  177  152   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1871 21 OLY NA  166  117   20   4.5    85| .278  .280| .295  .304| .383  .376| .678  .681|  99  .419   0.0   0.0 100%
 1872 22 TOT NA  227  133   47   9.5    80| .418  .293| .423  .305| .493  .357| .916  .662| 177  .789  20.1   1.9  71%
         TRO NA  131   79   26   8.9    79| .408  .291| .412  .302| .492  .354| .904  .656| 175  .766  11.6   1.1  50%
         BAL NA   96   54   21  10.5    82| .432  .297| .438  .308| .495  .361| .933  .669| 179  .817   8.5   0.8 100%
 1873 23 BAL NA  243  148   38   6.9    84| .368  .297| .391  .310| .410  .366| .801  .676| 138  .664  11.5   1.1 100%
 1874 24 CHI NA  297  202   33   4.4    72| .313  .280| .320  .289| .344  .343| .664  .632| 111  .538   3.6   0.4 100%
 1875 25 ATH NA  393  269   49   4.9    62| .311  .265| .323  .272| .394  .325| .717  .597| 140  .672  16.2   1.9  66%
 1876 26 TOT NL  292  221   18   2.2    67| .230  .272| .243  .284| .251  .329| .494  .613|  62  .292 -11.5  -1.3     
         ATH NL  289  218   18   2.3    67| .232  .272| .246  .284| .254  .329| .500  .614|  63  .297 -10.8  -1.2     
         NYU NL    3    3    0   0.0    62| .000  .263| .000  .275| .000  .318| .000  .593|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1     
 1877 27 STL NL  236  166   21   3.4    70| .262  .270| .297  .288| .311  .337| .608  .625|  95  .446  -0.7  -0.1     
 1879 29 BUF NL  329  250   18   2.0    68| .209  .262| .240  .278| .237  .339| .477  .617|  56  .255 -14.6  -1.7     
 1880 30 BUF NL  300  241   12   1.3    63| .169  .249| .197  .272| .203  .328| .400  .600|  34  .168 -19.1  -2.3     
 1881 31 BUF NL  289  228   13   1.5    74| .180  .264| .211  .294| .219  .345| .430  .639|  35  .165 -20.2  -2.3     
 1882 32 BUF NL  290  211   22   2.8    72| .241  .256| .272  .284| .295  .348| .567  .632|  81  .379  -5.7  -0.6     
 1883 33 BUF NL  390  296   24   2.1    82| .217  .270| .241  .298| .262  .372| .503  .670|  51  .244 -22.4  -2.4     
 1884 34 BUF NL  430  320   26   2.2    75| .206  .253| .256  .293| .253  .350| .509  .643|  60  .274 -18.0  -2.0     
 1885 35 BUF NL  266  196   17   2.3    71| .225  .249| .263  .293| .257  .333| .520  .626|  67  .330  -9.2  -1.1     
 1886 36 WHS NL  259  198   12   1.6    75| .182  .251| .236  .299| .211  .343| .447  .643|  40  .171 -16.5  -1.8     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons     4407 3196  370   3.1    73| .249  .266| .276  .290| .296  .345| .572  .635|  81  .405 -86.6 -10.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1873 23 BAL NA   1   1   3   1   1   0      0   18.0   23   20    7   0    0    0                     0  3.50  3.28   94 1.278
 1874 24 CHI NA   0   0   1   0   0   0      0    7.0   22   24   19   4    0    0                     0 24.43  3.08   13 3.143
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  2 Yr WL% .500   1   1   4   1   1   0      0   25.0   45   44   26   4    0    0                     0  9.36  3.23   34 1.800
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  13  54  13  13   0   0  0  340.0  612  598  353  54    0    0   0   0     0   0   0  9.36  3.23   34 1.800

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1871 21 OLY NA  SS   31     46  159   38    7  .844  .781  6.61  5.18                        
                 3B    1      2    2    1    0  .800  .702  4.00  3.60                        
 1872 22 TOT NA  3B   35     75   87   27    4  .857  .757  4.63  4.31                        
         TRO NA  3B   16     32   42   11    4  .871  .757  4.62  4.31                        
                 SS    9     15   28   10    2  .811  .773  4.78  4.62                        
         BAL NA  3B   19     43   45   16    0  .846  .757  4.63  4.31                        
 1873 23 BAL NA  3B   34     59   73   29    1  .820  .743  3.88  4.35                        
                 SS   17     32   61   18    5  .838  .776  5.47  4.77                        
                  P    3      0    1    0    0 1.000  .769  0.33  1.80  0.50  1.95    1   18.0
 1874 24 CHI NA  3B   42     93  113   51    6  .802  .758  4.90  4.22                        
                 SS   18     23   66   16    2  .848  .786  4.94  4.49                        
                  P    1      0    2    1    0  .667  .800  2.00  2.00  2.57  2.19    0    7.0
 1875 25 ATH NA  SS   77    116  259   48   22  .887  .816  4.87  4.43                        
                 3B    2      3    1    1    0  .800  .769  2.00  3.55                        
 1876 26 TOT NL  SS   61    110  240   40   11  .897  .866  5.74  4.44                        
         ATH NL  SS   60    108  237   39   11  .898  .866  5.75  4.44                        
                 3B    2      2    3    2    0  .714  .806  2.50  3.65                        
         NYU NL  SS    1      2    3    1    0  .833  .862  5.00  4.40                        
 1877 27 STL NL  SS   50     75  160   22    9  .914  .865  4.70  4.49                        
                 3B    8     11   15    2    0  .929  .841  3.25  3.49                        
 1879 29 BUF NL  SS   78     74  264   26   26  .929  .873  4.33  4.54                        
                 3B    1      1    1    0    0 1.000  .833  2.00  3.30                        
 1880 30 BUF NL  2B   53    163  206   24   27  .939  .897  6.96  6.31                        
                 SS   30     59  118   14   10  .927  .882  5.90  4.31                        
 1881 31 BUF NL  2B   51    168  218   26   19  .937  .903  7.57  6.19                        
                 SS   21     25   78    6    6  .945  .873  4.90  4.55                        
                 OF    3      2    1    0    0 1.000  .882  1.00  2.00                            0    0    3
                 3B    1      0    2    0    0 1.000  .870  2.00  3.50                        
 1882 32 BUF NL  SS   61     66  209   28   13  .908  .852  4.51  4.36                        
                 3B   11     18   18    4    0  .900  .843  3.27  3.50                        
                 2B    1      1    3    0    0 1.000  .889  4.00  6.10                        
 1883 33 BUF NL  SS   78     79  240   42   22  .884  .853  4.09  4.54                        
                 3B   13     17   25    5    2  .894  .830  3.23  3.23                        
                 2B    7     19   15    6    4  .850  .890  4.86  6.00                        
 1884 34 BUF NL  SS  105    110  312   48   21  .898  .864  4.02  4.25                        
                 2B    1      3    3    1    0  .857  .896  6.00  5.70                        
 1885 35 BUF NL  2B   42    113  134   33   23  .882  .900  5.88  5.70                        
                 SS   24     28   66    9    5  .913  .872  3.92  4.54                        
                 3B    6      7   13    5    1  .800  .866  3.33  3.22                        
 1886 36 WHS NL  SS   56     58  211   27   21  .909  .878  4.80  4.24                        
                 2B    8     18   22    6    3  .870  .907  5.00  5.50                        
                 3B    4      1   13    1    0  .933  .864  3.50  3.27                        

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1880 30 BUF NL  2B   53    163  206   24   27  .939  .897  6.96  6.31                        
 1881 31 BUF NL  2B   51    168  218   26   19  .937  .903  7.57  6.19                        
 1882 32 BUF NL  2B    1      1    3    0    0 1.000  .889  4.00  6.10                        
 1883 33 BUF NL  2B    7     19   15    6    4  .850  .890  4.86  6.00                        
 1884 34 BUF NL  2B    1      3    3    1    0  .857  .896  6.00  5.70                        
 1885 35 BUF NL  2B   42    113  134   33   23  .882  .900  5.88  5.70                        
 1886 36 WHS NL  2B    8     18   22    6    3  .870  .907  5.00  5.50                        

 1871 21 OLY NA  3B    1      2    2    1    0  .800  .702  4.00  3.60                        
 1872 22 TOT NA  3B   35     75   87   27    4  .857  .757  4.63  4.31                        
         TRO NA  3B   16     32   42   11    4  .871  .757  4.62  4.31                        
         BAL NA  3B   19     43   45   16    0  .846  .757  4.63  4.31                        
 1873 23 BAL NA  3B   34     59   73   29    1  .820  .743  3.88  4.35                        
 1874 24 CHI NA  3B   42     93  113   51    6  .802  .758  4.90  4.22                        
 1875 25 ATH NA  3B    2      3    1    1    0  .800  .769  2.00  3.55                        
 1876 26 ATH NL  3B    2      2    3    2    0  .714  .806  2.50  3.65                        
 1877 27 STL NL  3B    8     11   15    2    0  .929  .841  3.25  3.49                        
 1879 29 BUF NL  3B    1      1    1    0    0 1.000  .833  2.00  3.30                        
 1881 31 BUF NL  3B    1      0    2    0    0 1.000  .870  2.00  3.50                        
 1882 32 BUF NL  3B   11     18   18    4    0  .900  .843  3.27  3.50                        
 1883 33 BUF NL  3B   13     17   25    5    2  .894  .830  3.23  3.23                        
 1885 35 BUF NL  3B    6      7   13    5    1  .800  .866  3.33  3.22                        
 1886 36 WHS NL  3B    4      1   13    1    0  .933  .864  3.50  3.27                        

 1881 31 BUF NL  OF    3      2    1    0    0 1.000  .882  1.00  2.00                            0    0    3

 1873 23 BAL NA   P    3      0    1    0    0 1.000  .769  0.33  1.80  0.50  1.95    1   18.0
 1874 24 CHI NA   P    1      0    2    1    0  .667  .800  2.00  2.00  2.57  2.19    0    7.0

 1871 21 OLY NA  SS   31     46  159   38    7  .844  .781  6.61  5.18                        
 1872 22 TRO NA  SS    9     15   28   10    2  .811  .773  4.78  4.62                        
 1873 23 BAL NA  SS   17     32   61   18    5  .838  .776  5.47  4.77                        
 1874 24 CHI NA  SS   18     23   66   16    2  .848  .786  4.94  4.49                        
 1875 25 ATH NA  SS   77    116  259   48   22  .887  .816  4.87  4.43                        
 1876 26 TOT NL  SS   61    110  240   40   11  .897  .866  5.74  4.44                        
         ATH NL  SS   60    108  237   39   11  .898  .866  5.75  4.44                        
         NYU NL  SS    1      2    3    1    0  .833  .862  5.00  4.40                        
 1877 27 STL NL  SS   50     75  160   22    9  .914  .865  4.70  4.49                        
 1879 29 BUF NL  SS   78     74  264   26   26  .929  .873  4.33  4.54                        
 1880 30 BUF NL  SS   30     59  118   14   10  .927  .882  5.90  4.31                        
 1881 31 BUF NL  SS   21     25   78    6    6  .945  .873  4.90  4.55                        
 1882 32 BUF NL  SS   61     66  209   28   13  .908  .852  4.51  4.36                        
 1883 33 BUF NL  SS   78     79  240   42   22  .884  .853  4.09  4.54                        
 1884 34 BUF NL  SS  105    110  312   48   21  .898  .864  4.02  4.25                        
 1885 35 BUF NL  SS   24     28   66    9    5  .913  .872  3.92  4.54                        
 1886 36 WHS NL  SS   56     58  211   27   21  .909  .878  4.80  4.24                        

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total  SS  716    916 2471  392  182  .896  .848  4.73  4.46                        
                 2B  163    485  601   96   76  .919  .900  6.66  6.06                        
                 3B  160    289  366  128   14  .837  .772  4.09  4.01                        
                  P*   4      0    3    1    0  .750  .789  0.75  1.85                1   25.0
                 OF    3      2    1    0    0 1.000  .882  1.00  2.00                            0    0    3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1046   1692 3442  617  272  .893  .848  4.91  4.62
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1872 NA-.418-2
1873 NA-.368-6

On-base %
1872 NA-.423-3
1873 NA-.391-4

Slugging %
1872 NA-.493-4

OPS
1872 NA-.916-3
1873 NA-.801-9

Games
1871 NA-32-6

At Bats
1871 NA-162-3
1875 NA-386-5

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1871 NA-166-5
1875 NA-393-4

Runs
1871 NA-45-6
1872 NA-69-8
1873 NA-77-9
1875 NA-78-9

Hits
1872 NA-94-3
1875 NA-120-6

Total Bases
1872 NA-111-8
1875 NA-152-8

Doubles
1871 NA-9-8
1872 NA-13-8
1875 NA-22-3

Bases on Balls
1873 NA-9-7
1875 NA-7-6
1877 NL-11-5
1879 NL-13-7

Strikeouts
1879 NL-37-8

Singles
1872 NA-79-1
1873 NA-77-6
1874 NA-83-5
1875 NA-93-6

Adjusted OPS+
1872 NA-177-3
1873 NA-138-9

Runs Created
1872 NA-47-3
1875 NA-49-7

Adjusted Batting Runs
1872 NA-20-3
1873 NA-11-10
1875 NA-16-9

Batting Wins
1872 NA-1.9-3
1873 NA-1.1-9
1875 NA-1.9-8

Extra-Base Hits
1875 NA-27-5

Times on Base
1872 NA-96-5
1873 NA-95-10
1875 NA-127-6

Offensive Win%
1872 NA-.789-3
1873 NA-.664-8
1875 NA-.672-10

At Bats per Strikeout
1874 NA-294.0-2

Outs
1871 NA-117-5
1875 NA-269-5
1876 NL-221-5

Home Runs Allow.
1874 NA-4-3

Oldest Player
1879 NL-29-9
1880 NL-30-8
1881 NL-31-8
1882 NL-32-6
1883 NL-33-6
1884 NL-34-4
1885 NL-35-5
1886 NL-36-4

          

Gray Ink: Batting - 46 (528) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 10.9 (1557) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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  12. Arthur Irwin (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Arthur Irwin (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

November, 1885: Released by the Buffalo Bisons. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

January, 1886: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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