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Davy Force
David W. Force (Wee Davy and Tom Thumb)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 4" , Weight: 130 lb.

Born: July 27, 1849 in New York, NY
High School: St. Mary's Colgan (Pittsburg, KS) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 5, 1871
Final Game: August 20, 1886
Died: June 21, 1918 in Englewood, NJ
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1871 21 OLY NA 32 166 162 45 45 9 4 0 29 8 0 4 0 .278 .295 .383 .678 98 62 *6/5
1872 22 TOT NA 44 227 225 69 94 13 2 0 29 5 2 2 0 .418 .423 .493 .916 177 111 *5/6
1872 22 TRO NA 25 131 130 40 53 11 0 0 16 2 2 1 0 .408 .412 .492 .905 175 64 5/6
1872 22 BAL NA 19 96 95 29 41 2 2 0 13 3 0 1 0 .432 .438 .495 .932 179 47 5
1873 23 BAL NA 49 243 234 77 86 8 1 0 31 1 0 9 0 .368 .391 .410 .801 137 96 *56/1
1874 24 CHI NA 59 297 294 61 92 9 0 0 26 4 0 3 1 .313 .320 .344 .663 111 101 *56/1
1875 25 ATH NA 77 393 386 78 120 22 5 0 49 6 3 7 5 .311 .323 .394 .717 140 152 *6/5
1876 26 TOT NL 61 292 287 48 66 6 0 0 17 5 3 .230 .243 .251 .494 62 72 *6/5
1876 26 ATH NL 60 289 284 48 66 6 0 0 17 5 3 .232 .246 .254 .499 63 72 *6/5
1876 26 NYU NL 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 /6
1877 27 STL NL 58 236 225 24 59 5 3 0 22 11 15 .262 .297 .311 .608 95 70 *6/5
1879 29 BUF NL 79 329 316 36 66 5 2 0 8 13 37 .209 .240 .237 .477 56 75 *6/5
1880 30 BUF NL 81 300 290 22 49 10 0 0 17 10 35 .169 .197 .203 .400 34 59 46
1881 31 BUF NL 75 289 278 21 50 9 1 0 15 11 29 .180 .211 .219 .430 35 61 46/O5
1882 32 BUF NL 73 290 278 39 67 10 1 1 28 12 17 .241 .272 .295 .567 81 82 *65/4
1883 33 BUF NL 96 390 378 40 82 11 3 0 35 12 39 .217 .241 .262 .503 51 99 *65/4
1884 34 BUF NL 106 430 403 47 83 13 3 0 36 27 41 .206 .256 .253 .509 59 102 *6/4
1885 35 BUF NL 71 266 253 20 57 6 1 0 15 13 19 .225 .263 .257 .520 66 65 46/5
1886 36 WHS NL 68 259 242 26 44 5 1 0 16 9 17 26 .182 .236 .211 .446 40 51 6/45
15 Seasons 1029 4407 4251 653 1060 141 27 1 373 33 5 156 267 .249 .276 .296 .572 81 1258
162 Game Avg. 162 694 669 103 167 22 4 0 59 25 42 .249 .276 .296 .572 81 198
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
BUF (7 yrs) 581 2294 2196 225 454 64 11 1 154 98 217 .207 .241 .247 .488 55 543
BAL (2 yrs) 68 339 329 106 127 10 3 0 44 4 0 10 0 .386 .404 .435 .839 149 143
ATH (1 yr) 77 393 386 78 120 22 5 0 49 6 3 7 5 .311 .323 .394 .717 140 152
OLY (1 yr) 32 166 162 45 45 9 4 0 29 8 0 4 0 .278 .295 .383 .678 98 62
CHI (1 yr) 59 297 294 61 92 9 0 0 26 4 0 3 1 .313 .320 .344 .663 111 101
TRO (1 yr) 25 131 130 40 53 11 0 0 16 2 2 1 0 .408 .412 .492 .905 175 64
WHS (1 yr) 68 259 242 26 44 5 1 0 16 9 17 26 .182 .236 .211 .446 40 51
STL (1 yr) 58 236 225 24 59 5 3 0 22 11 15 .262 .297 .311 .608 95 70
NYU (1 yr) 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0
ATH (1 yr) 60 289 284 48 66 6 0 0 17 5 3 .232 .246 .254 .499 63 72
NL (10 yrs) 768 3081 2950 323 623 80 15 1 209 9 131 261 .211 .245 .249 .494 57 736
NA (5 yrs) 261 1326 1301 330 437 61 12 0 164 24 5 25 6 .336 .348 .401 .750 134 522

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1873 23 BAL NA 1 1 .500 3.50 3 1 1 0 0 18.0 23 20 7 0 0 0 0 95 1.278 11.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
1874 24 CHI NA 0 0 24.43 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 22 24 19 4 0 0 0 13 3.143 28.3 5.1 0.0 0.0
2 Seasons 1 1 .500 9.36 4 1 1 0 0 25.0 45 44 26 4 0 0 0 35 1.800 16.2 1.4 0.0 0.0
162 Game Avg. 14 14 .500 9.36 54 14 14 0 0 340 612 598 354 54 0 0 0 35 1.800 16.2 1.4 0.0 0.0
CHI (1 yr) 0 0 24.43 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 22 24 19 4 0 0 0 13 3.143 28.3 5.1 0.0 0.0
BAL (1 yr) 1 1 .500 3.50 3 1 1 0 0 18.0 23 20 7 0 0 0 0 95 1.278 11.5 0.0 0.0 0.0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1871 OLY NA 21 SS 31 243 46 159 38 7 .844 6.61 .763 5.18
1871 OLY NA 21 3B 1 5 2 2 1 0 .800 4.00 .660 3.60
1872 TOT NA 22 3B 35 189 75 87 27 4 .857 4.63 .725 4.31
1872 TRO NA 22 3B 16 85 32 42 11 4 .871 4.63 .720 4.31
1872 TRO NA 22 SS 9 53 15 28 10 2 .811 4.78 .762 4.62
1872 BAL NA 22 3B 19 104 43 45 16 0 .846 4.63 .729 4.31
1873 BAL NA 23 3B 34 161 59 73 29 1 .820 3.88 .716 4.35
1873 BAL NA 23 SS 17 111 32 61 18 5 .838 5.47 .759 4.77
1873 BAL NA 23 P 3 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 .700 1.80
1874 CHI NA 24 3B 42 257 93 113 51 6 .802 4.90 .744 4.22
1874 CHI NA 24 SS 18 105 23 66 16 2 .848 4.94 .770 4.49
1874 CHI NA 24 P 1 3 0 2 1 0 .667 2.00 .833 2.00
1875 ATH NA 25 SS 77 423 116 259 48 22 .887 4.87 .800 4.43
1875 ATH NA 25 3B 2 5 3 1 1 0 .800 2.00 .760 3.55
1876 TOT NL 26 SS 61 390 110 240 40 11 .897 5.74 .861 4.44
1876 ATH NL 26 SS 60 384 108 237 39 11 .898 5.75 .861 4.44
1876 ATH NL 26 3B 2 7 2 3 2 0 .714 2.50 .829 3.65
1876 NYU NL 26 SS 1 6 2 3 1 0 .833 5.00 .867 4.40
1877 STL NL 27 SS 50 257 75 160 22 9 .914 4.70 .857 4.49
1877 STL NL 27 3B 8 28 11 15 2 0 .929 3.25 .825 3.49
1879 BUF NL 29 SS 78 364 74 264 26 26 .929 4.33 .865 4.54
1879 BUF NL 29 3B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .800 3.30
1880 BUF NL 30 2B 53 393 163 206 24 27 .939 6.96 .892 6.31
1880 BUF NL 30 SS 30 191 59 118 14 10 .927 5.90 .876 4.31
1881 BUF NL 31 2B 51 412 168 218 26 19 .937 7.57 .899 6.19
1881 BUF NL 31 SS 21 109 25 78 6 6 .945 4.90 .862 4.55
1881 BUF NL 31 OF 3 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .867 2.00 0-0-3
1881 BUF NL 31 3B 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .850 3.50
1882 BUF NL 32 SS 61 303 66 209 28 13 .908 4.51 .842 4.36
1882 BUF NL 32 3B 11 40 18 18 4 0 .900 3.27 .832 3.50
1882 BUF NL 32 2B 1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 .875 6.10
1883 BUF NL 33 SS 78 361 79 240 42 22 .884 4.09 .848 4.54
1883 BUF NL 33 3B 13 47 17 25 5 2 .894 3.23 .817 3.23
1883 BUF NL 33 2B 7 40 19 15 6 4 .850 4.86 .895 6.00
1884 BUF NL 34 SS 105 470 110 312 48 21 .898 4.02 .859 4.25
1884 BUF NL 34 2B 1 7 3 3 1 0 .857 6.00 .900 5.70
1885 BUF NL 35 2B 42 280 113 134 33 23 .882 5.88 .902 5.70
1885 BUF NL 35 SS 24 103 28 66 9 5 .913 3.92 .866 4.54
1885 BUF NL 35 3B 6 25 7 13 5 1 .800 3.33 .876 3.22
1886 WHS NL 36 SS 56 296 58 211 27 21 .909 4.80 .874 4.24
1886 WHS NL 36 2B 8 46 18 22 6 3 .870 5.00 .911 5.50
1886 WHS NL 36 3B 4 15 1 13 1 0 .933 3.50 .853 3.28
15 Seasons SS 716 3779 916 2471 392 182 .896 4.73 .840 4.46
7 Seasons 2B 163 1182 485 601 96 76 .919 6.66 .898 6.06
13 Seasons 3B 160 783 289 366 128 14 .837 4.09 .752 4.01
2 Seasons P 4 4 0 3 1 0 .750 0.75 .800 1.85
1 Season OF 3 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .867 2.00 0-0-3
15 Seasons TOT 1046 5751 1692 3442 617 272 .893 4.91 .733 4.62 0-0-3
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1872 NA  .418 (2nd)
1873 NA  .368 (6th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1872 NA  .423 (3rd)
1873 NA  .391 (4th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1872 NA  .493 (4th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1872 NA  .916 (3rd)
1873 NA  .801 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1871 NA  32 (6th)

At Bats s c a p y
1871 NA  162 (3rd)
1875 NA  386 (5th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1871 NA  166 (5th)
1875 NA  393 (4th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1871 NA  45 (6th)
1872 NA  69 (8th)
1873 NA  77 (9th)
1875 NA  78 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1872 NA  94 (3rd)
1875 NA  120 (6th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1872 NA  111 (8th)
1875 NA  152 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1871 NA  9 (8th)
1872 NA  13 (8th)
1875 NA  22 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1873 NA  9 (7th)
1875 NA  7 (6th)
1877 NL  11 (5th)
1879 NL  13 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1879 NL  37 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
1872 NA  79 (1st)
1873 NA  77 (6th)
1874 NA  83 (5th)
1875 NA  93 (6th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1872 NA  177 (3rd)
1873 NA  137 (9th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1872 NA  47 (3rd)
1875 NA  49 (7th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1872 NA  20 (3rd)
1873 NA  11 (9th)
1875 NA  16 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1872 NA  1.9 (3rd)
1873 NA  1.1 (9th)
1875 NA  1.9 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1875 NA  27 (5th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1872 NA  96 (5th)
1873 NA  95 (10th)
1875 NA  127 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1872 NA  .789 (3rd)
1873 NA  .664 (8th)
1875 NA  .672 (10th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1874 NA  294.0 (2nd)
Career  15.9 (215th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1871 NA  117 (5th)
1875 NA  269 (5th)
1876 NL  221 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1874 NA  4 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1879 NL  born 1849-07-27 (8th)
1880 NL  born 1849-07-27 (8th)
1881 NL  born 1849-07-27 (7th)
1882 NL  born 1849-07-27 (6th)
1883 NL  born 1849-07-27 (6th)
1884 NL  born 1849-07-27 (4th)
1885 NL  born 1849-07-27 (5th)
1886 NL  born 1849-07-27 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 46 (532), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1284), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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.)

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Name and misspellings: Wee Davy David Tom Davy Thumb W. Force

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