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Davy Force

Davy Force

1871–1886 · Bats R · Throws R · 5'4", 130 lb · b. 1849 New York, NY

Career 1,029 G · 1,059 H · 1 HR · 376 RBI · .249 AVG · 1–1 · 6.12 ERA · 25.0 IP

Seasons leading his league

14

14 best in baseball

51 Top-5 finishes

7 Title seasons

5 Categories led

1871 Best season

Spanning 1871–1884, peaking at 4 titles in 1871.

Clubs .400 Seasons

Team records #1 Troy Haymakers 1872 AVG #1 Philadelphia Athletics 1875 H #1 Baltimore Canaries 1873 R #2 Washington Olympics career RBI #2 Philadelphia Athletics career R #2 Washington Olympics career R #2 Baltimore Canaries 1873 AVG #2 Washington Olympics 1871 RBI #2 Washington Olympics 1871 H #2 Troy Haymakers 1872 H

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

293rd League titles 14
85th Best in baseball 14
357th Top-5 finishes 51

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Shortstop Fielding Percentage	6	1st	—	1871 .844 1875 .887 1877 .914 1879 .929 1882 .908 1884 .898 1876 #2 1883 #2
Shortstop Putouts	3	1st	2 yrs (1875–1876)	1871 46 1875 116 1876 110 1877 #2
Shortstop Range Factor	2	1st	—	1871 6.61 1876 5.74 1875 #3 1877 #2 1882 #3
Shortstop Double Plays	2	1st	—	1875 22 1879 26 1884 #3
Shortstop Assists	1	1st	—	1871 159 1875 #2 1876 #2 1879 #3 1882 #3 1884 #3
Third Base Range Factor	—	#2	—	1874 #2
Third Base Fielding Percentage	—	#2	—	1874 #2
Third Base Double Plays	—	#3	—	1874 #3
Third Base Putouts	—	#3	—	1872 #3 1874 #3
Third Base Assists	—	#3	—	1872 #3
Doubles	—	#3	—	1875 #3
On-Base Percentage	—	#3	—	1872 #3
On-Base Plus Slug.	—	#3	—	1872 #3
Hits	—	#3	—	1872 #3
Batting Average	—	#2	—	1872 #2

Title Seasons

7 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1884	1	SS FPCT .898
1882	1	SS FPCT .908
1879	2	SS DP 26 SS FPCT .929
1877	1	SS FPCT .914
1876	2	SS PO 110 SS RF 5.74
1875	3	SS PO 116 SS DP 22 SS FPCT .887
1871	4	SS A 159 SS PO 46 SS FPCT .844 SS RF 6.61

Batting

15 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1871	WS3	NA	32	162	45	45	9	4	0	29	4	0	8	.278	.295	.383	.678
1872	TRO +1	NA	44	225	69	94	13	2	0	33	2	0	7	.418	.423	.493	.916
1873	BL1	NA	49	233	77	85	10	1	0	30	9	1	1	.365	.388	.416	.805
1874	CH2	NA	59	294	61	92	9	0	0	26	3	1	4	.313	.320	.344	.663
1875	PH1	NA	77	386	78	120	22	5	0	49	7	5	6	.311	.323	.394	.717
1876	PHN +1	NL	61	287	48	66	6	0	0	17	5	3	0	.230	.243	.251	.494
1877	SL3	NL	58	225	24	59	5	3	0	22	11	15	0	.262	.297	.311	.608
1879	BFN	NL	79	316	36	66	5	2	0	8	13	37	0	.209	.240	.237	.477
1880	BFN	NL	81	290	22	49	10	0	0	17	10	35	0	.169	.197	.203	.400
1881	BFN	NL	75	278	21	50	9	1	0	15	11	29	0	.180	.211	.219	.430
1882	BFN	NL	73	278	39	67	10	1	1	28	12	17	0	.241	.272	.295	.567
1883	BFN	NL	96	378	40	82	11	3	0	35	12	39	0	.217	.241	.262	.503
1884	BFN	NL	106	403	47	83	13	3	0	36	27	41	0	.206	.256	.253	.509
1885	BFN	NL	71	253	20	57	6	1	0	15	13	19	0	.225	.263	.257	.520
1886	WS8	NL	68	242	26	44	5	1	0	16	17	26	9	.182	.236	.211	.446
Career	—	—	1,029	4,250	653	1,059	143	27	1	376	156	268	35	.249	.276	.296	.572

Pitching

2 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1873	BL1	NA	1	1	2.50	3	1	0	18.0	23	5	0	1	0	1.33
1874	CH2	NA	0	0	15.43	1	0	0	7.0	22	12	4	0	0	3.14
Career	—	—	1	1	6.12	4	1	0	25.0	45	17	4	1	0	1.84

Fielding

5 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1871	WS3	NA	SS	31	31	274.0	46	159	38	7	243	.844	6.61
			3B	1	1	7.0	2	2	1	0	5	.800	4.00
1872	TRO	NA	3B	35	35	310.0	75	87	27	4	189	.857	4.63
			SS	9	9	83.0	15	28	8	2	51	.843	4.78
1873	BL1	NA	3B	34	—	255.0	59	73	27	1	159	.830	3.88
			SS	17	—	148.0	32	60	16	5	108	.852	5.41
			P	3	—	18.0	0	2	2	0	4	.500	0.67
1874	CH2	NA	3B	42	42	381.0	93	113	51	6	257	.802	4.90
			SS	18	17	165.0	23	66	16	2	105	.848	4.94
			P	1	0	7.0	0	2	1	0	3	.667	2.00
1875	PH1	NA	SS	77	—	680.0	116	259	48	22	423	.887	4.87
			3B	2	—	14.0	3	1	1	0	5	.800	2.00
1876	PHN	NL	SS	61	—	549.0	110	240	40	11	390	.897	5.74
			3B	2	—	14.0	2	3	2	0	7	.714	2.50
1877	SL3	NL	SS	50	—	451.0	75	160	22	9	257	.914	4.70
			3B	8	—	55.0	11	15	2	0	28	.929	3.25
1879	BFN	NL	SS	78	—	707.0	74	264	26	26	364	.929	4.33
			3B	1	—	7.0	1	1	0	0	2	1.000	2.00
1880	BFN	NL	2B	53	—	460.0	163	206	24	27	393	.939	6.96
			SS	30	—	295.0	59	118	14	10	191	.927	5.90
1881	BFN	NL	2B	51	—	463.0	168	218	26	19	412	.937	7.57
			SS	21	—	182.0	25	78	6	6	109	.945	4.90
			OF	3	—	11.0	2	1	0	0	3	1.000	1.00
			3B	1	—	5.0	0	2	0	0	2	1.000	2.00
1882	BFN	NL	SS	61	—	549.0	66	209	28	13	303	.908	4.51
			3B	11	—	104.0	18	18	4	0	40	.900	3.27
			2B	1	—	7.0	1	3	0	0	4	1.000	4.00
1883	BFN	NL	SS	78	—	699.0	79	240	42	22	361	.884	4.09
			3B	13	—	115.0	17	25	5	2	47	.894	3.23
			2B	7	—	49.0	19	15	6	4	40	.850	4.86
1884	BFN	NL	SS	105	—	930.0	110	312	48	21	470	.898	4.02
			2B	1	—	9.0	3	3	1	0	7	.857	6.00
1885	BFN	NL	2B	42	—	356.0	113	134	33	23	280	.882	5.88
			SS	24	—	183.0	28	66	9	5	103	.913	3.92
			3B	6	—	62.0	7	13	5	1	25	.800	3.33
1886	WS8	NL	SS	56	—	476.0	58	211	27	21	296	.909	4.80
			2B	8	—	60.0	18	22	6	3	46	.870	5.00
			3B	4	—	32.0	1	13	1	0	15	.933	3.50
Career	—	—	SS	716	57	6371.0	916	2,470	388	182	3,774	.897	4.73
	—	—	2B	163	—	1404.0	485	601	96	76	1,182	.919	6.66
	—	—	3B	160	78	1361.0	289	366	126	14	781	.839	4.09
	—	—	P	4	0	25.0	0	4	3	0	7	.571	1.00
	—	—	OF	3	—	11.0	2	1	0	0	3	1.000	1.00