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b. July 27, 1849 · Washington Olympics 1871, Troy Haymakers 1872, Baltimore Canaries 1872–1873, Chicago White Stockings 1874, Philadelphia Athletics 1875, Philadelphia Athletics 1876, New York Mutuals 1876, St. Louis Brown Stockings 1877, Buffalo Bisons 1879–1885, Washington Nationals 1886

Force played five seasons in the National Association before the National League began. Those separate records contain 436 hits, 330 runs, 167 runs batted in and a .335 average in 261 games for Washington, Baltimore, Troy, Chicago and Philadelphia.

His ten recognized major-league seasons gave him 623 hits, 80 doubles, 209 runs batted in, 323 runs and a .211 average across 768 games. He played primarily at shortstop, with substantial stretches at second and third base. Force also made four pitching appearances.

Force represented both the New York Mutuals and Philadelphia Athletics in the National League's first season, 1876, then played for St. Louis. Buffalo employed him for seven seasons from 1879 through 1885, his longest stay with one club. He finished with Washington in 1886 and died in 1918, at sixty-eight.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1871*	OLY	32	162	45	45	9	4	0	29	4	0	8	.278
1872*	BAL/TRO	44	225	69	94	13	2	0	33	2	0	7	.418
1873*	BAL	49	233	77	85	10	1	0	30	9	1	1	.365
1874*	CHI	59	294	61	92	9	0	0	26	3	1	4	.313
1875*	ATH	77	386	78	120	22	5	0	49	7	5	6	.311
1876	ATH/NYU	61	287	48	66	6	0	0	17	5	3	0	.230
1877	STL	58	225	24	59	5	3	0	22	11	15	0	.262
1879	BUF	79	316	36	66	5	2	0	8	13	37	0	.209
1880	BUF	81	290	22	49	10	0	0	17	10	35	0	.169
1881	BUF	75	278	21	50	9	1	0	15	11	29	0	.180
1882	BUF	73	278	39	67	10	1	1	28	12	17	0	.241
1883	BUF	96	378	40	82	11	3	0	35	12	39	0	.217
1884	BUF	106	403	47	83	13	3	0	36	27	41	0	.206
1885	BUF	71	253	20	57	6	1	0	15	13	19	0	.225
1886	WHS	68	242	26	44	5	1	0	16	17	26	9	.182
Major leagues	—	768	2950	323	623	80	15	1	209	131	261	9	.211
All seasons	—	1029	4250	653	1059	143	27	1	376	156	268	35	.249

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	ERA
1873*	BAL	1	1	3	1	18.0	23	5	1	2.50
1874*	CHI	0	0	1	0	7.0	22	12	0	15.43
Major leagues	—	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	—
All seasons	—	1	1	4	1	25.0	45	17	1	6.12

Seasons outside MLB's recognized major leagues appear in All seasons, but not in Major leagues or the leaderboards. For Davy Force, that is 1871–1875. Why totals can differ.

On this day & linked events

1849

Born July 27, 1849

New York, NY, USA

1918

Died June 21, 1918

1871

Major-league debut: Davy Force

Davy Force made a major-league debut on May 5, 1871.

1886

Final major-league game: Davy Force

Davy Force played a final major-league game on August 20, 1886.