Bill Force - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Bill Force

William Force
(Buddie)

Born: July 17, 1895 in Walker County, GA
Died: April 2, 1969 in Norfolk, VA
(73 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'9"

Wt: 165

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Notes:

• College: Knoxville College (Knoxville, TN)
• Buried: Hampton National Cemetery (Hampton, VA)

Batting

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1923	DS	NNL/NvM	27	SP	52	116	100	17	30	6	0	3	18	0		9			0	7			.300	.358	.450	.808	104
1922	DS	NNL	26	SP	34	88	73	12	20	1	3	3	12	0		9			2	4			.274	.369	.493	.862	120
1921	DS	NNL	25	SP	40	114	98	7	19	2	2	0	5	0		8			0	8			.194	.255	.255	.510	41
1927	BBS	ECL	31	SP	27	56	48	12	6	1	1	1	4	2		5			0	3			.125	.208	.250	.458	19
1930	BRG	EAS	34	SP	3	9	9	2	4	3	0	0	3	0		0			0	0			.444	.444	.778	1.222	191
1924	BBS	ECL	28	SP	26	59	50	3	7	2	0	0	2	0		8				1			.140	.259	.180	.439	27
1928	BBS	ECL	32	RP	15	33	27	2	5	2	0	0	2	0		4			1	1			.185	.313	.259	.572	47
1925	BBS	ECL	29	SP	14	35	32	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		0				3			.094	.094	.094	.188	-50
1926	BBS	ECL	30	SP	18	25	25	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.120	.120	.120	.240	-32
1929	BBS	ANL	33	SP	7	11	11	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.273	.273	.273	.545	30
10	3			SP	236	546	473	57	100	17	6	7	47	2		43			3	27			.211	.281	.317	.598	57
162 Game Average						375	325	39	69	12	4	5	32	6		30			2	19			.211	.281	.317	.598	57

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
10	Negro Leagues				233	542	469	56	99	17	6	6	45	2		43			3	27			.211	.282	.311	.593	56
1	vs Major Leagues				3	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0		0			0	0			.250	.250	1.000	1.250	219

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
3	Detroit Stars I			SP	126	318	271	36	69	9	5	6	35	0		26			2	19			.255	.324	.391	.716	86
6	Baltimore Black Sox			SP	107	219	193	19	27	5	1	1	9	2		17			1	8			.140	.213	.192	.405	9
1	Brooklyn Royal Giants			RP	3	9	9	2	4	3	0	0	3	0		0			0	0			.444	.444	.778	1.222	191

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1921	DS	NNL	114		.231	.334		7.0%	7.6%								0.0%	0.8%		.061	.100
1922	DS	NNL	88		.373	.351		10.2%	8.3%								3.4%	1.1%		.219	.119
1923	DS	NNL/NvM	116		.347	.353		7.8%				8.3%					2.6%	1.3%		.150	.124
1924	BBS	ECL	59		.226	.319		13.6%	6.8%								0.0%	1.0%		.040	.097
1925	BBS	ECL	35		.080	.338		0.0%	8.1%								0.0%	1.7%		.000	.120
1926	BBS	ECL	25		.115	.328		0.0%	9.2%			1.0%			9.20		0.0%	1.1%		.000	.107
1927	BBS	ECL	56		.207	.348		8.9%	9.1%								1.8%	1.3%		.125	.120
1928	BBS	ECL	33		.279	.353		12.1%	7.9%								0.0%	1.5%		.074	.126
1929	BBS	ANL	11		.259	.380		0.0%	9.8%								0.0%	1.4%		.000	.136
1930	BRG	EAS	9		.521	.362		0.0%	8.5%								0.0%	1.8%		.333	.144
10	3		546		.269	.343		7.9%	8.1%								1.3%	1.2%		.106	.114

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
10	Negro Leagues		542		.267	.343		7.9%	8.1%								1.1%	1.2%		.100	.114
1	vs Major Leagues		4		.497	.325		0.0%	8.2%								25.0%	1.7%		.750	.134

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
3	Detroit Stars I		318		.313	.345		8.2%	8.1%								1.9%	1.1%		.137	.114
6	Baltimore Black Sox		219		.195	.339		7.8%	8.2%								0.5%	1.3%		.052	.114
1	Brooklyn Royal Giants		9		.521	.362		0.0%	8.5%								0.0%	1.8%		.333	.144

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