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+
1921	DS	NNL	25	SP	32	94	81	7	18	2	2	0	5	1		7			1	5			.222	.292	.296	.588	64
1922	DS	NNL	26	SP	29	71	58	10	18	0	3	3	11	0		9			1	3			.310	.412	.569	.981	149
1923	DS	NNL/NVM	27	SP	52	116	100	17	30	6	0	3	18	0	0	9	0		0	7			.300	.358	.450	.808	103
1924	BBS	ECL	28	SP	27	54	46	5	9	2	0	0	2	0		6			0	2			.196	.288	.239	.528	46
1925	BBS	ECL	29	SP	14	35	32	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		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
1927	BBS	ECL	31	SP	27	58	50	12	6	1	1	1	4	2		5			0	3			.120	.200	.240	.440	14
1928	BBS	ECL	32	RP	15	33	27	2	5	2	0	0	2	0		4			1	1			.185	.313	.259	.572	47
1929	BBS	ANL	33	SP	7	11	11	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.273	.273	.273	.545	30
1930	BRG	IND	34	SP	3	9	9	2	4	3	0	0	3	0		0			0	0			.444	.444	.778	1.222	195
10	3			SP	224	506	439	57	99	16	6	7	46	3	0	40	0		3	24			.226	.295	.337	.632	65
162 Game Average						366	317	41	72	12	4	5	33	2	0	29	0		2	17			.226	.295	.337	.632	65

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				221	502	435	56	98	16	6	6	44	3		40			3	24			.225	.295	.331	.626	64
1	vs Major Leagues				3	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0			.250	.250	1.000	1.250	218

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	113	281	239	34	66	8	5	6	34	1	0	25	0		2	15			.276	.350	.427	.776	101
6	Baltimore Black Sox			SP	108	216	191	21	29	5	1	1	9	2		15			1	9			.152	.217	.204	.422	12
1	Brooklyn Royal Giants			RP	3	9	9	2	4	3	0	0	3	0		0			0	0			.444	.444	.778	1.222	195

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1921	DS	NNL	94		.270	.332		7.4%	7.6%								0.0%	0.8%		.074	.100
1922	DS	NNL	71		.418	.352		12.7%	8.3%								4.2%	1.2%		.259	.124
1923	DS	NNL/NVM	116		.347	.355		7.8%			0.0%	8.4%					2.6%	1.3%		.150	.125
1924	BBS	ECL	54		.256	.333		11.1%	7.2%								0.0%	1.1%		.043	.104
1925	BBS	ECL	35		.081	.341		0.0%	8.0%								0.0%	1.6%		.000	.119
1926	BBS	ECL	25		.115	.328		0.0%	9.2%								0.0%	1.1%		.000	.107
1927	BBS	ECL	58		.200	.350		8.6%	9.1%								1.7%	1.3%		.120	.119
1928	BBS	ECL	33		.279	.352		12.1%	7.9%								0.0%	1.5%		.074	.125
1929	BBS	ANL	11		.259	.380		0.0%	9.7%								0.0%	1.4%		.000	.136
1930	BRG	IND	9		.523	.359		0.0%	8.5%								0.0%	1.6%		.333	.140
10	3		506		.283	.346		7.9%	8.2%		0.0%	3.5%			2.32		1.4%	1.2%		.112	.116

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
10	Negro Leagues		502		.281	.346		8.0%	8.2%								1.2%	1.2%		.106	.116
1	vs Major Leagues		4		.499	.328		0.0%	8.2%		0.0%	3.5%			2.32		25.0%	1.7%		.750	.132

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
3	Detroit Stars I		281		.339	.347		8.9%	8.1%		0.0%	3.5%			2.32		2.1%	1.1%		.151	.116
6	Baltimore Black Sox		216		.200	.343		6.9%	8.3%								0.5%	1.3%		.052	.115
1	Brooklyn Royal Giants		9		.523	.359		0.0%	8.5%								0.0%	1.6%		.333	.140

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