Davy Force
Early Major League Baseball player
Died when: 68 years 329 days (826 months)Star Sign: Leo
David W. "Davy" Force (July 27, 1849 – June 21, 1918) was a shortstop in Major League Baseball.From 1871 through 1886, he played in the National Association with the Washington Olympics (1871), Troy Haymakers (1872), Baltimore Canaries (1872[end]-1873), Chicago White Stockings (1874) and Philadelphia Athletics (1875), and in the National League for the Philadelphia Athletics (1876), New York Mutuals (1876), St.
Louis Brown Stockings (1877), Buffalo Bisons (1879–1885) and Washington Nationals (1886).Force batted and threw right-handed.The light-hitting but slick-fielding Force is best known for setting off a National Association contract dispute between two teams.
The ensuing rulings prompted William Hulbert to begin organizing the National League.
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