Bill Force
William "Buddie" Force was an American left-handed pitcher in baseball's Negro [league baseball|Negro leagues]. He played for the Detroit Stars, Baltimore [Black Sox], and Brooklyn [Royal Giants] and compiled a career record of 60–52 with a 4.21 earned [run average] and 506 strikeouts in 1,044-1/3 innings pitched. He pitched a no-hitter against St. Louis on June 27, 1922. Force was born in Walker County, Georgia, in 1895. He died in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1969 at age 73.