If another runner is retired on a force out, the batter will not be rewarded with a hit and will be scored a Fielder's Choice (FC).
FC is recorded for the batter-runner if he reaches first base safely regardless of whether the attempt to put out the other runner(s) is successful.
Rule 2 also defines FC as any of the following circumstances: In many situations fielder's choice requires the official scorer to make judgment calls, such as what the outcome of the play would have been had there been no runners on base after taking into account ordinary effort by the defensive team, as well as what effect any errors committed by the defensive team might have had on the play.
Therefore, a player's batting average and on-base percentage decrease as a result of reaching first base via fielder's choice.
A baserunner who makes an undefended steal is not credited with a stolen base, but his advance is accounted for as defensive indifference.