Willard Brown

Willard Jessie Brown
(Sonny)

Born: June 26, 1915 in Shreveport, LA
Died: August 4, 1996 in Houston, TX
(81 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'11"

Wt: 200

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Notes:

• Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006
• Buried: Houston National Cemetery (Houston, TX)
• Played in the Major Leagues
• Played in the Minor Leagues

Batting

Glossary

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+
1935	KCM	IND	20	SS	13	52	47	8	16	3	0	5	13	2		5	1		0	0			.340	.404	.723	1.127	202
1936	KCM/WES	IND/EWA	21	SS	12	50	48	11	18	1	2	1	10	3		1	1		0	1	0	0	.375	.388	.542	.929	151
1937	KCM/WES	MULT	22	LF	62	256	236	53	87	12	10	11	62	12	0	18	0	0	1	1	0	1	.369	.416	.644	1.060	201
1938	KCM	NAL	23	CF	41	164	154	30	52	11	3	6	42	18		10			0	0			.338	.378	.565	.943	173
1939	KCM	NAL/ALC	24	LF	47	193	184	37	67	16	8	3	45	8		9				0			.364	.394	.587	.981	185
1940	KCM/JNL	NAL/MEX	25	CF	72	312	301	49	104	18	4	8	61	13		10	15		0	1			.346	.367	.512	.878	127
1941	KCM	NAL	26	CF	33	141	128	28	42	6	4	5	29	9		13				0			.328	.390	.555	.945	196
1942	KCM/WES	MULT	27	CF	41	178	165	32	58	8	3	5	30	3	0	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	.352	.395	.527	.923	185
1943	MULT	MULT	28	CF	55	222	204	35	70	14	2	7	31	5		17	0		0	1	0	0	.343	.394	.534	.928	197
1944	KCM	NAL	29	CF	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0				0			.250	.250	.250	.500	60
1946	KCM	NAL/WS	31	CF	34	143	137	25	40	9	5	4	24	9		6			0	0			.292	.322	.518	.840	141
1947	KCM	NAL	32	CF	29	124	114	22	42	8	6	4	36	5		9			0	1			.368	.415	.649	1.064	195
1948	KCM/WES	MULT	33	CF	36	156	141	34	56	19	2	4	36	7	0	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	.397	.455	.645	1.101	199
13	4			CF	476	1995	1863	364	653	125	49	63	419	94	0	124	18	0	2	6	0	1	.351	.392	.572	.963	177
162 Game Average						679	634	124	222	43	17	21	143	33	0	42	34	0	1	2	0	23	.351	.392	.572	.963	177

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+
13	Negro Leagues				402	1672	1551	313	544	106	45	54	355	81	0	114	3	0	2	5	0	1	.351	.396	.582	.977	186
1	vs Latin Leagues				70	305	294	49	104	18	4	8	61	13		10	15		0	1			.354	.375	.524	.899	132
1	vs Major Leagues				4	18	18	2	5	1	0	1	3	0		0			0	0			.278	.278	.500	.778	132

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+
13	Kansas City Monarchs			CF	398	1663	1544	312	541	105	45	55	356	80	0	112	2		2	5	0		.350	.395	.584	.979	185
5	West All Stars			CF	7	23	22	2	6	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.273	.304	.318	.623	147
1	Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo			CF	70	305	294	49	104	18	4	8	61	13		10	15		0	1			.354	.375	.524	.899	132
1	South All Stars			CF	1	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		1			0	0	0		.667	.750	1.000	1.750	387

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1935	KCM	IND	52	.475	.323	9.6%	6.5%	1.9%	0.3%	5.00	22.50	9.6%	2.0%	.383	.132
1936	KCM/WES	IND/EWA	50	.410	.341	2.0%	1.0%	2.0%	7.2%	1.00	8.25	2.0%	0.5%	.167	.101
1937	KCM/WES	MULT	256	.468	.320	7.0%	1.0%	0.0%	7.3%		8.68	4.3%	0.8%	.275	.107
1938	KCM	NAL	164	.427	.321	6.1%	7.7%					3.7%	0.7%	.227	.094
1939	KCM	NAL/ALC	193	.449	.319	4.7%			8.9%			1.6%	0.8%	.223	.095
1940	KCM/JNL	NAL/MEX	312	.393	.352	3.2%		4.8%	9.4%	0.67		2.6%	1.2%	.166	.126
1941	KCM	NAL	141	.441	.302	9.2%	8.1%					3.5%	0.4%	.227	.077
1942	KCM/WES	MULT	178	.426	.305	6.7%		0.6%	7.1%	12.00		2.8%	0.8%	.176	.079
1943	MULT	MULT	222	.434	.298	7.7%		0.0%	6.8%			3.2%	0.5%	.191	.072
1944	KCM	NAL	4	.240	.297	0.0%	6.7%					0.0%	0.4%	.000	.069
1946	KCM	NAL/WS	143	.385	.332	4.2%			8.4%			2.8%	0.9%	.226	.085
1947	KCM	NAL	124	.478	.341	7.3%	9.0%					3.2%	0.8%	.281	.096
1948	KCM/WES	MULT	156	.498	.343	9.0%		0.0%	8.2%			2.6%	0.9%	.248	.106
13	4		1995	.437	.325	6.2%	8.0%	2.7%	5.2%	1.89	6.03	3.2%	0.8%	.221	.098

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
13	Negro Leagues		1672	.444	.320	6.8%	7.8%	0.8%	1.3%	8.00	9.62	3.2%	0.7%	.231	.092
1	vs Latin Leagues		305	.402	.353	3.3%	9.4%	4.9%	10.2%	0.67	0.92	2.6%	1.2%	.170	.127
1	vs Major Leagues		18	.347	.305	0.0%	7.7%					5.6%	1.8%	.222	.112

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
13	Kansas City Monarchs		1663	.444	.321	6.7%	7.8%	0.6%	0.8%	11.50	10.74	3.3%	0.8%	.233	.093
5	West All Stars		23	.302	.243	4.3%	8.2%	4.3%	8.2%	1.00	1.26	0.0%	0.6%	.045	.050
1	Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo		305	.402	.353	3.3%	9.4%	4.9%	10.2%	0.67	0.92	2.6%	1.2%	.170	.127
1	South All Stars		4	.737	.325	25.0%	4.4%					0.0%	0.0%	.333	.100

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