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	219
1936	KCM/WES	IND/EWA	21	SS	11	46	44	10	18	1	2	1	10	3		1	1		0	1	0	0	.409	.422	.591	1.013	171
1937	KCM/WES	MULT	22	LF	53	216	198	48	73	10	8	9	53	11	0	16	0	0	1	1	0	1	.369	.419	.636	1.055	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	NAL	25	LF	2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0				0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
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	53	214	196	35	69	14	2	7	30	5		17	0		0	1	0	0	.352	.404	.551	.955	207
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	WES/KCM	MULT	33	CF	34	147	132	32	51	15	2	4	35	7	0	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	.386	.449	.621	1.070	192
13	3			CF	392	1629	1510	307	529	101	43	53	347	80	0	112	3	0	2	5	0	1	.350	.396	.579	.975	186
162 Game Average						673	624	127	219	42	18	22	143	34	0	46	54	0	1	2	0	23	.350	.396	.579	.975	186

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	384	1602	1485	304	521	99	43	53	345	79		110	2		2	5	0		.351	.396	.582	.979	186
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	South All Stars			CF	1	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		1			0	0	0		.667	.750	1.000	1.750	468

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1935	KCM	IND	52	.486	.310	9.6%	7.1%	1.9%	0.4%	5.00	17.75	9.6%	1.9%	.383	.122
1936	KCM/WES	IND/EWA	46	.445	.343	2.2%	0.9%	2.2%	7.3%	1.00	10.21	2.2%	0.5%	.182	.103
1937	KCM/WES	MULT	216	.467	.320	7.4%		0.0%	7.2%			4.2%	0.7%	.268	.105
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	NAL	7	.000	.310	0.0%	8.9%					0.0%	0.6%	.000	.072
1941	KCM	NAL	141	.441	.303	9.2%	8.1%					3.5%	0.4%	.227	.078
1942	KCM/WES	MULT	178	.426	.305	6.7%		0.6%	7.1%	12.00		2.8%	0.8%	.176	.079
1943	MULT	MULT	214	.446	.297	7.9%		0.0%	6.9%			3.3%	0.5%	.199	.071
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	WES/KCM	MULT	147	.486	.342	9.5%		0.0%	8.4%			2.7%	1.0%	.235	.106
13	3		1629	.444	.319	6.9%	7.8%	2.5%	2.0%	2.33	11.84	3.3%	0.7%	.229	.091

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
13	Kansas City Monarchs		1602	.445	.320	6.9%	7.8%	2.1%	0.5%	3.00	14.35	3.3%	0.7%	.232	.092
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	South All Stars		4	.751	.286	25.0%	4.5%					0.0%	0.3%	.333	.075

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Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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