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			0	0			.340	.404	.723	1.127	216
1936	WES/KCM	EWA/IND	21	SS	12	50	48	11	18	1	2	1	10	3		1	0		0	1	0	0	.375	.388	.542	.929	151
1937	KCM/WES	MULT	22	LF	65	272	250	57	92	13	10	11	65	12	0	20	0	0	1	1	0	1	.368	.417	.632	1.049	191
1938	KCM	NAL	23	CF	47	191	180	34	62	16	4	7	48	20		11			0	0			.344	.382	.594	.977	182
1939	KCM	ALC/NAL	24	LF	47	193	184	37	67	16	8	3	45	8		9				0			.364	.394	.587	.981	183
1940	JNL/KCM	MEX/NAL	25	CF	72	312	301	49	104	18	4	8	61	13		10	15	0	0	1		0	.346	.367	.512	.878	127
1941	KCM	NAL/NvM	26	CF	39	165	148	31	49	7	4	6	32	10		16		1	1	0		0	.331	.400	.554	.954	188
1942	WES/KCM	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	189
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	RF	3	10	9	2	3	0	0	0	1	1		1			0	0			.333	.400	.333	.733	133
1946	KCM	NAL/WS	31	CF	45	182	174	34	55	12	6	5	37	6		7			0	1			.316	.343	.540	.883	155
1947	KCM	NAL	32	CF	48	217	199	42	75	22	7	6	64	12		16			1	1			.377	.426	.648	1.074	184
1948	KCM/WES	MULT	33	CF	55	233	209	48	83	26	2	8	59	9	0	23	0	0	1	0	0	0	.397	.459	.656	1.115	199
13	4			CF	542	2277	2118	420	752	156	52	72	496	104	0	148	16	1	4	7	0	1	.355	.398	.580	.978	177
162 Game Average						681	633	126	225	47	16	22	148	33	0	44	34	3	1	2	0	3	.355	.398	.580	.978	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				467	1950	1802	369	643	137	48	63	432	91	0	138	1	1	4	6	0	1	.357	.404	.591	.995	186
1	vs Latin Leagues				70	305	294	49	104	18	4	8	61	13		10	15		0	1			.354	.375	.524	.899	132
2	vs Major Leagues				5	22	22	2	5	1	0	1	3	0		0		0	0	0		0	.227	.227	.409	.636	90

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	464	1945	1799	368	640	136	48	64	433	90		136		1	4	6	0	0	.356	.402	.591	.994	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	149
1	La Junta de Nuevo Laredo I			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	364

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1935	KCM	IND	52	.475	.308	9.6%	6.2%					9.6%	2.0%	.383	.126
1936	WES/KCM	EWA/IND	50	.410	.341	2.0%		0.0%	7.2%			2.0%	0.5%	.167	.101
1937	KCM/WES	MULT	272	.462	.327	7.4%		0.0%	7.6%			4.0%	0.9%	.264	.112
1938	KCM	NAL	191	.439	.320	5.8%	7.6%					3.7%	0.7%	.250	.096
1939	KCM	ALC/NAL	193	.449	.322	4.7%			9.0%			1.6%	0.8%	.223	.097
1940	JNL/KCM	MEX/NAL	312	.393	.352	3.2%		4.8%	9.4%	0.67		2.6%	1.2%	.166	.126
1941	KCM	NAL/NvM	165	.441	.313	9.7%			7.6%			3.6%	0.4%	.223	.083
1942	WES/KCM	MULT	178	.426	.301	6.7%		0.6%	7.0%	12.00		2.8%	0.8%	.176	.079
1943	MULT	MULT	222	.434	.299	7.7%		0.0%	6.8%			3.2%	0.5%	.191	.072
1944	KCM	NAL	10	.363	.303	10.0%	6.8%					0.0%	0.4%	.000	.070
1946	KCM	NAL/WS	182	.405	.331	3.8%			8.1%			2.7%	0.8%	.224	.085
1947	KCM	NAL	217	.480	.356	7.4%	9.5%					2.8%	0.9%	.271	.105
1948	KCM/WES	MULT	233	.502	.348	9.9%		0.0%	9.0%			3.4%	1.0%	.258	.110
13	4		2277	.442	.329	6.5%	8.2%	4.9%	10.0%	0.69	0.94	3.2%	0.8%	.225	.100

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
13	Negro Leagues		1950	.451	.325	7.1%	8.0%	4.3%	8.3%	1.00	1.23	3.2%	0.8%	.234	.095
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
2	vs Major Leagues		22	.284	.297	0.0%	8.0%					4.5%	1.5%	.182	.107

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
13	Kansas City Monarchs		1945	.450	.326	7.0%	8.0%					3.3%	0.8%	.236	.096
5	West All Stars		23	.302	.240	4.3%	8.0%	4.3%	8.3%	1.00	1.23	0.0%	0.6%	.045	.051
1	La Junta de Nuevo Laredo I		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	.341	25.0%	4.3%					0.0%	0.0%	.333	.105

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