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

Fielding

Glossary

Center Field

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range	Arm
1938	KCM	NAL	23	28	28	236.1	48	1	1	1	.980	.940	1.87	2.14	1.2	5.0	1.9	-0.7
1940	JNL	MEX	25	35
1941	KCM	NAL	26	28	27	230.0	45	2	2	0	.959	.974	1.84	2.13	-3.4	-14.8	-2.5	-0.9
1941	KCM	NvM	26	1	1	8.0	1	0	1	0	.500	.667	1.13	1.06	-0.3	-39.4	-0.3	0.0
1942	KCM	NAL	27	34
1942	KCM	WS	27	4		36.0	12	0	1	0	.923	.880	3.00	2.75	0.6	15.6	0.9	-0.3
1943	KCM	NAL	28	50		417.2	115	4	5	1	.960	.954	2.56	2.30	10.3	24.8	10.2	0.2
1943	SAS	NSA	28	1		9.0	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	6.00	3.97	1.4	159.8	1.4	0.0
1943	WES	EWA	28	1	1	9.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.00	0.53	0.3	35.4	0.3	0.0
1944	KCM	NAL	29	1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0		.959	0.00	2.16	-1.1	-125.5	-1.1	-0.1
1946	KCM	NAL	31	26	26	216.2	62	3	0	1	1.000	.942	2.70	2.17	12.3	56.6	12.8	-0.5
1946	KCM	WS	31	7	7	60.0	17	0	1	0	.944	.929	2.55	2.90	-0.4	-6.1	0.3	-0.6
1947	KCM	NAL	32	43	43	367.1	101	6	5	0	.955	.941	2.62	2.53	4.7	12.7	4.6	0.0
1948	KCM	NAL	33	46	46	384.2	68	7	8	3	.904	.939	1.75	2.25	-1.6	-4.3	-3.8	2.2
1948	KCM	ALC	33	7	7	61.0	13	1	0	0	1.000	.935	2.07	2.16	-0.3	-5.0	-0.6	0.3
1948	WES	EWA	33	2	2	17.0	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.65	3.12	0.9	52.4	0.9	0.0
9	4			314	189	2061.2	494	24	24	6	.956	.945	2.26	2.31	24.5	11.9	24.9	-0.4

Glossary

Left Field

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range	Arm
1937	KCM	NAL	22	37	35	307.2	42	2	1	0	.978	.938	1.29	1.58	1.2	4.0	1.3	-0.1
1937	WES	EWA	22	1	1	9.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.00	1.00	0.3	34.6	0.3	0.0
1937	KCM	ALC	22	3	2	18.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	.933	1.00	1.50	-0.8	-42.4	-0.8	0.0
1937	KCM	NvM	22	4	4	35.0	6	0	1	0	.857	.909	1.54	1.27	0.7	19.0	0.7	0.0
1938	KCM	NAL	23	13	13	108.0	19	1	0	0	1.000	.944	1.67	1.49	3.0	28.2	3.1	0.0
1939	KCM	NAL	24	43
1939	KCM	ALC	24	3
1940	KCM	NAL	25	2	2	14.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	.944	0.64	1.52	-0.6	-44.5	-0.6	-0.1
1940	JNL	MEX	25	18
1941	KCM	NAL	26	11	11	97.0	17	0	1	0	.944	.940	1.58	1.56	0.3	3.0	0.6	-0.3
1942	WES	EWA	27	2	2	18.0	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.50	1.50	0.3	18.6	0.3	0.0
1947	KCM	NAL	32	2	2	18.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	.956	2.00	1.78	0.4	21.2	0.5	-0.1
7	3			139	72	624.2	98	3	3	0	.971	.941	1.46	1.54	4.9	7.8	5.4	-0.6

Glossary

Shortstop

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range
1935	KCM	IND	20	13	13	114.0	16	27	9	8	.827	.864	3.39	4.31	-3.3	-29.2	-3.3
1936	KCM	IND	21	11	11	95.0	14	36	3	5	.943	.909	4.74	4.30	7.5	79.4	7.5
1936	WES	EWA	21	1	1	4.0	0	1	1	0	.500	.750	2.25	3.00	0.3	71.3	0.3
1937	KCM	NAL	22	19	17	138.0	28	42	5	5	.933	.897	4.57	4.64	2.9	21.1	2.9
1938	KCM	NAL	23	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.906	0.00	4.68	-0.4	-186.2	-0.4
1943	KCM	NAL	28	3		25.0	6	5	0	0	1.000	.919	3.96	4.97	-1.6	-64.3	-1.6
1947	KCM	NAL	32	3	3	25.0	6	5	0	1	1.000	.890	3.96	4.89	-1.5	-61.5	-1.5
6	2			51	45	403.0	70	116	18	19	.912	.890	4.15	4.49	3.9	9.7	3.9

Glossary

First Base

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range
1937	KCM	NAL	22	1	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	.968	2.25	10.55	-0.3	-64.9	-0.3
1940	JNL	MEX	25	17
2	2			18	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	.968	2.25	10.55	-0.3	-64.9	-0.3

Glossary

Second Base

Year	Team	Lg	Age		G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP		Fld%	Lg		RF	Lg		Runs	Rate	Range
1946	KCM	NAL	31		12	12	104.0	30	34	6	3		.914	.916		5.54	5.29		-0.2	-1.5	-0.2
1	1				12	12	104.0	30	34	6	3		.914	.916		5.54	5.29		-0.2	-1.5	-0.2

Glossary

Third Base

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range
1938	KCM	NAL	23	6	6	48.0	4	9	1	1	.929	.901	2.44	2.65	0.3	6.0	0.3
1939	KCM	NAL	24	2
2	1			8	6	48.0	4	9	1	1	.929	.901	2.44	2.65	0.3	6.0	0.3

Glossary

Right Field

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range	Arm
1937	KCM	NAL	22	4	4	26.0	5	1	0	0	1.000	.946	2.08	1.61	1.3	50.2	0.9	0.4
1937	KCM	ALC	22	1	1	17.0	5	0	1	0	.833	.933	2.65	1.50	1.2	70.9	1.3	-0.1
1942	KCM	NAL	27	1
1944	KCM	NAL	29	1	1	9.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	.932	1.00	1.42	-0.1	-14.2	-0.1	-0.1
3	1			7	6	52.0	11	1	1	0	.923	.940	2.08	1.54	2.4	45.8	2.2	0.2

Glossary

Pinch Hitter

Year	Team	Lg	Age		G
1944	KCM	NAL	29		1
1	1				1

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