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	14	57	51	10	18	3	0	5	14	2	0	5	1		0	1			.353	.411	.706	1.117	205
1936	KCM/WES	EWA/IND	21	SS	12	50	47	11	18	1	2	1	10	3	0	2	1		0	1			.383	.408	.553	.961	187
1937	KCM/WES	MULT	22	LF	69	290	268	62	95	13	10	13	68	12	0	20	0	0	1	1		1	.354	.401	.623	1.025	187
1938	KCM	NAL	23	CF	51	210	199	39	72	17	4	8	51	20		11			0	0			.362	.395	.608	1.003	186
1939	KCM	ALC/NAL	24	LF	49	201	193	37	68	16	8	4	46	9		8			0	0	0		.352	.378	.580	.958	174
1940	JNL/KCM	MEX/NAL	25	CF	73	316	305	50	106	18	4	8	61	13		10	15		0	1			.348	.368	.511	.880	128
1941	KCM	NAL/NvM	26	CF	44	185	167	38	56	10	4	7	37	14		17	1	0	1	0		0	.335	.400	.569	.969	185
1942	KCM/WES	MULT	27	CF	53	231	208	44	81	14	3	6	44	10	0	21	2	1	0	2		0	.389	.445	.572	1.018	209
1943	MULT	MULT	28	CF	56	229	211	35	71	14	2	7	33	5	0	17	0		0	1			.336	.386	.521	.907	188
1944	KCM	NAL	29	RF	3	10	9	2	3	0	0	0	1	1		1			0	0			.333	.400	.333	.733	132
1946	KCM	NAL/WS	31	CF	46	186	178	34	56	12	7	5	38	6		7	1		0	1			.315	.341	.545	.885	157
1947	KCM	NAL	32	CF	48	216	200	42	75	22	7	6	64	12		15			1	0			.375	.421	.645	1.066	183
1948	KCM/WES	MULT	33	CF	55	233	209	49	83	26	2	8	59	9	0	23	0	0	1	0		0	.397	.459	.656	1.115	200
13	4			CF	573	2414	2245	453	802	166	53	78	526	116	0	157	21	1	4	8	0	1	.357	.400	.583	.983	179
162 Game Average						682	635	128	227	47	15	22	149	33	0	44	31	12	1	2	0	23	.357	.400	.583	.983	179

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				496	2079	1922	400	690	147	49	68	460	101	0	146	5	0	4	7	0	1	.359	.405	.593	.998	186
1	vs Latin Leagues				70	305	294	49	104	18	4	8	61	13		10	15		0	1			.354	.375	.524	.899	132
3	vs Major Leagues				7	30	29	4	8	1	0	2	5	2	0	1	1	1	0	0		0	.276	.300	.517	.817	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	495	2082	1927	401	690	146	49	70	463	102	0	144	4	1	4	7	0	0	.358	.404	.594	.998	186
5	West All Stars			CF	7	23	21	2	6	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	0		1	.286	.348	.333	.681	155
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			.667	.750	1.000	1.750	343

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1935	KCM	IND	57	.467	.318	8.8%	6.1%	1.8%	0.3%	5.00	22.75	8.8%	1.8%	.353	.123
1936	KCM/WES	EWA/IND	50	.429	.312	4.0%	0.9%	2.0%	6.7%	2.00	9.16	2.0%	0.4%	.170	.090
1937	KCM/WES	MULT	290	.450	.323	6.9%		0.0%	7.4%			4.5%	1.0%	.269	.111
1938	KCM	NAL	210	.450	.324	5.2%	7.6%					3.8%	0.7%	.246	.097
1939	KCM	ALC/NAL	201	.437	.325	4.0%			8.3%			2.0%	0.7%	.228	.098
1940	JNL/KCM	MEX/NAL	316	.394	.352	3.2%		4.7%	9.4%	0.67		2.5%	1.2%	.164	.126
1941	KCM	NAL/NvM	185	.450	.322	9.2%		0.5%	7.6%	17.00		3.8%	0.5%	.234	.086
1942	KCM/WES	MULT	231	.461	.308	9.1%		0.9%	7.0%	10.50		2.6%	0.8%	.183	.090
1943	MULT	MULT	229	.424	.302	7.4%		0.0%	7.0%			3.1%	0.5%	.185	.073
1944	KCM	NAL	10	.364	.305	10.0%	6.9%					0.0%	0.4%	.000	.069
1946	KCM	NAL/WS	186	.406	.329	3.8%		0.5%	8.1%	7.00		2.7%	0.8%	.230	.085
1947	KCM	NAL	216	.479	.355	6.9%	9.6%					2.8%	0.9%	.270	.105
1948	KCM/WES	MULT	233	.502	.348	9.9%		0.0%	9.0%			3.4%	1.0%	.258	.109
13	4		2414	.444	.329	6.5%	8.1%	4.5%	6.4%	0.86	7.91	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		2079	.452	.326	7.0%	7.9%	3.2%	2.0%	1.60	15.51	3.3%	0.8%	.234	.096
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
3	vs Major Leagues		30	.355	.279	3.3%	7.3%	25.0%	1.3%	0.00	22.49	6.7%	1.1%	.241	.087

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
13	Kansas City Monarchs		2082	.451	.326	6.9%	7.9%	2.9%	1.0%	1.50	17.86	3.4%	0.8%	.236	.096
5	West All Stars		23	.332	.235	8.7%	7.8%	8.7%	11.0%	1.00	1.09	0.0%	0.6%	.048	.054
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	.716	.347	25.0%	3.0%					0.0%	0.0%	.333	.123

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