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	30	30	254.1	51	1	1	1	.981	.940	1.84	2.12	1.7	6.5	2.4	-0.7
1940	JNL	MEX	25	35
1941	KCM	NAL	26	32	31	259.0	51	2	2	0	.964	.967	1.84	2.18	-4.1	-15.9	-2.6	-1.5
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	46	46	393.1	97	5	5	2	.953	.960	2.33	2.47	4.1	10.5	4.2	-0.1
1942	KCM	NVM	27	1	1	9.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.00	1.50	0.4	40.2	0.4	0.0
1942	KCM	WS	27	4	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	50	420.2	116	4	5	1	.960	.951	2.57	2.26	12.2	28.9	12.0	0.2
1943	WES	EWA	28	1	1	9.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.00	0.53	0.4	43.0	0.4	0.0
1943	SAS	NSA	28	1	1	9.0	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	6.00	3.71	0.8	91.5	0.8	0.0
1944	KCM	NAL	29	1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0		.958	0.00	2.19	-1.1	-124.6	-1.1	-0.1
1946	KCM	NAL	31	27	27	224.2	63	3	0	1	1.000	.940	2.64	2.19	11.1	49.2	11.7	-0.7
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	12.8	4.7	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	WES	EWA	33	2	2	17.0	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.65	3.18	-0.1	-3.9	-0.1	0.0
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
9	4			334	298	2522.0	603	29	29	8	.956	.947	2.26	2.32	27.9	11.1	29.3	-1.3

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	38	36	316.2	43	2	1	0	.978	.934	1.28	1.57	1.5	4.9	1.6	-0.1
1937	WES	EWA	22	1	1	9.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.00	1.00	0.3	34.0	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	.917	1.54	0.93	1.5	42.4	1.5	0.0
1938	KCM	NAL	23	13	13	108.0	19	1	0	0	1.000	.942	1.67	1.47	3.3	30.2	3.3	0.0
1939	KCM	NAL	24	43	43	361.1	65	3	3	2	.958	.932	1.69	1.78	0.1	0.1	0.3	-0.3
1939	KCM	ALC	24	3	3	21.0	5	0	0	0	1.000	.938	2.14	1.65	0.6	27.3	0.6	0.0
1940	KCM	NAL	25	2	2	14.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	.947	0.64	1.54	-0.6	-45.1	-0.6	-0.1
1940	JNL	MEX	25	18
1941	KCM	NAL	26	11	11	97.0	17	0	1	0	.944	.941	1.58	1.55	0.5	5.0	0.8	-0.3
1942	WES	EWA	27	2	2	18.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.00	1.25	0.1	4.9	0.1	0.0
1947	KCM	NAL	32	2	2	18.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	.956	2.00	1.78	0.4	21.3	0.5	-0.1
7	3			140	119	1016.0	168	6	6	2	.967	.937	1.54	1.60	6.8	6.7	7.6	-0.8

Glossary

Shortstop

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range
1935	KCM	IND	20	14	14	123.0	16	28	9	8	.830	.860	3.22	4.17	-3.3	-26.8	-3.3
1936	KCM	IND	21	11	11	95.0	14	36	3	5	.943	.904	4.74	4.24	7.1	74.3	7.1
1936	WES	EWA	21	1	1	5.0	2	1	1	1	.750	.857	5.40	6.00	-0.7	-143.1	-0.7
1937	KCM	NAL	22	19	17	138.0	28	42	5	5	.933	.897	4.57	4.61	3.3	24.0	3.3
1938	KCM	NAL	23	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.905	0.00	4.66	-0.4	-186.8	-0.4
1939	KCM	NAL	24	1	0	5.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	.922	3.60	4.85	0.3	61.9	0.3
1943	KCM	NAL	28	4	4	36.0	8	10	1	1	.947	.917	4.50	4.94	-0.5	-14.7	-0.5
1947	KCM	NAL	32	3	3	25.0	6	5	0	1	1.000	.890	3.96	4.89	-1.5	-61.4	-1.5
7	2			54	50	429.0	74	124	19	21	.912	.889	4.15	4.46	4.2	9.9	4.2

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	.969	2.25	10.56	-0.3	-64.0	-0.3
1940	JNL	MEX	25	17
2	2			18	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	.969	2.25	10.56	-0.3	-64.0	-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	5.31		-0.2	-1.8	-0.2
1	1				12	12	104.0	30	34	6	3		.914	.916		5.54	5.31		-0.2	-1.8	-0.2

Glossary

Third Base

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range
1937	KCM	NVM	22	1	1	9.0	0	3	0	0	1.000	.933	3.00	2.38	0.9	96.9	0.9
1938	KCM	NAL	23	7	7	57.0	6	12	2	1	.900	.898	2.84	2.62	1.2	21.3	1.2
1939	KCM	NAL	24	2	1	19.0	2	4	0	0	1.000	.905	2.84	2.64	0.4	20.1	0.4
1941	KCM	NAL	26	1	1	9.0	1	2	2	1	.600	.914	3.00	2.71	0.2	18.8	0.2
4	1			11	10	94.0	9	21	4	2	.882	.904	2.87	2.61	2.6	28.0	2.6

Glossary

Right Field

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range	Arm
1937	KCM	NAL	22	4	4	26.0	5	2	0	1.000	.940	2.42	1.62	1.9	74.3	0.9	1.0
1937	KCM	ALC	22	1	1	17.0	5	0	1	.833	.933	2.65	1.50	1.2	70.9	1.3	-0.1
1939	KCM	NAL	24	1	1	2.0	1	0	1	.500	.932	4.50	1.52	0.4	207.3	0.4	0.0
1940	KCM	NAL	25	1	1	9.0	1	0	0	1.000	.958	1.00	1.64	-0.2	-17.5	-0.1	-0.1
1944	KCM	NAL	29	1	1	9.0	1	0	0	1.000	.932	1.00	1.48	-0.1	-15.9	-0.1	-0.1
4	1			8	8	63.0	13	2	2	.882	.940	2.14	1.57	3.3	51.6	2.5	0.7

Glossary

Pinch Hitter

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

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