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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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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
1943	KCM	NAL	28	50	50	420.2	116	4	5	1	.960	.951		2.57	2.26		11.9	28.3	11.8	0.2
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
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
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
1940	JNL	MEX	25	35
1941	KCM	NAL	26	31	30	250.0	51	2	2	0	.964	.966		1.91	2.20		-3.2	-12.9	-1.8	-1.4
1938	KCM	NAL	23	28	28	236.1	48	1	1	1	.980	.940		1.87	2.14		1.2	4.9	1.8	-0.7
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
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
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
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
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	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
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	.957		0.00	2.20		-1.1	-125.6	-1.1	-0.1
9	4			330	294	2487.0	599	29	29	8	.956	.947		2.27	2.33		29.2	11.8	30.3	-1.1

Glossary

Left Field

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range	Arm
1939	KCM	NAL	24	43	43	361.1	65	3	3	2	.958	.934	1.69	1.78	-0.4	-1.1	-0.2	-0.2
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
1940	JNL	MEX	25	18
1938	KCM	NAL	23	13	13	108.0	19	1	0	0	1.000	.944	1.67	1.49	3.0	28.1	3.1	0.0
1941	KCM	NAL	26	11	11	97.0	17	0	1	0	.944	.940	1.58	1.57	0.3	3.5	0.7	-0.3
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
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
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	-44.9	-0.6	-0.1
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	21.2	0.5	-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
7	3			139	118	1007.0	167	6	6	2	.966	.939	1.55	1.62	4.8	4.8	5.6	-0.8

Glossary

Shortstop

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Lg		RF	Lg		Runs	Rate	Range
1937	KCM	NAL	22	19	17	138.0	28	42	5	5	.933	.897		4.57	4.64		2.9	21.2	2.9
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	.903		4.74	4.22		7.7	80.6	7.7
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	-61.5	-1.5
1936	WES	EWA	21	1	1	5.0	2	1	1	1	.750	.857		5.40	6.00		-0.7	-143.1	-0.7
1938	KCM	NAL	23	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.906		0.00	4.68		-0.4	-186.2	-0.4
1939	KCM	NAL	24	1	0	5.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	.922		3.60	4.85		0.3	62.0	0.3
7	2			53	49	420.0	74	123	19	21	.912	.891		4.22	4.52		4.4	10.5	4.4

Glossary

First Base

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range
1940	JNL	MEX	25	17
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
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	6.1	0.3
1939	KCM	NAL	24	2	1	19.0	2	4	0	0	1.000	.903	2.84	2.63	0.4	21.7	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
3	1			9	8	76.0	7	15	3	2	.880	.903	2.61	2.65	0.9	11.5	0.9

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	1	0	1.000	.946	2.08	1.61	1.3	50.1	0.9	0.4
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	.931	4.50	1.53	0.4	207.5	0.4	0.0
1940	KCM	NAL	25	1	1	9.0	1	0	0	1.000	.958	1.00	1.64	-0.2	-17.4	-0.1	-0.1
1944	KCM	NAL	29	1	1	9.0	1	0	0	1.000	.931	1.00	1.48	-0.1	-16.0	-0.1	-0.1
4	1			8	8	63.0	13	1	2	.875	.942	2.00	1.57	2.6	41.6	2.5	0.1

Glossary

Pinch Hitter

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

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