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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

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	0	5	1	0	0	.340	.404	.723	1.127	216
1936	KCM / WES	IND / EWA	21	SS	12	50	47	11	18	1	2	1	10	3	0	2	1	0	1	.383	.408	.553	.961	163
1937	KCM / WES	MULT	22	LF	65	272	250	57	92	13	10	11	65	12	0	20	0	0	1	1	1	.368	.417	.632	1.049	192
1938	KCM	NAL	23	CF	47	191	180	36	62	16	4	7	48	20	11	0	0	.344	.382	.594	.977	182
1939	KCM	NAL	24	LF	48	198	189	36	67	16	8	4	46	9	0	8	0	0	1	0	.354	.379	.587	.966	177
1940	KCM / JNL	NAL / MEX	25	CF	73	316	305	50	106	18	4	8	61	13	10	15	0	0	1	0	.348	.368	.511	.880	128
1941	KCM	NAL / NvM	26	CF	43	180	163	35	54	9	4	6	34	14	0	16	2	1	1	0	0	.331	.394	.546	.940	181
1942	KCM / WES	MULT	27	CF	53	231	208	44	81	14	3	7	43	10	1	21	3	1	0	2	0	0	.389	.445	.587	1.032	215
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	0	.333	.400	.333	.733	135
1946	KCM	NAL / WS	31	CF	45	182	174	34	55	12	6	5	37	6	7	3	0	1	0	.316	.343	.540	.883	155
1947	KCM	NAL	32	CF	48	216	200	42	75	22	7	6	64	12	15	1	0	.375	.421	.645	1.066	182
1948	KCM / WES	MULT	33	CF	55	233	209	48	83	26	2	8	59	9	0	23	3	0	1	0	0	.397	.459	.656	1.115	200
13	4			CF	561	2360	2192	438	783	164	52	75	514	116	1	156	28	2	4	7	1	1	.357	.401	.582	.983	179
162 Game Average						681	633	126	226	47	15	22	148	33	1	45	12	5	1	2	2	1	.357	.401	.582	.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				485	2029	1873	386	672	145	48	66	449	101	1	145	12	1	4	6	1	1	.359	.406	.593	.999	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				6	26	25	3	7	1	0	1	4	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	.280	.308	.440	.748	134

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	483	2028	1874	386	671	144	48	67	451	102	1	143	11	2	4	6	1	0	.358	.405	.593	.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	333

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1935	KCM	IND	52	.475	.309	9.6%	6.4%		1.9%	0.3%		5.00	21.50		9.6%	2.0%		.383	.126
1936	KCM / WES	IND / EWA	50	.429	.339	4.0%	0.9%		2.0%	7.5%		2.00	9.75		2.0%	0.4%		.170	.099
1937	KCM / WES	MULT	272	.462	.327	7.4%	0.9%		0.0%	7.6%		9.32		4.0%	0.9%		.264	.111
1938	KCM	NAL	191	.439	.321	5.8%	7.6%		1.6%		4.77		3.7%	0.7%		.250	.095
1939	KCM	NAL	198	.439	.324	4.0%	8.3%		0.7%		11.75		2.0%	0.7%		.233	.098
1940	KCM / JNL	NAL / MEX	316	.394	.352	3.2%	9.8%		4.7%	9.4%		0.67	1.80		2.5%	1.2%		.164	.126
1941	KCM	NAL / NvM	180	.435	.318	8.9%	0.4%		1.1%	7.6%		8.00	19.62		3.3%	0.5%		.215	.083
1942	KCM / WES	MULT	231	.466	.307	9.1%	1.2%		1.3%	6.9%		7.00	15.02		3.0%	0.7%		.197	.088
1943	MULT	MULT	229	.424	.302	7.4%		0.0%	7.0%			3.1%	0.5%		.185	.073
1944	KCM	NAL	10	.364	.301	10.0%	6.8%		0.3%		26.56		0.0%	0.4%		.000	.068
1946	KCM	NAL / WS	182	.405	.331	3.8%	1.0%		1.6%	8.1%		2.33	15.68		2.7%	0.8%		.224	.085
1947	KCM	NAL	216	.479	.356	6.9%	9.6%		0.1%		121.80		2.8%	0.9%		.270	.105
1948	KCM / WES	MULT	233	.502	.348	9.9%	0.4%		1.3%	9.0%		7.67	28.54		3.4%	1.0%		.258	.110
13	4		2360	.444	.329	6.6%	8.1%		1.7%	2.0%		4.07	24.68		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		2029	.452	.326	7.1%	7.9%		0.9%	0.7%		8.67	28.39		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		26	.315	.295	3.8%	7.6%		25.0%	1.5%		0.00	15.18		3.8%	1.3%		.160	.100

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
13	Kansas City Monarchs		2028	.451	.327	7.1%	7.9%		0.8%	0.6%		9.27	28.53		3.3%	0.8%		.235	.096
5	West All Stars		23	.331	.234	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	.355	25.0%	2.9%				0.0%	0.0%		.333	.121

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