Willard Brown - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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

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#	Players	Pos	HoF		Score	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	BA	OBP	SLG
	Willard Brown	CF		1000	162	633	126	226	47	15	22	148	45	12	33	.357	.401	.582

1	Joe DiMaggio	CF	✔		955	162	637	130	207	36	12	34	143	74	34	3	.325	.398	.579
2	Ty Cobb	CF	✔		941	162	610	120	224	39	16	6	103	67	19	48	.366	.433	.512
3	Joe Jackson	RF		934	162	606	106	216	37	20	7	95	63	19	25	.356	.423	.517
4	Al Simmons	LF	✔		934	162	641	110	214	39	11	22	134	45	54	6	.334	.380	.535
5	Ed Delahanty	LF	✔		933	162	663	141	229	46	16	9	129	65	22	40	.346	.411	.505
6	Tris Speaker	CF	✔		933	162	592	109	204	46	13	7	89	80	13	25	.345	.428	.500
7	Lefty O'Doul	LF		928	162	545	104	190	29	7	19	91	56	20	6	.349	.413	.532
8	Earl Averill	CF	✔		927	162	617	119	196	39	12	23	113	75	50	7	.318	.395	.534
9	Harry Heilmann	RF	✔		925	162	587	97	201	41	11	14	116	65	41	9	.342	.410	.521
10	Stan Musial	LF	✔		924	162	587	104	194	39	9	25	104	86	37	4	.331	.417	.559
11	Ted Williams	LF	✔		921	162	545	127	188	37	5	37	130	143	50	2	.344	.482	.634
12	Sam Thompson	RF	✔		919	162	689	145	228	39	18	15	150	52	26	26	.331	.384	.505
13	Rogers Hornsby	2B	✔		919	162	586	113	210	39	12	22	114	74	49	10	.359	.434	.577
14	Larry Walker	RF		918	162	563	110	176	38	5	31	107	74	100	19	.313	.400	.565
15	Mike Trout	CF		917	162	595	121	182	35	7	35	100	100	153	29	.306	.410	.566
16	Chuck Klein	RF	✔		916	162	599	108	192	37	7	28	111	56	48	7	.320	.379	.543
17	Jake Stenzel	CF		915	162	640	140	217	40	15	7	113	63	15	62	.339	.408	.480
18	Manny Ramirez	LF		913	162	580	109	181	39	1	39	129	94	128	3	.312	.411	.585
19	Pete Browning	CF		912	162	660	131	225	40	12	6	90	64	23	35	.342	.403	.467
20	Willie Mays	CF	✔		912	162	589	112	178	28	8	36	103	79	83	18	.302	.384	.558
21	Hack Wilson	CF	✔		911	162	572	106	176	32	8	29	128	81	86	6	.307	.395	.545
22	Babe Herman	RF		911	162	585	92	190	42	11	19	104	54	58	10	.325	.383	.532
23	Jimmie Foxx	1B	✔		907	162	569	122	185	32	9	37	134	102	92	6	.325	.428	.609
24	Vladimir Guerrero	RF		906	162	615	100	195	36	3	34	113	56	74	14	.318	.379	.553
25	Miguel Cabrera	1B		906	162	606	100	192	40	1	34	117	78	118	3	.317	.395	.553
26	Ken Williams	LF		905	162	564	100	180	33	9	23	106	66	33	18	.319	.393	.530
27	Chick Hafey	LF	✔		905	162	584	98	185	43	8	21	105	47	60	9	.317	.372	.526
28	Hank Aaron	RF	✔		900	162	607	107	185	31	5	37	113	69	68	12	.305	.374	.555
29	Riggs Stephenson	LF		899	162	557	88	187	40	7	8	96	61	31	7	.336	.407	.473
30	Levi Meyerle	3B		897	162	761	161	271	45	16	5	147	5	7	10	.356	.360	.479
31	Lou Gehrig	1B	✔		897	162	599	141	204	40	12	37	149	113	59	8	.340	.447	.632
32	Dan Brouthers	1B	✔		896	162	650	147	222	45	20	10	125	81	23	25	.342	.423	.519
33	Mel Ott	RF	✔		896	162	561	110	171	29	4	30	110	101	53	5	.304	.414	.533
34	Mickey Mantle	CF	✔		896	162	547	113	163	23	5	36	102	117	115	10	.298	.421	.557
35	Joe Medwick	LF	✔		895	162	623	98	202	44	9	17	113	36	45	3	.324	.362	.505
36	Kirby Puckett	CF	✔		893	162	658	97	209	38	5	19	99	41	88	12	.318	.360	.477
37	Paul Waner	RF	✔		892	162	601	103	200	38	12	7	83	69	24	7	.333	.404	.473
38	Wally Berger	CF		892	162	620	97	186	36	7	29	108	52	83	4	.300	.359	.522
39	Babe Ruth	RF	✔		891	162	544	141	186	33	9	46	143	133	86	8	.342	.474	.690
40	Duke Snider	CF	✔		891	162	541	95	160	27	6	31	101	73	94	7	.296	.380	.540
41	Ryan Braun	LF		891	162	625	104	189	38	5	34	110	57	127	21	.302	.364	.540
42	Bill Lange	CF		888	162	638	138	211	27	16	8	115	70	17	80	.330	.401	.459
43	Hank Greenberg	1B	✔		888	162	603	122	189	44	8	38	148	99	98	7	.314	.412	.605
44	Mike Donlin	CF		887	162	595	103	198	27	15	8	84	48	6	33	.333	.386	.468
45	Heinie Manush	LF	✔		887	162	618	104	204	40	13	9	95	41	28	9	.330	.377	.479
46	Tony Gwynn	RF	✔		887	162	617	92	209	36	6	9	76	52	29	21	.338	.388	.459
47	Charlie Blackmon	CF		887	162	613	102	187	33	7	24	75	42	110	24	.305	.360	.497
48	Bob Meusel	LF		886	162	630	95	195	42	11	18	123	43	71	16	.309	.356	.497
49	Kiki Cuyler	RF	✔		886	162	617	113	198	34	14	11	92	58	65	28	.321	.386	.474
50	Earle Combs	CF	✔		886	162	640	132	208	34	17	6	70	75	31	11	.325	.397	.462
51	Juan Gonzalez	RF		886	162	629	102	186	37	2	42	135	44	122	2	.295	.343	.561
52	Dave Orr	1B		885	162	674	110	230	41	22	8	128	20	10	14	.342	.366	.502
53	Goose Goslin	LF	✔		884	162	613	105	194	35	12	18	114	67	41	12	.316	.387	.500
54	Bill Terry	1B	✔		884	162	605	105	206	35	11	14	101	51	42	5	.341	.393	.506
55	George Brett	3B	✔		883	162	619	95	189	40	8	19	95	66	54	12	.305	.369	.487
56	Albert Belle	LF		882	162	616	103	182	41	2	40	130	72	101	9	.295	.369	.564
57	Chipper Jones	3B		882	162	582	105	177	36	2	30	105	98	91	10	.303	.401	.529
58	Barry Bonds	LF		881	162	534	121	159	33	4	41	108	139	83	28	.298	.444	.607
59	Magglio Ordonez	RF		881	162	612	94	189	37	2	26	108	57	75	8	.309	.369	.502
60	Hugh Duffy	CF	✔		880	162	657	145	213	30	11	10	121	62	20	54	.324	.384	.449
61	Roberto Clemente	RF	✔		880	162	629	94	200	29	11	16	87	41	82	6	.317	.359	.475
62	Johnny Frederick	CF		879	162	624	100	192	40	7	17	76	42	35	5	.308	.357	.477
63	Johnny Mize	1B	✔		877	162	554	96	173	32	7	31	115	74	45	2	.312	.397	.562
64	Billy Hamilton	CF	✔		876	162	638	172	220	25	10	4	75	121	22	93	.344	.455	.432
65	Jimmy Bannon	RF		876	162	634	129	203	34	11	8	112	67	45	44	.320	.390	.447
66	Moises Alou	LF		876	162	587	93	178	35	3	28	107	61	75	9	.303	.369	.516
67	Lip Pike	CF		875	162	756	165	243	45	20	8	127	19	21	18	.321	.338	.465
68	Edd Roush	CF	✔		875	162	606	91	196	28	15	6	81	40	21	22	.323	.369	.446
69	Ike Boone	RF		875	162	528	81	169	36	5	12	88	63	30	1	.321	.394	.475
70	Ken Griffey	CF	✔		875	162	594	101	169	32	2	38	111	80	108	11	.284	.370	.538
71	Todd Helton	1B		875	162	574	101	182	43	3	27	101	96	85	3	.316	.414	.539
72	Albert Pujols	1B		875	162	612	108	187	39	1	39	121	79	72	7	.305	.386	.561
73	Hack Miller	LF		874	162	557	76	180	30	5	18	95	30	48	5	.323	.361	.490
74	Dick Allen	3B		874	162	586	102	171	30	7	33	104	83	144	12	.292	.378	.534
75	Jesse Burkett	LF	✔		873	162	660	135	223	25	14	6	75	81	18	31	.338	.415	.446
76	Jim Edmonds	CF		873	162	552	101	157	35	2	32	97	80	139	5	.284	.376	.527
77	Tip O'Neill	LF		872	162	654	135	213	34	14	8	116	65	22	25	.326	.392	.458
78	Mookie Betts	RF		872	162	665	111	194	45	5	25	99	62	87	26	.292	.351	.487
79	Dale Alexander	1B		871	162	600	90	198	40	7	15	112	61	48	5	.331	.394	.497
80	Gary Sheffield	RF		871	162	580	103	169	29	2	32	105	93	74	16	.292	.393	.514
81	Willie Keeler	RF	✔		870	162	656	131	224	18	11	3	62	40	3	38	.341	.388	.415
82	Bernie Williams	CF		870	162	614	107	182	35	4	22	98	83	95	11	.297	.381	.477
83	Andrew McCutchen	CF		870	162	606	98	176	35	5	24	87	82	125	21	.291	.379	.487
84	Kris Bryant	3B		870	162	607	113	174	37	4	33	97	88	171	10	.288	.388	.527
85	Bob Johnson	LF		869	162	602	108	178	34	8	25	112	93	74	8	.296	.393	.506
86	Frank Robinson	RF	✔		869	162	577	106	170	30	4	34	105	82	88	12	.294	.389	.537
87	Joey Votto	1B		869	162	573	98	180	39	2	29	94	113	123	8	.313	.428	.541
88	Bug Holliday	CF		868	162	637	127	198	28	12	11	108	63	37	43	.311	.376	.448
89	Edgar Martinez	DH		868	162	569	96	177	41	1	24	99	101	95	4	.312	.418	.516
90	Ellis Burks	CF		868	162	586	101	171	33	5	29	98	64	109	15	.291	.363	.510
91	Dante Bichette	RF		868	162	607	89	181	38	3	26	108	34	102	14	.299	.336	.499
92	Cap Anson	1B	✔		867	162	660	128	219	37	9	6	133	63	19	18	.333	.393	.445
93	Mike Tiernan	RF		867	162	648	144	201	28	18	12	93	82	35	47	.311	.392	.463
94	Nolan Arenado	3B		867	162	621	95	180	41	5	33	114	48	101	2	.290	.340	.534
95	Benny Kauff	CF		866	162	584	98	181	32	11	9	86	69	59	44	.311	.389	.450
96	Josh Hamilton	CF		866	162	617	96	179	37	4	32	111	56	148	8	.290	.349	.516
97	Baby Doll Jacobson	CF		865	162	606	87	189	36	10	9	90	39	45	9	.311	.357	.450
98	George Sisler	1B	✔		865	162	652	101	222	34	13	8	93	37	26	30	.340	.379	.468
99	Ross Youngs	RF	✔		865	162	619	109	199	32	12	6	79	74	52	20	.322	.399	.441
100	Jeff Heath	LF		865	162	578	91	169	33	12	23	104	69	78	7	.293	.370	.509

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