Willard Brown
Willard Brown (Big Bill and California)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: 1866 in San Francisco, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 10, 1887
Final Game: May 20, 1894
Died: December 20, 1897 in San Francisco, CA
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1887 NYG NL 21 C 46 326 229 69 28 5 .914 6.48 .905 5.91 51
1887 NYG NL 21 3B 3 6 2 2 2 0 .667 1.33 .900 3.37
1887 NYG NL 21 OF 2 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.000 1.90 0-0-2
1888 NYG NL 22 C 20 177 134 24 19 0 .893 7.90 .914 6.72 26
1889 NYG NL 23 C 37 208 138 38 32 3 .846 4.76 .916 5.71 16
1889 NYG NL 23 OF 3 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 .900 1.97 0-3-0
1890 NYI PL 24 C 34 180 124 38 18 1 .900 4.76 .901 4.96 17
1890 NYI PL 24 OF 13 16 15 0 1 0 .938 1.15 .900 2.06 2-0-11
1890 NYI PL 24 1B 9 106 97 4 5 4 .953 11.22 .974 10.27
1890 NYI PL 24 3B 3 10 3 6 1 0 .900 3.00 .850 3.47
1890 NYI PL 24 2B 2 4 2 1 1 0 .750 1.50 .925 5.80
1891 PHI NL 25 1B 97 1057 997 48 12 60 .989 10.77 .978 10.31
1891 PHI NL 25 C 19 86 60 20 6 2 .930 4.21 .926 5.45 8
1891 PHI NL 25 OF 2 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 .900 1.90 0-2-0
1893 TOT NL 27 1B 118 1213 1145 54 14 79 .988 10.16 .978 9.09
1893 BLN NL 27 1B 7 67 63 3 1 3 .985 9.43 .978 10.46
1893 LOU NL 27 1B 111 1146 1082 51 13 76 .989 10.21 .978 9.01
1893 LOU NL 27 C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50 1
1894 TOT NL 28 1B 16 163 141 19 3 8 .982 10.00 .976 9.54
1894 LOU NL 28 1B 13 133 113 17 3 6 .977 10.00 .976 9.54
1894 STL NL 28 1B 3 30 28 2 0 2 1.000 10.00 .977 9.53
4 Seasons 1B 240 2539 2380 125 34 151 .987 10.44 .977 9.66
6 Seasons C 157 977 685 189 103 11 .895 5.57 .910 5.70 119
4 Seasons OF 20 29 25 2 2 0 .931 1.35 .903 2.01 2-5-13
2 Seasons 3B 6 16 5 8 3 0 .813 2.17 .869 3.42
1 Season 2B 2 4 2 1 1 0 .750 1.50 .925 5.80
7 Seasons TOT 425 3565 3097 325 143 162 .960 8.05 .918 7.73 2-5-13 119
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1887 NYG NL 21 49 49 49 0 46 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 2
1888 NYG NL 22 20 20 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1889 NYG NL 23 40 40 40 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
1890 NYI PL 24 60 60 60 0 34 9 2 3 0 2 0 11 13
1891 PHI NL 25 115 115 115 0 19 97 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1893 LOU NL 27 111 111 111 0 1 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1893 BLN NL 27 7 7 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1894 LOU NL 28 13 13 13 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1894 STL NL 28 3 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 418 418 418 0 157 240 2 6 0 2 5 13 20
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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