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Willard Brown

Willard Jessie Brown

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 26, 1915 in Shreveport, LA
Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Browns in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 1947 (Age 32)
Team: Browns 1947

Final Game: August 17, 1947 (Age 32)
Died: August 4, 1996 in Houston, TX
Buried: Houston National Cemetery, Houston, TX
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Negro League Committee as Player in 2006.
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1947 32 SLB AL 21 67 67 4 12 3 0 1 6 2 2 0 7 .179 .179 .269 .448 22 18 2 0 0 O9/8
1 Yr 21 67 67 4 12 3 0 1 6 2 2 0 7 .179 .179 .269 .448 22 18 2 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 517 517 31 93 23 0 8 46 15 15 0 54 .179 .179 .269 .448 22 139 15 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1947 32 SLB AL 21 67 -7 -0 0 0 -1 -8 -0.9 2 -6 -0.7 .458 .495 -0.7 -0.1 -6 O9/8
1 Season 21 67 -7 -0 0 0 -1 -8 -0.9 2 -6 -0.7 .458 .495 -0.7 -0.1 -6

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1947 SLB AL 32 OF 18 18 14 41 41 0 0 0 1.000 2.28 .979 2.47
1947 SLB AL 32 RF 17 17 13 39 39 0 0 0 1.000 2.29 .978 2.14
1947 SLB AL 32 CF 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .983 2.90
1 Season OF 18 18 14 41 41 0 0 0 1.000 2.28 .979 2.47
1 Season RF 17 17 13 39 39 0 0 0 1.000 2.29 .978 2.14
1 Season CF 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .983 2.90
1 Season TOT 18 18 14 41 41 0 0 0 1.000 2.28 .979 2.47
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
2006 Negro League (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 2006
by Negro League Committee

                                         

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