Willard Brown
1935–1949 · bats R / throws R · ASP, ASW, Kansas City Monarchs, KCR, NAL, SAS, St. Louis Browns
465G
.353AVG
.399OBP
.583SLG
More career statistics
619H
59HR
416RBI
90SB
11Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 465 | 478 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,754 | 1,643 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 2 | 7 |
| Batting · Doubles | 137 | 148 |
| Batting · Hits | 619 | 640 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 4 | 2 |
| Batting · Home runs | 59 | 84 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 7 | 22 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,894 | 1,766 |
| Batting · Runs | 357 | 375 |
| Batting · RBI | 416 | 372 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 90 | 79 |
| Batting · Triples | 45 | 43 |
| Batting · Walks | 132 | 113 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 465 | 1,894 | 1,754 | 357 | 619 | 137 | 45 | 59 | 416 | 132 | 7 | 90 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1,023 | .353 | .399 | .583 | .982 |
Streaks
24longest hitting streak · 1948-06-25 to 1948-08-26
34longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | Four-Double Game | 1948-05-27 | 1 in 3,923 games | box score ↗ |
| 68 | Eight-RBI Game | 1948-05-27 | 1 in 1,372 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | The Cycle | 1948-08-15 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 323 | 1230 | 427 | 54 | 269 | 95 | 12 | .379 | .424 | .662 |
| Away | 155 | 536 | 213 | 30 | 103 | 18 | 10 | .413 | .431 | .736 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 3 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .929 |
| May | 114 | 430 | 147 | 20 | 93 | 30 | 8 | .368 | .412 | .667 |
| June | 115 | 405 | 146 | 20 | 89 | 26 | 1 | .391 | .425 | .668 |
| July | 134 | 491 | 187 | 25 | 113 | 29 | 7 | .407 | .440 | .733 |
| August | 85 | 328 | 119 | 13 | 63 | 25 | 5 | .394 | .439 | .669 |
| September | 27 | 98 | 34 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .358 | .378 | .621 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-american-giants | 119 | 452 | 151 | 16 | 85 | 30 | 5 | .360 | .400 | .602 |
| memphis-red-sox | 80 | 295 | 122 | 16 | 77 | 23 | 1 | .454 | .492 | .844 |
| indianapolis-clowns | 52 | 177 | 71 | 15 | 53 | 15 | 5 | .438 | .486 | .901 |
| birmingham-black-barons | 51 | 196 | 64 | 8 | 40 | 9 | 2 | .342 | .372 | .599 |
| cleveland-buckeyes | 34 | 119 | 46 | 8 | 24 | 8 | 1 | .414 | .454 | .721 |
| CI1 | 13 | 50 | 23 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .489 | .480 | .702 |
| SSA | 12 | 49 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .277 | .306 | .426 |
| ATN | 11 | 44 | 20 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .488 | .523 | .927 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 4 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | – | .625 | – | – |
| 1936 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 3 | 14 | 7 | – | – | 1 | .500 | – | – |
| 1937 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 58 | 214 | 79 | 10 | 57 | 9 | .369 | – | – |
| 1938 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 45 | 173 | 59 | 6 | 27 | 16 | .341 | – | – |
| 1939 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 39 | 143 | 60 | 7 | 30 | 7 | .420 | – | – |
| 1941 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 31 | 106 | 42 | 6 | 17 | 8 | .396 | – | – |
| 1942 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 37 | 121 | 46 | 5 | 15 | 7 | .380 | – | – |
| 1943 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 37 | 125 | 54 | 5 | 19 | 3 | .432 | – | – |
| 1944 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 4 | 9 | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | .333 | – | – |
| 1946 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 39 | 126 | 46 | 8 | 21 | 5 | .365 | – | – |
| 1947 | Kansas City Monarchs, St. Louis Browns | 62 | 225 | 77 | 7 | 59 | 11 | .342 | – | – |
| 1948 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 58 | 172 | 88 | 18 | 75 | 8 | .512 | – | – |
| 1949 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 61 | 199 | 69 | 10 | 49 | 2 | .347 | – | – |