Willard Brown
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Willard Brown was a power-hitting Negro League outfielder and Baseball Hall of Famer renowned as one of the era’s most formidable sluggers.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Willard Brown canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baseball Hall of Famer
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Negro league baseball player ⓘ baseball player ⓘ |
| achievement |
among the first African-American players in the American League in 1947
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hit one of the earliest home runs by an African-American player in American League history ⓘ one of the first African-American players in St. Louis Browns franchise history ⓘ |
| bats | right ⓘ |
| battingTitle | Puerto Rican Winter League batting champion ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1915-06-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1996-08-04 ⓘ |
| era | pre-integration era of Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| familyName | Brown ⓘ |
| fullName | Willard Jessie Brown ⓘ |
| givenName | Willard ⓘ |
| hallOfFame |
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
ⓘ
surface form:
National Baseball Hall of Fame
|
| hallOfFameInductionMethod | Negro Leagues Committee ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInductionYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| league |
Negro Leagues
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surface form:
Negro leagues
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| leagueMVP | Puerto Rican Winter League Most Valuable Player ⓘ |
| MLBDebutTeam | St. Louis Browns ⓘ |
| MLBDebutYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| negroLeaguesDebutTeam |
Kansas City Monarchs (baseball)
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surface form:
Kansas City Monarchs
|
| negroLeaguesDebutYear | 1935 ⓘ |
| nickname |
Home Run Brown
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Willard "Home Run" Brown ⓘ Willie Brown ⓘ |
| notableFor |
home run hitting in the Negro leagues
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power hitting ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Shreveport, Louisiana, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Houston, Texas, United States ⓘ |
| playedIn |
Mexican League
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Negro World Series ⓘ Puerto Rican Winter League ⓘ |
| playedWith |
Buck O’Neil
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Hilton Smith ⓘ Jackie Robinson ⓘ
surface form:
Jackie Robinson (as barnstorming opponent and contemporary)
Satchel Paige ⓘ |
| primaryPosition | outfielder ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
one of the best power hitters of his generation
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one of the greatest sluggers in Negro leagues history ⓘ |
| styleOfPlay | aggressive power hitter with strong throwing arm in the outfield ⓘ |
| team |
Caguas Criollos
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Kansas City Monarchs (baseball) ⓘ
surface form:
Kansas City Monarchs
Indios de Mayagüez ⓘ
surface form:
Mayagüez Indios
New York Black Yankees ⓘ
surface form:
New York Yankees (Negro leagues barnstorming affiliate)
Cangrejeros de Santurce ⓘ
surface form:
Santurce Crabbers
St. Louis Browns ⓘ |
| throws | right ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Kansas City Monarchs