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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instanceOf Baseball Hall of Famer
Negro league baseball player
baseball player
achievement among the first African-American players in the American League in 1947
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
surface form: Negro leagues
leagueMVP Puerto Rican Winter League Most Valuable Player
MLBDebutTeam St. Louis Browns
MLBDebutYear 1947
negroLeaguesDebutTeam Kansas City Monarchs (baseball)
surface form: Kansas City Monarchs
negroLeaguesDebutYear 1935
nickname Home Run Brown
Willard "Home Run" Brown
Willie Brown
notableFor home run hitting in the Negro leagues
power hitting
placeOfBirth Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
placeOfDeath Houston, Texas, United States
playedIn Mexican League
Negro World Series
Puerto Rican Winter League
playedWith Buck O’Neil
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
one of the greatest sluggers in Negro leagues history
styleOfPlay aggressive power hitter with strong throwing arm in the outfield
team Caguas Criollos
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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Kansas City Monarchs (baseball) notablePlayer Willard Brown
subject surface form: Kansas City Monarchs