# Willard Brown

> Willard Jessie Brown was an American baseball player who played as an outfielder in the Negro leagues for the Kansas City Monarchs and in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Browns, where he was one of the league's first African American players. Often called "Home Run Brown" for making history as the first Black ballplayer to hit a home run in the American League, Brown's other nicknames included "Sonny", due to his preference for crowded Sunday games, and "Ese Hombre", due to his offensive dominance playing in the Puerto Rican Winter League.

*American baseball player (1915–1996)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/willard-brown

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1915-06-26
- **Died:** 1996-08-04
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 43.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 5.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Willard Brown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Brown)
- [ويلارد براون](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86)
- [ويلارد براون](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86)
- [Браун, Уиллард](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4)
- [Willard Brown](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Brown)
- [ウィラード・ブラウン](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8003381)

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